The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-09-25
SNUB FOR LAVINIA.
Queen of the Holland Danes of New
Netherlands shOne Not at The
Hague.

From the New York Herald.
Lavinia I created a work of jealousy
and humility all over the land of canals
and funny windmils The natives of Hol-
land were not Dutch enough to understand
the ways of the real Queen of the Holland
Danes, or the New Netherlands, and all
kinds of misunderstanding have arisen.
Lavinia I, whose full name is Lavinia H.
Van Westervelt Dempsey, went to Hol-
land last month to witness the coronation
of the young Queen.
II seems that young Wihelmina did not
learn of the presence of the sovereign
from the New Netherlands. Lavinia I,
who was duly crowned at the Waldorf
Astoria last winter with a $4,000 dia-
DEM does not think that the young ruler
sighted her, although the subjects of
Lavinia did expect 10 read glowing press
notices of their queen riding in the state
coach.
1t was the custom In the older times for
royal parsonage to send word to those
OF humber rank that she would shortly
degn to pay a visit. For instance, If
Louis the Well Beloved was minded to
have little hunting he would send word
to a prince or a countess that he and his
retinue would visit his subjects chateau,
and command that all things be placed IN
! readiness for his reception.
Lavnia I, who has not been monarch
very long, having only recently moved in
from New Jersey, found that affairs had
! changed very much. Louis the Well Be
loved would probably have used the news
| papers to inform his subjects of his conf
| ing If the newspapers has been as wide
| ~ read as they are now.
Lavinia must have concluded that the
| newspaper was the best means of COM
munica ting with those whom she had plan
| To honor
| the following paragraph printed in the
! Paris edition of the Herald:
| The following telegram, unsigned, was
received al the Herald office last night
1.-THE Hague, Sept 3.-Miss Lavinia Fl.
| Van Westervelt Dempsey of New York
| Queen of the Holland Danes of the
| New Netherlands whose coronation" at
! the Waldorf-Astoria last winter caused
such worldwide interest is a guest of the
| Baroness Salvatore, at The Hague, for
the coronation festivities. She has been
| making a tour through Holland
| Then the mystery concerning the Queen
of the Holland Danes evidently began to
clear. Lavinia l was at the coronation
| ceremony for the Paris Herald, and was
informed of what she had worn when
| Wiihelmina was crowned. This message,
| like the others was prepared. 1t was:
CBy Telegraph)
To the Editor of the Herald: Unable 10
| communicate with your representative
here. ] wore at the coronation pink satin,
point lace, ermine, topaz and diamond dia-
dem and ornaments,
L. H. Van w. Dempsey.
It seems strange that the Countess had
not heard of the royal visitation. AS far
as can be learned, Lavinia I never ar
rived at tho home of the titled parsonage
mentioned in the unsigned telegram. Then
the Paris Herald received the followin Z
remarkable epistle:
81 he H. NJ, d
oness d'Avernas-Salvador has no guest
stopping with her at The Hague, and
will leave for her estate of Avernas inn
mediately after the coronation festivities.
The anonymous correspondent who sent
you the telegram published in last Sum
days Herald was consequently misnform-
ed.
1 enclose card. One Who Knows.
Parts, Sept g. 1893
OF course, the Herald was glad to know
what Lavinia l had worn. The corre-
spondents had really been so busy, de-
scribng the coronation at The Hague
that the royalty from New York had been
forgotten. Then, like a thunderbolt from
a clear sky, came the message, prepaid:
To the Editor of the Herald: The tele-
gram in your edition of the 7th inst, was
not from me. 1 know the source (sic)
ana advise the party to use the money on
their back in the future, and they WIN be
able to buy what they consider so fine
(sic).
Had I have (sic) wished to communicate
with the Herald it would have been under
the privacy of a seal.
Kindly publish and oblge.
have the great honor to be
Lavinia II. Van Westervet Dempsey,
Queen of the National Society Holland
Danes OF the New Netherlands').
The Hague, Sept. 8, 1898
Those who were incOnsolate about the
doings Of royalty again found a CLEAN Of
hope. The Paris Herald obtained from a
supposedly reliable source this informa-
ton which 1t did not withhold from its
readers for a single edition:
On the occasion Of the coronation Of
the Queen of the Netherlands, the United
States consul at Amsterdam and Mrs
Corey will hold a reception at the con-
sulate on Tuesday next, from to 5
o'clock p. M, to meet Miss Lavlnia Van
Westervelt Dempsey of New York, Queen
OF the Holland Danes.
Now comes s. p Chenoweth, whose wife
is one of the founders of the Holland
DANES, of which the Holland Danes of
the New Netherlands is a rival and makes
the astonishing statement that the Amer
lean consul never heard of IAvinla L If
the consul did not give a reception in her
honor 1t is asked, who did? He also SAYS
that the Baroness Salvatore never heard
of the queen whose Dutch origin fate tried
to conceal by naming her Dempsey
Mrs. Chenoweth and Miss Dempsey have
never been friends since they had a war
of words several years ago. I.avinia I
has always alleged that she founded the
| Holland Danes and that Mrs ChenoWeth
prevented her from joining the organIza-
ton which she had founded So Lavinia
l made a society unto herself and called
It the Holland Danes of the New Neither
lands.
Thomas c. lie Valley, the first of the
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