Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1895-06-15
HOLLANDS LITTLE QUEEN.
Who Is Considered the Greatest Mat
rnonfai Prixe In the Roxal Market.


Who Is Considered the Greatest Matri-
moniai Prize In the Royal Market.
The report which came ont recently.
and which was promptly contradicsed.
that the young queen Of the Netherlands
was engaged to the Only son Of the Duke
Of Coburg and Edinburgh. was probably
but tho foserunncr of many rumors yet
to come-reports of her engagement to
every eligible prince Of Europe, for the
little queen, though row only AK
years old, is the greatest matrimonial
prize in the royal niar..ct 1t is said
that she is to visit England this sum-
MGR. which amounts. we suppose. to
/ her coming ont. and her marriage
will be planned ard talked Of as u mat
ter of affcctionate interest as well as of
great political importance. for already
she is Eiuch loved by the Hollanders
Should Wilhelmina die without an heir
the crown Of Holland would pass to d
foreign family.
Wilhelmina is a pretty, sweet faced
little girl. with @ enc royal courtesy and
dignity and she is as good and as interest
ing, it is said, as she is pretty, very
much a loving. thoughtful girl. aud very
much queen. most charitable to the
poor and the aged, nest majestic i'll her
strong will, most unaffected in her
pleasures. Such at least is the notion
enc gets Of her from her own subjects,
who seem to like nothing better than to
talk of their little queen, and i'll her
face one may see the blending of all the
characteristics which they ascribe to her
1t was the writer's fortune to be in Hol-
land just before Wilhelmina's last birth
day, and though he could not stay to see
the actual festivities he did not leave
her capital city Of The Hague until tho
eve of the anniversary. and SO caught
something of its spirit.
That day of preparation was glori-
ously perfect cue. and the flags and
bunting were carly arranged. In the
morning all the Shop windows were
F, filled with the new photographs which
the queen had had taken for the occasion.
They We're of various sizes and styles.
all finely finished, and ell showing the
same sweet face, whether the fair smooth
brow supported a crown, Or whether the
silver headgear Of Datch peasant close
! ly clasped it. The sale of the pictures
seemed to be very great, but then the
stanchest republican might bny one and
| forget that the little girl was queen
In the evening tho arches and the
frameworks for the gas Examinations
began to appear, and after nightfall the
streets were noisy with the cries of tho
hawilers 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 8 O'Clock it seemed as though
everybody i'll the streets had one, and
very graceful and pretty they Were, and
the writer was as proud of his as though
he were Dutchman.
There was something quite touching
and interesting and very foreign to a
republican III the thought that whole
nation was on the eve of thus loyalty
celebrating the birthday Of a little girl.
only just III her teens. How much it
all meant! And was there not something
pathetic in it, teo, il the thought that
such q child must seriously note these
manifestations Of popular love, and now
in the news that che must think of a
husband? Poor little girl, hfe's best is
closed to her l-Rechestor Post Express