The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1886-11-03
DUTCH CHARACTER.


Evsrywhsrs fer Their Heaesty
The Dutch character partakes OF the
soberness Of the climate. Man is sub
dued to what he works in. He can b
but relatively cheerful in q relatively
cherries climate. He must be serious
whore nasHre II serious. Having
fought fos aees with the sea. lived in
It, sported with II, u became = familiar
object to the Dutch. They ceased 70
fear It, or to fear nations like the En-.
glish. who were but q little less am.
phibious and thought they owned IT.
So they made distant voyages to the
Orient, planted colonies, and monopo.
liked Its trade TO the injury Of the Port
ueuese, and nearer homo Van Tromp
swept the channel OF the English with
bis bgoom. They received naturally
the ascctic doctrine Of Calvin. Il was
an tsnsmiling religion, and suited to .
climate and : people that, not lacking
N humor. yet smiled rarely; though TO
study some Of their old painters, such
, q Steen and vsn Ostede, one would
think hat their lie was one prolonged
.isvsl As o people the Dutch are not
handsone. There are handsome
types but they have come in with
flemish immigrations Or BY accidental
.admixture with some of the blonde
tribes Of North Germany. They are
evidently not the old Batavians rccOg-
nized In history hundred years before
the Christian era, and, by q sim
gulAr persistence Of descent, per-
petnated till the present day. This
perseverance, Of ancient types through
thousands Ut years Of pestilence, Of
sabnergenca Of desolating wars, Of
intcrnecinc contests. of successive i'm.
|tmigrasions, y one. Of the marvels Of
history. Tho Flemish type il charac-
terized by length of nose, breadth Of
forehead. smallness of chin and short
ness Of face; The true Dutch type has
length Of nose. narrowness Of fore
head, thinness Of feature, gauntness Of
body and often considerable length Of
limb. These details are subject u
notifications. The types more nearly
approaching 1t are those often seen Ia
Denmark. You can wander for days
th,eugh the streets, mNsealns md pab-
H. 9aces Of Aasterliam, HarleGA, In
Ha6gue and Rotterdam and not mesi
a handsome woman, young or old, I'M.
less she is foreigner. The climate,
like that Of Boston, proves moro try
ing to the gentler sex. This absence Of
personal attrsctiveness In young won
en- and girls Is not without q certain
pathOs. The faces of old women be-
como thin Us blade, the nose sharp as .
needle, the complexion prcternaturally
clear and white. There is no room fol
wrinkles on q surface SO small and
thin. Surmount this queer face with
one of the close-titting white native
caps, and put about 1t quantity Of thu
curious gold ornaments of the co,ln'
try, and you have personal ensemble
To be remembered.
The Dutch having received from I
strong charactered ancestry these dis
tinctivc features Of mind. face and
form, change them slowly. The aget
retain the ancient fashions; the mid
dlc-agcd and young yield gradually
to fashions dictates and the incxora
BILE spirit Of progress. The peasan
retains his sabOts and his simplicity
The cities are becoming modernizet
by degrees. They have fashionable
shops, and the new quarters are bull
up In modern STYLES of architecture
The influence of France is felt in thu
Dutch cuisine. There are cafes every
where like those of Paris, but they giv'
YOU real cream to season the beverage
Altogether the first impression mad
on the stranger by the Dutch is that o
an energetic and sensible people, il
whom the infrequency Of persona
beauty and grace is more than stonet
for by honest courtesy and great good
ness of character. Albert Sutlife, Il
Sdn Francisco Chronicle.