Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1898-10-10
A Fair Young Queen.

On August 81, 1898, young girl in
Holland celebrated her 18th birthday.
Six days later in royal robes, seated
on a throne erected in the Nieuwe
Kerk, in Amsterdam, she took the
oath which made her queen of the
Netherlands. Not since the corona
ton of Queen Victoria of England, 60
years ago, has young girl come to a
throne; and as Victoria was, so is
Wilhelmina; charming, brilliant, and
| thoroughly feminine woman, and with
great possibilities in prospect,
although her kingdom is so much
smaller. Her full name is Wilhelmina
Helena Paulina Maria. The hereditary
name, Wilhelmina, was given to her,
as she comes of long line OF Will
| liams, or Wilhelms, in direct descent
from William of Nassau. She is the
daughter of William Ill, king of the
| Netherlands, who died November %,
1890, and Emma, princess of Waldeck
and PyrmOnt.
| In appearance, according to Edith
| Lawrence, who describes the lnstalla-
| ton in Harper's Bazaar for September
| 10, the young queen is most pleasing.
| She has fair hair-a light brown
| blue eyes, and a sweet, laughing eX-
preston. She is neither tau nor
| slender, as has been said, but is pc
| tite, with a well-rounded shapely fig
ure Her complexion is beautiful.
She loves to be we'll dressed, although
up to the present time she has had
little opportunity of indulging in fine
clothes and costly raiment. To wish
to look her best is any woman's priv
ilege, may she be queen or peasant
maid.
Her mother, in the capacity of
queen regent, has held the esteem OF
the Netherlanders and has given her
daughter an excellent training, Hol-
land enjoys a very high measure OF
| civil liberty and popular self-govern-
ment, and the monarchy survives only
by virtue of strict respect for the
constitution of the country, genuine
devotion to the promotion of the best
interests Of the people, and exemplary
conduct in all respects. Whatever may
be said of other continental nations,
the Dutch people show NO signs OF
decadence. They are excellent admin
istrators of important colonial poses
sions, ana it is to be hoped that their
fortunate and prosperous career as a
nation may suffer no blights in the
future. The one thing above all to
be guarded is the national lndepend-
ence. Germany is anxious to absorb
Holland, and would be delighted to
furnish the young queen with hus-
band from the ranks of the German
princes. She shows wise disincllna-
ton, however, to marry in haste
Her mother, now queen dowager, who
is still young woman of 40, was
daughter of Prince George Victor OF
Waldeck. According to the constitu-
ton of the Netherlands, the hered-
itary monarch ascends the throne al
the age of Is.
Queen Victoria has decided that the
young queen of Holland shall be the
medium through which the ladies Of
the Order of the Garter shall once
more be restored in the court OF st
James. Time was when the Ladies o.
| the Order, as they were styled prior
, to the reign of Henry VI, were as
plentiful as are the Knights of the
Garter at present A woman at tina
/ time wore the George, the star, the
, mantle, the hood, the collar and othe1
magnificent decorations, while tn
garter itself, invariably beautiful