The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-06-04
Until Present Reign French and
Not Dutch Was Court
Language.
Language,
ny "a MAnouIsE pE EoNrrNoY.

Rev. NJ r.. Lacherct. as French
chaplain to her court, serves to recall
the fact that until the present reign
French. and not Dutch was the court
language in the Netherlands.
Whenever the late King William Ill,
his first Queen and his Two sons lwho
predeccased him) attended church. ser
vice was always celebrated in French
OF France or French Switzerland. But.
on the death OF William Ill his widow.
the Regent Queen Emma. his second
wife, though bred Lutheran. not
only caused Wilhelm ma TO be- IN
structed by Dutch clergymen. but her
self attended Divine service in the
popular tongue with the little Queei'.
French also. at her instance. WAS DIS
ya.ucu as i court language. Inc resi-
dent French court chaplain was. how
ever, retained In office permanent
member of the royal household. neither
the regent nor her daughter wishing
to let the spiritual adviser of the late
King depart.
When this pastor died the other day,
the question arose whether 1T would
not be well to abolish the office. DC I'll
the Dowager Queen and the Prince
Consort being IN favor of 50 doing
but queen Milhelmna thought other
wise. She could not forget the French
origin OF the House OF OranS,., mr.
the fact that the Walloons formerly
We're subjects Of the Dutch crown,
ldlr sized NdllOOn sum
listing in the country to-day. Accord
insly she refused to do away with
the office. but has. however. placed II
on new basis.
The Rev. NJ L. Lachcret. who has
for twenty years past been one of the
leading Protestant clergymen in Paris:
Is to retain his Partisan homo and
| charge, but Will receive tho title 81
| chaplain to the Dutch court, and Viii
| be summoned from time to time. as
| his services are desired. Her decision
| in the matter is extremely popular
at The Hague, where Pastor Lacncre-
i spent the first fifteen years of his min
| isterial life, in charge of the Wall 1"n
church, and throughout the country.
| According to authentLc reports from
an eminent Berlin physician summoned
| by the Sultan To Salonic0 TO examine
and predecessor on the throne. Abdul
/ Hamd, who was as thin as a reed be-
fore his deposition has now become
not merely fat. but extremely obese
| owing To his sedentary HABITS.
AT the time when tho Berlin special
! list saw him, more than four months
| had elapsed since he nad quilted his
! apartments or set foot In the extern
surrounding the Villa LATIN. where he
| has been confined since his overthrow.
Two regular. medical men. surgeons
| of the Turkish army, VINO have re-
|
! many and Austria respectively, are in
| daily attendance upon him, and their
! task Is no easy one. as the utmost
| tact forbearance and patience are re-
| quired of them, and the suspicion of
the patient frequently necessitates their
! taking doses OF their own medicine in
! his presence.
Sometimes he solecto one or his body
servants, by preference his chief valet.
for the preliminary taste. Not long
"A mi a nj N "a
| prescribed. trial dose was duly ad-
ministered to the second valet. New
to the duty, he. finding 1t very bitter.
| made frightful face, whereat Abdul
! seized the bottle and dumped out the
| contents. On the same day. he sent to
| inquire whether the valet was still
alive. and great was his establishment
when the man presented himself, cheer
| full. hearty and none the worse.
The ex-Sultan Is equally eXacting al
! to his food. The ordeal OF tasting Is ex-
clusively reserved for the chief cook.
The dethroned Padishah has marked
fondness for pilafr. a certain Turkish
! dish prepared with rice and finely
! chopped meat. When dish is
CHIEF cook accompanies II and stands at
| attention like soldier awaiting
| orders. Abdul armed with large
spoon. will hover indecisive1y over the
| dish for a second or two. Then. hav-
ing selected the point of attack. he
| will plunge the spoon into the heart
| of the Streaming hot mass, and. with
| drawing IL hlled, hand the spoon to
! evince the least hesitation in sampling
| the contents. the dish is at once re-
jected By the suspicious Abdul.
Sir Bryan Leighton. who has come
| into prominence these days. owing to
his invention of a chute-llke contriv-
I ance for launching life-ooats from the
lofty decks of ocean liners, is the only
Itch, OF . tt.l@ r. a
/ under the American flag in recent
years. having enlisted as a volunteer
! al the outbreak of the war with Spain.
He served in the ranks from the be-
| ginning of the conflict right through
| TO the end and made many friends.
J. Two years later he was engaged in
| the South African war. fighting for
his own country, as an officer of the
/ Colonel Chishoime. When peace was
4 restored, he sought further excitement
/ in Mexico. hunting the wild sheep.
| These proved to be more formula bic
than either the Spaniards or the Beers.
! in his case. For he fell ana sma d
/ his knee-cap while stalking that shy
| and active American counterpart of
/ the chamois. Being thus inca pacitated.
for time at least, from active noun
iaineering, he went back home TO his
| beautiful country place. in Shropshire.
known as Lotion Park. which has been
in his family for a couple of centuries.
the entire estate comprising about 81
900 acres.
Here he is county magnate, a
| justice of the peace. -~' n major of
Yeomanry. He Is the ninth oaronet
| ferred by William Ill. In recognition
of the part which Edward leighton
! played in bringing about the succession
OF William of Orange to the throne OF
| England
Appropos of Sir Bryan's invention. 1t
! will be remembered that prize of
! 100 900 francs was offered by the heirs
I of the late Anthony Pollock, who went
/ down in tho wreck of the BourGogpc