Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 136, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 June 1911 — The HOLLAND of TODAY [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

The HOLLAND of TODAY

ft *7 .- t __ MynOLLAND and Switzerland P are tho two most favored ftHeWI resorts of the American SI tourist in * Europe, for Dutch shoes and showpeaked mountains never fail to interest the bromide Americana And why not be bromodic T The greatest bromides of all are the people who are afraid of being a bromide and ecresm with emphasis: “I

did not kiss St. Peter’s toe!” **l dM not bring home a piece of lava from Vesuvius!” "I did not take a snapshot of a Dutch windmill!” “I did not climb Mount Blanc In Alpine costume!” A bromide always wins out in the end, for he is allowed so many pleasant and use-

ful pleasures a sulphide is debarred The Hague Is by tar the most Interesting and up to date city In Holland. It seems almost like a cosmopolitan center. Many languages are spoken and the people are very gay. The people of The Hague try their best to Imitate the French, both in dress sad customs, even speaking French in their home circles. In the streetts everything is hustle and bustle, and they are crowded with Haguers, wagons and milk carta. We stopped at the Central hotel, and in all Europe I never saw such a place. If you ever get dopte and sad and need excitement, go to the Central hotel at The Hague. v It is a little

hotel circle iW'gar den inV Xrqn*,. which yow-hSTe to pass-through to get into the betel. In morning, night are assembled the Jollies t, happiest. SMdkfet set of Dutchman an eartlUi.«» si 1 I knovtwdbfcftva. a little Jjsfe with live green fluffy do-da<&iss_

on one si4ftthftf £ aravsL back and .forth, when I vygt. thought Jbe hat rather.nifty,_aad »o did the patrons of tins* beer "garden, " Every'time I passed 'th rough the g*M»i I caused a great itodatUonr- The ihen “ttied to be poUto had -stifle -tbefr giggles, -but one day-Jos-eat-tai one lost control of himself aarA-wasopasstog; .and almost choked peer a mPu&foLot beer*. I turned a Cheshi|g t cgt s j 3 hgeoiui tan sin. Hcious *>4*&<*ce<f Hfti We arrived at this place late on Satorday **U- »<U *sS*l«* flaxsotadmfl ■f ® nce mJS« i^fs n W sJfS? matter oTThe ItolpTV which np <awX.\Vwi ha? this noise Hoiu ‘ tHttlf cifhef sounds eommencWi? w~Mtre ladies Fv e There was the shout of the jn|fk%oy and the unmusical sound of scrubbing. I looked, oj# at^l>a.jj{lndjwr.«jaay < .waa. Just beginning to break. In the street below were milk boys with dogs hitched to their carts, filled with glistening milk cans. The scrubbing was-‘beltig done by the women of the hotafee Opposite. They were polishing the Windows, the sills, the stepg, the n«T<». ment. and even the street In honor of the Sabbath. I saw the reason for all this cleanly Showing when the people

to go to church, for they all passed down this street. This parade to church meant The Hague in all Its glory. There were the people tram the villages In their voluminous shirts and wooden shoes; there were the hardy looking middle

class dressed in a unique style,'between the Holland ami the French; there were the young girls arrayed In white, and last of all were the snobs. The elegant ladles wore hobble Bklrts, and the Holland women certainly have the most un at tractive figures in the world. Done up

in hobble skirts they look like ungainly bolsters Blidlng along. Rough green cloth is all the rage here for summer. The favored kind was rough and prickly looking like a peach skin. It made me, hot just to look at It. Of those sticky, graphic dresses! Whenever you wish to go anywhere In The Hague, you must go to the Pletn first It Is the square from whence lead all roads. Even when a Haguer dies the funeral starts from the Pleln. Around the corner from the Pleln —is the famous "Prisoners’ Gate” through .which you must pafp,£o the' Mauritius, the art gallery ‘that** contains many Wonderful paintings, among them many Rembrandts. Farther on is the royal palace. It is a

low white building and not the least imposing. It looks like an oldtime, worn out-' pu b 11c building. Lazy guards stand around In front of the palace_ holding their guns as' If , they weighed - a ton. The queen Is very much be loied by the Hplland people, - but Julian,. tj»e - little,' pr&betk,' is .wor-

