Evening star., 1901-01-19
Who Remained True to the Dictates
of Her Heart.
THE WONDERFUL DUTCH TROUSSEAU
No Longer Will 1t Be "As Plain as
the Queens Petticoat." j"
HER PLEASURES AND DUTIES

| written Inc Evening star.
The young royal bride to be- Queen Will
helmina Pauline Helen Marie of Holland
has had almost as many suitors as Pencil
| ope herself. For every royal house in Eu-
rope. except Roman Catholic families that
| has a riageable prince to offer, had
had designs upon Wilhelmina's heart and
| hand.
A bill approving the queens marriage has
been presented in the states general, but
| the question of allowance to her pros
| pective husband will not be raised. The
| question of precedence has not yet been
| settled. and whether the prinz general
walks before the queen dowager or follows
after both his wife and his mother-in-l law
| is yet an unsettled question.
1t is. by the way, to king Wilhemina,
not Queen" that officials and other public
servants take the oath of allegiance This
was decided upon some time ago by the
! Dutch high court of justice and was in
line with Queen Emma's wishes Il de-
sire TO make Queen NihelmIna something
better than q strong woman: | wish To
make her a king"
The nuptial ceremonies will last week,
and will take place at Amsterdam, instead
of The Hague, the palace of the former
| being the more cUmmodious. The throne
room is one of the magnificent apartments
of the world with its superb marble COZ
umnS and crystal chandeliers, of near four
hundred lights. The throne itself is COW
cred with ruby velvet and edged with ruby
and gold fringe; the ba. k is surmounted
by crown containing sapphres, with lions
in support; another crown and the letter
w. is wrought on the velvet just beneath.
The front of the chair is a foOtStoOl to
match the canopy. The canopy is curtain
ed in ruby velvet, with gold cord; it is sur
mounted by crown and ostrich plumcs;
on the inner center are embroidered the
royal arms and motto. "Je maintiendrai.
The StElp of the ball room is with
small French piano at one end; while
crimson and gold are the cOlors.
Royal Embroideries.
The order for her wedding gown the
queen has given to the ladies of the School
of Art Needework in Amsterdam, who so
successfully embroidered her coronation
robes. One of her ball gowns will be of
white satin, embroidered all over with for
get-me-nots in silver and pale blue.
The women of several different provinces
vii present their queen with national cos
tunes. That of Friesland, the gift of 5000
women. is described as quaint, if not str ct
| ly graceful, with its amplitude of drapsry
and silver hair ornaments. The gold and
silver ornaments for the queens headdress
are preserved among the crown jewels as
the property of the nation.
Up to the time she was twelve years old
the little queen was dressed entirely in
white. even to her little kid shoes and silk
stockings.
The queen has always dressed very sim
ply, indeed there is story that she often
wears last season. hat, and. moreover,
one trimmed over by her own royal fingers.
| "As plain as the Queen of Hollands petit
coat is a byword with a certain young
American girl, who came across the two
queens a few years ago, when they were
doing" London in a quiet way. Both
queens wore very pain, stout shoes, and the
uplifted dresses revealed white petticoats
absolutely devoid of trimming of any kind.
Like Her Mother.
The queen dowager has always been sim
pie in her habits. On one occasion, when
she visited an empress her entire suite
much to the surprise of the empress-con-
sisted only of an aged chamberlain, and
lady of honor. Upon occasions the queen
dowager has even travelled second-class.
preferring to do account Of meeting
although less elegant, far more interesting
people.
Nor is the etiquette of the Dutch court
rigid. the queen being quite accessible 10
the people. Persons wishing to pay their
respects call at the palace about five days
previous, write their names in a book kept
for that purpose and if there is no reason
for their exclusion they are admitted upon
the specified day. In the matter of re-
tainers and attendants there has never
been great amount of pomp and circum-
stance.
No ruler in the world attends more strict
a,
She is busy every day with the matters
which her ministers lay before her. and
with the affairs of her court. She has said
Of herself that she never plays, but always
works. These concerns. which we might
| rashly consider to be her pleasures-her re-
| ceptions and state banquets-are in fact
| her most irksome duties. During the sea
| son" she is bound to notice, with exactly
| equal attention. each one of the four or
| five hundred persons Of the court. Note
| Is kept of these courtesies and of the
order in which she pays them. and she has
punctiiously to acquit herself of the whole
duty down to the properly timed and meas
| ured chat with the last diplomat and his
| wife before the close of the last levee.
Wholesome and Frank
The young queen is not beautiful, but
very good to look upon-wholesome and
frank. with a pleasant smile for every one
She has blue eyes, clear complexion a
Grecian nose; her forehead is broad and
| rather high, and her teeth are large white
and even: her blonde hair, which is slightly
wavy. is brushed back to show the "orange
ear. She has a well-shaped head and a
slender, graceful figure, with a queenly
bearing.
She inherits her fathers taste for music