New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-08-08
WITHDRAWALS FETES.
,,o ,ct7rNc; INAUGURATION AT AM
srERDAM AND THE HAGUE-A ROYAL
poy,NCE LIKE QUEEN VICTORIA's.

$500. u-,,bemna may be considered the pa
sa,n. Of the Netherlands from the frequency
.,.h which her portraits are displayed IN shop
..,raovs and public places and her praises
.o,naed in general conversation. II Is WIZ
80 Young face. with traces OF self-will. and II
=. name 20 conJure with IN Holland. sixty
..r. ago English interest In monarchy was re-
.,ed nv the romance OF q young princess a.
49,, the last survivor Of the royal !inc who
"roo after q series OF unpopular soverc'gHs
ov.en Victoria In her girlish grace was de-
80, "a pathetic figure but in reality che
highly favored in being innocent. !ncxperi-
-o.a and lonely. She appealed strongly to the
.u,,.t,ons Of her subjects. and was more
-, IN her helplessness and simplicity than
Irs III In the plenitude OF his power The
49, ,ort OF fascination IS exercised by the
Dr,ch Queen. She is the last representative
:, ~. historic House of Orange. by whom the
,,,or,,es OF the Netherlands were preserved and
- whom the crown Of Great Britain was trans
,.-rsd after the revolution OF 1GSS. She Is q
s,mnle wholesome. natural GIRL who VIII soon
~ eighteen and Queen in fact as well as In
name; but in her ingenuousness and lack OF
xnewledge Of real lie she has greater resources
q, influence than her unduly experienced and
haed,trong father. William Ill
Thu fortunes Of monarchy are less dependent
IN these practical times upon the survival Of
the Attest than upon the romantic isolation OF
witnesses Ike Victoria sixty years ago and
Wilhelnina to-day. Queen Victoria began by
Interesting her subjects and the world in the
anomaly OF the arming Of an inexperienced and
am,able maiden with supreme power. and she
has ended with imparting strength and perna-
n.ncv 10 the principles of monarchy throughout
a %,
enforce the same iustrious example in
stricted sphere Of influence. Her sickly half
brother. the Prince OF Orange. who died when
she was a toddler in the royal nursery. would
have been feeble and inconspicuous sovereign.
From her birth Wilhelm,na was hailed as star
Of hope for waning dynasty. The Ministers
OF the Crown decided az soon as the Prince OF
Orange died that the succession must be regu-
lated ard consequently law was enacted by
State Council Of Senators and Deputies naming
her as heir 10 the throne. with her mother as
Regent Eight years ago the dissolute and IN
firm old King brought 20 a close d career as In
glorious as that Of any OF Thackeray's Georges;
but the little maiden OF ten appealed strongly
to Dutch imagination ard loyalty She IS now
approaching her royal installation which is
enormously described as a coronation: and al
d
which attracts LITTLE attention in the world.
she is the heroine Of the most interesting royal
romance since Queen Victorias earliest con-
quest OF English hearts.
A QUEEN TRAINED FOR BUSINESS.
TIE Queen has been trained FOR the business
Of reigninG bv a wise and discreet mother who
married in her youth aged sovereign and Is
now a plump and good natured Regent at
forty. The Princess of Waldeck and Pyrmont
Ike her sister. the Duchess Of Albany, came
from coed. sensible German stock Left a
widow in her youth by the death az husband
for when she could not have had any deep
feeling Of attachment, she devoted herself 10
the education of her daughter. and displayed not
q little clevcrnsss and force II character. AT
the outset she contentcd herself with signing
OGcially as Regent every paper presented 10
her by Ministers. ard With engaging expert
goverresses ard instructors in languages for
be. daughter. Mere recently she has tried 10
freak her into harness for the business of State
She has brought her into touch with public life
md made her a conspicuous figure at Court
functions. she may also have given her useful
aivice respecting marriage. but that is a sealed
mystery OF the Palace. All the matchmaking
has been done by imaginative journalists 50
Queen is in no haste 70 marry any one. and is
vexed and impatient whenever the subject is
mentioned. a judicious Uncle Leopold is APP
parentiy needed In order 10 induce her TO reflect
seriously upon her responsibilities as SOW
ereign without an heir.
Queen Wilheln.ina is a fresh and graceful
girl. without any marked pretens,ons 10 beauty.
but with many signs Of intelligence and good
sense She soeaks English, French and Ger
man as nuently as her native Dutch. rides well
and is a graceful dancer. She has good II ~
and rudy color, and has lived much OF. ~
doors taking horseback exercise several hoI-s
a day She has a wholesome love OF nfe has
animation and high spirits, and is FOND or
gayety. but the requirements Of etiquette have
been rlgidly enforced by her mother and ladies'
in-wating She has had no friends OF her own
age and has grown up among govern Z
Court officials and servants. At State banquets
she has sat with her mother apart from the
guests and has been carefully coached FOR all
the ceremonies OF the Court. At the state balls
che has been allowed to dance once during the
evening with the senior diplomatist at Inc
Hague. and her beaming face has disclosed en-
1oynent Of this January and-May rehearsal.
In the words OF younger diplomatist. VINO was
neither old nor decrepit enough 70 be her part
ner. she enjoyed It because she did not know
Of anything better"
HEP SUBJECTS PLEASED.
The Young Queens subjects have been peased
with her natural girlish ways. and touched
by her inexperience and implicitly. what was
every tongue sixty years ago IN Ehsia"u
is repeated IN complacent whispers IN every
somnolent Dutch town. The queen Is creo''cu
with having a good heart ana strohs Will
Whenever II Is intmated by rumor-Hohsei'
that she may accept advice from the uer"ia"
Emperor respecting her marriage anu oi'"s
Amsterdam and The Hague under ue Poi''c"'
and diplomatic influence of Berlin. the s'uiuy'
peace loving. independent men OF iioianu S""N'
tha,r bsoas decis,velv and confidently assert