The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-08-11
WILL NED FOR LOVE-
WiIheImina the WiIIfuI is
Soon to Be Crowned
WITH SPLENDID CEREMONY
Just Any Old Royal Reprobate
Won't Do For Her.

Queen Wilhelmina of Holland will b.
crowned in abe city Of Amsterdam. tn
ceremonies on this and the two following
days will be the most splendid ever seer
in the Dutch capital.
The queen will be legally Of age OF
August 81. when she will be eighteen
years old. The oornation has been ar
ranged to follow this day as soon as pos
sible.
All the world is interested in the young
queen. She is the only queen in her owr
right who has assembled a throne since
Victoria became queen of England. She
is amiable and good looking. She will
only marry for love.
All eyes of Europe are now turned on
Queen Wilhelmina of Holland.
On September she will be crowned
| queen and will then really reign over Hol-
land.
The attendant ceremonies will be OF an
interest and magnifcence only equalled
by the coronation Of the car and the
celebration of Queen Victoria's record
reign.
Queen Wilhelmina now holds position
| in the eyes Of the world much like thai
which Queen Victoria held sixty-one
years ago, when she began her unequalled
reign. All the world regards with sympa-
thy and interest a fair young queen. She
| is likely TO prove better sovereign than a
man would, because she has woman's
| goodness and woman's defenses against
the temptations which assail a king.
That is why the young queen is a center
of attraction
Wilhelmina is now a fair-haired, pretty
young woman with well developed, sup
pie figure. She is essentially womanly
and gentle in manner and looks.
The queen has an unusual claim to the
attentions of ordinary human beings. She
is the only queen who insists upon mar
rying according to the dictates of her
own heart. She has f1ercely resisted all
the attempts of her mother and her min
listers to choose husband for her.
Last year It was announced that she
would marry the cousin, Prince Bernard
of Sax-Weimar, whom the authorities had
selected as suitable. She refused to marry
him, because he was too ugly and because
she did not love him. Other ma tches have
been selected for her, but she has re-
jected them all on sentimental grounds
On August 81 next the queen will be
eighteen years Of age. 1t has been de-
creed by law that the queen shall be Of
age and begin to reign on that day. At
the same time her mother, Queen Emma,
will cease to be regent.
Queen Wilhelmlna will celebrate her
birthday in a quiet Ray with her mother
al the Hague. On September they will
proceed to Amsterdam, the capital of Hol-
land, where they will be met by the high
officers of state and a great military es-
cort. The streets will be decorated in a
splendid manner characteristic of Dutch
art.
From the hour of O'clock on the morn
ng of September church music will be
played from all the steeples of Amster-
dam.
At Ii o'clock will take place the great
ceremony which will make Wilhelm:na
reigning queen of Holland. The scene will
be the Nieuwe Kerk, which is the near
est approach to a cathedral provided by
the CalFlnlSt Dutch church.
The Dutch government has ordered
home from Java all the Jewels in the
treasury, which have been taken from the
rajahs and native rulers of that vast is
land, in order to make for the young
queen a crown, a septre and an orb
Among them are some Of the most splen-
did jewels in the world.
The &c
queen will take: II swear to the Dutch
people that l will observe and always
mainaain the constitution. swear that
viii defend and guard with all my power
the independence and the territory of
the empire, that will protect pubic and
private liberty and the rights of all my
subjects, and that 1 will use every means
conhded to me by the law 20 foster and
uphold the national and individual we'll
being, as a good queen should do. And
may God help me-
Then viii come the enthronation at the |
hands of the states-general, whose oash. |
taken first by the president and then by
each member individually, will close the |
ceremony.
The pageants and ceremonies following |
teh coronation Will be even a greater at |
traction for the public than that event |
itself If they lack the barbaric splendor |
OF the cars cornation they Will make up |
in orderliness and artistic beauty. Il IS |
also promised that they Will be free from |
the vulgar decoration and other unpleas-
ant features which marred the great Gel !
ebraaion Of Queen Victoria's record reign. |
Everything possible VIII be done 70 make 1
them successful by the richest, the freest 1
and the most artistic country Of its size |
in the world.
on the morning OF the eth the queen |
VIII be serenaded by the Netherlands |
Choral Society. Later she viii attend a /
great popular festival in the famous Ryx /
museum. After that she will witness an |
aIegorical and historical possession Illus
trating the independence OF Holland from /
the greaa war OF independence down 10
the nineteenth century. The day will /
close with a great water carnival on the
haroor and canals particularly intended
70 please abe children.
On the Sth the queen will see more fes-
tivals. hear more music, visit more nu-
seuns.
On the 9Th the ourghers OF Amsterdam
VIII Guido themselves in final effort 20
honor their queen when she DEPARTS once
more for her palace al The Hague
Sh VIII doubtless be gIa6 that the ce-e-
monies are over. A. the Hague she leads
a charming family life. and : loved aad
respected BY all The court