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ONE
WILHELMINA OF HOLLAND
COMPARED WITH MRS. CLEVELAND IN
MATTER OF TACT
TUB QUKEX'S PAVOniTE llESIDE.f CE. THE QUEEN AND HEW HTJSBAJTD. THE STATES-GENERAL SITS IN THE BUTSEimOF.
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THE HAGUE. Feb. i (Special corre
spondence.) Does the Dutch Queen
love her husband? There Is no
doubt of It! She Just dotes on him! At
least this la what I learn at The Hague.
I have had confidential talks with several
members of tho court. They say Her
Majesty and her royal .spouse are living
together in the most lovely way and that
their honeymoon Is not yet on the wane.
They tell me that the stories to the con
trary came from the nebulous outpourings
of a drunken coachman whom the Queen
had discharged. This man went to Am
sterdam and while in bis cups sought
revenge for his dismissal by pouring
these scandalous lies Into a reporter's
ears. I am assured that Prince Helnrich
has not ill treated tho Queen, and that, on
tho contrary, he lovco her and she loves
him. the two In private billing and cooing
like turtle doves.
I also learn that the Prince Is a little too
stiff to suit the Dutch. There Is nothing of
the mixer or handshaker about him. He
Is nervous and not at all demonstrative In
public The Dutch do not understand
him and they rather think he puts on
airs. I was talking the other night with
a man who was present at the corona
tion ceremonies at Amsterdam. He said:
"T was not far from tho Queen during
several of the receptions and I had a good
chance to study both her and her hus
band. The Queen was lovely and the peo
ple went wild over her. They would havo
done the same over the Prince had he un
bent a little and gone one-third of the
way to met them. As It was he sat be
side hia spouse as stiff as one of the
statutes in the court outside and looked
about with a frozen smile. Her Majesty
now and then glanced proudly and lov
ingly at him, but he hid not respond with
one affectionate look a foreign Consul
said to me ot the time: That man must
be made of wood. Why doesn't he show
his feelings? If he would only throw his
arms about tho Queen and kiss her right
here in the crowd, the Dutch, stolid as
they are, would cheer him and like him." "
The Dutch Lore the Qneen.
It is wonderful how these people love
their Queen. They speak of her as "Our
Child," and will not tolerate anything
said against her. The newspapers do not
even gossip about Her Majesty, as is
common In the other capitals of Europe.
At the same time the Queen has all the
elements of popularity. She looks not
unlike Mrs. Cleveland did when she was
in tho "White House. She Is of about the
ram height and has the same persona!
magnetism. She can adapt herself to any
crowd and knows Just how to do the
proper thing at the proper time. During
one of her recent visits to Amsterdam
she gave an audience to the Consular
IDEALS OF CHILDREN ANSWERS TO EDUCATORS
WHO WANT TO UNDERSTAND THEM
EDUCATORS all over the country are
conducting a study of children's ideals
in order to get at the laws governing the
development' of childhood. The children
are asked to write an answer to the fol
lowing question:
"What person whom you have known,
or of whom you have heard or read, would
you most wish to be like?"
In one s.et of papers it was found that
the younger children were more apt to
take their Ideals from some person they
knew Intimately, such as their father or
mother, or some older playmate, while
the older children selected some person of
whom they had read In history or fiction.
George Washington, Abraham Lincoln,
Columbus and President Roosevelt were
favorites, and there were a few admirers
of Paderewski and Mary Anderson. Er
nest Thompson Seton was selected by
many of the boys, "because he can read
animal tracks."
One child wrote, "I would like to be
God, for he was such a good man," and
another gave the Deity as his ideal "be
cause he can make people sick and cure
em again."
Another child would be George Wash
ington, "because he was brave and truth
ful when his father, asked him who cut
the cherry tree down, and he said, 'I
did "
"I would like to be Christopher Colum
bus," wrote one child, "because he was a
brave man and was the first to discover
America." Another child wrote, "I would
like to be Columbus because If it had not
been for him we might not hive been
here."
Abraham Lincoln was chosen by one
boy "because he Invented no slavery but
freedom." Longfellow appealed to a lit
tle girl of 9, "because he wrote such beau
tiful poems about children." McKlnley
was not forgotten.' for a boy wrote, "I
would like to be like McKlnley, because
he was a good, earnest man and fought
v.for America In every war." Roosevelt
was taken for an ideal, "because he is
the President and has money."
