The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-30
HAS
LOVING HUSBAND
Queen Wilhelrnina Loyal to King
Despite Scandal and Court
Gossip.
Pr INcE is LoNGED FOR
People Of Holland Are Anxious
That an Heir to Throne
Be Born.
P. RINcIE is LoNeED FOR
BY MARQUIS DE cAsrEnbANE.

BY MARQUIS DE CAsTELLANE.
Especial Cable to The Times Dispatch.]
Paris. January 29.-l think can
give you some interesting news. Queen
wilhelmina. OF Holland. bids fair to
make her subjects the nappiest people
In the world. Again there Is hope
OF an heir to the throne OF Holland;
again the Dutch folk are looking
eagerly forward to soon having a little
edition of the Queens husband for a
future King.
There has been much gossip con-
corning the domestic life OF this royal
pair Now happen to know that the
little Queen always has been des-
perately In love with her big husband.
She married him for love. and she has
never ceased to love him despite gossip
and court scandal. Indeed 1t was
through her devotion to him that she
came to lose her first two children.
She insisted on following him every
where he went. especially on horse
back at times when she should have
remained quietly at rest The prince.
too. In a rough German fashion. has
shown himself to be man OF heart.
The faithful people OF Holland are
devotedlv attached to the little Prin-
cess Juliana but It Is OF the most vital
Importance the Queen should give
tier. prince who will one day be
their King. They have only to be
patient. for Wilhelnina is only thirty
four. and in robust health. so that
there NAV be whole nursery full OF
little princes to delight their hearts
and further thei- hopes OF a King.
Women. Rights in France.
have been asking few we'll
known public people for their opinion
ss to votes for women. talked with
the late President Of France. and she
said:
Woman Is admittedly greater than
man from an economic point OF view.
Is 1t not absurd that she should be
considered inferior from political
standpoint? IN these DAYS most cues
lions are settled by popular opinion.
Why. then. should the saner. certainly
the soberer. half OF humanity be
si'ert2 It Is neither reasonable nor
logical"
Marcel Provost. one OF our best
known novelists. said:
IT have ALREADY put myself on record
in favor of votes for women stand
for equal rights in all things for
both sexes"
Another eminent Academician. Emile
Faguct. said:
IT believe the women of every conn
try shoula stand for sane conservatism
and a high standard OF morality They
are less sensual. less criminal. and
certainly more sober than men. BY
all means let the women vote"
NV own opinion. II you would care
for that. is that universal female sut-
frage Is more important for the
rrosress of humani'v than was the
destruction OF the Bastille All men
OF intelligence who have studied the
question are in favor OF female suf-
fraEc. Condorcet in France Mill and
Gladstone in England. Lincoln In
A,"erica. would have given women tho
right to vote.
French Chateau. for Sale.
Mrs John Jacob Hoff, wife of tho
Standard OIL representative In Paris.
and daughter of the late Commodore
Whitney. OF Detroit, has Just finished
the restoration OF the most famous
chateau in Franco.
Mrs. Whtpev-Hoff. as she is popu-
larly called, paid 100000 for the prop
erty. Originally IT was fortress with
many watch towers Around the
N,
known as the Chateau Prieux, and Ia
near .Aix-les -Bains, on the banks OF
tho Rhone.
Speaking of castles. reminds me that
at the present time two American
chatelaines are offering their proper-
ties for sale. The widow of Colonel
Theodore a. DidEc, president of the
American Club. OF Paris Is selling the
Chateau de Rosiere. which is abou,
twenty miles from Paris. aud the
widow OF Edmond Kelly, formerly
counselor to the American embassy
is offering for sale the beautiful estate
known as the Concy-le- Chateau.
Popular American Hosts.
American women are such success
full and charming entertainers that
we have been inclined to overlook
American men as hosts. Yet over here
there are score Of American men
who have become notedly successful
entertainers and social favorites.
For instance. at Nice there is Ed.
ward Royal Tyler. Of Boston. whose
entertainments are the theme Of every
tongue. His Invitations to receptions
teas and other functions at the Villa
Marguerite are eagerly sought by our
highest nobility. do not mean those
OF our mobility who make a speciality
~ Fhi'c'iSHi ooc'StSt lin - allie l)uk6 Ut
Pomar and the Duke de Choilseul.
mean those OF the more exclusive no.
bility.
James Hazen Hyde, of course, Is one
OF the best known hosts In Paris. Els
dinner parties are famous for bril-.
liancy and good cheer. Every one who
Is any one. eagerly accepts his invita-,
lions.
Then. there is the artistic M, Dannat
president OF tho Society OF American
Painters,
Again, may cite Herman H. Harjes
the banker, whose "al fresco" enter.
tainments are most popular.
ITHAR,s NEW OPERA WINS