I had forgotten the incident when, shortly after my return to the hotel, I saw the same carriage go by.
Two gentlemen were talking on the landing near us.
“See. There is the Queen,” said one of them.
It was the Queen whom I had stopped!
Princely Simplicity.
At the Hague I was asked to give a performance before the Grand Duke and Duchess of Mecklenburg, Princess Victoria of Schaumburg-Lippe and their retinue.
The hall was well filled. I had the Philharmonic Society’s orchestra.
This was a gala evening, and in every way a very successful one for me.
Next day on coming down from my room I encountered on the stairway of the hotel a lady with a very sweet expression, who asked me:
“You are Miss Loie Fuller? Your dances interest me greatly. My husband has gone out on the beach. Wouldn’t you like to come and talk to him about your lighting effects. I am sure that would prove very interesting to him.”