THE NETHERLANDS: Must! Must!

Stout, frugal, shiny-nosed Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands is as proud as she is plain and motherly. Her court is the stiffest and most punctilious in Europe. The State Coach of her ancient House of Orange is almost as ornate, almost as uncomfortable as the swaying, medieval contraption in which George V jounces about London on great occasions. Last week fully 100,000 Dutchmen came from all parts of Holland to cheer Queen Wilhelmina as she jounced regally from her squat palace to open the States General (Parliament). Loyally they shouted "Orange Boven!"...

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