Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1895-06-15
HOLLANDS LITTLE QUEEN.
who Is Considered the Greatest Iatri-
monial Prize In the Royal Market

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mon!al Prize In the Royal Market.
The report which came ont recently,
ard which was promptly oontradictod,
tat the young queen Of the Netherlands
was engaged to the only SOM Of the Duke
OF Coburg and Edinburgh, was probably
but the forerunner OF many rumors yet
to come-reports of her engagement 30
every eligible prince of Europe, for the
little queen, though now only "A $
years old, is the greatest matrimonial
prize in the royal market 1t Is SAID
that she is to visit England this sum
1,sor. which amounts, we suppose, to
Der looming out, and her marriage
VIII be planned and talked OF as mat
ter of affectionate interest as well rs OF
great political importance, for already
she is much loved by the Eollanders.
Should Wilhelmina die without an heir
the crown Of Holland would pass to
foreign family.
Wilhelmina is . pretty, sweet faced
little girl, with fine royal courtesy and
dignity, and she is as good and as Interest,"
ing, it is said, as she is pretty, very
mach a loving, thoughtful girl, and very
much queen, most charitable TO the
poor and the aged, most majestic IN her
strong will, most unaffected in her
Measures. Such Mt least is the notion
enc gets OF her from her own subjects,
who seem to like nothing better than TO
talk of their "Ettlc queen, and IN her
face one may SEQ the blonding Of all the
characteristics which they ascribe to hor
Il was the writer 5 fortune 70 be in Hol-
land inst before Wilhelmina's last birth
day, and though he could not stay to see
tie actual festivities he did not leave
her capital city of The Hague until the
eve of the anniversary, and 50 caught
something Of its spirit.
That day of preparation was : glori-
o1sly perfect one and the flags and
brnting were early arranged In the
morning IL the shop windows were
sled with the new photographs which
the queen had had taken for the occasion
rhey wore Of various sizes and styles,
az finely finished and all showing the
same sweet face, whether the fair smooth
hrow supported crown, or whether the
silver headgear of n Dutch peasant close
" clasped it. The sale Of the pictures
seemed to be very great, but then the
stancheSt republican might buy one and
forget that the little girl was queen.
In the evening the arches and the
frameworks for the gas Examinations
began to appear, and after nightfa1 the
streets We're noisy with the cries Of the
hawkers Of her pictures, Of flags and of
badges. OF the latter the most popular
was an orange colored bird, fixed TO a
stab pin, to wear in the lapel Of one S
coat. BY O'Clock it seemed as though
everybody in the streets had one, and
very graceful and pretty they were, and
the writer was as proud Of his as though
he were a Dutchman.
There was something quite touching
and interesting and very foreign to q
republican in the thought that whole
nation was Oh the eve OF thus Loyalty
celebrating the birthday OF q little girl,
only just in her teens. How much IL
al meant And was there not something
pathetic in it, too, in the thought that
such child must seriously note these
manifestations Of popular love, and now
IN the news that she must think OF a
husband: Poor little girl, LIES best IS
closed to her Rochester oS5Lzpres5