Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1886-10-23

''dolorous pains in the epigastrium,
which one very learned lecturer on tn
philosophy Of food asserts to be the not
Of this age-and which take to be
glorifed form of the homely stomach
ache.
| The Dutch Character.
The Dutch character partakes of tn
soberness Of the climate, says a CORES
pondent of the San Francisco Chronicle
Man is subdued to what he works in
He can be but relatively cheerful in 1
relatively cheerless climate. He must b.
serious when nature is serious. Having
fought for ages with the sea, lived in it
sported with it, it became familiar OBJ
ject to the Dutch. They ceased to feal
it, or to fear nations like the English
who were but little less amphibious
and thought they owned it. So the,
made distant voyages to the orient
planted colonies, and monopolized it,
trade to the injury of the Portuguese
and nearer home Van Tromp swept tn
channel of the E.glish with his broom
They received naturally the ascetic doc
trine of Calvin. It was an unsmiline
religion, and suited to climate and ,
people that, not lacking in humor, ye
smiled rarely; though to study some o
their old painters, such as Steen and Val
Ostede, one would think that their lif'
was one prolonged revel. As a peopl,
the Dutch are not handsome. There ar,
handsome types, but they have come il
with Flemish immigration or by acci
dental admixture with some of the blonde
tribes of north Germany. They are evi.
IDENTIFY not of the old Batavians recog.
nized in historya hundred yeals before
the Christian era, and, by a singular
persistence of descent, perpetuated till
the present day. This perseverance OF
ancient types through thousands OF
years of pestilence, of submergence, of
desolating wars, of internecine contests,
of successive immigration, is one of the
marvels of history. The Flemish type
is characterized by length of nose,
breadth of forehead, smallness of chin,
and shortness of face. The tue Dutch
type has length of nose, narrowness of
forehead, thinness of feature, gauntness
of body and often considerable length
of limb.
These details are subject to modiica-
tions. The types more nearly approach
ing it are those often sean in Denmark.
You can wander for days through the
streets, museums, and public places of
Amsterdam, Harlem, The Hague, and
Rotterdam and not see handsome wo-
man, young or old, unless she is for
eigner. The climate, like that Of BIS
ton, proves more trying to the gentler
sex. This absence of personal attractive
ness in young women AMI girls IS not
without certain pathos. The faces of
old women become as thin as blade,
the nose as sharp as a needle, the COM
plexion preternaturally clear and white.
There is no room for wrinkles on q sur
face so small and thin. Surmount thus
queer face with one of the fitting
white native caps, and put about it
quantity OF the curious gold ornaments
OF the country, and you have personal
ensemble to be remembered.
The Dutch having received from q
strong charactered ancestry these dis
tinctive features of mind, face. and form.
change them slowly. The aged retain
the ancient fashions; the middle-aged
and young yield gradually to fashions
dictates and the memorable spirit of pro-
gress. The peasant retains his habit
and simplicity. The cities are becoming
modern;zed by degrees. They have
fashionable shops, and the new quarters
are built up in modern styles of archi-
lecture. The influence of France is felt
in the Dutch cuisine. There are cafes
everywhere like those of Paris, but they
give you real cream to season the bev-
erage. The taste for German and Eng
lish beers is widely disseminated, but as |
the Dutch have always had inferior
brews OF their own, the importation of
those of other nations can not be deemed |
an innovation. Altogether the first i'm
preston made on the stranger by the
Dutch is that Of an energetic and sem
sible people, in whom the infreauency of
beauty and grace is more than |
atoned for by honest courtesy and gro
goodness Of character.
Tho ChOrta- No<1cv