Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-08-27

notable.
Remembering all this. can any one
doubt that the Interest which America
feels In the crowninEo Of the young queen
OF the Dutch II a very personal onci
Queen Wllhclmina when she receives
her full name " wiiholmlna Helena
Paulina Maria. and her birthday on
Aug. 81 will make her n years old. In
Holland a woman IL not OF age until
she Il q. but as wiihclmina IL a queen
and her country requires her services
an exception Il made In her case.
Queen Emma Wilhelminn'a mother
and the real ruler since the death %
her husband. the young queens fnthcr.
King william III. which occurred In
1890 IL very good woman. but she IL n
German. and the iIollnndcrs do not like
Germans. They have an idea that the
dcrman nation Ia always reaching out
TO extend ~ territories and would like
TO absorb the Netherlands, since II Is
through Holland that the river Rhine
nnally reaches the sea.
queen Emma IL daughter of Prince
George Victor Of Waldcck-Pyrmout
one u tho Vanaals OF tho German crown.
The people ~ Holland therefore think
u IL natural that she should have a
special liking for Germany, and they
fear that she may influence her dauTh-
ter 20 marry some one " the German
rrlnccilngH who are under Emperor
Williams thumb. II was once Eonuipcd
that she and tho German emperor had
In view the Crown Prince Frederick.
who II now 10 years Of age.
In order 10 avoid any appearance OF
favoring the Germann Wlihclminn has
boon brought up with as little knowl-
edge of tho German language and the
excelirncra Of the nation as was poasl-
bic. II IL quite likely that German IL
the only lanEuaE. Of Europe that she
cannot speak. French. Engllsh. Span
lHh and Italian she uses iiuently.
England H., next o. Holland. VIII
helminn's fnvoritr country. She hor-
self says that when she marfica which
she very Independently asserts she has
no notion ~ doing until she II quite we'll
suited. she will select an EnRllahman.
Her liking for the English II possibly
due 20 the fact that she has been cdu.
Gated by a very charming and accom-
plished English woman. Miss snxton
Winter This lady was wisely given en-
tire charge Of the little girls education
Under the general direction o. tho queen
she decided what the little Girl should
study and was present when the mas
ters gave their instruction TO see that
wiihelminn was attentive aud did not
ffulic. nv she had a great tendency TO do
whom given nm opportunity
In tho afternoons Miss Winter accom-.
panied her young charge on her drives
or walks ana saw that she went to bed
early ana dld not cat unwholeHomc food.
In fact this EnHllsh woman In meas
urn took the place Of mother 20 the
little glrl, queen Emmn's official duties
occupied much NJ her time. ana aho was
rild 90 think that during the long, busy
days 20 wise and excellent woman US
Miss Winter looked after her daughter
queen Wilholmina has been brought
up more simply perhaps than most
Eirla even than the daughters Of the
wull 10 do hurThcrn whom she has often
openly onVied. because OF their less ro-
Htrirted lives. a little story II told Of
hor that shows how early she had learn
Cd Tho truth % the saying. Uneasy Hes
the head that wears crown"
She had grra, number Of dolls, and
after any court ceremony In which she
took part she was went to put them
through the same perilt. aaro. To them
She also feClted her lessons every day.
one afternoon one ~ the dolls would
not sit up quito 10 please her. ana after
placing q ns she wanted II she shook
her nnger thrraienlngly ana said. ne
careful now. or viii mike you n-prln-
cess and then YOU Will have 10 III up
and smile nt the people whenever you
60 out until your poor bead aches and
your back IL nearly hrrben" Hfinr "a
princess seemed To her the worst ihlng
thpt could possibly happen 10 any one.
Wllhelmlun has never had any friends
or her own aRe. sometim = when she IL
80 the country nnlncc. iiet Loo, the
dnurhtors M the ne 'ghhoring nrlstoora-
cN are Invited 10 spend an afternoon
with her but before leaving home the
children have been 80 lCcturcd about
their manners that they are frightened
ami stand 10 such awe NJ the little
queen that they make poor playmatea.
one day during q &, l.ous court cere-
mony ln which the little girl was oen-
trll figure she noticed peeplng through
the doors of an upper gallery the head
OF a little flrl wilhelminn'a eyes kept
wandering In that direction for she was