The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-07-31
HOLLANDS ROYAL PAGEANT
CEREMONIES AT THE COMING OF AGE
or QUEEN HILHELMINA.

uOtism to secure n LARGO bequebt from
"A Pntirnt-RnGlnnd's RitunliStiC COntro-
yersy-A Letter from the Philippines.
1oSpoN. July 23.-Thc lovers Of pageant and
high ceremony are looking forward with con-
adorable interest to what is popularity described
as the coronation Of the young Queen Of Hol-
land, to take place at Amsterdam on Sept. q.
Asa matter OF fact there Is to be no coronation.
The nrcmouy is tu he the solemn %inaugura-
tion" II Queen Wilhrlmina. The event will DO
worthy the history of the richest little kingdom
I'm all the world. There may not be the Oriental
splcndor and the massing OF great multitudes
which the Moscow coronation witnessed two
years ago. but the traditions and ceremonials
Of he ancient Netherlands are not lacking in
i'm prrssiveness and modern interest. More
over, the personality Of the young Queen Is an
eNhaustIess theme Of enthusiasm and pride
with all true Dutchmen-yes and Dutch women
80 that the national merry-making Will be q
genuine popular festival.
The celebration in all its features will occupy
nearly a fortnight. Queen Wilhelmina COM
plrtes the eighteen years OF her minority at six
O'Clock in the evening Of Wednesday. Aug. 81.
and the festival begins on that day. The princi-
pal event will be the differentiation on Sept. q.
This will take place not at The Hague. but, ac-
cording to the Dutch Constitution. at Amster-
dam. The CEREMONY is held In the New Church.
which IS the nearest approach to q cathedral
provided by the Dutch C~alvinist Church. IN
fortunately the building is scarcely larger than
the chapel in the Kremlin at Moscow. in which
the Gar was crowned, SO that the number OF
spectators must be quite limited. The mem
bers Of the two chambers must attend to take
the oath Of fealty to the Queens person and
throne. and the other dignitaries of State. with
the diplomatic body, will monopolize all the
remaining space. to the exclusion of any mem
bers Of the general public.
The following is the oath which the Queen
will take: Il swear to the Dutch people that /
will observe and always maintain the Constitu-
ton. l swear that l will defend and guard
with all my power the independence and the
territory Of the empire, that l will protect pub
lie and private liberty, and the rights Of all my
subjects. and that l will use every means con-
fded to me by the law to foster and uphold the
national and individual we'll being. as a good
Queen should do. And may God help me-"
Then comes the differentiation at the hands OF
the States-Genera whose oath. taken first by
the President, and then by each member indi-
vidually. closes the ceremony.
An old lady named Howard died in December
last. and her medical attendant. a DIR. Kings
bury. was found to benefit under her will to the
extent of some $l5O,0O0. This week the
uthI NDllul . SUI ltS Dttn Trying 10 nave Inc
will set aside. There was no allegation that
Mrs. Howard was insane or In any way mentally
incapable Of making a will; but 1t was argued
on behalf Of the son that the bequest to the
doctor was the consequence Of suggestions
made by him when the testator was in the hyp-
motto state and acted on afterward.
hlngsbury Is wel-known as a hypnotist, and
has written a book on hypnotic suggestion. He
acknowledged that in three months he had
tried twenty-five times to hypnotic Mrs. How
ard in order to suggest TO her that she had no
pain in her head; but according to his own ac-
count he had been entirely unsuccessful in his
attempts, and Mrs. Towards maid also said
that the hypnotism was O failure.
In the end the jury upheld the will. The
case. interesting as it might have proved. was
as a matter Of fact disappointing. The promi-
nent English doctors who were called gave
evidence in a very non-committal fashion, and
the most amusing point was d.. K~ingsbury's
attempt to prove the narrow limits Of the
science for which. in his book and various
papers, he had claimed so much. He had
written Of one subject who could be made to
fancy himself a woman. a child. a ballet dancer.
anything in short, but the doctor laid great
stress on the fact that he could never compel
this excellent subject to make a speech. When
not in the hypnotic state speechmaking was
'lAo ShDJtCl . pet dNtISlOu, duu hllRSDury
wished TO prove by this fact the improbability
OF making a hypnotized person do in ahypnotic
state a thing to which he is strongly averse in
the normal state.
DR.. Rene Potelet. q French authority, and it
Is in France that this subject Is most thor
oughly studied. says that when a female sub
)ect has been hypnotized she will obey the doc
Tor III all minor matters, but as soon as he sug-
GestS something to which her natural instinct
or education objects she refuses to obey.
1t Is easy" says DR.. Potelet, " to make the
patient believe that she is in a garden full OF
singing birds. and her face turns upward and
reflects all the pleasure 1t gives her. If a small
piece Of wood Is given to her and the doctor
tells her 1t is a serpent she will drop
II with horror and start back in fear.
AS a rule 1t is noticed that after having been
!hypnotized once or twice o patient has a great
liking for the doctor who hypnotized her. The
extent TO which this goes has been frequently
remarked IN the case Of patients who refuse TO
eat Tor several days. 1t has then to be found
OUT VINO last hypnoti2ed her, and no Is asked to
pun hcr INTO Il somnamb ulistic state. He then
orders her that she must eat at a certain hour
after she wakes up. In every instance she
obcys."
ASKED with a view 10 the recent case In Lon
ooh' whether a person could be induced to
Tr4'c a VIII in any ones favor. DIR. Potelet re-
pN'd That he was Of opinion that this would
De quite possible if the subject was hys-
t'rlral and had been several times under
'hr influence Of the hyynotizer. But II he
was her medical attendant and she was Ill.
th"rc would be absolutely no need to use
"ph"tIshI. 1t Is a w~ell-known fact that people
nearly always desire 10 leave money either to
.n''r uortoror some old servant, II Is because
tlcy appreciate acts OF loving attention and
A'h'hess more when lying on II sickbed than at
"Ny other time. French law has foreseen this.
ana wisely forbids the doctor who attended q
"'''ased person during a last illness to be-
come heir to the estate. A little souvenir is all
u'a' he is allowed to accept"
~ horner, another authority In Paris. tells
OF som" experiments which prove the wonder,
iuI power the hypnotist has over his patient
curing the hypnotic state. During one ex,
pertinent ii patient was told to poison one
VI III" doctors. She put what she supposed
was poison into a glass and asked him Il
ufIilK, saying the weather WaE so eXceedingl,