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Show QUEEN WILHELMINA'S JOKE. Her Majesty of Holland Hits Snmo Fun at thf Czpcnue of Her Govrrness. The Figaro tells a rather amusing story about the twelve-year-old young ' Queen Wilhelmina of Holland, prefne- . ' ing its narration by the statement that . the alarming news which was circu- j lated concerning the health of her majesty in August last is quite uncon- j firmed, and saying that the 6tory in question is proof of the good spirits of i the young queen. t I The governess of her majesty, an English lady, Miss Saxton Winter, had given the little queen, ns an extra task, the drawing and coloring of a map of Europe because she had not known her lesson in Turkish and Chinese geography geogra-phy as well as the governess deemed she ought to have done. The queen agreed to do the extra task imposed upon her, saying: "Very well; 1 will do the map, because I meant to be obedient. obe-dient. But you will sec." In due course the map was drawn and colored and handod to the governess. gover-ness. The young1 queen had made the British Isles very small, ubout the size of the Balearic islands, and had covered cov-ered them with "London fog" colored paint. But Holland, on the contrary, was of enorraohs bize, occupying a large part of that space which in ordinary ordi-nary maps is 6ea. This immense tract of land was glorified in the most brilliant bril-liant colors. Mifas Saxton Winter laughed. The young queen was delighted de-lighted with her joke and the map was passed round the court. ' |