A child who had been reading mythol
ogy wanted to be Theseus, and another
Mercury, "because he could fly." A girl
wanted to be a fairy, and a, boy wished
to be Jack the Giant Killer, "because I
could be Invisible, and if I saw any
-RE1GNING QUEEN WHO LOVES HER HUSBAND
corps, including the American Consul.
"With tho representatives of Germany,
England and the other monarchlal coun
tries she was stiff and dignified as be
came the Queen, but when she greeted
Consul Hill she changed into a woman of
the people, putting herself on our demo
cratic footing. "I am very glad to see
you," she said with a cordial smile.
A "Well-Educated Woman.
The Queen addressed Consul Hill in
English. Her Mijesty speaks English,
French. German and Italian. She is well
educated, having been under the charge
of governesses and teachers from the
time she was able to talk almost to the
hour of her marriage. She Is well up in
history, and has been especially trained
to a knowledge of the Dutch colonies,
including the East Indies, where she has
about seven times as many subjects
as in Holland itself. Her Majesty writes
well and speaks welL When she 'was
crowned she made an address which
would have done credit to her great an
cestor, William of Orange. At that time
she pledged herself to maintain the rights
and privileges of the people of the Neth
erlands, saying after an eloquent pream
ble: "I esteem it a privilege to devote my
strength to the wealth and prosperity of
the fatherland. The House of Orange can
never do enough for the Netherlands. I
need your support and I know you will
lend it to me in order that we may work
together for the honor and prosperity of
our people."
She spoke in loud, clear tones so that all
could hear, and took the cath to defend
the Independence of the country and
"protect the liberty of the people as a
good Queen should."
The Qneen Is nich.
Holland is a small country, but Its in
habitants are among the richest of Eu
rope, and the Queen has a big income.
The government allows her $110,000 a year
for expenses and she has in addition J20.
OuO to keep up her palaces. She has -also
a big fortune ot her own. much of which
was acquired by King William I In his
vast enterprises to Increase the commerce
ot the Netherlands, and some of which
came from her uncle. Prince Henry of
Holltnd. Prince Henry died leaving a will
in which he left his estates to bis wife,
but this will disappeared as the story
goes, and the Queen's father inherited
the money, and so it came to her.
There is no doubt that Her Majesty haa
enough money to give a good allowance to
her husband without feeling It. She pays
no house rent. She has four or five pal
acesone here at The Hague, one in the
woods near by and a big one in Amster
dam. None of them are magnificent as
to outer appearance, but they are all well
furnished, and some are quite comfort
able. They are all old, however, and the
heating arrangements of some of them
candy I could take it and no one would
know." ,
There were many boys who wanted to
be trolley car conductors, and one reason
was "because a car conductor can earn
enough money to live.".
Military characters were especial favor
ites among children in whose families
were soldiers. One child wanted to be
his grandfather, "because he had his arm
cut oft in battle," and another wanted, to
be General Grant "because he licked the
other side."
A girl of 12 .wrote, "I should like to be
my mother, because she is kind and hum
ble and a good housewife. She Is not
like some mothers, out all day and row
when she comes home."
A girl of 1J answered at length, "The
person I most wish to be like is my grand
mother, because she is gentle and kind
and lives many miles away. She is happy
and so rich. When I go there she treats
me so kind as if I were her only daugh
ter. I wish I could be like her because of
her riches and living in tho open country
and on sunny days go and pick flowers
and water the garden and be like a lady,
sit still and do nothing all day but enjoy
yourself and keep your home clean and
keep your clothes clean and keep your
husband's clothes clean and the little chil
dren as well."
Another girl of 1J chooses her uncle,
"because he lives In an oil shop and If any
one came in the shop I could serve them
and another thing I cannot say anything
wrong about him and he is very kind to
me end all my sisters and my brothers
and Is kind to his own children."
A little girl who was struggling along
at tho foot of her class wrote pathetically,
"I should like very much to be like a
girl who can do all her work perfectly,
so that I could do my work Just as well
and when you can do your work there is
such a difference in a girl who can do
her work and one that cannot do it and
all the better you do your work the bet
ter you get on in life."
G. Oh&l Port, appointed by Governor Penny
packer to the office ot Sheriff ot Huntingdon
County, Pennsylrsnls. to all the vacancy
caused by the death ot David Wilson, enjoys
the distinction ot being the youngest Sheriff in
the stat. and is an active and Influential Re
publican worker. lie U S yean of act.
THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN, PORTLAND, FEBRUARY 22, 1903.
