Rensselaer Journal, Volume 10, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 February 1901 — HOLLAND'S QUEEN MARRIED. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

HOLLAND'S QUEEN MARRIED.

Week of Gay Festivities at The Hague. QUEEN IS VERY POPULAR. Sh® Stand* Bareheaded in Bitter Weather to Watch 3,500 Persons March Bv — Makes the Duke a Prince —He Seem* to Be a Shy Young Man. Queen Wilhelmina of Holland was married Thursday at The Hague to the Duke Henry of MecklenburgSchwerin. The civil marriage occurred. In the presence of the nearest relatives. The royal party then proceeded to the church in procession. Religious services were held, followed by the return of the royal party in procession to the palace. Here Queen Wilhelmina held court and received congratulations of others than members of the

royal families. At 1:30 p. m. a luncheon was served and at 4:15 p. m. the royal couple departed on their honeymoon. The day previous to the wedding was one of festivity throughout the city, Clear but bitterly cold weather favored the popular procession today. People came from all parts of the country to take part in the parade and to extend their felicitations to the royal bride and bridegroom. About 2,500 persons marched in the procession. There were many bands and a perfect forest of banners carried by various public and private societies, which marched, through the principal Streets, finally passing the palace,

where Queen Wilhelmina and Duke Henry reviewed the parade from' the balcony. The Queen stood bareheaded in the frosty air. She wore a blue velvet dress, which was partly covered by a heavy sable cape. Duke Henry, in the uniform of a Vice Admiral, stood by her side. The Queeninother also appeared on the balcony, but for a few moments only. The banner bearers dropped out of the procession in front of the palace and

massed there in a great crescent, so that when the end of the parade reached that point they formed a great splash of color. An interesting feature of the parade was four great floats bearing emblematic representations of the fishing industry. The

crowds, which did not seem to mind the frosty air, cheered the paraders heartily. Later the Queen and her fiance drove to Scheveningen, escorted by a regiment of hussars. Scheveningen gave the couple a most enthusiastic welcome. The Queen is wonderfully popular among the nshermen throughout Holland. Never is one lost but she sends a generous purse to his family. Accordingly they erected in her honor two unique triumphal arches composed of fishing nets, barrels, and other paraphernalia of their trade and bearing appropriate decorations. Wedding Trouaaean Described. The Queen’s wedding gown, woven of the finest silver tissue, waa embroidered at the School of Art Neediewora in Amsterdam and was afterward made up in Paris. It is ornamented with silver-threaded seed pearls. The robe and train are lined with rich white silk. The bodice, which is plain and cut low, is trimmed with antique lace. The trails are covered with embroidery, almost meeting at the waist and broadening over to the hem. The court train is two and a half yards long, the embroidery running around in light trails. The gowns of the Queen’s trosseau are mostly pale greens, grays, blues and whites, these suiting her blonde complexion best. For her public entering into Amsterdam her Majesty has a royal robe of white velvet, with a train trimmed With ermine, and a mantle lined with ermine. At one of the receptions in Amsterdam after the honeymoon she will wear a gown of white satin, embroidered around the hem and bodice with a small tracery of orange leaves, and a court train of rich orange velvet lined with white silk. She has an outdoor gown of delicate gray combined with white and pale blue, scarcely showing embroidered steel and silver sequins. With this goes a large hat She has also a soft hunting costume of dark bottle green, unornamented, and another of trimmed clothe applique. There is a walking dress of dark green with gold threads, and another of green mignonette cloth, combined with white. The Queen has four plain riding habits. Some of the Wedding; Gifts. Amsterdam’s gift to the Queen, th® magnificent gilded chariot originally built for her coronation, was formally presented on Monday. In it she rode to church Thursday. One of the richest presents is a great tapestry representing the garden of the Hesperides. This Is from the French republic. Th® City of Hague gave a porcelain service of 300 pieces. From the women of

Hague the Queen received a silver mirror and a jeweled bracelet, and from her ladies in waiting a silver center piece for flowers. The mother of Duke Henry gave her son a writing table inlaid with pearls, and the mother of the Queen has given her a necklace of brilliants and sapphires with a brooch of the same. Most Noteworthy of AU. The most noteworthy gift is the carpet on which the Queen was married.

It is an immense rug, the handiwork of sixty persons participating in the festivities. Make* the Duke a Prince. Queen Wilhelmina has conferred upon Duke Henry the title of Prines of the Netherlands.

QUEEN WILHELMINA AND THE PRINCE CONSORT.

THE PALACE IN THE WOODS, NEAR THE HAGUE, WHERE THE ROYAL COUPLE ARE PASSING THEIR HONEYMOON.

QUEEN WILHELMINA’S PALACE AT THE HAGUE. THE OFFICIAL RESIDENCE OF THE QUEEN AND THE PRINCE CONSORT.