The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-03-11

have no idea Of attempting TO tell
anything new about Holland and the
Dutch, but there are some things about
domestic etiquette and the like that
only o 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 Is
almost shadow of estimation. The
typical Dutchman hasn't particle OF
the chiyalrous about him. and abounds
in the arts of sighting and imperti-
nence. He is sort of bear. tame
and good-natured, but still full OF the
bruin element. His countrywomen ore
actually afraid of him, especially when
outside their own door. The Dutch
woman lives in constant fear of insult;
and when she Ia out on the street she
acts as IL she was afraid that her ursine
brothers were going to bite, paw, or
hug her. Not that the men are danger
GUS, for rarely is it heard that the bears
have bitten. Look ont on the street,
and you will see that the ladies walk
in the road and the gentlemen on the
sidewalk. Always so, no matter how
muddy or dusty the road ia, or how
uloul tOaiho III Poooihks w aeSi ehOhit
and you cannot help but notice that
the gentlemen and ladies never speak
to each other on the street. That
would be a breach of etiquette that So
ciety would hardly pardon. Even when
man meets his wife he is not permit
ted to ask what he shall bring home
for dinner! The gentleman bows first,
the same as in France, and a
lady may have bows from any
number Of men whose names she
does not even know. And the
bowling is a marvel! The forehead
almost touches 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 hat
to supplement that intense bow. Ev-
erybody bows, then they take off their
hats to one another and profoundly
bow. Your friends coachman or
lackey does the same toward you as his
master does, and the servants are Just
as polite to each other. A lady is
bowed to by all the friends OF her
father, husband or brother; and your
housemaid's friends as well. 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.
If they are visible they return the bow
with an over-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 lady is never known to pass
clubhouse or kpot of men or the
street. Ii she is obliged to pass up &
street where there is club, she doe.
not dare to brave the dreaded windows
but will cross the street until she il
past the house, and then cross bacl
again. / have seen lady of my &C
quaintance make the round of severa
streets to avoid a clubhouse, being o.
the time in great hurry to reach al
apothecary, whose shop was next be
yond the club. If lady, alone OF
accompanied by other ladies, mus
needs enter confectionery, library o.
other place where men vii. natur...l,,-,
go and finds gentleman or two there
she will retire as precipitately as if sh,
had seen case of smallpox. TIL,
men know this, but unless my lord tin,
man mas cute finished his business h,
will not retire. The lady retreats in
most undignitied manner, and tn,
human bear finishes his book or hi
chocolate, even though the lady is wait
ing at the door for him to leave, =
Home JottTnd'.