THE
would not be tolerated In any ordinary
American residence. I saw a base burner
in the palace at Amsterdam, and this not
withstanding the house Is as big as a
dozen Pennsylvania bank barns, and al
most as gloomy. It Is situated In the
heart of the city, resting on a foundation
of 13.000 piles. It was originally intended
for a town hall, and cost about t3.SOO.000.
A little less than 100 years ago It was first
used as a palace. It Is now Inhabited by
the Queen when she comes to Amsterdam.
This is not often, however, for although
Amsterdam Is the nominal capital. It is
not the real capital of Holland. The con
gress sits at The Hague, and all the state
offices are here. The Queen has two pal
aces here, so that for all practical pur
poses this is the governing center.
These palaces are not uncomfortable. I
recently went through the one in the heart
of the city. It looks plain from the front,
but It has a great number of rooms, and
some of the suites are very homelike. Tho
palace is well furnished, and it has fine
pictures and statues: It Is about 400 years
old, but its arrangements are more mod
ern than those of the Amsterdam palace.
The Capital of Holland.
The Hague Is the favorite residence city
of the Dutch. Many of the richest mer
chants ant bankers of Rotterdam and
Amsterdam have homes here, and go dally
to their places of business by train. The
Hague is only a half-hour from Rotter
dam, and about an hour from Amsterdam,
and the railroad service is excellent. The
city has no manufactures to speak of,
and it is much like Washington a resi
dence, social and official center. It has
been called the largest village of Europe,
but it is growing like a green bay tree,
and It Is now a city in size. It has about
250,000 people, and adds to its population
every year.
The Hague has wide canals running
through It, and the Parliament buildings
and some of the other public structures
face on a great vat of water covering sev
eral acres, known as the Fish Pond. The
city has fine squares and lofty houses. It
has many trees, and altogether it is
one of the pleasantest living places of
Europe It is within two miles of the
great Dutch seaside resort, Scheventngen.
and Its natural hcalthfulness is added to
by the ozontc breezes from the North Sea.
Hott Holland Is Governed.
I have learned something here about the
government! Holland is a nominal mon
archy governed by a Queen, but It is prac
tically a republic, with a congress much
like ours. This congress Is known as the
states general. It has an upper and lower
branch, and it makes all the laws Just as
our Congress does. The states general
sits at The Hague in the Blnnenhof, the
great building looking out on the fish
pond. '
I went through tb,e two houses today.
The first chamber, which corresponds to
BALLADE OF FRANCOIS VILLON AS HE WAS ABOUT
TO DIE.jt BY
( Franco Is Villon, twins about to die, a worthy
friar would fain have shrived him, and did
earnestly exhort him that he should confess at
this time of those acts of his lite welch he did
regret. Villon bade him return yet again, that
he ought have time to bethink him ot his sins.
Upon the good father's return Villon was dead;
but by his side were the following- verses, bis
last, wherein he set forth those things which
be did regret. "Whereat the friar was sort
grieved, and hid them away amid the manu
scripts ot his abbey, showing them to no man;
yet were they found in some wise. The same
of the friar, and the very place where stood
the abbey, are forgot; but the verses have en
dured unto this day.) '
X.
I. Francois Villon, ta'en at last
To the rude bed where all must lie.
Fain would forget the turbid past
And lay me down in peace, to die.
"Would I be shrived?" Ah can I tell?
My-sins but trifles seem to be.
Nor worth the dignity of hell;
If not, then ill avails it me
To name them one and all and yet
There be some things which I regret!
II.
The sack of abbeys, many a brawl,
A score of knife-thrusts in the dark.
Forced of,t. by Fate, against the wall.
And years in donjons, cold and stark
These crimes and pains seem far away
Now that I come at length to die:
'Tis Idle tor the past to pray.
(Tls hopeless for the past to sigh);
These are a troubled dream end yet
For them I have but scant regret!
nr.
The toll my mother lived to know.
What Tears I lay in gyves for debt;
A pretty "song heard long ago;
Where. I know not! when, I forget;
The crust I once kept for my own
(Tho all too scant for my poor use).
The friend I left to die alone.
(Fertile! the watchman pressed us dote!)
Trifles, against my crimes to set!
Tet these are all which I regret.-
IV.
Captains and cutthroats, not a few.
And maidens fair of' many a clime
Have named me friend in the wild past
"When as we wallowed in the slime;
Gamblers and rogues and clever thieves, ""
And unfrocked priests, a sorry crew,
(How stubbornly the memory cleaves
To all who have befriended you!)
