The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1902-12-11
HOLLANDS FAIR QUEEN
interesting Details of Wilhel-
n1ina's Court Life.
PAssIONATELY LOVES FRESH AIR.

Young Sovereign When In Health
Never Uses O Closed Carriage, 1t Is
Said. Except mt Night - How She
Reprfmanded One of Her Attend
ants-Etiquette at Court.
Some interesting notes sabout Queen
Nilhelmina are given in the last num-
Der Of Mr.. T. P. O'Connor's Mainly
About People, which is usually relia-
BILE, says the New York Herald. They
were written at the time Of the young
sovereign's illness and before the pub
lication of any Of the sensational re-
ports that have been current more re-
Gently.
At that date the people Of Holland
were anxiously looking forward to
their young queens first drive. Until
she goes out, they used to say, they
will not feel sure she Is better, for her
love of fresh air amounts almost to
passion. When in health, Queen Will
helmina never under any circum-
stances makes use Of a closed carriage
except at night No matter whether 1t
|
or storms, she invariably drives about
in an open equipage in full view OF her
subjects She is usually accompanied
by a lady in waiting as sole escort,
and, although she is a very warm
hearted woman, yet she Is mindful or
the dignity OF, her position, ;, .:
One day while out driving she met
an officer who happened to be the
brother of her lady in waiting and re-
turned his military salute with most
gracious smile and inclination Of the
head But, noticing that her COM
panion had waved her hand In ia
miliar way to her brother, she frowned
and exclaimed coldly:
81 should be much obliged to you,
4 my@dear --,~if you would avoid these
little family effusions when you have
the honor to accompany me-"
True, after she reached home, the
queen ehdeavored By every means in
her power to atone for the chasrin to
which she had subjected herfattendant
with very handsome piece Of jewel
ry. But the lady, while restored to IA
vor, Is not likely to forget the lesson
which she then received or ever to
render herself again guilty Of such q
breach Of etiquette.
The queen, in addition to her private
secretary's department. has organized
a. sort Of private political chancellery,
which. Is Entrusted with the duty Of
making a brief explanatory report Of
every document submitted to her for
signature She absolutely declines to
sign any paper unless sshe has a sort
Of "preeissss containingtthe necessary
information about the matter for which
her sign manual is required. II the
report appears to her to be Inadequate,
she seeks for further data, and; if nee
egssary even ,shmmons ministers7&or ex-
perts to, her presence in.order to OBJ
tain the fullest Kind of explanation.
This" isI a lesson which she learned
from the. late Queen Victoria, who, it
will be remembered, made it. a strict
rule meyer to sign anything without
having studied it, and no matter how
large the number Of documents sub
mitted to her-they averaged about 200
day from one years end to the other
she at no time neglected to observe
this, principle. .s.,a, <A:t!=.J1 ..ss:'.y
Before her marriage. Queen Will
helmina4 was in the habit of invariably
taking her meals alone with her moth
CT, but since she became the wife Of
Prince Henry, writes M. A. P.'s CORE
4 sspondent, the three ladies and the three
gentlemen inwaiting invariably lunch
and dine with the royal couple at the
same table. The prince sits opposite
to the queen, just as the Emperor Ma
poleon IIT. and the Empress Eugene
were wont to'do, the etiquette in this
respect. differing from some Of the old.
,eI,. courts Of Europe, where, in default
Of foreign guests of sovereign rank,
the" monarch and consort sit side by
side. while it lis the principal digni-
-taries of the court who sit vis-a-tis.
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