Putnam patriot., 1930-12-18

In spite of the inroads of soclal- ism. in spite of the economic string ency of these difficult days and with many problems to face, Wilhelmina is held in affectionate regard by her people. if not for her personal quail ities. certainly for the fact that she is the lineal deseeudent of the House of Orange who gave so much to the history and the progress and the stability of The Netherlands. The Queen, now in her fistieth year. leads a most rig;dly secluded life except ing when she appears on public oc- casions, receives the diplomats of other nations and necessarily enter tains, always in the most formal fash ion. Her favorite home Is at Loo, distan. from The Hague, though much of her time is spent at the charming House in the Wood, as little as possible at her tiny French palace in The Hague itself and an unavoidable six days annual ly in the dreadful Royal Palace at Amsterdam, great barn of struc- ture, which Her Majesty is said to detest. With the memory of an hour of our own in that appalling structure, one can understand with sympathy the reason of her dislike.
 The heir to the throne Is the Princess Juliana, now of age and re- gently installed in her own little pal ace at The Hague.
 There is about these Dutch pal aces" simplicity and a charm quite apart from the sprawling royal resi- dences of larger and more preten- tious monarchies of present and past times. The House in the Wood is an old country seat, but far less pretentious than the gaudy mansions of many merchant prince or banker on Long Island or in West chester. The palace in The Hague has nothing of the ornate grandeur of some of the mansions of Fifth Avenue. and the little palaces of tho Princess Juliana and the plain gray palace of the Dowager Queen Emma have little to distinguish them from the residences of many another wealthy Dutch citizen excepting the pacing soldiers before the doors and the fanking, striped sentry boxes Yet, to the visitor from the New
  outward eye, convey the impression of something of the State that is very royal dwelling therein.
 
 However cynical one may be on the matter of international relations there is no reason why in a visit. to The Hague. one should fail to visit the Carnegie Palace of Peace, that great hope of the nations which grew out of the mind of the little Pitts burgh steel financier. to become the hope of the nations as the seat of international arbitration, only to stand in it's congiomerate architec- tural and decorative completion within the sound of the guns of the worlds bloodiest and most awful conflict and now with the pinnacle of it's high tower almost visible from the refuge of the ex-Kaiser at near by Doorn.
 Tourists flock to the Peace Pal ace" erect and dignified in it's love ly Dutch gardens and lawns. Guides who speak the languages of all na- tions take the visitor through the empty halls and show the stained glass given by England. the beauti- fui tapestries from Japan, the statue from the United States. the treasures heaped on this dream expressed in gifts from all the nations of the world. German. Dutch. English, French and Italian resound through the rooms with a hollow echo. Out side newsboys are calling extras tel ing of riots In Madrid, revolutions in South American countries and Mus