I drain a cup to thtm-and yet
'Its not for such I fee regret!
mmmm
our Senate, has SO members elected by the
states from their biggest taxpayers and
most prominent men. Tho second cham
ber, corresponding to our House of Rep
resentatives, is elected by the people; it
has Just twice as many members as the
senate. All male citizens over's years of.
age can vote for members of tho lower
house, provided they can show positive
signs of capacity and well being. The
drunkard, the loafer and tho good for
nothing can have no voice in this govern
ment. Every voter must pay more or less
state taxes, or he must be a householder
or renter, or a boat holder or Renter, or
he must have an annual salary of a little
more than $100 a year, or hare a small
amount of government bonds or some de-J
posits in the savings banks. There are
certain professions whose members have
the right to vote, but this right is always
founded on capacity and ability to make
or spend money. Last year these rules
were so exercised that only a little more
than GO per cent of tho male citizens of
"age comprised tho electoral body.
Official nave-Loir Salaries.
It Is considered a gieat honor to be a
member of tho Dutch congress, and as far
as I can see the congressmen , get little
mnr. th.n tinM. - n t -i f t, ' I ' .1 ri s.nfltnr.
receive about 3 a day while ttfey are ini
session, and tiio representatives 'have $800 ?.
a year'and thiir traveling expenses. Tho
senators are elected for nine years, and
the elections are so arranged that one
third of tho body goes out every three
years. The representatives are elected for
'four years. The Queen can dissolve both
ch&mb;rs at will.
The chief executive part of the govern
ment is the Queen, with her cabinet. The
Queen is rather a figurehead, the cabinet
doing the work. This has eight members,
much after the fashion of President
Roosevelt's Cabinet, save that here there
Is a Minister of Public Works and Com
merce, including the waterstaat, and a
Minister of the Colonies. Each of the
members of the cabinet gets $5000 a year.
Dutch Dnrfroninsters.
Tou have all heard of the burgomasters.
They, have a part In nearly every Dutch
story, and the usual Idea of them Is that
they are old fellows In long coats, full
pantaloons, short vests and quaint hats,
with pipes In their mouths a yard long.
It Is supposed that they preside over the
cities or villages rather than the country
districts. The real burgomaster of today
is more likely a young man of 30 or 40 than
one of CO or 70, and if he belongs to one of
the cities, his dress Is such that It would
not look out of place In any city of the
United States. Indeed, the better class of
citizens dress the same here as they do at
home, ths old Dutch costumes being eon
fined to tho country. The burgomasters
aro appointed by the Queen, although they
are pall by the localities which they gov-
JOHN D. SWAIN
V.
My foundered hone, who died for me
(Nor whip nor spur' was bis. I ween!)
That day the hangman loosed to see
Poor Villon earth and sky between!
A mongrel cur who shared my lot
Three bitter Winters on the He;
He held the rabbis off. God wor.
One time I cheated In the deal:
'Twas but an instant, while I tied
Down a vile alley known to me
Back in the tavern he lay dead;
The gamblers raged but I went free!
Humble, poor brutes at best: and yet
They ara the friends whom I regret!
VI.
And eke the Ulles were a-blow "
Thro" all tho sunny fields of France,
I marked one whiter than the snow
And would have gathered It, perchance.
Had not soma trifle I forget
(A bishop's loot, a cask of wins
Filched from some cabaret a bet)
Distracted .this wild head of mine.
A' childish fancy this, and yet
It is a thing that I regret'
VIL
Again. I rode thro' Pieardy
What time the vine was In the bud;
A little maiden smiled on me,
I might have kissed her. an I would!
I'vs-known a thousand maidens since.
And many have been kind to me
I've never seen one Quite so fair
As she. that day In Pieardy.
Ashes of roses these, and yet
They are the things which I regret'
VIIL
One perfect lily grew for me.
And blossomed on another's breast;
Others have clasped the little hands
Whose rosy palms I might have pressed;
So. as I die, my wasted youth
Mocks my dim eyne and fading breath
Stilt.' I have lived! And having lived
'That much is mine. I mock at death!
I should confess, you say? Hut yet
For life alone have I regret I .
ENVOY.
O bubbles of the vanished wine
To whlch-my Hps were never set!
O lips that dimpled close to mine.
Whose ruddy warmth I never met!
Father, but trifles these, and yet
They are the things which I regret!
January Critic.
cm. They do not make the laws, but
merely aid in carrying them Out.
