New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-06-10

worknen of Amsterdam something TO do seemed nos
so necessary TO supply the inhabitants Oh hIncs
with Bibles and fat missionaries and yet Americans
wonder that European workmen become socialists 10
be at meeting OF the City Fathers there and 10
listen to their speeches glofyng the House OF orange
bewang the situation passing resolutions that some
average American a deep red anarchist in fifteen
minutes. They have had absolute free trade Va .no
Netherlands for over twenty-five years ana they AZ"
Next winter hundreds of families will eat as DIN.
bonen5 or go TO the for sustcnsnce Last
winter there were $500 woriungmen upon the ponce
only the number Of those who reported theis
poverty thousands suffered hunges and cold an; ,na
workingmen Of that country IS universal Incidence Is
no, the cause people who nave been dea den "a pS
classcd among the indolent nations. Nowhere on this
oDtsy nsfd nf & in
ana can people Dc pun Sa Ihsu
stances have made upon them
To truly understand the ideas and opinions of work.
ingmen's families place be more advantageous
than a water and huisje' THIS peculiar branch
of Industry can only be found IN Holland and II 10
proves the necessities of these people, II also gives
evidence of practical economy and frugality 1t Is
little store, generally the kitchen of poor womans
home, where the wives Of the Deighb0rh0od buy fire
and water sufficient to boil the coffee for breakfast
supper The thrifty proprietress OF this establishments
IS the confidential adviser and custodian OF the homo
secrets Of her customers and gossip rclgns supreme
in such Surroundings. In most tho husband
of the water and fire woman Is porrer'
The duty of person with this appeation IS to 90
around early in the morning and awaken the families
whose bread winners have TO be at labor at the break
of day. In very few families OF the class described
is the living kept CHEEKY by the continuous ticking
Of clock 1t is too expensive and the live time an
nouncer, the porrer supplies the place and Is paid
weekly stuver two American cents, per family
This Is certainly proof that lazfness is not Character
istlc Of Hollandes.
Information CLEANED at the recorder Of deeds ONCE
and the police headquarters during my last trip in
Holland enables me 10 state that not one day aoorer
OF that city owns home OF his own gained by tho
chase a home is lmpossblllty and to tell mason,
carpenter or other workman that in America working
earnings is to make ones self liable 10 be considered
direct descendent Of Ananias. The forofathers of
generations back and the probability is that the present.
generation Of toilers will be hewers OF wood and
drawers Of water for centuries to come
Saloons called kroegs are numerous in the NetherA
lands and few cents from the paltry earned by
the workmen pass regularly over the counter Tho
beverage most sought is gin, liquid TO which the
Hollander Of high low degree is fondly attached and
which the city Of Schiedam produces in wonderful
quantities The prohibition party do very little
toward controlling contracting the liquor traffic.
Social custom makes 1t obligatory offer wine lquoS
visitor, and the lady who would fail either through
or sweet wine at social call would be minus acquain-
tances and considered rude stingy.
The agencies OF the state lottery under the
proec ton of the Government Statistics prove thai
% per cent of the working population of Holland buy
tickets in this invention of the evil one and If you
could place yourself any Monday forenoon near the
main office of this lottery you would see lines of men
and women dressed In the patched up, castof gar
ments Of weather. and past generation, wearing In
their faces the evidences OF lives of misery and star
walton, crowdng toward the door and bearing in
their bony fingers the few cents torn, as 1t were,
from the empty plates of their little ones. Expecta-
ton, hope and hunger mnsle in the eye Of tho
purchaser. A few days later when the lists OF the
drawing adorn the windows of this office, the scene
Is repeated, showing how the kindly Government of
William the Silent profits by the mlseries and passions
of the populace. The Government charges 10 per
cent OF every prize drawn In addition To heavy tax
every ticket sold whole ticket costs 20 guidens,
being us, Is split into twenty parts, and tina
laDorer pays III o. ior his onetwenteth, the tax in
cluded The highest prize is $4,000 and hundreds
families themselves neaI1y to death tor the
chance OF winning $1,000.
The agencies OF the lotteries are In the hands Of the
lsIeates and they canvass the city vita perslstency
worthy Oh al insurance agent. II IS nearly I'M
possible sit quietly in cafe place OF amusenenr
without being approached by son or JACOB who IL
certain that the lucky NUMBER In the next drawing Is
in his possession waiting for a purchaser. High and
low, nch and poor, invest in IJttery tickets aud
political oeath would be the fate of member Of tho
House Of legislature attempting to this
OIL misely IRON the Netherlands a lew months ago =
workingman employed in the gas fabrck - cents
(AmclicanJ per day the pOssessOr OF the lucky
number, drawing the 100000 guden prize. lie was
paid his twentieth part. Ills family fireplace groaned
three months under a constant frying OF beef
steak and potatoes, kept up night and day, and to-day
the insane asylum at Veencdan has two Inhabitants
"a Man and women, shouting necessarily tha
lucky 81 number.
marriage by proxy, or, It IS called marriages
by the glove" is prevalent in Holland and Is
brought about by the fact that many Of
the eligible young men after having finished their
education depart from Dutch India to engage in soma
lucrative commercial enterprise or accept position
in this colonial service. The scarcity of marriages
able white ladies' in that cline induces the would
be husband to write to friend in Holland disclosing
his wish for Wife
Tho friend selects a willing young lady generally
with substantial DIT and otherwise conforming
closely TO eyihcat.Ons or the letter. photograph
OF the faHor-d is enclosed in the return epstle
After the lapse OF few months, soied left hand
glove with power of attorney, Is received from tho
:ar-away bachelor. The friend in Holland marrios
departs in the next India mail steamer bring happ-
Of this description is as binding If the BRIDE
gloom were present, and is never repndated II
either party 10 the glove marriage should die before
meeting In India the would share the property
Of deceased In accordance with the law.
The laws in Holland In regard to the legal position
husband do about he likes with tho person and
property Of his hepmate. The laws are silent TO
Inc wifes claim the husband but lawyers have told
that this apparent void In the law-book is caused
by the invariable devotion of the HOander to his
home and its inmates. Love for home, wife and
children is nowhere more thoroughly illustrated than
in the Netherlands ard cases of neglect to provide In
every possible way very rare H. the land OF dykes
The wives and daughters Of the lower classes try
in every way imaginable 10 aid the husband and father
in procuring a living In summer you will observe
hundreds Of them their knees In the public squares
armed with theeneh spike wedding the grass blades
from between the stones, for which they receive IL
cents day. Others engaged in wheeling sand into
outward bound merchant ships 10 be used ballast.
You will a woman pushing wheelbarrOw contain-
ing about 200 pounds of sand, up a broad gangway
in lined at least thirty degrees. at gait simply wOn-
derfl considering that the wheeler IS OF the weaker
sex You will often meet small procession on the
path OF tho River Amstel consisting OF mother and
two or three children harncssed TO the towiDe OF tho
canal-boai, very much In the manner Of American
mules They hang as il were, IN the harness, and their
swinging cguar walk proves that great part OF their
lives has been passed in this way When the boat
comes abreast you feel like using ropes end on tho