Salt Lake Telegram | 1929-04-28 | Page 11 | She'll be Crowned May Queen

I Shell She'll Be Crowned May May Que Queen nl I I a 3 0 F 0 J ii 4 t. t W i f Eil Miss Audrey Johnson of Greensboro N. N C. C has been elected May queen by Duke university coeds and will bo bl crowned May 4 in the annual campus fe festival Miss Johnson Johnon is blond a senior enior and a a member of Zeta Tau Alpha sorority As Asa a sophomore she was voted the most beau girl in the class Besides all that she has made an arm excellent scholastic record Queen Marie Spends Time Writing Memoirs Impressions of U. U S. S By JAMES A. A MILLS Associated Press Pret Staff Writer BUCHAREST April 27 AP AP- AP palace once the scene of or glittering state halls and banquets knows its former gaiety salet no more Its Hs Is principal occupant King Ferdinand Ferdi- Ferdi wand nand is gone and Queen Marie in l' l Invested invested in- in ler sorrow and loneliness has 1135 vested Bested the place with the seclusion and quietude of a convent No longer are there long lines Jines of automobiles outside the palace or queues of state officials waiting to see their sovereigns A 7 year old eat boy oy now wears the crown of ot Greater Rumania and Queen Marie Marlo stands discreetly aside asido 1 to give sive the youth and fortune its chance The hand that rocks the cradle no longer rules Rumania it Is the occupant of or orthe the cradle little Ring Iving Mihai Mihal who does I Since the passing of ot King Ferdinand Ferdi- Ferdi nand land nearly neary a j year ear eal ago aso Queen Marie klarie ha taken no part in politics She devotes all her time to literary activities and to charit charity She is working on the memoirs of or her bus busy three fifty rt years ears of lire life and her hel thirteen years stars as a reigning queen She also is writing her impressions im im- Im- Im of ot the United States When hen the Associated Press correspondent correspondent correspondent cor cor- respondent was invited to the palace palace palcO pal pal- ace cO recently he lie found the queen queenI I surrounded by her three beautiful sIster sisters Grand Duchess Cyril who calls herself the Czarina of or Rusala Russia Rus Rus- sla ala sia the infants Infanta Beatrice of Spain and Princess Alexandra of Hohenlohe I Langenburg All at attired attired at- at tired in de deepest pest mourning with thick black veils draped about their heads they might have served as asa asa asa a classical tableau in a a. funeral drama rama typifying the four Queens oJ of f Sorrow When asked about the books she lias as written her majesty said she shedid shedid did id not consider them very im- im They were wele written for the young oung she said ald and andor for or those vh love fairy tales Most lost of them thein are legends and aM ro romances ro- ro mances They are not books for tor forlie forthe th the lie large public except my two books about Rumania Some adore the he I write Oth Others rs would not not give themselves the trouble to read ead the first line I have havo a a. a special turn of mind There is in me a strange blending of common sense idealism mys- mys and philosophy I 1 do not r really ally consider m myself self a writer ButI But But- I can cams oc occasionally tell a stor story and give my opinion upon all sorts of or subjects ts I can draw any quantity of stories out of thy ihy heart he Asked whom she considered the theten theten theten ten greatest living women women in the world the que queen n said I h have e had bad such a aliard hard time doing dong do- do ing ng my share shall w where lere God placed me she responded respond d. d that I have not had much timeto time to follow up any particular lar feminine career except that hat of ot In my great gleat friend Lady Astor whose spirit 1 Ilove love But Hut I 1 d do think that the women of today are helping helping helping help help- ing to change chane th the the- world if It for better better better bet bet- ter or Ol worse wo remains to be seen I hope It will ultimately be bo for the better C Queen l Marie larie arie then tien discussed art painting and gardening three of ot other her greatest r t hobbies I When I 1 was youn youri yoUng I used to paint a lot she said But in later hater years ears I I have turned my my hand to writing I once painted J a father wonderful book for br the king kIns on on parchment set in silver with hand nd worked decorative flowers In which I etched all the verses of oe all th the t different poets we both liked best est 4 It Is a unique treasure in its wa way and I could never do it again Looking through it toda today I can but j wonder at my own work worle It is good r without mistake J I gave savo my ray great friend Lady Lady Astor a book of the same kind when i she got Jot married The binding and pages of the book w were re in silv sliver r set with moonstones Every ery flower l I painted in tho the book was' was white Alexandra of or England nd saw this book once and whenever I came to England f she he would ask meto me- me me meto to get Lady Astor to lend Jend h her r the the- book to look at it again She ad admired admired admired ad- ad mired it be beyond ond an anything anything- thing she had ever eyer seen In he her bereavement over o the death of King Ferdinand Queen Marl Marie finds great solace and peace of 01 mind roaming through the stillness and sweetness ss of the woods trees and and- flowers s surrounding the the royal ro al palace The love pf flowers and of all nature is a veritable veritable- passion with her In all her many palaces and castles she has planted thousands thou sands ands of flowers of every variety including Jing many from frOom the United States She She keeps the grave ot of her husband the late lata King Ferdinand verdant and sweet with the tue flowers lie he le loved lo b best st st. As the correspondent correspondent-Avas was leaving tiny r King Kins Mihal Mihai came prancing into the room room followed by his ever eyer faithful dog dogs Jumping up on the on-the the queens queen's l lap p and throwing both both arms arms around her neck he hugged h her r with all the tho ardor o of babyhood Do you ou see seo what I brought you Granny he said ex beran ly 8 he handed the queen a small bunch of or lilies of the valley all 3 Mumbo his J dog and I picked them in the garden gar gar- den They rhey are are- for your name day CARESSES KING The queen wiped a tear e eye e Caressing him tenderly she said He lie brings me both joy and sorrow forrow Joy because he lie is such a a. lovable sweet little fellow with all 11 life lire before him bin and sorrow sorrow- because he lie reminds reminds' me so much of ot one ne in whom we had bad placed all o our 1 li hopes es and desires Its It's a good his boyish heart does not understand the anguish of desertion