Princess Charlotte

In 1429 Dunois, Bastard of Orleans, defeated the English, and with the aid of Joan of Arc saved France for King Charles VII. Last week Princess Charlotte, illegitimate and adopted daughter of the Prince of Monaco, rose from her sickbed at Nice and saved Monaco for Prince Louis II.

For over a year disgruntled Monagasques have sent letters and delegations to their grumpy prince, have begged him to repair the water works, improve the telephone service, allow his subjects greater control in the direction of that fountain head of all Monaco's prosperity, the Monte Carlo Casino (TIME, Jan. 7, 1928). Grumpy Prince Louis did nothing. Lately the Monagasques have been louder in their demands. Brusquely they threatened to revolt.

Old Prince Louis laughed at the idea of a Monagasque revolution; not so Princess Charlotte. She rushed to Monte Carlo fortnight ago, listened long and patiently to the Monagasques' complaints. On to Marseilles went she to argue the justice of their claims with her father. At length after a long and exhausting family scene, he relented, wrote a favorable reply to his subjects' demands. With Prince Louis' letter in her handbag, adopted daughter Charlotte hurried back to Monaco.