The real local government of Holland la
much the same as that of the United
States The country is divided up Into
communes or local districts, according to
population. Sometimes a commune will be
only a part of a city, like one of our city
wards, or It may be a village, and again It
may bo a village and country combined.
There are 1100 such communes here, each
of which has Its own Council elected by
Its citizens. These Councils have to do
with certain classes of taxes. They issue
licenses and levy petty dues. They regu
late the streets and roads, and for the
uses of the commune can add to the taxc3
on property and on rents or on the number
of chimneys or the number of servants a
man has. as well as to the many other
things for which the Dutch are taxed.
There are also Provincial or-State Coun
cils. Holland has 11 provinces, and each
province has Its own representative body,
which deals with matters relating to It.
Thus you have in Holland a congress
much like our National Congress, a' set of
provincial assemblies much like our State
Legislatures, and a set of communes much
like our counties or City Councils all
elected by the people. Indeed, the govern
ment is almost republican.
As far as I can learn, Holland Is very
well governed. You find perfect order
everywhere. There are no beggars, and
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bones would decay, muscles shrink and the skin become parched and shriveled but for the
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disease and health is assured. But the blood is constantly
exposed to poisonous elements from a thousand sources;
we come in contact with infectious diseases almost every
day; we breathe into our lungs the germs of Malaria;
the water we drink is teeming with millions of microbes,
the dust of the streets is filled with bacteria, and when
these gain access to the blood are distributed to all parts
of the system and the blood becomes a carrier of disease
instead of health. Deadly poisons are generated within
the body itself, which pollute and vitiate the blood, from
which serious and often fatal maladies result.
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and many other equally as distressing ailments are due
to a depraved condition of the blood, for which there is no
cure except through the purification of the entire blood
system. Sores and skin eruptions of the most frightful
character, ugly splotches. upon the skin, blackheads.
pimples and the red disfiguring bumps so often seen upon the face and neck are also evidences
of diseased blood. The use of cosmetics, face bleaches, soaps and lotions hide the blemishes
and conceal for a time the roughness and redness of the skin, but do not reach the cause,
which is hidden deep down in the blood and beyond the reach of external treatment.
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few poorhouses. Vagabondage is treated '
as a crime, and persons so convicted are
place 1 in some of the state work establish
ments. There are no poor taxes, and such
poor as there are are chiefly relieved by
the various charitable societies. Taxes
are comparatively low, the total of direct
and indirect taxes averaging something
like ?10 per head.
Holland runs lt3 own railroads. Us tele
graphs and telephones, and It makes mon
ey out of them, giving a good service at
comparatively low cost The stato rail
way receipts are steadily Increasing. They
were more than "3.CCO.000 guilders last
year, the most they had ever been up to
that time,, and one-third more than they
were in 1S90. Our postal service runs be
hind every year; the Dutch make about
3,000,000 guilders a year out of theirs. They
are losing a little on the telegraph service,
hut they send messages for one-half of
the American charges, and the service is-l
fully as good as ours. You can send a
telegram of ten words anywhere In Hol
land for 10 cents, and for each additional
word you will pay about; six-tenths of a
cent. A five-word dispatch to Great Brit
ain costs only 30 cents, and one to tho
United States costs "40 cents and upwards
per word.
The telephone rates 'are equally low.
Every city has a good service, with the
wires on steel towers 100 feet high, so that
they rise far above the houses. I see them
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erecting such poles here In The Hague
They come In sections, and look much
like the towers of enormous windmills.
Tariff Attalnst American Goods.
The Dutch Government officials are ob
jecting to our tariff on their exports.
They sell us from J1O.00O.00O to 515,000,000
worth of goods every year, and would
sell a great deal more were it not "lor
our import duties. Holland is practically
a free-trade country, duties being im
posed for revenue only, and the result Is.
that our wheat, Indian corn, flour, lard,
tallow, leather and a lot of other things
come In free. We sell the Dutch almost
ten times as much as they sell us, and
they think there should be reciprocity.
There Is talk among the members of tha
states general of placing an import tax
upon our wheat and flour, but our Consul-General
at Rotterdam tells me there
Is no danger of such a measure passing.
Said he:
"Holland cannot possibly raise enough
to feed her own people, and the Dutch
will not tolerate any tax on breadstuff's
which must be. paid by themselves. As It
is now there are Import taxes on our to
bacco amounting to about 14 cents a
pound, taxes on preserved meats and
fruits of 5 cents per pound, and on oils of
about 12 cents per hundredweight."
FRANK G. CARPENTER.
(Copyright. 1903.)
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