The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-10-12

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Anown one bring in pan holding twenty
nve or thirty pounds from the dairy 10 set
before man VINO had refused il in con-
Vlnclng proof OF its excellezcs and 10 see
ner iohg, pendant earrings il tie by little
stop shaSink, and TIE flaps of her white
lawn cap cease 10 assert themselves aggres-
sNeiy, anu the creaSeS 90 out of her fore
heau q ~ the smile come back to her eyes
az sue slowly oeca ne assured that it was
outeer In general aud not her butter in par
tlcular against which a prejudice was enter
tained, was worth q journey to look on.
MeVrouws dining room has great cup
board which extends nearly the le 9Th of 1t,
and reaches from floor to ceiling. 1t is a
me Oh cupboard, flush with the wall and
with doors, rig AID little. opening into it at
intervals. Perhaps ought rather 70 call it
series OF cupboards. The wood is dark
OAK, and some OF the small square panels
open without visible knobs or handles upon
semi-secret receSses wherein are stored
1avorite bits of china. On hign narrow
shelf over the tiled fireplace are displayed
Delft plates with Other which, [ suspect. a
Dutch sea captain brought home from the
Indies. The ware which is uss every day
IS thin and white, with god ba1ds, such as
was the pride of housewives thirty or forty
years ago Her napkins have been bleachel
snowy white on the grass just outside the
Town, and they are big enough almost for
tablecloths.
May one invite you to look into a bedroom
In North Hollands You will not sleep in it
soundly unless your nerves are quieter than
those OF most Americans. for the chimes of
the village churches play bars from old songs
every fifteen minutes the day and night
through, and as they seldom agree very
well about the time some sort of bell is
sounding almost without Interval The
i've windows of Mevrouw's room is polishe
a al of
has its spot.ess lace curtains and its shade
OF soft white linen, which is raised and
lowered by most complicated system of
cords and rings, TO the complete under
standing of which any but a native
must give the study of life
time. The candle chandelier with
its glass pendants, is nearly always in pro-
cess OF wiping. Were there no mirror the
polished mahogany doors of the wardrobe
would answer very tolerably. No bed APP
pears, but in one corner is a door opening
upon closet, within which one gets a
glimpse of white draperies. How the bed
was introduced into the closet. unless like
the bunch of grapes in the bottle, it grew
there, is beyond telling, for the fac linen
curtains hang from an oval piece above its
middle, which expands above them into a
somewhat rudely carved model of ship,
too big, it would seem, to go Through the
doorway. From this oval piece is suspended
cord with a convenient ring handle to lay
hold of for help in getting up ON a sleepy
morning.
The most interesting room in a North
Holland house is the attic, which is used
almost invariably as a linen storeroom
Even in these degenerate days the chests
are kept full, though the linen which is in
constant use, is not stored in drawers or
boxes but piled under the high sloping roof
on shelves. On the last occasion when |
followed Mevrouw upstairs size had under
wear enough for half a regiment ont of its
Golfers hung on lines in the huge dim room
airing.
To get an idea of home life as it is in Hol-
land outside the cities, one should see some
thing of the farm houses as they lie along
the canals in North Holland, each set back
little from the waterw and cut off
from the world by its own little moat and
OF en- its own tiny drawbridge. The graz
ing land which lies about it may be treele5s
and monotonous, but the farm house has on
all four sides its heavy screen of willows
Toe roof is matched, except in front, where
ii aud thatch are combined in odd, and
often elaborate patterns. "Werk en-
Lust" work aud pleasure), $40
mer Lust" Summer joy), or
some equally characteristic Dutch motto
is inscribed on the walls or the gateposts,
and everything is so washed up and picked
up and busted that it would seem the
very leaves in autumn must have compunc-
tiols about falling and so adding to the
tasks OF the yard sweeper. Holland is the
only country on the continent where wome
do not work in the fields, the heart and soul
even of the peasant going all the more zeal
ously into the connection of cinnamon cakes
c'Kaneelkoehjes'1 and (''pofertes'1. AS
years 60 by one nation becomes more aud
more like another, but the Dutch housewife
retains still much of her old character.
ELIZA PUTNAM HEATON.