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r> NEW-YORK TRIBUNE ILLUSTRATED SUPPLEMENT. THE TO WOLLD BE gjOUU) queen WILHELMINA OF HOLLAND DIE CHILDLESS HEiRS HER THRONE GER.HANS PLANTING CHOOL 6KOI \'D

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In the mean time the seeds given to the chil- dren in the spring had been cared fur in their home yards with great industry. Vegetables also were grown, for which prizes were offered. The flower show in August was \u25a0 great succesa. Besides the flowers grown by the children, there was -i fine display of wild Rowers and of named branches of the different tree 3grows to this locality. Twenty-one prizes were given, and it was a foregone conclusion that the work would go on the next season. At the close of the year we took stock. The effort in the four schools by no means repre- sented the movement— it had extended all along the line. Some of the work that we had done with care was neglected through the summer and came to naught. Pome schools had accom- plished more by, themselves than the chosen few. Principals who had desired better yards and had labored for them, but expected to "die with- out the sight." took fresh courage. One school located near an old quarry had a yard en- cumbered with stones and stumps from tha primeval forest. The principal, nothing •\u25a0\u25a0•*-" ed, marshalled her forces and organized the girls into a tug-of- while the boys dwx at the old stumps, and between them they man- iaged to hurl them into the quarry. They brought shrubs from their own homes, gathered [hayseed from the barn Boors and sowed their grass, and the unsightly grounds were trans- formed into a beautiful lawn at an expenditure lof 70 cents We found also that a subtle. and powerful element was working with us. That "unearned increnu at" so uncertain and yet so Ipotent— public opinion— was ours. The pr.vdy spirit that had torn up the flower beds and de- stroyed the vines seemed to be eliminated. In the work of improving the schoolyards tne THE ROYAL PALACE AT . second year each school acted on its own initia- live. Each had its separate problem, made up such yen the sovereignty of the Netherlands as hereditary iof the condition cf the yard, the environment known yet whether he would accept the suc- Nassau, takes his position as imagination resources ot the seriously, it gives him the . . and the and throne, for it would in- and consld' is that was William i teacher. The of these problems was cession to the Dutch to his will and to express his The first of those stadtholdera solution money of right exercise of Orange. He was suc- very interesting. The devices fur raising volve the surrender of his grand ducal throne \it--ws In all matters relating to the Orange of Nassau and numerous, to the by hi* three sons in turn, only the third were as varied as they were rum- Weimar, since XXVIof the na- Nassau family, in which the succession ceeded rtain- Prix. Article of whom, Frederick Henry, left any children. mage sales, rubber sales, all kinds of enU the explicitly throne of Holland ia vested. son, who churches in their tional constitution of Netherlands • xplain position the r Frederick Henry's offspring included a meots—they rivalled the any In order to the of Kais< an eldest schemes, work was that prohibits the occupancy of foreign throne In the matter as , it is neces- followed him as William 11. and the most valuable history daughter, Louise by name, who married the done by the children themselves in the p< ore? Jointly with that of Holland. sary briefly to refer to a bit of an. -lent history as after a hara disposed concerning which, strangely enough, little is to Elector -f Brandenburg, known in districts. Fathers would tome Possessed of colossal wealth, toward Kurfurst," from whom the a hand in clearing the be found in the ordinary works of reference al the "Grosser and day's work and lend Indolence, accustomed to take his duties as present is descended in a di- school yard in true pioneer . Conditions and the disposal of the student. In the first place, who, n^uiy sovereign easily, it is regarded as extremely most people rect line. William IIdied, leaving one son. varied so much that comparisons could the of Prince of Orange, which of last of the had an im- probable that the fat young grand duke may after marrying the daughter the I\u25a0\u25a0 made. One of ciir oldest schools Stuart Kings of England, became ruler of Great mense yard with great possibilities if it wera prefer comparatively facile position of ruler desolation, the Britain and of the Netherlands until r the name not for its area? of stones and me of Saxe-Welmar to the infinitely more arduous of William 111. Dying childless, his rights of school visitor for the Woman's Union lived r.oxt and responsible position of monarch of the sovereignty to the and to door. ing a woman of resources, she devised Netherlands should. In par: of the As the grand duke has lost his the stadtholdership ol t!