Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-08-12
QUEEN OF NETHERLANDS.
The OncinI Programme to he OBJ
served Upon Her Coming OF Age.
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, majority on August 31st, the event being
| privately celebrated as a purely family
| festival at The Hague, and 1t is only Oh
the following Monday Septemberi5th, thai
she travels IN state to Amsterdam fol
the ceremony OF the inauguration.
| She will reach there at o'clock, and
1 escorted by the royal body-guard, will
drive by a very circuitous route TO the
royal palace, the streets and canals being
lined by some 1900 picturesqueiy-attired
artisans belonging TO the various guilds
and the same number of troops. a quar-
ter OF million dollars are being spent In
the decoration OF the route. and as there
IS TO be color uniformity In each street.
no house or building being allowed a spe-
cial or distinctive scheme. the effect viii
be exceedingly harmonious and pleasing.
In the evening there will be an illumina-
ton OF the city, several state banquets,
and state reception at the royal palace
on the Dam. This imposing-looking build
ing was erected some 800 years ago at q
cost of $5.o00.o00. 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 Hottest
in Europe being 100 feet high, l20 feet
lures of this noble apartment are the su-
perb orange silk hangings and the mga-
nihcent rock crystal chandeliers.
On the following day-that IS, Tuesday,
September 6th-the ceremony Of the inau-
guration will take place in the Nieuwe
Kerk. which, although styled new" was
built just 500 years ago. dias for the
Queen has been constructed close TO the
hnely-carved seventeenth-century pulpit,
and IL is here that she will recite the oath
to maintain the Constitution, administer
ed to her by the President Of the Upper
Chamber Of the Legislature. Afterward
the members of the latter and the great
officers Of state will individually take the
oath OF allegiance to the Queen, who will
then make the first public speech. an
acknowledgment Of the zeal of her min
istry.
AS 1 have stated before in these col
umns, 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 formal
reception at the Palace, followed by a
state drive around the city, the royal car
riage being preceded by twenty others.
containing royal guests from abroad and
great mobiles. The days programme
closes with a big banquet at the Palace,
at which the Queen will preside.
At A. M. Wednesday, September 9TH,
the young Queen will be awakened by
serenade of the Netherlands Choral So
ciety, 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, collected from all
parts of Holland, will be let loose.
When the birds have disappeared n
thousand representatives Of the Dutch
Gymnastic Societies will give a 5-minu;es'
display, which will be followed by the
much-talked-of historical and allegorical
national procession. The cars will be
very elaborate as well as novel. i'm de-
sign. Specially picturesque will be the
ships.
In the evening there will be grand fire. |
works. and water carnival on the ii, |
an arm of the Zuyder Zee, which will be |
by the royal party from a |
stand erected on the West Indian quay. /
On the following day-namely. Thurs |
daY-the young Queen will open rhres ex-
hibitions. AT the Rijks Museum there |
has been got together a collection Ct pic |
lures and objects of interest connected /
there will be on view 225 Dutch |
costumes illustrating past and present |
fashions in all parts Of the kingdom.
In the building there will also be the |
srandest exhibition of Rembrandt mas
-erDieces that have ever been assembled |
lnder one roof. Queen Victoria, the Gar
he German and Austrian Emperors, as
we'll as a number of great mobiles, have
ent their Rembrandts for the occasion,
md the show includes five long-lost
works by the great master, recently dis
covered in Poland by the organizer Of the
exhibition. DIT. Bredius, the world-famed
expert on all matters relating to Rem
brandt.
This Rembrandt exhibition, which, al
hough consisting of only 100 pictures, is
insured for $0OO0,00O, remains open for
wo months. and offers an unrivalled and
iever-to-berepeated opportunity for art
SITS to see all the great Dutch artists
works. together.
The Queen will afterwards proceed to a
lUscal matinee in the Concert Hall. the
rogramme being made up exclusively of
he works of Dutch composers. Mengel-
erg will be the chief conductor, and one
{ this features Of the concert will be |
antata in honor of the occasion. At
light there will be a state performance |
! the town theatre, the play by Schim-
lel being based on incidents in Dutch
istory
On Friday the Queen receives the city
lthers of Amsterdam, who will present
heir gift in the shape Of an immense gold
laque, and in the afternoon she will re-
Urn to The Hague after reviewing on
er way TO the station SO, 900 school chill.
rem under the age OF ii, who will there
pom be Toasted, and each presented with
souvenir of the occasion.
From Monday morning until Friday
Vening all the church bells will be rung
'r two hours daily, and the advent Of
avn each morning viii be heralded by :
ie performance of chorales by trombone :
layers, who will be located In the towers I
the five chief buildings of the city. one
sing the steeple of the Nieuwe Kerk.
The grand review of the Dutch feet, c
hich was to have been held during this c
eek, has now been postponed until the q
Id OF September. as 1t is considered that '
e five days of uninterrupted festiyity
I'd excitement will be enough TO exhaust S
e energy OF even so blooming and a
salthy young girl as Queen Wilhel- a
ina. (
have often heard it said that The =
ntchman is at heart a republican, and q
res but little for the pomps and cere- .
onies of court life. which do not appeal q
his sense or stir his imagination. as n
the case with more warm-blooded Latin L
ices. Either this theory is untrue. or e
80 the worthy Hollanders have permit D
i their devotion and affection for their n
Jung Queen 10 get the best of their dem CT