Roumania's Queen helps them all. The palace is Bucharest of the King and Queen of Roumania is constantly sourrounded sic by poverty stricken and helpless who are caught in the stress of war and left penniless and hungry. This picture typifies the spirit of the most beautiful queen of Europe, whos sic gracious charm has become proverbial among the American war relief workers of her country. She worked ardently with the help of the American Red Cross in bringing aid to her suffering people and for the children she ever holds out a helping hand. Countless times she personally visited and gound sic help for the most revolting cases of misery and disease

Roumania's Queen mothers thousands. To the thousands of children in Roumania made orphans by war Queen Marie (in the centre of this group) is a befriending angel. She makes it her personal responsibility to visit all the orphanages of Belgrade every week and exerts herself in every way that their needs may be supplied. When the American Red Cross entered Roumania just after the Armistic sic both the Queen and King Ferdinand lent their full cooperation in dealing with every problem that arose in relief distribution. The Junior Red Cross of America is now planning to institute a training school centre in her country in order that some of these unfortunate children may have the benefits of modern American industrial and vocational education and upon Maris is giving this plan most enthusiastic encouragement

The Queen of queens. This is the title that has been frequently applied to Queen Marie of Roumania, not only because of her renowned beauty but because of her charming manner and democracy. There is probably no ruler in Europe who has the welfare of the people so much at heart as Wueen sic Marie. This picture shows her on her way to visit the American Red Cross orphanage in Bucarest. The Queen is a weekly visitor at the institution and the children are always rewarded with candy, toys or cakes when the Queen visits them

Volunteer Workers in Roumania. A group of Roumanian peasants who volunteered their services to the American Red Cross at Bucharest in making garments for the poor in the devastated areas. One of the most admirable traits of these simple couuntry folk is a disposition to help their less fortunate sisters in the devastated countryside. The only return they sought was a little kerosene oil, so that they could work nights, and this the Red Cross was able to furnish them without difficulty

Rumania's popular queen. Queen Marie of Roumania and Roumanian war orphans supported by American Red Cross, Bucharest. Her Majesty Queen Marie of Roumania, on one of her visits to the orphanage maintained by the American Red Cross in Bucharest the capital of the country. The Queen has expressed a wish to see many of the American orphan homes when she visits the United States next year. She is a great lover of children

"Queening today is a regular job" says Queen Marie of Roumania in speaking about her royal position. She looks upon it as a career and wants to make a success of it. She looks upon the reconstruction of her country as a big opportunity and keeps no union hours in working to relieve the distress of her people. She is known here at the end of a hard day in an American Red Cross distributing station, having given food and clothing to some thousands of mothers and children. She is dressed in native costume and greets each needy subject personally

Queen Disguised as Peasant. Queen Marie of Roumania in native peasant costume is shown here helping in the distribution of American Red Cross supplies to the needy children and mothers of Bucharest. Due to depressing economic conditions, the Roumanian government was unable to give much relief to its needy, so the Queen gave her personal services to the American relief organization, pitching into the hardest kind of work

Roumania's Queen helps them all. The palace is Bucharest of the King and Queen of Roumania is constantly sourrounded sic by poverty stricken and helpless who are caught in the stress of war and left penniless and hungry. This picture typifies the spirit of the most beautiful queen of Europe, whos sic gracious charm has become proverbial among the American war relief workers of her country. She worked ardently with the help of the American Red Cross in bringing aid to her suffering people and for the children she ever holds out a helping hand. Countless times she personally visited and gound sic help for the most revolting cases of misery and disease

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Title, date and notes from Red Cross caption card.
Photographer name or source of original from caption card or negative sleeve: Paris Office.
Data: Excl. to International News Service, Sept. 13th. Group title: Children. Roumania.
Gift; American National Red Cross 1944 and 1952.
General information about the American National Red Cross photograph collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.anrc
Temp note: Batch 24

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