-.e :i plan. This school was located in a Netherlands. accordance with the statutes of the house ol city where the children belonged to well-to^oa younger brother, the rights of succession to the Nassau, as with the national printed to Orange as well gone families. A circular was and sent Dutch throne in the event of his waiving them both Holland and Orange, have to home-, asking the parents to state how laws of Us each would pass to the elder sister of his dead father; his aunt, that is to say. to William sister. much they would pay a week up to June 1 for Princess of Brandenburg, and on her Nearly responded in sums that is to say, to the eldest daughter of the late Louise the improvement. all to oldest son. Frederick I. Kine of cuts was raised Saxe-Welmar, death her rights from V* to 51. Over 9380 Gran 1 Duchess of who was Bister . Indeed, the tetter's were without any trouble, and the Improvement was King William 111 of the Netherlands. This strengthened by several so called "tidei com- superintendent to " succession, and put in the bands of the park princess, Marie by name, Is married to Prince missa bearing on the order of The work of clearing the ground was labori- indorsed by every chief of the families o! Forty-three of stone were carted off. Henry of Reuss, who was formerly German for ous. loads VII Chalons, of Orange and of Nassau more seventy loads of street dirt put on. and tons of Ambassador at Vienna and at Constantinople, than three hundred years. fertilizer applied. As a result an excellent lawn Marie Keuss who William however, who detested his Inis- treated, edged *_'..> shruM IiIs therefore Princess 111. Louise, still more has been with H> fine second in the line of succession to the sian aunt. Princess and hated donated by a former pupil. This yard easily Stands her son. King Frederick Of Prussia, made a will throne, and in the event of Queen Wil- pro- took the first prize. • Dutch of his own. arbitrarily setting aside all the The school that took the second prize baa death and the of Saxe- made by his predecessors, and belmina's Grand Duke vision and laws i-"i. smaller yard, but every inch was nuiue the Dutch crown, bequeathed his rights to hereditary stadt- Weimar declining to accept the prin- the most of. In the rear was a most attractive of the holdership of Holland, as well as to the respondent with morning glories and it is she who willbecome Queen Nether- to a very distant and ex- little arbor children, cipality of Orange, devoted to the kindergarten children. Thi3 lands. Princess Marie iteuss has four ceedingly remote kinsman by the name of twenty-three Count work was supervised by the park superintend- of whom three are sons, the eldest John of Nassau, descended from a «>f money being by all manner oc of the Nassau ent, the raised years of age and known as Prince Henry XXXII Nassau who had been chief clever devices. , family long before it inherited the Principality locates of Reuss, being a lieutenant of the imperial Ger- of stadt- The third prize was taken by a school of orange or had become possessed the among laboring class. Ihis man navy. His two younger brothers, respec- A struggle for in the suburbs the holdership of the Netherlands. school is perhaps the most inter- Li and the tively Prince Henry XXXIIIand Prince Henry the succession ensued, of which took ad- The !ar forcible possession of Orange; improvement did not cost a dollar "?s°* XXXIVof Reuss, come next in the line of suc- vantage to take boys were that a half holiday w >uld entire embroglio was brought to a close by told cession; after them their sister, now the seven- the , which, far given to all of the boys that would bxi»S some the Treaty of thanks more hoe shovel, w.ieel- teen-year-old Princess Sophie of Reuss, and In to diplomatic intrigue and to political Influence utensil for work spade, pick. or cart of any kind. Three hundred an the default of Princess Marie of Reuss and of than to right