BULGARIA: Melancholy Princess

Since Boris III, King of the Bulgarians, is a bachelor his eldest sister, Princess Eudoxia, 28, has had thrust upon her by default the duties if not the title of a queen. Eudoxia, by temperament melancholyand reserved, is little known to foreigners. Therefore when the Berlin National Zeitung began to publish her “memoirs,” last week, a mild sensation rippled.

Berliners, scanning Eudoxia’s autobiography, became convinced that she conscientiously wrote it herself. What “feature writer” would have set down bluntly: “Bulgarian women are naturally inclined to adapt themselves to the reasoning of men. Consequently we consider uncalled for such an innovation as women’s suffrage. …

“Upon rising every morning,” continues the Princess, “I go immediately to help my brother with his fairly bulky correspondence. [Both are fluent in all the principal European tongues.] …. We partake of a light breakfast, and frequently dine together at about 2 p. m. After dinner I play some athletic game such as tennis or ride horseback. An hour during the afternoon is devoted to official visits…. I deplore the fact that so many of my girlhood friends have moved to other countries upon their marriage, leaving me with few intimates. . . ”

Returning to the theme of royalty the Princess concludes: “On the stage and upon the motion picture screen we are portrayed with diamond crowns and robes of ermine…. As a matter of fact I have purchased exactly two new gowns in the last two years. Both are all Bulgarian in style, material and workmanship. . . . Princesses do not bedeck themselves…. We, like all women, deserve the best of our fatherland and of humanity as good housewives.”