Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-10-24

The Young men were about - years OF age
and the girls about Is and ~. The latter
were quite pretty, and their costumes did not
tetract from their beauty. They wore short
black silk skirts, bound with a belt at the
waist. Above this was pink silk bodice,
with short sleeves coming down to few
inches of the elbow, and so tight that they
squeezed the flesh of their red arms Over
the bosom and shoulders was bright colored
handkerchief. which was fastened at the
waist. and around their neck was a wide band
of eight strands of coral beads, fastened under
the chin and at the back of the neck by great
gold brooches as big as good sized individual
butter plates. The head dress was curious
cap of the whitest of linen, trimmed with
lace and fastened by three separate pins just
at the edge of the forehead above the eyes.
One of these pins had a gold ball as big as
pigeons egg for head, and another had
sharp cornered gold plate as big as small
visiting card fastened upon it This plate
stuck out from the eyebrow, and ! could
not help thinking that it would form
a dangerous element in case the lover
attempted to kiss her against her will
This cap at the back is fastened by other
gold pins 1t entirely covers the hair, with
the exception of slight roll at the top Of
the forehead, and it has great wings or flaps,
which. stiff with starch, stand at each side
of the head
The men were quite as queer in their dress
as the women. They were smoothly shaved,
as are, indeed, most of the peasantry; and
their hair, thick on the top of the head and
rudely cut at the neck, looked as though they
had been their own BARRIERS and had insured
an even cut by fitting bowl on their heads
and had cut the hair off close up To this
They wore no collars, but had instead gay
handkerchiefs about their necks which were
fastened with gold brooches as big as trade
| dollars. Their coats were roundabouts, with
| big buttons, and their black velvet trousers
were very full and very short. These
were fastened at the waist by wide belts, the
buckles Of which were round silver affairs as
big as the bottom Of a pint tin cup. Their
shirts were of gay colors, and they had rings
| of gold in their ears.
Both the young men and their sweethearts
were very happy. They chartered in Dutch,
showed their teeth in laughter, and kept up
their love making as long as they We're in the
| car Part of the time the men smoked, hav-
ing at the same time their arm around their
girls. They were probably farmers of the
better class, and may have been on a wedding
journey for all know.
saw afterward many strange head
dresses in Holland, and ali of those Of tn,
peasants had some curious ornament faSten
ing the cap and sticking out at the outside
corner of each eye like horn. They are diff
ferent according to the villages from which
the women come. Some of those of ROtter
dam wear spiral gold springs to which ar,
fastened other ornaments, and / give you her,
4 sketch Of a gorgeous costume of this kind
which saw at The Hague, where band o
gold three inches wide went clear around III
back of the head, partially covering the hai
under the cap, and ending at the forehead il
these ornaments The Dutch girls of tn
lower classes are often pretty. Their com
nlexions ere dar,i and rosy and their fat arm
rather becfy in their redneSs. They hav
often too stout and stocky forms for beauty
and as they crow older their hard working
lives soon take all the softness out of them.
ScheveninGen is the great seaside resort o
Holland, and it Il also fishing village. Her
may be seen ,r.mple Of the fisheries OF Eo
land. They carry their fish in baskets to Tn
Hague, which is about two miles away. The.
, bave great baskets full of fish, which the
, fasten to the ends of hoard fitted acrus
their shoulders, and thus carry tEera 20 nal
ket Sometimes they carry the lksSe.S o
, the head, an6 / have seen crowds of tteir
with great cid fashioned straw tats eve
; their eyes, going along carrying PertnE
I 100 pounds of fish in this manner. Thei
I dresses are short. Often they wear woode
T clogs as shoes, and they are, as a rule, yer
i poor
4 The Dutch children Of the lower classes al
: smorg the greatest rLrigsities of HOLLAND
5 They clatter along in their big clogs with
/, much iollity as our American boys and CIR
a in sboa Ls--L~- title tots of girls or