New-York tribune., 1884-01-27
THE sIryERADO soUATTERs. BY ROBERT LOUIS
s-rI-- l->snN llInn. 2S1. Rnhcrts BIOtners
THE HOLL4NDER AND his WIFE.

Dutch Correspondence Of The Springfield Rcpubfedn
The man is "lOrd of all" in Holland, and
woman IL almost without the shadow OF estimation Inc
typca Dutchman hasn't particle of the chvarous about
him lie Is sort of bear tame and goodnatu1ed but stun
actually afraid of him. especially when outside OF their
door. The Dutchwoman lives IN constant rear oi IN IN
was afraid that her ursine brothers were gong 10 pe
paw or hug her Not that the men ere o0 o on
the street and you will that the ladies' walk III lhe
road and the gentlemen on me @ oaS n S9Sw may
teams are passiug. Watch them and you cannot heip
but notice that the ana SGS 0nS never he sk6
etiquette that society would hardiy pardon'
ted 5yse %he& o Sk @hn % he shs bring home for dnne
gentleman bows first, the same as IN France ana lay
does not even And the bowing IS marvel Tho
almost Oucnes the knees in the act and there Is
no halfway work about it-no nOdding or sweeping
touch Of the hat but an entire removal OF the nat 10 sup
plement that intense bow. Everybody BOWS tnen lake
off their hats TO one another ana pTofoundy DOW 1our
friends cOachan lackey does the same toward you as
his master does ana the va b al are e f tSds OF her
father husband broher and your houselaads 1telus
as When he passes bows smiles and raises his
nat no matter whether the ladies are visible OF not IL
they visible they return the bow with an overpohte
The women seem to think that where there are several
men congregaed they will take especial delight In insult
ing them and lady is known to pass clubhouse
or knot of the street II she Is obliged to pass
brave the dreaded windows but Will the street until
she past house and then cross back again have
eral streets avoid a clubhouse being at the time In
great hurry TO reach an ap9thec9T whose shop was next
other ladies, must needs enter confectionery library
or other place where will naturally go and finds
gentleman there she will retire precptatey as
II she had OF smallpox. The men know this,
ut ucss INV lord the man has quite finished his busl
ness he will not retire. The lady retreats in most
dignitd manner and the human bear finishes ms D0ok
or his chocolate though the lady waiting at the
OYSi But change comes over the woman at home. No
longer the afraid body OF the street she has at
hand the kettle of hot water the farOns and the other
articles Of defence that woman can use II necessary
aud longer does she fear tho bears she quite at
home" She does not put herself TO any trouble for the
sake of guests In tnGmOrnng she never dresses for
breakfast but comes TO the table en- del-toIette her
hair the C1mpngpi calico gown loosely butt0ncd
skirts by no means new, with no collar her shoes
mbuttoned and frequently without stockings. After
breakfast is quite while before she gets dressed, and
meantime II receives callers she into the paTlOr
in her breakfast toilet Gentlemen never thhk OF com
ing the morning meal unless In full dress or at the
very least wclldrcssed and clean, yet they never
remonstrato with their untdy wives daughters.
But social etiquette is not TO be compared to that OF the
table the is curious the other is supeiney dTol
II is amusing to the Dutch eat They take their plate
l as soon as they helped and cut It up into mOrses.
Then they lay the knife in front OF the plate and leaning
ON the table with the left hand proceed TO eat all with the
fork nevcr food eaten otherwise except that some
The fork two spoons lying with knife and fork
al each plate All this Is etiquette. Besides the plate
bOud half recline on the tablet There is such thing
as changing covers and be the courses two or twenty,
they served on the same plate, aud the same knife,
fork aud spoon are used The napkins kept in service
until the washerwoman has to meet big bill for soap!
one supper AT was d SuCst HhdH iViIclu
her Atg o'clock the hostess ct the cardboard, spread
the tabecoth and placed the dishes Then she brought
ont spirit lamp which she lighted with match from
the matchbox on the table, and fayng ground some
coffee in little hand mill, she set the cafeiGre over the
lamp where il boiled mcITiy during the meal The bread
came on I'm a loaf in long basket, and was cut
into thick slices and so passed around The butter
was In little round eaIthen pot each person scrapnG
ont with his own knife much as Is wanted for each
piece Of bread The cheese came to table in similar
not and was scTapCd and eaten spread the bread
as porty cutoaf of brown bread ard slices OF three
or four kinds OF cakes, including the inyariable fruit
cake. Preserves weIe placed on the cloth in shallow
dairy was drawn the coffee from Jug that, I'm the
absence of a sdcbOard, naturally TepOsed mat by
nv lady's side. After the meal Il china was-bOw was
brought out and the dishes washed on the tcatabe by
the mistress who used the snowCst Of sccicNCS, and
neither split drop wet her fingers While the dish
washing was going on the family and guests remained
sitting.