Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-10-27

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The young men We're about rs years of age
and the girls about Is and 90. 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 a bright colored
handkerchief, which, was fastened at the
waist, and around their neck was 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 d 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 a gold ball as big as a
pigeons egg for a head, and another had a
sharp cornered gold plate as big as a small
visiting card fastened upon it. This plate
stuck out from the eyebrow, and I could
not help thinking that it would form
a dangerous element in case the lover
attempted to kiss her against her will
This cap at 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 men We're quite as queer in their dress
as the They were smoothly shaved.
as are, indeed, most of the peasentry; and
their hair, thick ON the top of the head and
rudely cut at the neck, looked as though they
had been their w BARRIERS and had insured
an even cut by fitting a bowl on their heads
and had cut the hair off close up to this.
They wore no collars, but had instead gay
handkerehiefs about their neeks which were
fastened with gold brooches as big as trade
dollars. Their coats were ~roumdabouts, 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 a pint tin cup. Their
shirts were Of gay colcrs, 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, hav-
ing at the same time their arm around their
girls. They were probably farmers of the
better class, and may have been on a wedding
journey for all / know.
l saw afterward many strange head
dresses in Holland, and all of those OF the
peasants had some curious ornament -.ssten-
ing tie cap ang sticking out at the outside
corne of each eye like a horn. They are diff
ferent according to the villages from which
the women como Some of those of Rotter-
dam wear spiral gold springs to which are
fastened other ornaments, and I give you here
a sketch of a gorgeous costume of this kind,
whichtI saw at The Hague, where a band of
gold three inches wide went clear around the
back OF the head, partially covering the hair
under the cap, and ending at the forehead in
these ornaments. The Dutch girls of the
lower classes are often pretty. Their com
plexions arc dark and rosy and their fat arms
rather beefy in :bcir redness, They have
often too stout and stocisy forms for beauty,
aud as they grow Older their hard working
lives soon take oil the s~oftness out of them,
ScisYsiiingen IS the great seaside resort of
Holland, ard IL is also a fishing village. Here
may be seess~ sampiso of the fisheries Of Hob
Larsd Thqr.carsp their fish N baskets 10 The
Hafsue, which II gbept two mics away. They
haHe great hesgets full III ftsh. which tl,ey
3astea ~ the ends o. u board fitted across
theaf shoulders. and thus caeay, them to mar