The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-04-10

| depressing To the sentiment OF loyalty
in the wriggling angleworm hearts Of
\ her Majesty's St. Nicholas New York
| imitation Dutch. 1t did not have that
| effect. They met at Delmonico's in an
nual conclave on Easter Monday night
| and rallied round a silver cup which
they had subscribed and paid for, to be
| presented to Queen Wilhelmina as a
slight token of their desire to be count
| ed in with the other wedding guests at
| her late nuptials. The cup, which they
| are too modest to call loving cup"
because. as the English say. they might
| not be let. is described to be of mas
/ sive silver. resting on a base of wood
made from the old Middle Dutch
| Church in Nassau Street" We are also
| told that ION its sides are embossed fig
ures of Hendrix Hudson This name was
HenryI. Admiral Evertson, Peter stuy-
vesant, and st. Nicholas A gentleman
| rejoicing in the fine old Holland name
| of Foster-one as truly reeking of the
| dykes and the rise of the Dutch Repub-
! lies as even that of Dempsey-present,
ed the token to the Dutch Minister, who
was present by invitation. We quote
/ from a report of the proceedings:
''Mr Foster said that it was the hope Of the
society that the eyes of the Queen might some
times rest with pleasure upon the simple
of colonial life with which the cup is adorned,
and that she would accept the little present
the visible expression Of the ST. Nicholas So
ciety's admiration for her. Mr.. Foster explained
that the idea of presenting the cup Bishop
Potter's, and that at the request of the
ciety the Bishop had written the presentation
address"
We have not the slightest doubt that
the beautiful and speaking blue eyes of
the girl sovereign will not only some
times but often rest upon the scenes of
simple colonial life depicted upon the
outside of the cup. She could hardly
fail to be interested by the spectacle of
st. Nicholas assisting Admiral Evert-
son to fork load of manure into a
farm wagon, or of Peter Stuyyesant
and Hendrix Hudson hawking their
early vegetables in the market at the
Battery. These scenes were as truly
colonial as anything could well be.
But Queen Wilhelmina will be sure to
forget all about them in her wild appre-
citation of the address which accom-
panies the gift 1t reads as follows:
ITO Her Gracious Majesty wiIhemina, Queen of
the Netherlands
MADAM:
The undersigned for themselves and their as
scciates, citizens of the United States and
hers of the Society OF St. Nicholas approach your
Majesty with their respectful homage and
gratulations in view of your fedent marriage. OF
another hemisphere and nationality than your
own, they are still in very real sense. if they
may venture TO say so. of kin To both. 1t is their
proud claim that they of Dutch ancestors;
that Their iOrefathers who laid the foundations
OF this great metropolis and planted the first
Christian civilization on this island were men of
Holland: and that the courage, patience, large
foresight. and manly wisdom of those rare men
were bred in that country which today enjoys
the happy privilege of your benignaD! rule.
Believe them, madam when they
that they have ceased TO love and it.
out of the loins of their Dutch ancestors. out OF
the sturdy faith and strong convictions Of their
Holland foreiathers have sprung the most potent
OF those uphuilders who. under God. have made
the American Republic what il is The freedom
Of the individual conscience. the sovereignty OF
God-given conviction. the right to worship God
and TO serve without let or hndrance.
duty showed the way; the priceless value OF indi-
yidual and civic integrity and hlaIneless living.
commercial uprlghtness, personal honor and FAM
ily purity-these the things which long
ago Holland taught her children to prize and
contend for, and for which today please God,
her clildren's children viii cease TO con-
tend.
Can they be indifferent to the dear Mother
land from which, long ago. their fathers came!
Can they be iDsensible TO the personal
qualities Of that gracious sovereign who to-
day rules over it, and whose life and character
already a bright and engaging example
to wonisnhood all around the world2 Can any
such event that which has united her to that
honored and accomplished consort be without
deep interest to them?
at is such emotions your gracious Majesty,
that prompt These words and the gift that
accompanies them. They who send them desire
10 express to your Majesty the grateful appre-
citation with which they have received from
your greatly valued and highly respected repre-
sentative here the assurance that your Majesty
Nill consent to accept their gift. In design and
detail IL will in substance tell its own story,
and the key TO its details. which goes with this
letter. will inform your Majesty to the his
tory OF the men whose portraits there
called Hollsnders and heroes statesmen and
seamen. they laid the foundations here; and their
children and their childrens children rise up and
call them blessed.
''To YOU Most Gracious Lady. these children's
children send this modest token of their homage
and their high hope. They beseech you to accept
it as charged and filled with ali best wishes for
yoT Maiesty's person. consort, and people. Long
live Queen Wilhelmnan they call across the sea.
God guard her. her throne, her people, and the
great ideas for which they stand, pray
Your Nljesty's most respectful and humble
servants
The above production, which is, the
orator Of the occasion asserted, from
CD of New York. who is himself a
Hollander since his name is Potter,
breathes the intense and burning spirit
of a refined and degenerate flunkyism.
Queen wiIhelmina is no doubt an esti-
mable young woman. and, according to
the constitution Of her country, entitled
to the respect, love, and loyal devotion
of its inhabitants. That is a matter
with which Americans have no concern.
All the same, she represents in her
charming personality every mOnarchi-
cal idea against which the American
Colonies revOlted, and against which The
sane and sound sentiment Of our coun-
Try revolts today. Yet these Brum-
magem alleged Dutch aristOcrats of New
York tell her that the undersigned. for
themselves and their associates, citizens
of the United States and members of |
the Society of St. Nicholas. approach |
your Majesty with their respectful !
homagei" Could anything be more
provincial and snobbish?
we ere not surprised to Iearn from |
the text Of the address that the ST. |
Nicholas homagers are as ignorant of |
the history of their real country as they !
are of the respect due to its republican |
character and institutions. For exam |
pie. il is rather stretch of the imagi- |
nation and of public patience for them |
TO say that ''out of the sturdy faith and |
strong convictions of their Holland |
forefathers have sprung the most po |