480 DISTINGUISHED MARKS OF HONOR. 



was SO cordial as to seem entirely personal, formality being left in 

 the background, to be supplied by the troops and retainers in and 

 about the palace. Several hours were spent at the palace. 



Colonel Roosevelt was awakened the following morning by 

 the singing of Holland's National Hymn by bands of cadets who 

 marched through the square overlooking the apartments of the 

 Roosevelt party. 



The singers were acclaiming the birthday of the Princess 

 Juliana Louise Emma Marie Wilhelmina. The royal baby was 

 one year old that day and the capital made a holiday of the anni- 

 versary. A reception by the Queen Mother was one of the chief 

 features on Colonel Roosevelt's program for the day. 



Before the meeting with the Queen Mother the Roosevelt 

 party visited the house in the woods where the first peace meeting 

 was held. 



THE QUEEN MOTHER DISPLAYS MUCH INTEREST. 



The Queeti mother displayed much interest in Colonel Roose- 

 velt's Dutch ancestry. She spoke, too, of his address of the 

 preceding day in which he quoted an old Dutch nursery rhyme. 

 She mentioned the verses and displayed her interest in such mod- 

 ern folklore by repeating to him other rhymes which she had 

 crooned over the royal cradle as a young mother. 



Colonel Roosevelt remained half an hour in conversation with 

 the queen mother, who then received Mrs. Roosevelt, Miss Ethel 

 and Kermit. 



The next day was given over to an inspection of the mag- 

 nificent display of tulips, which were then in perfection, and of 

 Dutch painting. 



The Colonel was presented with a silver model of the Half 

 Moon at the National Tulip Show at Haarlem by M. Kregage, say- 

 ing, "You may call it the Half Moon or the Mayflower, just as 

 j^'ou like. '* 



In a brief address, M. Krelage described the exhibition and the 

 tulip industry, pointing out that Holland shipped to America 8,200^- 

 000 pounds of bulbs yearly. 



