The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1880-07-23
4 DUTCH VILLAEr

W0Tmeldingen is curforg go.
Its trees and houses CLOSELY raes--
big lot Of uremburg TOYS lust rr,.,.-..
Imagine double row Of dvalIi..a-.
squat, all pretty. all spot tlpssrr 81.
painted ia vivid cOlOrs. all lUHf
in the same way. with the Same ....
ais, placed in two long lines s.r--
cally intersected by straw-roIor.5
work. Before these two lines gr
plant two rows of little old fre,
thick trunks and spare foliage -r,
pied. shaped and painted ar
same size. and forming "a kind of s..
no thicker OF higher at one end .f..'.
the other, nor in the middle tFsr ..
two eXtremities. Then. in fIa ..-
busted, cleaned. scraped uureuf-.-
where the houses are washed a,.T .
until Won could not find sr.r.
them, nor So much as "a ,trtv.
about. where the trees have a 1,-
and Combed look, and not leaf f.-.
Its place picture q population rr
est folk all dressed after the SAM. ..
iOn-the son like tie father r-F
father ike the gTaudfather. Iar...
girl like the grown-up girl. and then.
ma like the old graudm0ther-zrF .
have " WOrmeldingeu as nearly as
give you an idea OF The place D.
ful To remember that each Hraf-.
taken separately, is pretty Iml5r5....
and that the costumes taken sar.ar..
are charming. These peasants 1
and small, dressed entirely I'm vlT-af ...
black cloth, with their kuee-hr-aa
their coarse stockings. their Shoe. r-
silver buckles, their high waf-a...
with a double row of buttons n e-.
silver, their coats cut into their
their belts with silver CLASPS. ana .-.
gold buttons at the neck. look rar-5--
bly, we'll Complete this costume F.
gracefully shaped felt hat. tHa 1
raised behind and slouiug fr f--rt
that IT forms a sort of visor. and -
viii have a notion of the dress rHf.r .
worn in Zuid-Beyeldnd. This ra--..
looks pretty on children. elegant ar ....
men and picturesque on the old u-rrr.
and it is always and eveTgWlera H..
original and Characteristic. Tie -.
form Of the wOmen-fOr I rpaIrs -r-..
call it so-is equally curious and err.--
tasteful. From their most tender -...-
to tha pitiless age at which the r..7-
bent by years. bowed down toward ri.
earth soon 10 be its last resting r....
the form and arrangement 81 he M.
mems attire are uuvariable. From. .rz
cTaddle to the tomb all the stnH- r....
ants have bare arms, the bust rara-.-
/ by very tight bodice. over which r..s
/ in graceful folds, a handkerchief IL.
tened 10y a coral brooch. The face f.
framed in a Golf with wide border,
! which resembles a veil rather thar
/ cap. y flat piece CI gold L.u-- frrr
Ia
adoru the temples. on the neck IS
coral necklace: rings and bry1Eas
abOund-in a word. these women verr
/ pTOfusion of valuable ornaments. S.
i much for the upper part Of the figure
which is highly adorned and generally
slim and delicate. The sleudeues> r+
/ the wOmen's figures Is rendered more
| striking 10y an enormous pettic1at. th-4a
/ yards wide, which Is held ont by q mon
strOus representing bell: the ba1r
from the waist up representing the lam.
die, and the two slender legs the clap
per. When seen from a distance thus
! attired and standing still. the women
/ might easily be taken f0I large dolls
+ The ruined houses, the mIti.a-ed buG-
/ ings, the torn up squares Transformed
/ into pits and holes. all form q Lid-.s
]
I the midst of il all She author places .
/ group of pretty girls, in the widely
/ hOoped costume of the period. laughing
/ behind their fans ut the iniisaa-
4 speeches OF a gallant cavalier. PERHAPS
/ he wants to make the fri-hriuI picture
that he places before our ewes seem ul --s
1 striking from this contrast.
The interior Of the vast and Iee1t
-Hru -asa1. e. ---|
. wide nave terminates In ruin il is
+ separated by wooden partition from
. gigantic tranSeTt. and the latter, trans
. formed into a covered passage Hll.
leads from one end of the quarter tg a-
I other, opens upon space once ugeul-.
. by the choir. which has long since dis
E appeared. Nothing can le more lm
/ pTesSive than this great empty piece [.
/ ground. covered with lriers. WLs-.
there are few great trees where -l.
grass grows hard, dry and -caltE, q
I though IN cemetery. and Where .l
/ eye seeks in vain among the urdG.a-In-
of the soil for traces of the vauTuisle
choir. Those great ogival bays, ll7
. masked by common masonry. and -l.-
majestic arCades, whose fine arclItectL
. al curves remain unfinished produce
dTeaTy effect. Still more mrlmcal.
is the tranSept. which has been trans
formed into a passage. anG Is now r-
I ceptacle for mUtilated tUmus, laal-t>
statues and broken grave slabs j
: great company of heroes have been al
to rest in this noble sanctuary. lu
ancient seigneurs of Bergen had tle
place of 'sepulture within The precincts
and, after them, the governors at Obj
city. Morgan. who repulsCl tla Iua
. IF Parma Louis of kethel who 1Tp1>e
: SpinOSa, were inferred here. Tie graf
itude of the inhabitants had detrse
pompous inscriptions. has reliets U
statues to these valiant heroes Tie
rested under the shadow of great port
Goes of marble; but the cannon ol ~
/ disturbed their internal slumbar, aI
! mingled their ashes 10y breaking ln-
their tUmbS. OF all these superb m1l-
mentS there remain only "a IL" tr3-
ments, and we may think ourselves Joy
tunate TO be able to make ont iron
whence they came.-Hgrgrd's l.
Holland.
conn ESpg>- r,r-N-T~ aF fine .HTglL