New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-08-21
DUTCH ANOMALIES.
"A DEAIM OF THE UNEXPECTED WHERE
EVERYTHING SEEMS TOPSY TURNY.

I.eyien August -.
Holland is a realm OF anomalies. curacao Is
white rather than yellow and IS made ir'"'
Mediterranean rather than West lhn''''
oranges. and Geneva at Schledaih mas h"'''hS
in common with theological Calvinisn. but Is
q smooth and pla id drink. favored with juniper
berries Remhrandts greatest picture is iiu-
mined with daylight yet 1t ~ known as NE
Nisht Watch What is styled a ni"uwr K"rH
ordinarily has n respectable antiquity of four
or five centuries. and men keep their hats On
their heads when they enter II. a"i solemn
vergcrs amuse themselves by hanging a bag al
the end " n rod and by fishing for bait III the
pews at collection time. Tho Oldest streets are
waterways. to be approached only by Poa''
and what is described clean hshinS N!lIaSe
proves to no fashionable watoring-pl Win
n population OF twenty thousand. WinimIIlS
beat tho air in historic stroncholis 81 th'o-
Logical controversy. and there are crank cams
and hurdy -gurdcs grinding out French wA't@eS
at every turning OF 4 staij OIL university town
Tier, are anomalies everywhere IN 'he N''h'r-
lands but there is only deep and .nscrut-
Able mystery-the pronunciation Of Sch'Yen-
ingen as n melnuous monosyllabic
Some Of the Dutch anomalies have out
lined in previous letters on the young Queens
aDIf DlCuln. l'trS, WIN WIN '''"N 80
oaths Of Office and be "inauguratcd" In Ameri-
can Presidential STYLE because there IL no
body ecclesiastical or secular competent 70
place the royal crown upon her w"ll-hn'hnced
head and whom the ceremonies will b" con
yerted into n gala fortnight for Tho entertain
mcnt Of tho masses because her Minister'S arc
sound Radicals who accustomed to de-
scrila themselves az Republicans In principle
and Democrats In spirit Another anomaly IL
the exceptional intcrcs. witch steady going
Americans. with their republican traditions. are
taking In tn. fortunes Of royalty. Tho courteous
United States Minister NJ The Hague. the Hon.
Stanford Newell has told me that be Is simply
overwhelmed with requests from Americans for
seats uIon the ground floor at all the STATE
functions and town shows. These applications
nre embarrassing. because the Minister can 10
nothing for sightsccrs. and Is not even able TO
provide places for members Of his own !ega
ton. The pressure from America for special
facilities Is very great The time-h onored
Dutch families OF New York. reylving the
memories and traditions OF New Amsterdam.
hrc importunate in demands for representation.
and tourists from the West and South have
timed their European journeys so a. TO be pres
ent at the feies and 10 enable the young Queen
20 enter upon her official responsibilities with n
sympathetic touch of American interest
American tourists have. indeed. already taken
possession ~ the Netherlands. AMI most Of them
orc on wheels. although steam or petroleum
launch would III In more closely with the navi-
gable conditions OF the country with IT'S laby-
rinth OF waterways. There is however. no lack
OF good roads In Holland. and being smooth and
level. with picturesque environment they
offer superior facilities for vheemcn. subject 10
IT. NH. 4 rf fts.. Ornr1
WIN = good cyc.iats' map, which can BE- pur-
fhascd readily at a statonors wherlman can
traverse Holland with facility and comfort. II
he attempts to ask the way as he goes along. his
reason will be unsettled. for there IS a maze OF
winding roads and rnalodorous canals, bridges
being Of paramount Importance; and the drec-