The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1886-01-15


Little Cens16svat1on.
lhave no idea Of attempting 10 tell
anything new about Holland and the
Dutch. but there are some things about
domestic etiquette and the like that
only woman would notice. Of which
] may write. and which are Just what
''Our Dutch" practiced. The man Is
"lord Of all" in Holland; the woman
Il almost without shadow Of estima-
ton. The typical Dutchman hasn't A
particle Of the chivalrous about him.
and abounds IN the arts Of sighting
and impertinence. He Is q sort Of l
bear, tame and good -natured, but still
full Of the bruin element. His country.
women are actually afraid OF him, e.
pecially when outside their own door.
The Dutchwoman lives In constant fear
Of insult; and when she il out on the
street she acts AZ II she was afraid that
her ursine brothers were going to bite,
paw or hug her Not that the men are
dangerous. for rarely Is It heard that
the bears have bitten. Look out on
the street, and you will see hat the
ladies walk in the road and the gentle
men on the sidewalk. Always 50. no
matter how muddy or dusty the road is.
or how many teams are passing. Watch
them. and you can not help but notice
that the gentlemen and ladies never
speak TO each other on the street. That
would be q breach Of etiquette that socie-
~ would hardly pardon. Even when 4
man meets his wife he Is not permitted
70 ask what he shall bring home for
dinner! The gentleman bows first. the
same as in France. and lady NAV
have bows from any number of men
whose name she does not even know.
And the bowling is marvel! The fore
head almost touches the knees i'm the
act, and there is no halfway work
about it--no nodding or a sweeping
touch Of the hat, but an entire removal
OF the hat TO supplement- that intense
bow. Everybody bows. then they take |
OF their hats to one another and pro-
foundly bow. Your friends coachinan |
or lackey does the same toward you az
his master does. and the servants are
Just as polite to each other A lady is
bowed 10 by all the friends OF her |
father. husband or brothers and your
friends as we'll. Every |
man bows TO the house Of his lady ac-
quaintances when he passes; bows,
smiles and raises his hat, no matter
whether the ladies are visible or not.
II they are visible they return the bow
with an ovcr-polite bend Of the whole
body.
The women seem TO think that where
there are several men congregated they
will take especial delight in insulting
them, and a lady is never known to
pass clubhouse or a knot of men on
The street II she Is Obliged to pass up
street where there Is club. she does
not dare 20 brave the dreaded windows,
Dut will cross the street until she is past
he house, and then cross back again.
have seen lady Of my acquaintance
make the round OF several streets 60
'void clubhouse, being at the time
n great hurry to reach an apothc-
AIRY, whose shop was next beyond the
hub. II lady, alone or accompanied
~ other ladies, must needs enter con-
ectionery, library or other place where
men will naturally 90 and finds a gen.
lcman or two there, she will retire a
'rcclpitately rs IL she had seen case
4 smallpox. The men know this, but
Mess my lord the man has quite fin
shed his business he will not retire.
ne lady retreats in most undignified
manner, and the human bear finishes I
Is book or his chocolate, even though
ne lady Is waiting at the door for him .
leave. Home Journal. lie