Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-12-25

no less welcome in the one than In the
other.
To those who have nothing, and to
whom he will bring little, his coming was
heralded with no greater Joy than 1t was
to those little tots of European nobility
who already have much and to whom he
will bring more.
For weeks past stately princesses and
queens and naughty man rulers have
been unceasing in their efforts to assist
in making Santa Claus mission of beati-
ficatiOn the felicitous event which their
noble offsprings have dreamed that 1t
will be.
For. although these little children of
title have nothing left to wish for in the
way of the material things of life, no
gifts received by them during the year
bring with them such poignant glee as
those which that white whskered gentle
man from the north takes from his sleigh
and surreptitiOusly smuggles into their
yawning stockings at this season of the
year.
Those stockings We're fastened to the
fireplace of every royal household in Eu-
rope today where the patter of children
feet and the laughter of the little ones
voices tighten the ofttimes saddened lives
of the adults of the dwelling
*
Yes, Christmas is as real today in the
palace as in the howell Luxuries there
are for the Juvenile occupants of the for
mer.
They have had them for the asking, but
these pale before the simpler gifts of the
Yuletide season. The treasures of Kris
kringle's pack carry the same sublime
rapture OF anticipation, suspense and sur
prise TO the future rulers of Europe as
| they do to the children of the tenements
whose stockings last night were hung by
emberless fires.
And 1t is to be said to the credit of the
royal mothers and fathers that they do
all within their power TO make Santa
Claus visit complete a surprise as
| possible, throwing about him the cloak
of mystery which makes his individual
| ity so mighty interesting to the childish
heart.
Knowing full we'll how soon the days
of illusion vanish for the days of stern
| reality. they themselves go back over
the hills of years into the pleasant val
ley of forgotten things. and summon
every artifice which thrilled their child
ish hearts for the exultation Of those who
are still dwelling i'm that cherished land.
AS result they mayhap are transported
away from the cares which lie so heav-
lily upon their shoulders, into childhood
land OF simple faith.
In the royal homes or Holland Ger
many. Italy. Spain. Austria. Sweden. to-
day. this simple faith abides and with 1t
Christmas joy in OVERLOOKING measure.
1t perhaps would not be warrantable
to say that nowhere did this JOY exist in
such bountiful quantities as it did in the
! nursery of little Princess Juliana, daugh-
ter of Queen Wilhemina of Holland, yet
II would not be amiss to say that no
where did 1t exist in more bountiful
quantities. -., ...-
The Justification for the assertion is
that every man and woman in the Meth
erthelands is a self-appointed mother and
| father of Juliana.
This little lump OF, humanity Is the ma
tional insurance policy Of Holland. Will
liam the Silent raised the siege of Ley
den, but she it was who raised the
siege of the stork.
Her birth was like the gift Of squad
rons, armies and forts over night She