The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-12-31
IN A DUTCH FAMILY.
QUEER SAUSAGE NEGLECTED.
FOR DELICIOUS EGGS.
servants Are Never Trusted-Food, Plate,
China and Linen Locked Up and
Weighed Out Only when Needed-An
Afternoon AT Home"

1t is given to comparatively few to
,ay visits in Holland, for the Dutch
ire rather chary of opening their doors
o foreigners, says the London Chron-
Gle. With public attention turned to
youthful queen. there may be some
Who would like to receive the impress
ZION of an average English girl as to
IN average Dutch horne. | used to
wake early in The Hague. Not nearly
10 early, however, as the busy serv-
ints, in their short skirts and tight
ace caps. They rise to clean the
streets in front of their masters hous-
rs as streets are surely never cleaned
elsewhere. S%pringless carts jog over
The uneve pebbles of the Zeestraat,
largely freighted with glittering milk
a N and tidy old women. Fruit AMI
vegetable vendors Shrek the nature
Of their wares with a harsh insistence
Of most sleep-murdering sort. So !
get up and dress and linger at the
window. Truth to tell, the Dutch
breakfast is not altogether tempting.
The windows are closed and Myheer
has obviously only just put out his
first cigar. Nor are the toilets of New
row and Jufrow quite complete or en-
HANGED by certain popular English
hair-curlers. On the other hand, the
tea from Java is delicious, the ham
worthy of York. With the freshest
of eggs one need not depend upon
either the inevitable cheese or the
queer sausage. More especially Is the
butter is perfection, despite the lam
aging circumstances that we helped
ourselves with our w knives. AS to
the Dutch little breads they are as
suredly the best in the world. Before
the meal, all pray in silence that has
a quaker impressivenese of it's own.
Then Myheer, in a sonorous voice and
with an indescribable accent, reads a
chapter from the French testament.
This ended, he vanishes and the ladies
begin the arduous labors of housekeep-
ing. Mynheer was rich; his cellar
would have won the respect of an al
derman. Nevertheless, every article
of food, plate, china and linen is locked
up and weighed out and talked over to
an exasperating degree. Honest Chris
ties, the Friesland cook, was radiant
gold fligree and a skull cap of pure
gold under the fine thread last that
is an heirloom. But she was never
trusted to take coffee or sugar at dis
erection. She had an aged mother.
whose wooden shoes were too often
heard clicking in the back yard. Her
spotless kitchen was scrubbed and rub
bed at some unearthly hour. AS to
the store closet, crowded with potted
vegetables, with dried meats, with pod
ded vanilla from Paramaribo, and
scented spices from Sumatra, that Is
altogether the sacred domain of New
row Lunch came at l o'clock. II
rather resembled breakfast, save for a
hot dish Of beefsteak and of those
round, foury potatoes that grow in
comparably in the region of sandy
Scheveningen. There was tea, there
was milk, there were wines Of al
kinds. Mevrow was re%splendent in
rich silks by this time, the Jufrov
prettily reminiscent of the Englisl
modes she so much admired. Fol
Monday was reception day and by
o'clock visitors, chiefly ladies, dropped
in plentifully. Also a newly married
couple who had previously been mucl
discussed. The bridegroom was of an
cient family, and-horror of h%orrors,-
the bride was but bourgeoise, and yer,
shy of the fire of critical eyes directed
toward her, despite her smart new
clothes. At $50 came dinner and TIVE
guests. OF course they were cousins
but, for all that, some of the best wine
were brought out. Port and sherry ar
served with rice soup, claret with tn
rest of the repast. We have owe
roasted beef, carved after the abom
Unable Dutch fashion, by which tn
carver whites the meat away II
chips. We have carrots in an exquisit
cream sauce; curry a la Hollandaise
with the rice in a pulp. Next irrele
vanity ONE a delicious mayonnais
of salmon, and, finally, sugary pud
jdings and a handsome dessert OF fin
fruit. At this stage the Rhine wine
make their appearance. Mynheer call
toast after toast in old Rudesheim; no
does he neglect to press his choic
liquors. Heads are strong in Holland
even the ladies sip their tiny glasse
of "Parfait Amour" The best chin
was used on this ~occasion-rare oil
Delft, valued at 20 and 80 forms eac
piece. We did not linger for coffee
but put on our hats and got into tn
big, old-fashioned carriage that too
US to Het den Bosch; in other word
to the very beautiful beech woods tha
surround The Hague, where the spa
oious buildings belonging to the Whit
club made an agreeable rendezvous fo
the gay world of the capital. TIL
night was fine and warm, and, won
| derful to relate, not at all damp. TIL
, band of ~grenadiers was playing tn
pretty music of the Dame Blanche.
Very few people listened. The Dutc
are not a musical nation, though ever
one told me with pride that these sam
grenadiers had once wrested the gol
medal from the Guides" of Belgia
celebrity. We had not, indeed, muc
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