The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-04-04
PRINCE HENRY TOO COLI
WILHELMINA'S HUSBAND DOES NOT
PLEAS TIL DUTCH.
H~OlIanders Are Said TO Fear Unhap-
piness for Their Queen-NO Heir
Would Mean "a Republic.


Letter from The Hague.
Holland is disappointed in Henry. the
prince consort. He is cold. and the simple
hearted Dutch people are beginning to be-
lieve that he does not return the affection
of their idolized Queen. After having
watched Wilhelmina's husband ever since
he first came to Holland to show himself to
his wife's people. after having made every
effort to find him congenial, it must be
admitted that his attitude is not prepos-
sessing. To be loved as he is by a young
girl whose goodness of heart is eXtraordl-
nary, to be the object of her enthusiasm,
to know that she loves you and that she
does not hesitate TO show it to all the
world, might bring to the countenance of
the most Indifferent man some expression
of gratitude. of satisfaction, of pleasure.
of happiness. But with him nothing of
the kind.
At The Hague his face remained as SOL
emn. as cold, as austere as those of his
ancestral portraits. The eyes of all Eu-
rope are fixed upon him, for the girl Queen
of Holland has excited the interest of the
world since her Inauguration in 1898, and
now that Queen Victoria is no more, VIII
helmina occupies a uniqNe position among
the sovereigns of Europe. out she Is 10 De
pitied if her husband is not as she has
dreamed him to be, for If he ever has the
misfortune TO offend or wound the Dutcn
people his life in Holland will be unbeara-
BILE. The Dutch do not readily pardon any
offense to their national pride.
Yet the future may show Prince Henry
to be a man to win the hearts of his adopt
ed people, and as the royal pair stroll arm
in arm. like boy and girl lovers. through
the park at Loo, her face turned up to his
with a wealth of love in her girlish eyes,
IL seems that nc man could fail in his duty
toward such a wife or toward her people,,
when guided by such an affection.
Every Dutchman agrees that his Queen
will be an ideal wife, and this is the reason
they look upon Prince Henry WIN ratn ner
lief that between the Queen and a Dutch
republic there is but the hope of an heir
to the throne of Orange; If Queen VII
helmina were TO die without an heir, the
Dutch monarchy would not stand. So not
only is the dynasty at stake, but also the
form of government.
with fervor for the happy event. they
would gladly have ~renounced the hope had
they thought Prince Henry unworthy OF
viii he be worthy of the child we have
confided to him." are the questions asked
by all: for the Queen. whom they have
learned to worship since she was an In
FAINT in her mothers arms, is the idol or
her people.
Many correspondents, in the enthusiasm
of the moment. described Wilhelmina at
her marriage as an ideal beauty. This she
Is not. She is gentle, sweet, attractive;
she charms one by the freshness of her
youth. by the variety of expressions that
pass over her countenance. She is pretty
and If she were not a Queen and one were
to meet her in the everyday walks of life
one would look twice TO admire the good
ness and naivete that beam from her
fright blue eyes. She is no classical
beauty, whose expression freezes and
touches not a single chord of sympathy.
Wflhelmina is Dutch-Dutch from head to
foot: Dutch in her manner, Dutch in her
appearance. and she is proud of it. Were
she to become tomorrow the simplest of
wives of the humblest Of husbands, she
would be a model housewife.
But besides this great quality she is an
artist, and her professor of painting has
often said if she would send her works
10 an exhibition under an assumed name
she would surely win great praise. Only
a short time ago she visited an exhibition
of paintings at the Pulchri studio at The
Hague, and there a young but renowned
artist was presented TO her. She failed
to recall his name, a fact that rather up
set him. The Queen noticed his disap-
pointment and quickly said: 80 it is
only because you have never asked to be
allowed to paint my portrait. L am very
fond of pastels. Come some day and 4
will sit for you" Think of the artists
joy.