, 1891-02-28
The Queen of Holland.

About young Queen Wilhelmine, whose
full name is Wilheimine Helene Pauline
Marie and who was born at the Hague
31st of August 1880, when her father
King Wilhelm, was So, bat her mother
Queen Emma only % years old
Eusebio Blasco relates the following in
LIE Figaro: Little QueenI WilhelmiHe thinks.
of nothing but her dolls, her pigeons and
her wild excursions through the country.
On one of my Journeys during spring 1890
| saw herat a rail way-station "a big, rosy
rather handsome girl, who was jumping all
around without minding etiquette i'll the
least. She was surrounded by some pc
dantic people, who were very proud of the
part they were playing. Both at these and
Che passengers who were awaiting the train;
she looked with a touch OF envy. lShe looked
as if she wanted to break through the ring
other servants to r0nfp ut full liberty. Sho
has been educated in the French manner:
Until her fourth year she only spoke
French. but then she commenced. to learn
other languages as well, still it was forbid
den TO teach her German, as her father de-
tested The Germans. Now she speaks
Dutch. English, French and even a flttle
Italian. Her first gOvelness, MademOiSelle'
Livtard was succeeded by an English
one. Miss Winter, who is still with the
young queen. 4 teacher of music ami
singing imparts these arts to- her!
These lessons, are always given In
the presence OF Miss Winter. The dOmes-
tic life of the young Queen has not u1lder-
gOnn any change since her ascending tlie
throne. In reality it is Queen Emma
who like Queen I hriStine of Spain, attends
to the business. the court and to all that
a child should be allowed TO ignore, but OF
cohrsr Queen WilhelMine has anyhow be-
sides her teachers and g0VerneS 4, her ards
de-camps. However she does not care much
about all of that to her life and happiness;
consist in minding her little garden and
loving her pigeons. A she'd iii which ~
large pigeon house is fixed. rs her private
properly. She loves her pigeons as much
as her dolls and she minds them herself
The Young Queen gets up early iii the
morning She gets up at 2 and then at once
goes to salute her mamma. At 8 O'clock
the first break ia st is served, and at Fl the
second one. Dinner is taken at s. FROM
8 TO IL O'cl. in the morning the Queen has
her lessons in foreign languages, IN draw
ing and in music. After breakfast she
cOnverses with her mother, who regularly
makes her read a chapter OF the P1OleJ
which she bheh explains to her. Then the
little Queen goes to her garden to feed her
birds, or she goes out boating or riding her
DOnV. Tn her saloon, like the King or
Spain, she has lots of playthings. VVitlI
Alfonso XIII swords, tin-soldiers and horses
are predominant; with Queen Wilhelmine
it is richly dressed dolls and embroidered
baskets, her mother has a great name torheF
Observation-Disclosures. At 0O'clOck Queen
Wilhelmine goes to bed. This royal existence
is so very quiet that it is civic, but IN this
case perhaps this-is happiness. Her grlet
on account of her father's death-sIe wears
white mourning-doeS hot seem to- HlseFfeFe
with her childish happiness. Just as tire
two child kings, who don't yet understands
the anxietics of lite, she must miss the COM
pany of other children, as her high p 'sltlOn
forbids her TO play with her subjects.
In some countries of Russia, accoHI-
ing to a communication from a cor
respondent . to Novoje Vremya, n Is
tl,irr ~ the nAflVA .