Evening Star Newspaper, May 28, 1925, Page 41

THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, MAY 28, 1925. ‘”I]IIIHI]]IHIIH]]I]II[HIIHHE D. €, THURSDAY, WOODISEXTOLLED [E=2 FOR AIDING LEPERS 180 Sufferers of Island of | Culion Say General Brought First Ray of Hope. Tn connection with the appeal of Governor General Leonard Wood of the Philippines for $1,000,000 to eradi- cate leprosy from the islands, there has been made public a touching document of gratitude from the etricken lepers themselves, in which they declared the “star of hope” which Gen. Wood had broug palliated their horrible prospect—"the gaping jaws of an open grave claiming s as its pr Praise for Wood. “Not a ray of hope showed across our dark and gloomy hway said ® letter to Gen. Wood, than 180 lepers of the “until you became interested in our ible misfortur new star row horizon- the first time active interest has I\N‘n welfare. Hope has L essence of our lives. vivid interest in our treatment ha and it same ntinued we hope and look forward for the day when shall t i and e s our solitary island, or to take the tangled threads of us when this_terrible || thus sand a and wel new tr > of despondency and o a new and wonder- || Faced Only Misfortune. > full confidenca that who-|| islands he will not tak ; Backward step relative to th came our newly ri e ohope e not known then, the world cared very || b little for our suffs existence and we were left only to take out our misfortune, the gaping Jaws of an open grave claiming us as be assured that you sh You the everlasting gratitude shall serve alw our hours of grief and distress.” PRINCE ON PEACE TOUR LOSES TOOTH: IN FIGHT Kojo of Dahomey Has Encounter With Policemen for Refusal to Leave Chicago Cafe. By the Associated Press CHICAGO, May of t l\njo Tovalou-Houe- C! Dahomey, French- African colony, who presence in a Loop cafe led to a hght in which he suffered the los ed members of the Women’s Interna- tional League for Peace and Freedom. In the evening he dropped into the grill of a downtown hotel, accompanied by three companions, two of then women, residents of Chicago’s gold coast. The agement informed th prince that all tables had been reserved | and an arsument ensued. The con troversy still 12 the cafe, the scene shifted to a Loop || night court, where charges were dis- || missed after the circumstances had ! been explained. The prince sald he would keep his || blood-stained handkerchief and knock- ¢ ed-out tooth as souvenirs of the en. || counter. The Velvet Kind ICE CREAM nd of Culion, || With your com- gh are the new || nded to us,} our comfort in || everybody every day. eat POST'S BRAN FLAKES b -phaviar:ec o Now You'll (ike 6ran L T !IIHUHIHHHHIHHITHUHWTHIHTIIHHH}HIHHIHHIHHI[]IH]H ‘\nm\\ DD A Queen Looks at Life G Queen Marie - of Rumania Europe’s Most Beautiful Royal Consort ‘ells in a vivid and intimate way of her experiences in European courts and gives her philosophy of life, love and work Beloved by her subjects. respected and feared by world-statesmen, she speaks with authority and utter frankness on the inner and more personal side of court life P B8 Queen Marie’s Story Will Start and Appear Exclusively in The Sunthy Staf. Of May 31 And Continue Daily in @he Zoening Star Until All Chapters Have Been Presented She Says:— . You in America are chriouuly interested in kings and queens, although you have decreed we are a passmg genus .. . You are interested in us as clowns. ... We think it 1s quite natural to be kmds and queens. . . . Why is it more absurd to be a queen than a millionaire’s wife, a dressmaker or a cook? . ... 1 was married at 17 to a man I knew little about and sent to a country I knew nothing about. . . . When you are a princess or a queen people forget you are human. . . . I was the butt for every stare, every criticism. . . . There were sad days, lonely ones, des&erate ones when I felt like running away. I was often beaten in those days, but through it all I was al- ways myself . . . . My freedom from sham finally won me the rlght to bea queen . ... Court life is generally dull, stiff, imper- sonal S | just rldc overit.... I like aman to be aman.... I would even like him to be a master . . . But I have never had the delicious old-fashioned thrill of bcmg mastered and overruled l)y aman. .. .1 like to tame men....Butl do not like them too tame . ... My ideal 1 1s the bxd. silent, helpful, honorable man who helps women to be nice .. .. I have met many Americans and I like them . . .. There is a amccnty about them ....Sometimes t}xey astound me . Occa- sxona“y they upset my old European ideas about thmgs s Amen- cans are certainly more efficient than we are . . . . They do not waste ‘time dreammg or remembermg . ... I learned American geograpl‘ny through meetmg persons from all parts of the United States . ... Americans are glonously gcnerous ....Now my great dream is to know Americans in their own homes aB . The great beauty is born a great lure, a great temptanon oot Beauty opens every door, nearly every heart . . But bcauty without charm is lifeless . . . . I hate pose .... Beauty loses its power when it becomes self-conscious . . . . I prefer, a thousand times. an ugly girl with a bright, happy, kindly expression to the glorious beauty imbued with her right to rule over every heart. ...The woman who wants to be beautiful and to use every atom of charm she has, can achieve wonders. .. .- Clothes, what an important subject, one that has played an almost incredible part through human history . The desire of women for clothes through the ages has been the desn‘e to attract men. The .ultra-modern civilized woman may perhaps think of t}us less than her more primitive sister, but the desire for clothes, for dress remains the same . . . . . It is a ground upon 'which all women, white or black, old or young, good or bad, clever or stupic‘. rich or poor, royal or plebian. can meet.... Queen Marie’s Story Marks the First Time That a Reigning Member of ; Royalty Has Written Under His or Her Own Slgnature for an American Newspaper (I TN I IR I