Evening star., 1937-01-03

his political favors from Calhoun to
Martin Van Buren,, q widower, who
had taken Peggy's part and who later
succeeded to the presidency.
Royal Romances Fill
The Very Air.
These are parlOus times and the sir
is filled with royal rOmances. On
Thursday next Juliana. Crown Prin-
cess Of tine Netherlands, Crown Prin-
man Of her own chOice-just q love
match with q cOmmOner, the Prince
Barnhard Won BieSterfeld-Lppe. who
in some branch Of his family tree has
royal blood. With his delightful, i'm.
pulsive manners and democratic ways
he seems to have won the affection of
the people OF Holland rs well as the
favor of his future mother in la W,
Queen Wilhelmina. After his be-
.r0thal to Juliana. instead Of giving
the Queen the royal salute by kissing
her hand he first kissed her Oh the
cheek.
All Holland will be in gala dress on
the wedding day Of Juliana Of Orange
Nassau. Arches spanning the streets
will be hung with orange stresmers
and the golden oranges will be q main
feature Of the decorations; sedate
burghers in holiday attire. peasants
from the farming districts dressed in
their picturesque costumes, gentlemen
in, draSS Utll HUinn
picture such as Rembrandt or Van
Dyck would have loved to put OH
canvas. The Queen and her daughter
will ride in state at 1880 in the morn
ing along the Viiver to the Renais-
sance Town Hall, where the civil cere-
mony will take place. and then to
the great Church of ST. James for the
religious rites. Private letters received
recently from The Hague are f1lled
with enthusiasm for their future
Queen. They love her democratic ways
and the active part she has taken In
their daily living.
Portsmouth the Scene Of Two
OF Ensisnd's Greatest ROmanees.
Portsmouth. England, the port from
which the Duke of Windsor sailed
away into exile that fogsy night In
December, last, was also the farewell
port OF another great English rO-
nance. in which the hero Of the
battle OF Trafalgar said gOOd-by 10
Emma. Lady Hamilton. and boarded
the Victory to meet the feet Of Ma
poleon. Lord Nelson knew that Eng
land frOwned upon his friendship for
the beauteous Emma, the wife and
widow Of the British Ambassador to
Italy, and while he may have felt
premonitiOn that the parting WAS
final. he cherished the hope that he
might return to England. brave pub
lie opinion and spend his remaining
days with her. That great romance
OF the eighteenth and early nine
teenth centuries, and q more recent
one which has echoed around the
world. are parallel only in that they
show the love Of q man for woman.
Elizabeth the Second Queen
To Wear the Garter.
The new Queen Elizabeth Of Great
Britain has the most valuable garter
in the world except her mother-in-
law, Queen Mary, who has the coun-
terpart. In celebration Of his 4lst
birthday anniversary, King George vi
conferred the Most Noble Order Of
the Garter-the highest honor attain
able in England-on his Queen. The
tradition is that Edward III retrieved
q garter dropped by the Countess Of
Salisbury and calamity placed it on
his own leg. to the amusement OF his
cour!iers. Rebuking them for their
hilarity, he said: "Honi soft Qui NAL
y pense."
Mr.. Baldwin and Sir Henri Deterding
Relieve Suffering From Own Peckets.
Those who read that most inter-
esting autobiography Of Sir Henri
Deterding. the Dutch oil magnate,
which FIRST ran in this country in q
weekly periodical, will be interested to
know that his sympathy for the dis
tressed situation among the farmers
of Holland of which he wrote, has