Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1867-10-10
"wairs from Abroad-No. So
August %. 1867,

place as we hereafter may, we are clti-
zens OF the world.
Scheveningen, three miles from the
Hague, was, until few years, indebted
for its notoriety to the fishing occupa-
ioL II its men, most peculiar costume
offs women, especially their large coat
hood shaped b unets, (ot course straw)
rs the place from which Charles I'd en-
barked from Eng land, after the death OF
Cromwell, TO resume the throne, In the
middle Of the seventeenth century, and
Gas has been observed,) the place OF
return OF the King in 1915, when he was
borne to the shore upon the shoulders of
his happy subjects, to commemorate
which, was the erection OF the monu-
ment. Now 1t is the principal sea- bath
ing place OF Holland. 1t has fine sand
beach, and the rolling-in surf reminded
me OF that Of Newport, R, l. The com.
parison is better sustained when the
bathers emerge from the small beach.
house wagons, in grotesque costumes,
and return to them with au almost
anatomical development of physique,
more truthful than poetical or fasci-
mating The place has largely increased
In size and population. The "beach-
house" in which you are expected to
take cup Of coffee, tea, wine, or beer,
commands an unlimited sea view. We
called for beer, and aslwe paid for it, we
observed a stranger laughing, as we
supposed, at the most intense conglom.
Grafton OF languages, but as he after
wards told US it was the manner of our
being cheated. He was from the South
ern part OF the United States, a Dutch
man by birth, and congratulated us,
upon the want o. unanimity in the walt
ers, by which we were imposed upon
much less than was intended. | think |
have heard the Iphrase, "as honest as a
Dutchman," but do not think the per.
son was born in Scheveningen. What
the sensations Of the "hsh women" from
them must be, as they walk on the fine
avenue OF trees, leading to Hague, pass
Ing the extravaganza and luxury OF
costume of their sex, in other conditions
OF life can be imagined, II as repulsive,
as the contrast is great, one would
hardly suggest meeting OF them with
the others, OF an antagonisLical nature.
The large, full, heavy baskets OF fish for
market, carried upon their heads, give
them stately, erect carriage Of person,
and most muscular, masculine develop
ment in appearance. Their brown
bronzed compilations are free from any
suspicious OF enameling or rouge. Their
waterfalls are never freshly arranged, as
1t is the Sea-water that drops from the
basket. They must be timer maids" QfI
you steal French novel for a pun,)
but very few of them appear as mere
maids! Returning to the city you are
driven to the Bazaar" which is certainly
San institution" There are collections
OF the most recherche articles OF art and
beauty, from every cline and country OF
the world. The intimate relations of
commercial transactions between the
Dutch and Japanese, affords rare OPP
pSrtunity of seeing and buying most
exquisite articles for the toilet or drawing
room. Leaving the Hague at TIA p. M,
we were by railway at $50 pm. at
Amsterdam, and very comfortably at
tea in the Hotel des Pays Bas at 10.
Amsterdam is the Venice of Holland in
its canals, and water-courses. 1t is one
Of the most quaint, odd looking places,
l ever saw. The houses are very tall,
narrow, and in many places almost
touch each other at the top, 50 much do
they incline and hang over. The gables
are pointed, square and fantastic, always
toward the street, and from a small
window in them timber extends to
take up by rope and pulleys the family's
wash, as it is brought back from the
peasant woman's work. There are no
yards to the houses, and it would seem
this unbroken connection and support
was necessary, upon the principle of
united we can stand, but divided we
must fall. They appear very much, IF
you will allow rather an original but
appropriate comparison,) as though
they had all been to joval meeting of
s1den times, and found themselves in
somewhat questionable condition of
sobriety and individuality. All looking
humorous and good natured, but little
under the effects of conviviallty. The
houses are literally "buil. upon the
sand and mud, with piles driven for
foundation. 1t would be curious esti-
mate, the quantity of timber below
ground as compared with that above.
Were | a confidence man." or with
betting principles, should hazard my
stakes upon the former quantity. The
piles and timber come principally from
Norway. Amsterdam is the city of
Holland. 1t has a population of over
two hundred and fifty thousand, between
thirty and forty thousand of whom are
Jews. 1t has immense capital in pecu-
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