The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1900-01-30

nv home is iu great house in Dom
PMS u.# lut because Of the war she
..r. f1 spend the winter with her
- Hrs Henry Wilson. al her home
..... clara County. Cal
.... she was "a little girl, Miss van
H. ssEaw lived az The Hague, and
can. Of the children VINO went twice
... I'D play with Queen WilhelmiDa.
.. .... r.raI girl 81 Orange, who pun
... rar dolls by making them queens.
.... OBJ. same age. the two girls were
- .# .E- from @ time they were not
... .-..ah tn remember tiH now, for Miss
.r..r TaGashIW spent her last evening
d. ID. Hague with the Queen, who sorely
--r..-..l that her friend must again leave
Holland
,r-- Won der Lackshaw is a sweet
All r.rrg woman. with big gray eyes
.-r Quantities % yellow hair and not
.s .H. airs ~ an ordinary boarding
.H..r miss. She IS Just a loyable, sim
.. r-.rraad. wCll-bred girl, whom TO
Eraa IS .n lowe.
About WUaelmina she said:
ar-. Queen is just like any other giri .
-A- E.s been brought up on the cont .
-.-t So. Is not really pretty, and has no I
ski. Of aH. lat she has a sweet face. !
--- -a stranger would ever ask which .
a Nh. Ureau when she is surrounded by .
Der ladies.
The Queens Duck Dress.
aSrs wears her hair combed back 4
smooth. end she vets ii TO make IT fiat. |
and docs 10 IN a tight little fat knot AZ |
-. back Ny cousin from Philadelphia
-. quite disappointed, really shocked, /
because the Queen wore many times
H..r.ar0I white duck dress to review her
troops -le last field day we attended.
.sar dress was made with a jacket and
she va.a q white shirt waist and a most
--...amiuc English sailor hat. or course
ans ONE who ever wore duck dress
knows how IL sets when it has been laun-
H.-.E half a dozen times. But Queen VIII
sru.ra rides very we'll indeed, and |
g.1E She looked every inch a Queen on
E.r black Thoroughbred. The court IS
r.ry formal because the Dutch people are
.as.r.auye. and they like the royal
family 10 keep up all the traditions.
There Is a little house in the Palace
Ia-. whore We used 10 play and where
N.reIm.Ha was hostess. We had the
.. 70 possible tikles there, but it was
where tac Queen learned all manner or
housekeeping. on, indeed, We girls in
Holland would consider it quite as great
disgrace not to be a skillful housekeeper
as sou might Tor a girl to be unable to
lead
IF Nilhelmina were poor tomorrow she
could DO with her own hands everything
l- the household, from buying 10 cooking
and sewing and nursing Because the
women are such housekeepers We have 10
lo5g .u Holland.
ahfalranC
and there were pigeons and rabbits, as
W.u as dogs and monkeys and cats and
the ponies, and We r0mped and played, Tor
the Queen was a strong girl, and only just
escaped being a tomboy in those dear
old days. She could be dignifed enough,
and tried always TO live and even play up
10 the high standard Of a Queen.
The Til Over Daaken.
There was one dog I was particularly
fond of, a black poodle, and always when
} arrived at the park 1 would run for
Iaaken, as 1t was named, and | taught It
tricks and it was q very well behaved
dog The queen liked TO play with Daaken,
too. because he would let us dress him up
and he would walk around on his hind
legs. one day / had brought him a red
cloak and bonnet, which had spent most
OF uy spare time for a week sewing, and
Uas very excited about trying it on, bus
II So happened that Nilhelmina had been
sewing for Daaken too. l was very
naughty and | am afraid We almost quar-
Relied over the dog anyhow the queen
mother discovered that We We're both
saEy when she came out Just before We
WrIr served with cakes and tea. NJ
mother found 1t out. too, and | did not 90
q. lly Palace the next week. l could not
hold ou, against Christmas. however, aad
] promised 10 be good girl and went in
lha cauage 10 the Palace for the Christ
mas ir.e. l had made some doll things
or lagorite doll of Wilhelmina and my
Presents had been sent before and were
s.Fo4ty GA the tree when l arrived. With
DE other children I tried TO pick out my
ellis hanging on the big tree, but | paid
A. attention whatever to Daaken. although
wondered very much 10 see that he, too,
VAS IuOst. for the dogs were usually
forbidden 20 cone inside the house.
When the queen came in with the
Queen mother and the court ladies We
..lu.a q circle and danced around the
H.u and sang songs and Daaken got
guile excited and barked. or course. We
Wei. -.al when We were told 70 sit down
boo receive our presents. Such fun as Ii
F ana what do you suppose my pres
'al Has2 Dear old Dadken, and he ;
-...r Jet On Africa. l carried one OF his
-rgUddaUghleTs 10 Holland and
t... p. 90 rhe queen, and we had such a
..-- over our quarrel,
Ai,r all the presents were given 10
N ... Queen came up ana sHe said she
Hg. SORRY she had been so cross, and l
s.H had been a bad girl, but was sorry
OH. p said J should have let you played
"... t.aarn. / can have him every day
..t u...n must b. good. il is no won
t.E ". I'D love Our Wilhelmina.' In the
'a.a. park there were ponds and in the
N... ar STATED and raced When was
i..t.. wy father went 10 South Africa
d.. .-E home was there, but I went back
I" --- Hague when / was seventeen.
A Flight on skates.
|.a I'D play times were over at the
palace. u.t / was very, very happy TO bs
q . Haal1 10 was in the winter time
.' cousin Tom, and / went 20 skate
. . paris. We skateG with our hands
and there were SO many things
." . .. 90 near We a.a not pay much
a. 600 jle other skaters
.s lal u1 skating and Cousin Tom
". ..a.rE mr. aud saying that | had
p
5.. when some man silaJcd up behind
Is
can bat him. ! said % Tom. and
t."y Eo Went. and such a race, After
'.... t.. minutes he caught US and We
".i. -.f $50 JuL.ant when We discovered
b.. Dad been racing the Queens eqUerry,
".. aa. had sent 10 ask Us 10 come and
s. lo a.E She too. was On the ice,
'-. ..r..- me. wished TO ask me 10 court
1.. '..." our friendship. 1 should have
q ..sI.r 1-rE presented anyway. but l
wac t.g E--I indeed. To ind her The
Be a.t, queen ! had known so well
b.. easily explained our attempted es-
ca. a.a she sail she was glad l was
az q good skater. as all her subjects
EeTe
"as ths' winter that my cousin, Mol
Cd. "..-..r came over 30 visit Us. She H.
'.. H.-aefs niece aud all an American,
@ had Eeyer been away from home
..-.. and - a~s her hrst winter "a so
Sire wanted 90 see everything. bul