Show Queen Mary Regains Calm Self-Control Self After Momentary Break Under Strain SANDRINGHAM England Jan 21 OPi England's courageous Queen Mary her steady calm broken only momentarily bore up well today under unde- the grief of the loss Joss of the king to whom wham she had been a wife for 43 years year The first rush of or public sympathy sweeping in train from all parts of the world after the death of the 70 year old year old monarch came to th the queen two ye years rs younger She broke down In those last Jast minutes minutes min mm- utes just before midnight Monday and wept as h her r husband died Comforted by her eldest son the theney new v King Edward she retired from the death chamber chamb r to her own room In Sandringham house This morning fleming regaining the sturdy self control she displayed throughout his majest majesty's s brief ill illness illness ill Iii ness she was able to telephone th the tragic ne news s to other distant members members mem mem- bers of or the royal family Buoyed Hopes Hope Refusing to admit she was wu tired she had buoyed the futile hopes of ot the royal rosl physicians themselves To Queen Mary the kings king's death was the end of a marriage partnership partnership partnership part part- which had become a vivid symbol to the empire of happy home life Mary MarYi yesterday England's queen became toda today the queen mother divested divest d at the Instant of ot her sovereign sovereign sov soy husbands husband's death of ot throne and title preeminence and power She is still in good health and rather than retreat from public life Ufe Britons hoped she would find oc occasion occasion occasion oc- oc casion to contribute still to the nation nation nation na na- na- na tion she served as queen For her son she may continue to preside at court ceremonies lending lending lend lend- ing her dignity and graciousness to the new reign The British British- public as a whole persisted in regarding her as the queen regardless of ot her constitutional constitutional constitutional status In her widowhood the former I Princess May of the German Duchy of Teck nearly 26 years queen of ot England won more than over ever the devotion of ot her former subjects From tho the day when she married George Prince of ot Wales Vales 43 years years ago the Princess May as she was WM then called resolved to be the mainstay mainstay mainstay main main- stay of ot uprightness and duty she had been reared to consider synonymous synonymous synonymous with wifehood Although her girlhood days In virtual poverty and retirement had made her shy almost to the point of timidity Queen Mary never nover flinched from tho the onerous public duties which devolved upon her In the early days of or their marrIage marriage marriage mar mar- the royal couples couple's native nativo diffidence diffidence dif dit- dif dif- made them somewhat self- self conscious and consequently stiff stift and unbending when they thoy appeared In public This attitude at first was mistaken mistaken mistaken mis mis- taken by some borne for aloofness The queen recognized this and struggled to overcome the tho temperamental re reserve reserve re- re serve which concealed a warm heart Public Popularity How well vell she succeeded was shown by the increasing public popularity of ot the royal couple as fUI their reign progressed The queen was undisputed mistress mistress mistress mis mis- tress of the royal household A Aborn Aborn Aborn born homemaker she sho l looked personally personally per per- to the kings king's every com com- fort She Sho never made a personal engagement without first consulting consulting consulting consult consult- ing his majesty majest Their treasured hours of personal personal personal per per- life Ufe free from the eyes ees of the world usually were snatched at little home dinners or during the theaU theall theall all aU too brief holidays here at Sandringham Sandringham Sandringham Sand Sand- ringham which they called home because of all aU the palaces it is the most private Although the royal couple gave their childrens children's upbringing their joint attention the king entrusted entrust d to his queen their early education Sho She taught them certain of ot their lessons herself and In later years she helped guide their careers I 1 L Lc c 4 k- k a i- i 4 4 q r c w 5 QUEEN MARY IARY She bears grief courageously |