shiped. They say Wltheimina has the 'tfud f ’Hol!and thrift, and 1b a wee bit ki)cM%hoot money matters, * Otf'bbe of the principal squares Is the American conculate. Look at the pictnoeu Did you ever see such a dinky building to repre-, eerjt such a big nation as However, jjtfie younger members of the legation .make up for the lack of a beaut mil building—at least *so thlhk the Wfland girls and tourists. Every touirist 10 The Hague visits the "House in the Woods.” It is a beautiful villa surrounded by treeß fend, flowers. BV/_l _ Herein IS9£ W'as-he Id the-Interna-tional peace commission. Twenty-

.six nations, were represented, and . the Orange roonh wAere tfie delegates met, is even no«Tfecr& "i: -.U: tJ JCiH S ch evinin'geS, tb e fashionable-' watering place, la -Just oyfedde of ..The.. Hague. The .Sichex. i ningen (Beach, is one of ,ths. widest, at ret chea, l B 1 visitors to. this

place will be glad when the harem skirt *tromeh into use. ** v ‘ '• r ‘*" whole place Is vety'fhutll'’like Atlantia GttjJ, for there ar^ pagt jgar*‘ stands, candy booths, fake shows and even the ever foteresUnjpftffigfe tellers. Schevlningen has*ido£ tew,

ture that AtlaMft» fe la, the hundreds of whacw-'chalre-standing on the beach. Tftqpq dMIFP! have a round top to them that fnrmn a fine protection from the sun and wind. . «I«A ) Beside all this array of fashion and worldliness is posted on the sand dunes the quaint little fishing village of

Set svlnlngen. It Is one of the moat picturesque villages in Holand, and the pea Rants here are the real Holland people, and not dressed up for show, as on the Isle of Markham. Their dresses are of somber blue and gray, and their faces have a serious look to

match, their costumes. -And -~thl* somber and quietness comes,from the bitter experience these peasants have, lived through, for they are flshjef p,e<>. lived through, for they are fisher people and the sea has swallowed up ( many of their men and boys. Visitors are not welcome' here, attd' they eye the stranger with cool disdain, as much as to say: "Why do you-come here to bother us?” - 1 (' It is but a short Journey from The Hague to Delft Tho> stretch of. lan£. between these two, places, Is. Fiery typical of Holland. Wind-mills are scattered along—great strong wind-mills that look capable of any amount of work. The flat, well kept roadi'She bordered by trees. They are'’fine roads for bicycles. The canals are very much used In Holland; On ourway from The Hague to Delft we passed many a towboat loaded with hay and grain, towed by a slow old nag, poked up by a fair haired Dutch lad. Lazy Holland cows dotted the landscape. They are supposed to give the Iffnpst milk on earth. Of course, the first thing one ex'-' pects to find in Delft are little bltas teacups and little White plates decorated with little blue windmills. . - And the funny part Is, they are the first thihgs to be seen arranged in. .the store windows and even ;in the, , win-, dows of some of the homes. The streets of Delft are nearly all canals With side paths along each edge, and little arching bridges at crossing. The principal sight In Delft IS the Church of‘St. Ursula. It stands if dne end of a long, open cobble-stoned

square. Ott," , thSK outside of, • the church, and print-, ed in. different. lan g u ages; ,sre elaborate, directions of how to gain * admittance* to the ChhrCh'hh week days. The key must be get from the warden, who lives in the, third hpuse from the left church, the house with the yellow

roof. The inside -of- the 'church' is very . plain compared with - most churches, and at the hack is a splendid m au s°tou m greeted to William Silent It looks like a small temple done in white and black •marble. At. the feet of William ia.a statye x)f the little dog that saved his if.' Mallnes. The dog awakened the prince by barking just as three assassins were approaching the prince’s Tlie Latin inscription on the' mohuthe. eternal memory 1., never atrocious

Maurishuis.

A Dutch Windmill.

The House in the Woods.

American Legation.

The Prisoners’ Gate.

The Royal Palace.

A Street in Delft.