El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-08-27
HOLLANDS YOUNG QUEEN.
Her Coronation Will Be A Red Let
ter Event For Her Subjects.

Denver Post.
The official program of the festivities
In connection with the coming of sg,
OF the queen of the Netherlands hal
Just been published. These do not be
gin until a week after she has attained
hea 18th birthday; that is to saw, sh,
attains her majority on August 81, the
event being privately celebrated as q
purely family festival at The Hague
and 10 Is only on the following Monday
September ., that she travels in state
TO Amsterdam for the ceremony of the
Inauguration.
She will reach there at o'clock
and escorted by the royal bodyguard
will drive by q very circuitous route to
the royal palace. the streets and canals
being lined by 10000 picturesquely at.
tired artisans belonging to the various
guilds and the same number of troops
A quarter of a million dollars are be-
Ing spent In the decoration of the
route, and as there Is to be color uni
formity In each street, no house or
building being allowed especial or dis
tinctive scheme, the effect will be ex-
ceedipgly harmonious and pleasing.
In the evening there viii be an illu-
mination Of the city, several state ban
quets and state reception at the royal
palace on the Dam. This imposing
looking building was erected some 800
years ago ut cost of IS, 000, 900, and Is
built entirely on piles, of which there
are many hundred thousands. The
marble reception hall, where the two
queens will greet their guests, is one
OF the largest and loftiest in Europe,
being 100 feet high, 120 feet long, and
90 feet wide. Among the features of
this noble apartment are the superb
orange silk hangings and the magnifi-
cent rock crystal chandeliers.
On the following day-thst is Tues
day, September 6-the ceremony Of
the inauguration will take place in the
Nieuwe kerk, which, although styled
"new," was built 500 years ago. A
dias for the queen has been construct
ed close to the finely carved seven
teenth centurypulpit, and il Is here that
she will recite the oath to maint tain the
constitution, administered to her by
the president of the upper chamber of
the legislature.
Afterwards the members of the lat
ter and the great officers Of state will
individually take the oath of allegiance
to the queen, who will then make her
first public speech, an acknowledge
ment OF the zeal of her ministry.
There will be no religious service,
but on arrival and leaving, the queens
ears will be greeted with hymns of
praise sung by choirs artfully hidden
from her view.
Later in the day there is to be for
by q state drive around the city, the
royal carriage being preceded by 20
others, containing royal guests from
abroad and great mobiles. The days
program closes with u great banquet at
the palace, at which the queen will
preside.
AT Z q. m. Wednesday September I,
the young queen will be awakened by
q serenade of the Netherlands Choral
society, who will muster nearly 1000
strong. In the afternoon there will be
an open air festival, and on the queens
entering the royal box or stand, near
the Rijks museum, 5000 pigeons col
lected from all parts of Holland will be
let loose.
When the birds have disappeared
thousands OF representatives of the
Dutch Gymnastic societies will give
fve-minutes' display, which will be
followed by the much-talked of histori-
cal and categorical national procession.
The cars will be very elaborate, as we'll
as novel in design. Specially pictures
que will be the ships.
In the evening there will be grand
fireworks, and q water carnival on the
Ii, an arm of the Zuyder Zee, which
will be witnessed by the royal party
from n stand erected on the West In
dian quay.
On the following day, namely Thurs
day, the young queen will open
three exhibitions. At the Rijks mus
Gums there has been got together q
collection OF pictures and objects of in
terest connected with the House of Or
snge. AT the new museum there will
be on view 225 Dutch costumes illustra-
ting past and present fashions in all
parts of the kingdom.
In this building there will also be
the grandest exhibition of Rembrandt
masterpieces that have ever been as
sembled under one roof. Qneen Vic
toria, the car, the German and Aus
trian emperors rs we'll as q number of
great mobiles, have lent their Remb-
randts for the occasion, and the show
includes five long-lost works by the
crest master recently discovered in
Poland by the organizer of the exhibit
tion, DR.. Bredius, the world famed eX-
pert on all matters relating to Remb-
randi.
This Rembrandt exhibition. which
although consisting Of only 120 piot-
ures, is insured for $40, 900, 900, remains
open for two months, and offers an I'M
rivaled and never-to-be-repeated OPP
portunity for artists to see all the
great Dutch artists works together.
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a musical matinee in the concert hall,
the program being made up exclusive /,
ly OF the works of Dutch composers.
Mengelberg will be the chief conduct
or, and one of the features of the con-
cert will be q cantata In honor of the
occasion. At night there will be q
state performances in the town theater, |
the play by Schimmel being based on
incidents in Dutch history.
On Friday the queen receives the |
city fathers of Amsterdam, who will |
present their gift in the shape of an i'm |
mense gold plaque, and in the after
noon she will return to The Hague |
after reviewing on her way to the sta Z
ton so, 900 school children under the |
age of Ii, who will thereupon be feast |
ed and each presented with souvenir |
OF the occasion. From Monday morn |
Ing until Friday evening all the church |
oeiis will be rung for two hours daily, |
and the advent OF dawn each morning
Will be herAlded by the perform |
Auce OF chorales by trombone PLAYERS, |
who will be located on the towers of !