Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-10-31
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and the girls about Is and u. The latter
were quite pretty, and their costumes did not
detract from their beauty. They wore short
black silk skirts, bound with a belt at the
waist. Above this was a pink silk bodice,
with short sleeves coming down to a few
inches of the elbow, and so tight that they
squeezed the flesh of their red arms Over
the bosom and shoulders was u bright colorpd
handkerchief, which was fastened at the
waist, and around their neck vas 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 a 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 q gold ball as big as n
pigeons egg for q head, and another had a
sharp corncred gold plate us big as a small
visiting card fastened upon it. This plate
stuck out from tho eyebrow, and | could
not help thinking that it would form
a dangerous clement in case the lovct
attempted to kiss her against her will.
This cap ct the back is fastened by other
gold pins. 1t entirely covers the hair, with
the exception Of a 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 meu 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
On oven cut by fitting Il 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 r~oundabouts, 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 n 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 were in the
car. Part Of the time the men smoked, hay
ING at the same time their arm around their
girls. They were probably farmers Of the
better class and may have been on n wedding
journey for all | know.
saw afterward many strange head
dresses in Holland, and all Of those Of the
peasants had some curious ornament fastcn-
ing the cap and sticking out at the outside
corner of each eye like n horn. They are diff
ferent according to the villages from which
tho women come. Some OF those of Rotter-
dam wear spiral gold springs TO which are
fastened other ornaments, and | give you here
a sketch Of q gorgeous costume Of this kind.
which | saw at The Hague, where q band Of
gold three inches wide went clear around tho
Lack Ct the lead, partially covering the hair
Under the cap, end ending at the forehead in
these ornaments. The Dutch girls OF the
lower classes aro often pretty. Their com
plezions arc dark and rosy and their fat arms
rather Leefy In their redneSs. They have
often too stout and stocky forms for beauty,
and as they grow older their hard working
lives soon take oil the ~softncsS out Of them.
Schcveningen is the great seaside resort Of
Holland, AMI * iJ also "a fishing village. Here
may be seen O sample Of the fisheries Of Ho!-
land. They carry their fish In baskets to Ths
Hague, which is about two miles away. They
have great baskets full Of fish, which they
fasten TO the ends OF a board fitted across
their shoulders, and thus carry them TO mar
ket. Sometimes they carry the baskets on
the head, and I have seen crowds OF them,
with great old fashioned straw hats over
their eyes, going along carrying perhaps
100 pounds OF fish in this amer. Their
dresses are short. Often they wear wooden
clogs as shoes, and they are, as a rule, very
poor.
The Dutch children Of the lower classes are
among the greatest curiosities Of Holland.
They clatter along in their big clogs with as
much jollity as our American boys and girls
In shoe leather. Little tots Of girls 2 or }
years old dance about and run in wooden
shoes each Of which would fill a quart meas
ure, and l laughed heartily at a boy Of 9 who
was trying to climb a pole with these heavy
shoes upon his feet. These shoes never wear
out. They nave no need Of copper toes, and