Word: queenly
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Marie was kissing Marie; mother was embracing daughter; Dowager Queen Marie of Rumania was bidding a gracious, willowy farewell at Bucharest, last week, to Queen Marie of Jugoslavia, her recent house guest (TIME, March...
Rumanians learned of the parting with dour thoughts, Jugoslavs with joy. Reason: Queen Marie of Jugoslavia carried home to Belgrade in her special train, last week, documents transferring to her a huge cash legacy from her late father, King Ferdinand of Rumania (TIME, Aug. i). Generous, the bequest amounts to 80,000,000 lei ($4,800,000), a sour grape for Rumanians, a plump plum for Jugoslavs...
Twiddling the little key to her jewel box which always hangs from her left wrist, Queen Marie continued...
...American child and the bewitched doll, accompanied by a little Rumanian shepherd child, travel through Rumania. Rumania would not hold such charm for American children if the Queen of Rumania didn't live there. It was not easy lo describe myself, but I hope I succeeded...
...meantime, the King dies. In order that the story be up-to-date, the children find the Queen in mourning among the lilies of the Black Sea, which is not black, but blue. Here the American child takes leave of the Queen. The child awakens and recognizes its grandmother, to whom it tells its impressions of Rumania...