Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-08-21
HOLLANDS GREAT
CORONATION FESTIVITIES.
How the Young Queen Will
Be Crowned the Ruler of the
Dutch Nation.

Amsterdam, August S.-Although
the eighteenth birthday of Queen Will
helmina OF Holland falls ON August
y. the actual coronation of the young
e-sxSarch does not occur until Septem-
Der ., and for the week that follows
All Holland will join in the series Of
brilliant festivities now completely
arranged.
AT the present moment the shop win
I dows of Amsterdam are filled with
portraits of the sweet-faced queen
There she is as baby in the arms
OF her mother; as a little girl playing
with her dog or fondiing her pony;
while more regal, and eagerly bought,
is the picture OF her majesty in robes
of ermine and rich velvet, with the
crown jewels adjoining her Thus, in
all likelihood will she appear on the
day that sees her installed in TIE
Nienwe Kerk.
Here on September 6, the Queen
will sit upon a dias, surrounded by the
members of the government and the
high court officials. Close by are the
pewS which will be occupied by the
Queen Regent, with her maids of
honor, the members of the Queen S
court and the mayor and civic author
tiles. Escorted by the highest digni-
taries of state, and preceded by the
officials to whom falls the honor of
carrying the crown, the scepter, the
ross-surmounted goltn ball, and
the other glittering symbols of au-
thorlty her majesty, entering the
doors reached from the Nieuwezigus
Vorburgal, will walk I'D the center
OF the fame and take her place On the
dfas. Here, after q sermon has been
preached, probably by the eldest of
the four ministers attached to the
kerk, Queen Wilhelmina will take the
oath in the words prescribed by GUS
tom, swearing ito defend and pre-
serve with all her power the indie
pendence and territory of the kingdom,
to protect the general and individual
liberties of her subjects, and to en-
ploy all the means placed within her
power to maintain and promote the
welfare of her people" This and other
formalities over, the first king-at-
arms will only proclaim Wilhelmina
Helena Pauline Maria to be Queen OF
the Netherlands, and a flourish CT
trumpets, a roll of military drums and
the changing of the church bell will
announce to the inhabitants of the
city that the great and eventful cere-
mOny has reached its close
Next will folio a grand reception in
Het Paleis (Royal pa,ace). In the re-
ception hall the Queen will receive her
faithful ministers, the admirals Of the
fleet, generals and other high officers
of the army, the members of the corps
diplomatique, the mayors of the vari-
GUS municipalities in the kingdom,
the governors of the provinces, and
last, though by no means least, the
representatives of those colonial pos
sessions in the East and West Indies
of which Dutchmen are so justly
proud
This reception hall, which adjoins
the throne room, is a magnificent
apartment, and one that lends itself
admirably to an elaborate court func-
ton. It's Walls, formed entirely of
Carrara marbla. are dazzling in their
whiteness; the %lken hangings, of
course, crimson ana terra Gotta, fall
gracefully on the eye, the chandeliers
of finely cut crystal are\. beautifully
designed and wrought, and the room
boasts notable array of flags and
trophies taken in wars with the
SpaniaTds and the Indians
Not Amsterdam alone, but every
town and village in Holland will hold
high carnival during the days of
commemoration. OF the many sugges-
tions which have been made as to how