Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-22

44eIW HUSBAND!
- There is no doubt OF It!
She just dotes on him!
At least this is what I learn at The
Hague. 1 have had confidential talks with
several members OF the court. They say
her majesty and her royal spouse are Ilv-
Ing together in the most lovely way and
that their honeymoon is not yet on the
wane. They tell me that tho stories TO the
contrary came from the nebulous outpour-
ings of a 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 reporters ears. l
am assured that Prince Heinrich has not
III treated the queen, and 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 a little too
stin to suit the Dutch. There is nothing
of the mixer or handshaker about him.
He is nervous and not at all demonstrative
In public. The Dutch do not understand
him and they rather think he puts on airs.
l was talking the other night with q man
who was present at the coronation cere-
monies 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 n
little and gone one-third Of the way to meet
them. AS IL was he sat beside his spouse
as stiff as one OF the statues in the court
outside and looked about with a frozen
smile. Her majesty now and then glanced
proudly and lovingly at him. but he did
not respond with one affectionate 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. tho Dutch.
stoIld as they are, would cheer him and
like him."
II 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, az is common in
the other capitals of Europe. At the same
time the queen has all the elements Of
popularity, She looks not unlike Mrs.
Cleveland did when she was In the White
House. She is of 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 Amsterdam she gave an audience
to the consular corps, including the Ameri-
eau consul. With the representatives Of
Germany, England and the other monarchi-
cal countries she was stiff and dignihed as
became the queen. but when she greeted
Consul Hill she changed into a woman OF
the people. putting herself on our demo-
cratic footing. 81 am very glad TO see
you" she said with a cordial smile.
The queen addressed Consul Hill in Eng
iish. Her majesty speaks English, French.
German and Italian. She Is we'll educated
having been under the charge Of gov
ernesses and teachers from the time she
was able to talk almost to the hour Of
her marriage. She is we'll up in history,
and has been especially trained to q knowl-
edge Of the Dutch colonies, including the
East Indies. where she has about seven
times as many subjects as in Holland Itself.
Her majesty writes we'll and speaks well.
When she was crowned she made an ad-
dress which would nave done credit to her
great ancestor, william Of Orange. At
that time she pledged herself TO maintain
the rights and privileges Of the people Of
the Netherlands. saying after an eloquent
preamble:
81 esteem It a privilege 70 devote my
strength to ths wealth and prosperity Of
the Fatherland. The house of Orange can
never do enough for the Nethsrlands. l
need your support and I know yeu will