Magda v. Helen

World's No. 1 courtesan today is Mme Magda Lupescu, red-haired Jewish mistress of King Carol II.

Pressure by Courtesan Magda to oust Queen Helen (not merely from power but physically from Rumania) has been merciless for months. Not long ago an English friend of the hard-pressed Queen received word from her that "surrender seems inevitable." Last week Bucharest buzzed with the rumored terms of surrender: Queen Helen was said to have demanded a capital sum which would yield $40,000 in annual interest. His Majesty was said to be beating Her Majesty down, offering "$40,000 a year guaranteed by the Rumanian Government"--a totally different thing.

By no means rich is the mother of King Carol's private secretary. But last week this good woman bought a palace in Bucharest for $65,000. It is intended, affirmed rumor, for Courtesan Magda. No lover of stuffy boudoirs, this healthy, active woman, daughter of a Jewish junkman named Wolff, who became Carol's mistress in 1919. is happiest in the out-of-doors. Therefore a small army of laborers was promptly put to work at altering the palace, re-landscaping its handsome park.

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