New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-05-21
THE WEIGHT OF THE GROWN.
CERTAIN THOUGHTS PROMPTED BY FACTS
ON THE DISADVANTAGE OF BEING
MONARCH. TOGETHER WITH THE

FACTS PROMPTING THEM.

II Is one thing to be a monarch Of a nation or
city. which is bound TO support you. which you can
tax or which al least pays you a salary. and IL y
quite another thing to have 10 support regal state
out OF a private purse. 1t Is one thing TO be
monarch over subjects who bound TO obey
,ou or take the consequences and II Is another
thing 70 go through the forms Of reigning over
persons who know we'll that they can obey you or
not and there will be no consequences anyway ana
who need only the least bit Of provocetion at any
minute 10 make them stand right up and tell any
body within hearing that they are just az good as
you are and they don't care who knows IT, Inc
head must indeed rest uneasy that wears this sort
OF crown What is the object in having such sub
iects7 And then. when the very members OF your
own royal family whom you would have snow
cred titles and honOrs II they had rot put up UNI
breuas-yrhe1 these ungrateful kinsmen. who ought
10 be putting up money instead OF umbrellas, not
only stop doing 50 but want 10 get back the money
thew have already put up; when. not even yet con-
tent they begin 10 tell reporters where you got
YOUR royal middle names and how the Foreign
words for of got attached TO them-then on.
oppressed and downtrodden monarch don't you feel
that reignng II thankless Job. that you should IKE
TO be far from the madding crowds 'gnoole
strife and that on no account. except stern
sense Of duty would YOU interfere with your sub
jects affairs in any way.
The best part OF any story-the only really valua-
bic parts the philosophical reflections which ac-
company it-Which accompany every boou 9'"'''
But as most readers like most subjects. are per
verse OF heart and wayward OF habit good many
OF them do not read the moral sentiments II they
are put at the end So they put at the begin
ming Of this story being more important than
usual And what comes now "a the story
Iavinia H. van Westervelt Dempsey queen OF
tho Holland Danes Of New-Netherlands. has been
sued and judgment has been entered against her In
two actions brought in the courts OF this city and
the filing Of the judgments in the County Clerks
office has brought 10 light bitter estrangenent
between members Of the royal family. John A
Dempsey. a lawyer OF the firm Of Hymes. Woyti-
seek & Schaap is the plaintiff, and the judgments
amount 10 about s. 80 for money advanced In the
last four or five years. On "Wednesday morning
interesting will be up In the city Court In
which the whole matter OF the Queens connection
with the Holland Danes will be brought out. and.
as indicated by Mr. Dempsey, some interesting
things will be made public
II am heartily sick Of the Holland Danes bust
ness" said Mr. Dempsey Il have been receiving
every month invitations and announcements from
the society which have never opened since
looked at the first one have not wanted TO have ave
first organization went up TO one OF tneir pow so
what they were IKE. / made up my mind it was
lot OF women who were 80 crazy after notorle'y
that they'd spend every cent on earth for H.
"All This notoriety has injured In my profess
sion People come here and they say: 'Aren you
some relation of the Miss Lavinia Who is spoken
Of SO much always answer that am. but
not a prince OF the blood l don't know where she
gets her idea that she is royal The only Dutch
In her is the little that came into her veins by
the marriage Of her grandfather into the Old
is the given in the papers in This case I9yinia
II. Dempsey. A couple of years ago she took the
notion to put the Westeryelt in She added van
in front Of it. ! knew all about that ct the time
She had hard time getting the Fifth Avenue Bank
The suit TO up next Wednesday Is one
prothers V Charging them With retaining certain s
yer heirlooms belonging 10 ner.