The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-10-12
HOUSEKEEPING.
lard TO BEAT THEM IN THE
I KITCHEN.

ss. a Breakfast Table on the
'o~ 80 the zuyder zes-Bedrooms
0H ..,ics in North Holland-The
e.r,bbing Brush and Broom.
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.x NooRD HOLLAND, Oct. l.-Three
No. md seventeen wears ago the Dutch
~ .'I Sns,ish fleets grappled in the shallow
- Of ,he Zuydsr Zee off this quaint old
o. Looking from my window across It's
W. srraet | see an irregular row OF
- houses. whose gables run up like
- stan,. and which nod and bow
f;any 20 one another, as is much the
| -. custom of houses built IN tie yielding
en-, low countries. Across the brick
| nj three of them, darkened by age,
| :. f.r,aus sea fight is still pictured. The
| \ round sterns of the sixteenth century
=. stand out in relief on broad stucco
Is Smoking cannon stick from their
1be sea runs in great waves. On
~,;5dla house of the three, inscribed be-
the flag ships, is a stanza from an
Dutcb song exulting in the victory.
r;nca 1913 one might suppose time in
rn had stood still The building of a
bonsa has been an event of the great
roritv. for HORNS prosperity is thing
.,wo and half centuries past, and the
.ost medieval dwellings that have &C
modified double the present population
I've been more than sufficient Tor the needs
.,ccassiye generations. Now, as when
Gfr1OUlnC AGAINST
Va the "gaper" yawns with open mouth
U, the apothecary's door. Now, as
above the one portal of
"Groote Kerk," a skeleton is
in stone. and above the other
IN. Now. as then, the trees lean over
canals and the bikes bar out the sea and
1windmllls seem to defend the town with
=, riant's arms. Now, as then, the bakers
t~noWs a blast ON a twisted horn when
y da,'s bread comes from the oven, and
s.honsewives start for the hot loaves. This
ling the shop next door put out a gilt
u-rn lacked with box leaves in token that
ths,bing boats had brought in fresh her
.;.r The group of boys whipping tops
,,.sr the willows make noise like charge
ofnyslry wAen they run in their wooden
shs.
csgsnd their picturesque gold hair orna-
uaas form strange groups to modern eye
ga Aey gather in the doorways knitting.
Thsr costumes have altered little since
Scortea named Cape Horn for his native
town Indoors the housekeeping ways
smack strongly of bygone times. The old
fashioned Dutch pride in carefully ordered
rooms and the subdued brightness of furn-
iture and utensils still holds sway. The
scruDbing and the polishing is so continu-
ous that one wonders the very bricks We're
not long ago rubbed away. From sun up
Iuntl noon the houses which front on the
csnsls have their doorways filled with
miscellaneous articles which are being
washed and washed again. Mevrouw,
nv landlady, Alphabetical, f1axen-
haired stands over her maids while on
hands and knees they scour the street,
which is paved smoothly with bricks and
e9t almost as immaculate from end to cad
kitchen or. Tue very pigs which lie
b the sun by the side of it are Dutch pigs,
White ard tidy. They are te.hc-ed by
hains fastened to staples near the door
zones and look as if they had Wallets to
aths aud comb them. Once or twice
week little open space at the entrance to
be town is filed wit mattresses, feather
BID, and blankets. The contents of all the
eirOoms in Hoorn seem TO be elptied into
for wholesale airing and beating and
seetening. Fifty women are some lines
busy with switches at once and the scene is
urious and animated.
Mevrouw, my landlady, has an especial
rror Of spiders. The energy with which
b. hunts them is sometimes destructive of
Fmfort, but one morning she admitted ma
the sacred precincts of her kitchen, and
pom that moment all was forgiven Tho
Ugh room with Its huge oak ceiling beams
the largest in the estab ishment and in
dputaoly the finest. 1t pleases one 60
nture the zeal and zest Of house wifery to
F1cA 1t has given scope for moro than two
centuries. The Dutch version of modern
fsnge has been SGT 4 the throat of the old
famney, but the projecting hood, OF much
4 lch shape as one may still see in a fe
holses near Brooklyn and in Albany, is
partially open, giving one glimpse upward
~ the sky. The floor is laid with br cSs
hnd the walls are tiled in blue and white in
quaint patterns of wildmiils, old Dutch
oaers, tubby Dutcn fl hing boats and cat
#lein pastures.
In one corner is circular staircase lead
Pc TO the hoor above. The kitchen Is SO
2nucl IN honor above o her apartments, be-
nag the shrine of the most sacred culinary
A
Pt1er rooms, and this staircase gives upon a
balcony. SO to call it, which runs the entire
tength of one side of the kitchen. overlook.
Png Its operations and giving acce IS bv a
lorway to the private sitting room or
edfoom OF the mistress of the house. the
poor OF which Is SIX and a half to ssven
eeV lower than the kitchen cailing. The
lalrcase Itself down which Meyrouw
'lnes every mornlng is worthy of some
'lehtlon, 1t is fine piece of woodwor5.
Iough In house never patrician, 10 oak
lack wi age, with curious carvings on
ne newell posts aud with, for brackets SIM
ortIng the balcony, the figures of clowns
ent double and with bread leaves on their
eds Tor cushions.
nave not an idea of the names of the
Nchen utensils. The Dutch nous ,1ifs
telhS 10 use six brass or copper or pewter
mus where an American cook usss one
~ .haV OF humble tin. There is a wide
el over the door, wherein great platters
aiu ana eaten the sunlight There are
Gp9oardS hillng an end of the room. be,
um whose small-paned glass doors all
So,,oo VI suihing things CLEAN. This | have
Irsto sne seeax-oroller Is curiously elab-
@C ui ana DEC )rative in its pattern, accord
WIN me Dutch feeling that the best is
oI 700 good for the kitchen. In nv Wake
o so9 men and women putting off their
V a'IsI SHOES at house doors aud stepping
SS.acHlnged feet into tue living room. *
rlC'A a. person might connect the fact
.n ice Mussulman's custom at MOSQUE
tt' ao.' but with the practical Dutch it is
,a Le'erence for the household gods so
cb, az an earnest striving TO keep the
n 55' eaIaSt IN Eoorn is a matter of state
etsS, 'einony. have not yet been able to
s~ '-y myself whether the manner in which
~ o4W spreads the table is her usual GUS