The little Wilhelmina was then ten years old. She is now a grown-up
young lady, and there is quite a stir among the royal families of Europe
to find a suitable husband for her.

A marriage has been proposed for her with Prince Alexander of Teck,
whose sister is the wife of the Duke of York, and will probably one day
be Queen of England. The Duke of York is the son of the Prince of Wales.

The young Prince of Teck has been sent to Holland to visit the young
Queen at her castle of Loo, but as yet the Queen has neither refused nor
accepted him.

It is rumored that Prince Alexander of Teck hopes that Wilhelmina will
refuse him, as he is very anxious to marry a young American of great
wealth.

This is a very romantic story, and very pleasing to our national vanity
to think that one of the daughters of America may some day be closely
related to the Queen of England, but it is a very remote contingency,
and not very likely to occur.

G.H. ROSENFELD.




INVENTION AND DISCOVERY.


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