The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-09-04
EUR0PE'S ROYAL BELLE.
Princely and Ducal Suitors For the
Hand of Hollands Lovely Queen.


In spite of Queen Emma's good
motherly advice. the wishes of the
Dutch government and the hopes of
loyal subjects, her 1S-year-old majesty
of Holland has not yet signified
her choice of a consort.. Not since
Princess Victoria of Kent became
queen of England, 60 years ago, has
so interesting and romantic feminine
figure appeared orEa European throne,
and there is no doubt at all but that
Wilhelmina thoroughly appreciates and
enjoys the charms Of her position in
the eyes of all thesambitious and mar
riageable young grand dukes and
princes.
If anyone wants to know why she
now hesitates to give the name of her
consort, the reason, Simply is because
she has not yet selected him. From
her childhood I'D she has entertained a
profound respect for Queen Victoria,
and two years ago she asked pernniS-
sion to read some novels. Her gov
erness and mother gave her a careful
choice from Dickens, Miss Edgeworth
and Miss Younge Having pursued
these romances.p she informed her
mother that she intended to only marry
a man she could love. and as Queen
success, she demanded a similar orivl-
lege. Since that time she has enter
taired at intervals various possible
SuitorS at her palaces in Holland. AS
invariably as they came rumorS flew
about 70 the effect that here was the
man. but as invariably the Drinceling
rode away, apparently with his hand,
heart and title still free to bestow.
l have heard it stated, and on the
L l. IL
is kind to all, stands a good deal on
her dignity, and openly says that as the
proposition of marriage must come
from her, she won't speak until her
heart dictates.
WILHELMINA'S SENTIMENTS.
So far nobody, not even worried
Queen Emma. has been able to dis
cover the especial type of young. man
Wilhelmina prefers, but if you talk to
the simple Dutch folk themselves, they
openly applaud their young sovereign's
sentiments, and they are fond of telling
the story of her retort to her mother
There has been a degree or two of
heat in an argument over this mar
riage question. and the mother chose to
disparage a very good young duke as
ineligible. because of his comparatively
humble title.
OH, lllle anu money are OH vel y
WELL" replied Wilhelmina, with a toss
of her head. Am not L Queen of Hol-
land, my title and my money are all
sufficient. If 1 loved a good man.
though he were humble Dutchman.
L would marry him and make him
nGb!e." AEe
----. THE FAVORITES.
Among the Dutch people themselves
the two most popular candidates Tor
the queens hand are Prince Harold of
Denmark and Prince Bernard of Sake
Weimar- Eisenach. Holland and Den
mark are friendly neighbors, and they
are one in their dislike of Germany.
Prince Harold is a nice boy, II years
old. healthy, good-natured, and not I'M
handsome. He is tall, like all his
brothers, and has a commission in the
Danish army.
Though her young majesty says she
has the money for two still the hard
headed low countrymen would like to
have king consort with little Din
money of his own, and Harold's
mother, the crown princess of Dem
mark, is very rich woman. To every
one of her children she mas given fine
marriage portions. SO that Harold is
decided parti. Metaphorically he and
Wilhelmina made mud pies together,
and If they have never been lovers they
have always been excellent friends.
Bernard of Sake Weimar is another
good boy, in his goth year, a lieu
tenant in a Prussian infantry regiment.
and the heart of Holland warns to him
because his grandmother was one of
the most beloved of the Dutch prin-
cesses. She was the Princess Sophie
of Holland, ugly, sweet-hearted and SO
kind and clever that her husband, the
Duke of Weimar, and all his people
loved her in life, and now adore her
memory. She was a rich woman and
Bernard has inherited a fair share of
her fortune. Princess Sophie's coun-
trymen insist he also has inherited his
grandmother's charming disposition
and capable mind, and so nearly as any
one can discern. Wilhelmina takes
more than a sisters interest in him.
CLAIMS OF GREECE AND TECK.
A month or two ago there was a
flutter in the Dutch court when Prince
Nicholas of Greece came. TO visit the
two queens. Since then rumor has. I
hear, connected his and Wilhelmina's
names He is. Of course, eligible
enough, save that he is a pathetically
poverty stricken boy and by religion an
orthodox Greek. His years number
"a and nobody seems to know his capa-