The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-10-19
pinned on with the cape, on-romantic

pinned on with the cape, non-romantic
people tell u.s.
On market day at Alkmaar one sees
Dutch costumes in their glory. Alkmaar
Is an almost super clean town in the prov
ince of Noord Holland, half way between
Amsterdam and the Holder. 1t is pictur
esque old.place, which: Offered stout resist
ance to the Spanish in the sixteenth CEN
fury, and shows an equal zeal, in the nine
teenth, in filing the square in front OF Its
weighing house, with heaps of round, red
and yellow cheeses every Friday morning.
BY day break the streets are thronged with
gaily painted country wagons from which
gold, shaped like horseshoes, across their
foreheads These bands keep the
hair back and thus serve the Dutch pur-
pose of neatness, though they are
usually anything but becoming. Large
oval rosettes of gold, often richly wrought,
stand out at the temples. Above the band
is worn full veil of white lace, or at least
of fine lawn with delicate lace border;
this hangs down upon the neck and Shout
ders and is secured upon the hair by large
gold pins. Long and often costly gold ear
rings complete this elaborate headgear,
which, with the addition of necklace of
gold beads is a woman's pride ana fire.
quently her only dowry. Dozens and
scores of such head dresses give to the
Alkmaar market look of gayety and pros
perity that is rare enough in peasants ex
cept In plodding prosperous Holland.
THE FIsEwIvEs OF sCHEvENINGEN
have altered their dress but little in CEN
turtles. Between the broad streets and
French costumes of the Hague. only few
miles distant, and the wind dunes with
herring ''pinken'' pulled up on the beach
and unloaded by women in huge straw hats
| spreading like wings at the SIDES, there ls a
contrast to wonder at and think on. Last
| Wednesday lying in the sand, watching the
drift OF the clouds, there passed before me
tall, broad-shouldered womeus figures
clothed in short black skirts and loose
snawl-like black mantles, lined with red
and hanging from the shoulders. Under
the sun-browned hats l caught glimpses of
close white caps and the glitter of fiat sill
yer ornaments that were set like horses
binders. Children hardly able to toddle
piled up shell heaps, even the youngest
wearing the caps without hats and good
sized silver SIDE pieces. Her head dress
the Dutch woman seems to wear on all oc-
casions, festival or WOrkaday. I wonder if
she sleeps in binders?
| Six weeks ago or whereabouts the little
Princess Wilhelmina, heiress to the throne,
had a birthday. All the Hague turned out
In procession in her honor, but to me the
most interesting sight was the ten year-old
damsel herself as she showed herself at a
window of the palace, wearing the costume
of Overyssel, which province had sent, !
believe, deputatioh. She made Il pretty
figure in black apron with deep lace
edge a black lace shoulder shawl and a
white lace cap plated at the ears and fas-
tened by round fiat gold ornaments. Across
her forehead was narrow silver band.
A costume of which one sees much in
Amsterdam is that of the orphan girls of
one of this city's big institutions, who are
picturesque figures in red skirts and
bodices, black aprons, white knitted wis
tiers and white caps with wings turned UP
and fasten I'd at the sizes by silver pins.
QuaintesG of all European COUNT les, one
might wander in Holland for months and
find strange sights fresh every morning.
| ELIZA PUTNAM HEAToN.