The St. Louis Republic., 1903-02-22
QUEEN N5kHEz nlMA oF.HozzAND.

Special Correspondents of Tho Sunday Republic.
The Hague. Feb. 2-Does the Dutch
Queen love her husband?
There is no doubt Of it!
She just dotes on him!
At least this Is what I learn at The
Hague. / have had confidential talks with
several members Of the court.
They say her Majesty and her royal
spouse are living together in the most love-
ly way and that their honeymoon is not
Yet on the wane.
They tell me that tho stories to the con-
trary came from the nebulous outpourings
OF drunken coachman whom the Queen
- had discharged.
This man went to Amsterdam and while
IN his cups sought revenge for his dismissal
by pouring these scandalous lies into a re-
porter's ears. am assured that Prince
that, on the contrary. he loves her and
; she loves him. the two in private billing
and cooling like turtle doves.
also learn that the Prince is little too
shff to suit the Dutch. There is nothing
Of tho mixer or hand-shaker about him.
He is nervous and not at all demonstrative
In public.
they rather think he puts on airs 1 was
taking the other night with a man who
was present at the coronation ceremonies
at Amsterdam.
Said he:
II was not far from the Queen during
several Of the receptions and had a good
chance to study both her and her husband.
The Queen was lovely and the people went
wild over her.
They would have done the same over the
Prince had he unbent little and gone one
third OF the way to meet them As it was
he sat beside his spouse as stiff as one of
the statues in the court outside. and looked
about with a frozen smile.
5aS nv, md . fhap ole
ly at him. but he did not respond with one
afSectonate look. A Foreign Consul said
TO me at the time:
" That man must be made of wood. Why
don't he show his feelings? II he would
only throw his arms about the Queen and
kiss her right here in the crowd. the Dutch,
stolid as they are. would cheer him and
like him."
PEOPLE OF HOLLAND
LOVE- THEIR QUEEN.
It is wonderful how these people love
their Queen. They speak of her as "Our
Child" and will not tolerate anything said
against her. The newspapers do not even
gossip about her Majesty. as is common
in the other capitals OF Europe,
At the same time. the Queen has all the
elements OF popularity. She looks not un-
like Mrs. Celevland did when she was in tho
White House.
She is about the same height and has
the same personal magnetism. She can
adapt herself to any crowd and knows
just how to do the proper thing at the
proper time.
During one of her recent visits to Amster-
dam she gave an audience to the Consular
Corps. including the American Consul.
With the representatives of Germany,
England and the other monarchical coun-
tries she was stiff and dignifed as became,
the Queen. but when she greeted Consul
Hill she changed into a woman Of the peo-
pie. putting herself on our democratic foot
ing. II am very glad to see you," she said
with q cordial smile.
The Queen addressed Consul Hill in Eng
lish. Her Majesty speaks English, French,
German and Italian. She is well educated,
having been under the charge Of governesses
and teachers from the time she was able to
talk almost to the hour of her marriage
She is well UP in history. and has been es-
pecially trained to a knowledge of the Dutch
colonies, including the East Indies, where
she has about seven times as many subjects
as In Holland itself. Her Majesty writes
well and speaks WE'LL When she was
crowned she made an address which would
have done credit to her great ancestor. VIII
liam Of Orange.
= AZ that time she pledged herself to main