The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-09-10
YOUNG QUEEN AT CHURCH.
Near BY Was Prince Frederick, Her
Expected Ei0nce.

here from Amsterdam, were received with
| the same ceremonial that marked the state
| entry Of the royal party into Amsterdam.
| The streets and houses were magnihcently
| decorated and the cheering was continuous
| throughout the passage of the procession
| from the railroad station to the palace. A
| special religious service held at St.
| James Church to-day for Queen Wilhelmina.
1t was a beautiful and impressive ceremony.
| The Queen entered attended by retinue of
| high officials. She was also attended by
| her mother, the Princess of WED, and ladies
| in waiting. The Queen wore pale blue
brocaded satin dress, with yellow gloves
and pearls. The queen mother had on
silver gray brocade costume Prince Fred
| erick of WED, eldest son of the reigning
| Prince of Wied accompanied by the form
| er's mother, was present. The young
| princes mother is princess of the Neither
lands and it is popularity believed he will
| be Queen Wilhelmna's choice for hus-
| band.
The young Queen sat on a chair on high
! platform facing the pulpit She was pale
and looked tired. Her Majesty joined in the
singing and listened to a long sermon de-
| livered by the court chaplain, DR.. G. j.
| Van Der Flor. A chorus of one hundred
voices then sang special anthem composed
| ny 4NlClOldS RcelS. EOuI IOWS UClllHu TIE
| Queen were seated the generals and peers
and a guard of honor lined the aisles. The
service ended with the singing of will
helmus Won Nassauwe.''
| On leaving the church Queen Wilhelmina
was preceded by four children from the
| orphan asylum, who strewed flowers across
| the path.
| Wilheimina Helena Paulina Maria, Queen
| of the Netherlands, born Aug. 81,
! $780, Her father was the late King William
1 III. and her mother the Kings second wife,
| Princess Emma, daughter of Prince George
| Victor of Waldeck. The young Queen sue
| ceeded to the throne on the death of her
| father on Nov. %. 1890. Her mother was
proclaimed Queen Regent during the mi
Eority of the Queen on Dec. 8, $780,
| The Dutch people, severely practical as
| they are, have an almost idolatrous affec-
| ton for the house of Orange. The resolute
courage of William the Silent and the re-
membrance of the way he brought his peo-
pie out of the house of bondage have never
been forgotten When in the old age of
the King daughter was born who should
/ perpetuate the Iouse of Orange-Nassau the
| people were filled with joy. The royal
daughter is now eighteen years of age. and
on Sept. BECAME the reigning Queen
| 1t cannot have escaped the peace-loving
| Dutchmen that progressive countries have
been happy and prosperous under female
| nonarchs. They cannot but look back
| across the sixty years of prosperity which
| Great Britain has enjoyed and recall the
| similarity between the coronation of Queen
| Victoria and the installation of thei- Queen.
| Both queens were eighteen years of age
| when they came to the throne; their re-
! spective peoples sought in each the perpet-
| uation of a family to which each is pas
| sionately devoted. and the people of Hol-
| land see in their young Queen the same ele-
| vation of character which from first to last
| has been the most important element in
preserving the enthusiastic loyalty of the
| British people toward their sovereign.
| 1t was not until 1874 that The Salic law. as
Applied to Holland, was revoked and the
succession was altered to permit the crown
| to go in the female line. In 1884 the ar
rangeirent was confirmed by which the in
| FAINT daughter of the aged King could one
day be Queen. In 1890 he died. and Wilhel-
nina became Queen under regency of her
mother. Queen Emma. The queen mother
| is possessor Of sound and sagacious judg
ment with respect to the bringing up of
her daughter The physical. moral and in
tellectual education of the daughter leaves
| nothing to be desired. She is exceptionally
strong in body and mind; is active. well
| schooled in all physical exercises ordinarily
practiced by women, thoroughly versed in
| all sorts of accomplishments, and for her
age, an advanced scholar in the more
serious branches of learning. She is a good
| linguist speaking English, French, German
and other continental languages, and is
proficient in the history of her own and
other countries and somewhat read in inter-
national and civil law.
| But this young Queen of eighteen devotes
| by no means ali of her time to studious oc-
equations. She dances, walks, rides, drives
/ skates rides a bicycle, romps with her
| dogs, in fact INDUCES in all kinds of out
of-door sports, which have developed her
| into a robust girl. She is of medium height
| symmetrical figure, has a fair complexion,
with glow of perfect health in her smooth
| plump cheeks. Her golden auburn hair is
| abundant, cut short over her broad brow
and gathered up in heavy knot at the
back OF her head. Her eyes are bright blue
her nose slightly turned up and her lips
are full and red. She has a short upper
! lip, a long. gracefully rounded shin and
well-ordered. strongly marked eyebrows.
| From time to time rumors OF betrothals
of the young Queen have sprung up but
/
Regent viii not hear of any matrimonial
| enga gement tor her daughter until the
| Queen shall have reached her majority, as
prescribed by law. Now that she has be-
| gun her reign the announcement of the
name of the prince consort to be may be
expected at any time, that is, when the
young sovereign wills It, According to the
Consultation she may not marry a Roman
Catholic or Greek orthodox prince. The
prejudices of her people will always OPP
pose an alliance with a scion of the English
and German royal houses.
To find a paragon of excellence worthy of
| this royal lady, who was born in the pur-
ple'' not excluded by religion. not belong
ing TO an overwhelmingly influential reign
ing family, of suitable age and unimpaired
| constitution and brought up in the Re-
! formed Church is now the problem which
| confronts Wiihelmina, together with the
weighty matters of the state whose Queen
she is Long live the Queenl And may the
| prince consort not be long minus quantity.
Embalmers Eject Officers.