Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-10-17
pooRN IS BEAUTIFUL PLACE.
Es- kaiser's Substitute For 81. Helena
Ii Picturesque Little City.

Ex-kaissr's Substitute For 81. Helena
10 Picturesque Little City.
correspondence OF Associated Press.l
Doom, Holland. Sept. 2a.-"The House
OF Doorn," as the estate recently pur-
chased here oy the form German en-
peror has been called IL e turtles, lies
right In the midst of = ,iean. slow
moving little Dutch v > whose 5000
or SO Inhabitants. W not at all ex-
cited about 1t, ar . liking forward
with considerable sst to numbering
among their bw = u one William
Hohenzollern, 70, {, ly Of Potsdam.
The villagers. 80 with most persons
IN this sectior =. the country. believe
that he is CO. here to settle down
for life. II oe his intention he has
selected as Joluntary substitute for
ST. Helona'S Of the prettlcst spots In
Holland. There is nothing In the es-
tate he has purchased or In the sur
rounding community to suggest q place
Of exile.
Doom, like Amerongon, Is one OF tho
few villages In Holland located on
ground that seems to be above the sea
level. Instead OF canals and dykes ana
the monotonous fiat land occupied by
sleepy looking black and white cows
and pompous, fat windmills which form
the unchanging scenery Of most OF
Holland, the country about Doorn,
while generally flat, to be sure, has
here and there a faint suspicion OF a
hillock. and the white stone or pink
brick roads wind quite frequently thru
forest land--most Of it the private
preserves of the Dutch nobility.
Hundreds Of automobiles pass thru
Doom daily during the summer season.
for 1t is on the main highway from
Amsterdam and Rotterdam to Arnem
which passes the Hohenzollern estate.
From this road, thru n long avenue OF
stately trees. Is visible one side OF The
House of Doorn." There Is also almost
n constant procession Of bicycling tour
lists, aud the two main hotels, with
their white painted little veranda cafes,
and the pensions" or boarding houses,
do a rushing business all thru the sea-
son. In fact, caring for summer tour
lists seems to be Doorns only means
Of livelihood. The country for miles
around is dotted with Handsome VII
las. summer homes of wealthy people
of Amsterdam or Rotterdam, and the
more pretentious castles OF the Dutch
aristocracy. VINO live there all the year
round. emerging daily from old time
feudal castles for carriage rides behind
slow but sure Dutch horses driven by
solemn looking coachmen in tall black
hats. Some Of the nobility have auto
mobiles--neariy every Hollander has
his bicycle.
Doom is quite easy Of access to the
ordinary tourist. One travels by ex-
press train from Utrecht a fifteen or
twenty minute ride, to the station
Driebergen. There he boards train
Of small but comfortable cars drawn
by steam locomotive only one size
larger than those operated for chill
dren in American amusement parks,
and this miniature railroad, runs down
the highway. with Its narrow track at
the right OF the automobile road. to-
ward Doorn and Amcrongen, 1t Is a
thirty minute ride, from D.iebergcn,
and the train. at the melancholy signal
of tin horn blown by the conductor:
stops within hundred feet of the en-
trance to the estate. r7st
There are no guards about the es-
tate now nor walls nor noats to pro-
tect the house from the curious passer-
by. 1t is forbidden. however. to walk
in the 2o0-acre park without special
permission, which is not being granted,
just now, as Herr Hohenzoilern.s fur
niture and art treasures. fifty-one big
vanloads, valued at something over
81. 900, 900 are being stored and placed
preparatory to the moving out of the
Baronness Van Heemstra de Beau
fort, on Nov. /, and the moving in OF
the former emperor late in December
or early in January. &c.,