or equity, awarded the - bnrrow arti- of Nas- fifty reported for iuty. with a medley of" four children, just enumerated, the rights to ship of the Netherlands to Prince John handcarts, t 1 her sau, permitted cles. There were seventy and /<***; sister, ancestor of Queen Wilhelmina. grounds were rick the Dutch crown pass to her younger to possession of Orange, an.l things in proportion. Th? France retain removed, brought in, soaa Princess Elizabeth of Saxe- Weimar, married WILHELMINA, QUEEN OP HOLLAND. recognized the rights, or. rather, the wrongs, up, stones rich earth brought from vacant lots and laid inplace, trees to Duke John of Mecklenberg-Schwerin, half- of the King of Prussia by according to him in baa not planted and flower be.is made. Each grade Henry who imagine to he of entirely Dutch origin, and to the way of compensation only all the pos- the brother to that Duke married Queen sessions of Orange east of the its own bed th.it yielded .1 tine harvest to constitute the Netherlands counterpart of the of the House summer two boys we» of the Netherlands. English dignity of Prince of Wales, that is to Rhine, but likewise the right of bearing the flower show. During the .Wilhelmtna tj the and flowers The Duchess John of Mecklenberg-Schwerin say, an attribute of the eldest son and heir of title of "Prince of Orange" and the arms of the detailed each week water sod men- King regnant Holland, any ," daily. If space would permit, honorable \as no children, and failing her the throne of the or Queen Of Is alto- latter without of the INTtollies of many schools, eaca gether French. Situated in what is now the De- thus recognizing him as chief of the House of tion should be made of more {'he Netherlands would pass to the Crown Prin- , therefore the with its own particular story. partment iT the Orange was formerly Orange. The Kaiser is present reflex influent* cess of Denmark and to her children, the Crown an independent principality. In the year 1531, head of the House of Orange, and, while it It is impossible to estimate the King issue, gives rights throne, yet this Itis very evident in the ' '*' being the only child Of the late on the death of Prince Philibert without him no to the Dutch of work. i™?s; in1^":u Princess ( home yards and the Princess irange became the inheritance of his only sis- it affords him ample pretext to intervene in meal of the ;love Charles of Sweden, who married Louise Indeed, any may regard awakening of the child. It cultivates the ter, wife of the Prince of Nassau. from questions that arise with to the street, ana of the Netherlands, daughter of Prince Fred- that timp forth the heads of the Nassau family succession, vested as it is in that House of Or- of the beautiful, keeps him out of the legitimate occupation for o» erick, who was younger brother of King William assumed the title of Prince of ( irange, and con- ange Nassau of which he is the acknowledged is a wholesome and tinued to retain it after becoming possessed of head. EX-ATTACHE. activities. IIof the Netherlands, and an uncle, therefore, of the late King of Holland. The Crown P-incess of Denmark has a family of no less than eight children, and also some grandchil- dr -n. who, every one of them, would have rights to the Dutch throne through their mother. Then comes Prince Frederick of the Netherlands's other daughter. Marie, who is married to the Prince of Wied, and her children, and lastly the descendants of Prince Frederick of the Nether- lands's sister Marianne, who married the late Prince Albert of Prussia, and whose son, the present Prince Albert of Prussia, is now occu- pying the throne of the Duchy of Brunswick as regent. From this it will seen that, although be children; Queen Wilhelrhlna of Holland has no yet there is no lack of heirs to the Dutch throne, according to the terms or the national constitution of the Netherlands of August -*. ISIH, and of October 14, ISIS. In fact the rights of Emperor William to the throne are so remote that it is not necessary to take them into seri- ous consideration, although h is likelyto prove an important factor in the question of the Dutch succession, owing to the circumstance that all the heirs enumerated above are German and princesses, looking to him as their de facto ifnot de jure suzerain and as their guide, coun- sellor and protector. Moreover, Emperor Will- LOO, HAGUE, WILIiELMIXA'S SICK ROOM IS iam is the recognized head of the house ol CASTLE AT THE WHERE QUEEN