Queen Wilhelmina of the. Netherlands assembled yesterday evening at the Columbia Country Club, on the occasion of the fortieth anniversary, of Her Majesty's accession tö the throne. Most of the local Netherlanders attended the function, during which Mr. G. W. Boissevain made a short speech referring to the great progress, peace and prosperity enjoyed by the Netherlands during the forty years of Het. Majesty's reign. and proposed the loyal toast which was enthusiastically responded to.
THe dinner was followed by a dance and the celebrations were carried late into the night. The ninety members of the local Netherlands community.atteriding the affair, included a number of prominent visiting Netherlanders. Among the gay assembly were seen: The local Netherlands Consul-General and Mrs.
G. W. Boissevain, Mr. J. van den Berg, Mr. J. J. YpHi, Mr. M. Speelman, Mr. and Mrs. J. de Wilde, Mr. and Mrs, J. D. Carriere, Mr. and Mrs. C. G. Riem, Mr. and Mrs. H. C. A. van Someren, Mr. Klemanék, the tall, aristocratic, wealthy and intellectual Senator Tydings and the five-foot, grey-haired, up-from-the~ ranks Mr. Lewis The Maryland result will be watched with sharp interest by the nation at large because the Free State is a representative cross-section of the entire United States. It is predominantly neither rural nor urban and, has never been particularly re-üctionary or radical.
The primary also affords a test of the potency of President Roosevelt in state politics. Mr. Lewis announced his candidacy immediately after a visit to President Roosevelt, after first declining to take part in the race. Every new Deal facility has been placed at his disposal. On the other Hind; Senator George Radcliffe, Sena-for Tydings' Democratic colleague, is acting as campaign manager for his friend, and scores of political employees owing allegiance to the two Senators are working for Senator Tydings.
Little attefition is being paid to the Republican primary, because the Democratic nomination in Maryland ordinarily is equivalent to election, although two years ago the present governor, Mr, Harry W. Nice, sur-Brised the country by wihniig from his Democratic opponent in an extremely close election. He was the third Republican in history to accomplish the feat—United Press.
Mrs. Klexn, Mr. and Mrs. A. Buys, Mr. de Fremery, Mrs, Hekking, Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Kreulen, Mr. and Mrs. J. de Vries, Mr. and Mrs. Weyler, Mrs. Andringa, Capt, ani Mts. Buy, General Donkelaar, Capt. de Jonge, Mr. Dinneivet, Capt. dnd Mrs. Huyser and many others.
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