Evening star., 1952-03-18
Rx Kathorine M. Brook.

NotnoIIne ~. prooNs
Nine. van Roijen. wife Of the
Netherlands Ambassador. appro-
priately dressed in orange. enter
tanned woman newswriters yester-
day at tea in the Embassy on
street. Earlier the Ambassador held
O press conference Of his own for
men and women in the chancery.
Nine. van Roijen was assisted at
the tea by Nine. de Beus. wife of
the Netherlands minister; the new
Press Counselor, H. j. Friedericy;
Second Secretary Jonkheer L.
Quarles van Ufford, as well as
Mrs. Schriver of the press Office.
The Queen and the Prince Of
the Netherlands will be at the
White House throughout their
three days stay in Washington.
With them at the Executive Man
. sion will be the Dame du Palais,
Baroness van Boetzelaer van Oos-
terhout, .Jonkheer Tjarda van
Starkenborgh van Stackhouwer,
grand officer Of her majesty, Miss
M. Tellgren, director Of the cabinet
Of the Queen. and 1t. Comdr. j.
q. Stegeman, aide de camp to
her majesty. The other members
of the official party will have a
suite at a local hotel, probably the
Shoreham.
The Minister Of Foreign Affairs
Of the Netherlands. Mr.. D. u.
Striker, who is coming with the
Queen and her party. will be &C
companied by Nine. Striker. How
ever she will not be q member of
the royal party or take any part
in the entertaining during their
stay. She will visit their son, Mr..
D. q. Striker, jr., who is connected
with the international Bank.
Queen Juliana will wear a
coronet Of diamonds. She has
not told just what jewels she will
bring but there will be three men
from Holland to guard them dur
ing the trip. There are no crown
jewels" in Holland. They were
sold by William the Silent to pay
for the revolution. Those worn
by Queen Juliana are those Of the
House Of Orange and some of
them came from Russia many
generations ago.
The Order of the Lion, wide
blue ribbon with orange strip on
each side will be worn over her
shoulder and caught at the hip
with the Star of Orange, which is
white enamel edged with gold and
q blue center on which is the Lion
holding II arrows, representing
the IL provinces which make up
the Netherlands. This will be the
Queens decoration she will wear
with her costume for the dinner
which the President and Mrs.
Truman will give for her at the
White House, April 2 the night of
her arrival.
Other costumes in her wardrobe
are not known but she will have
with her at the White House her
personal maid and also staying
there will be the valet for the
Prince. Coming from Holland
with the royal party are another
maid and valet for other members
Of the suite. All of the wardl obe
of the Queen is made in Holland,
some Of the costumes after Paris
models.
Dinner Menu
The menu for the dinner which
the Queen will give in honor of
the President and Mrs. Truman
will start with pate de fois gras,
followed by consumme, then the
Dover sole which will be flown to
Washington from the Neither
lands. The main course will be
f1let steaks with new potatoes, also
coming by plane from Holland,
and other vegetables, Dutch
cheese and the dessert will be
strawberries, products Of the Hol-
land farmers.
Nine. van Roijen showed the
flags Of the Queen and of the
Prince Of the Netherlands. The
former is orange with a cross of
deep blue and in the center the
golden lion holding the IL arrows.
Around this center is the ribbon
Of the Grand Order of Willems.
The flag Of the Prince has an
upper and a lower square Of blue,
the alternate squares of white.
On the blue fields are the lions
and on the white the rose Of
Lippe, his own royal house.