The Washington herald., 1907-04-08
Dark Intrigue UnfOlded by
Mrs. Won ClauSSen.
BUT THE KING IS INNOCENT
II Isn't His Fault the Court Presen-
tatIOn at Stockholm Never Took
Place-Miniater Graves and His
wife, However, Are Not Held
Observation-Disclosures Ahead.

/ porter carrying large pVfttidutedQ5
there will be no occasion for a hasty gath
ering of Secret Service men. It will
merely be Mrs Ida Won CIaussen. come to
/ interview the Chief Executive about Mrs
! Graves, wife of the American Minister to
/ Sweden. who refused to arrange the
presentation at court Of her fellow-coun-
/ trywoman.
Should the portmanteau be searched for
internal machines it Will probably be
found to contain nothing but Mrs. Won
/ CIaussens credentials, the same that
/ failed TO impress Mrs Graves with the
desirabiltty of accepting Mrs. Won Claus
sens invitation TO be presented at the
! court in Stockholm.
/ Mrs. Won Claussen has come all the
way back to the United States to get re-
venge for the slight She is stopping at
the New Willard, where her real doggy
1 Partisan raiment. expressive eyes, ana
/ abundant hair and figure reap daily
/ encomlums from all the belibOys. In re
gard to her Swedish side-stepping expert
ence, Mrs Won ClausseR is delightfully."-
ohatty. She frankly admits that she is
! one Of the most popular American women
that has ever visited Europe. and mod
estly owns the soft impeachment that
the continental papers have loudly sung
the praises Of both her beauty and her
[ brains.
Doesn't Deny These Things.
As for dear old King Oscar. didn't he
beseech her seven times 20 come to Stock
holm and mix in the festivities of his
court? Wasn't the Kings BAH, slated
for January last, postponed from time to
time, in the expectancy of her being pre-
/ scented at court. so that she could grace
the occasion? And after the refusal Of
Mrs. Graves to respond TO the piteous en-
( treaties Of the Swedish nobility TO have
! Mrs. Won Claussen introduced officially
wasn't the ball abandoned altogether?
Sure. Mrs Won Claussen doesn't even
pretend 20 deny H.
International complications are likely TO
result from Mrs. Graves attitude. King
Edward of England and Queen Alexandra
viii undoubtedly have something 20 say
about IT, because Il was all arranged TO
have Mrs. Won Claussen presented at the
/ Court of St. James next month, and now
this affair will cause a postponement Of
that royal pleasure. Mrs. Won Claussen
says she has been forced to break her
date with the English Queen In order ~
come over here and get her rights That
she viii get all that is coming to her she
has no doubt
Here's Her own story.
But here follows part Of what Mrs.
Won Claussen had 20 say. herself. about e
all when she granted the interview with
The Washington Herald reporter at the
New Willard last evening. II was a
pleasant interview, because the reporter
didn't have TO ask any questions. Mrs.
Won Clausseu merely led the way TO a
sufficiently conspicuous settee, setteed,
and commenced.
I i suppose you want 10 know ali about
this affair. so here goes. You see. / was
stopping ar Wiesbaden last May with my
little baby girl. His majesty the King of
Sweden was stopping at the same hotel
] became very popular there. and the
papers raved about my looks and brains
and American smartness. The manager
Of the hotel used to say ! was unique.
because l handled my gentlemen friends
so cleverly. You see. / would have an
engagement with one at . in the after
noon. another al 4. and another at 6. and
so on, and I would use the different doors
Of the hotel so as to keep my beaus
apart.
''The manager used to ask me why I
didn't meet the King. and I said I didn
care anything about royalty But on my
babys birthday. the NTH. she ran to me
and said, Mamma, do you know there is a
real king in the house, She wanted 10
fAlra I 49,. I
and gave her a little note, which ! wrote
for her saying, I am five years old to-
day and something else of that kind.
The King was delighted and when Adj
/ miral Panders0B suggested that he tear
up the note the King refused, and put il
in his breast pocket.
Made Hit with King.
shortly after that the admiral came
to me and told me that the King would
be pleased to meet me, and that's how
I came to meet him. He was a nice old
/ gentleman, and I made great hit with
I him. He asked me what I would like
/ best in the world, and l said to meet him
. again-iust jollying him, you know-and
/ he said that he would arrange it when
he went 10 Stockholm. I saw him seven
times, and each time he reminded me OF
my promise to come to court.
! never thought anything about it I'M
/ til I heard from great friends of mine
among the Swedish mobiles that they
wanted me to come there. / went to
Stockholm, and found that everything
had been arranged. but that, according
to custom, ] must be presented through
| the wife of the Minister. Then this bust
ness came off that has all been written
up so in the papers. The Kings bali was
postponed several times, and finally, when
/ it was learned that this woman would
not present me. the ball was called of
/ altogether Isn't that a strange coin
cidence?
1T was then arranged that I should
/ stay and be taken I'm by the mobiles with
out the official introduction. and be pres
ent at the mobiles ball. but ] decided that
/ it would be an insult 10 the American
government 10 haze it managed that
/ way. so I came over here to see the Pres
ident abou; it.
Trouble Ahead for Mr.. Graves.
IF he won't assist me to get my rights
I will show Mr.. Graves up. There is
something doing over there in Sweden
IN the way of a political intrigue, and /
will ask Mr.. Graves to answer certain
! questions.
It's all too absurd about my not hav-
ing credentials. I guess the public has
! read those letters of mine that I wrote
! Mrs. Graves. Didn't I show what ere
| dentials I had then? Those letters GER
tainly were masterpieces, all right Be
sides, I was to have been presented at
St. James next month. and I have for
! FegfaI that RI Gonna over hara ~, sbs. .