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Show WILHELMINA'S DOLLS HAD THE MEASLES. An amusing" story is told of Queen Wilhelmina when she was quite a little lit-tle child. s Her majesty was not allowed to share dinner with the elder members of the royal household, but was permitted to make her appearance at dessert, and place herself beside some particular favorite. fa-vorite. One day she sat by a courtly old general, and after eating some fruit the little girl turned and gazed up at him. Presently she exclaimed: "I wonder you're not afraid to sit next to me." Everybody in the room turned at the sound of her childish treble. "On the contrary. I am but too pleased and honored to sit next to my future queen," replied the general. "But why should I be afraid?" Assuming a woebegone expression, the iittle girl replied: "Because all my dolls have the measles they're all of them down with it." |