The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-04-08

can, the place where nothing changes,
wears out, or decays, where everything is
delightfully."- old-fashioned yet fresh and
/ unRinted by the Passage Of Time.
Certainly this happy impression will not
| be destroyed by anything in Mr.. Grifis
| book. Perhaps the best way to prove this
! is by quotations. One need not seek for
| passages fit TO quote; they may be found
| by opening the book at random. Here is
some interesting informat iun about Cape
/ Henlopen, and incidentally, about the
/ Dutch language:
! I must visit Hindeloauen or Hiulopcn. Of which
/ ! have heard much, and which had sentimental
1 associations with Cape Henopen. in the little
/ State called The Blue Hens Chickens Around
| the Delaware Bay cluster many names LETT by
] Dutch naviEattel Cane Nav is named not after
/ the hswery month, but in honor o. the first Eu-
ropean shpbr:ilcer in America, that cu:crpiisiug
iollander who launched his yacht, the onrust, or
| Restless. and explored the whole southern, as
] BOX had SSamnCd and mapped the northern,
/ coast Of New Netherland. II WAS he also. prob
ably who called Cape Henopcn after this little
Tristan town which nestles behind the dikcs Of
the Zuyder Zee.
'H,nlcpen' is but contraction Of 'Hindcl-
oopen,' which means the hind Looping or the
stag walking, tho reference being. as the town
arms suggest, to that Scripture Thou makest
my feet like kinds feet" The bos-loper that j.,
the bush wood ranger. farerunner Of tho modern
commercial traveller or drummer. was a colonial
character. With the nearing Of the word in m
Z terloper' we are all familiar. was once asked
F. in central New York, BY friend fond of pedes-
triarism, if l wished to "lopc" rather than ride,
drive, bike OF so by rail.
a charming description is this Of the
little city of Goes"
Ny guide, philosopher. and friend promised to
call for ne as he and his went to worship God
in DUtch. We pas by neat little club house,
with the n4me meaning Society for the Danish
ment Of Things DisagreeIble." Wonderful Is this
municipality Of but six thousand five hundred peo-
pie. No element Of comfort Of high civic life
seems to he lacking. Six churches. a bank. an
cl'hanage. an old peoples home auction, market,
prison. courts, postofce-a all the coy Injuries
OF civilization are here for the terror Of evil
doors ard for the praise Of them that do well.
The stars gittcred brightly as | looked
out OF MY hinged easement. over across the
shadows cf the open market place opposite. be.
fore / lay down on my EOose-teathCr bed and
colossal pillows / seemed to live for the nCnce
amid vast procession Of bodies and shadowy
creatures. silbouettes Of history, in skins and
thongs in togas and helmets in enbiazonry Of
Goldfish and hsh-hooks. in feathered caps and slash
cd velvet Coubiets, in iron morton and damasctned
breass plate, in republican cOckades and we'll
butoncd rcd coats all Of whom had moved over
the stage OF history in that little city with It's
droll rame Rich and fat, wel-fed and proud
but constantly pluCked. was this web-footed city
standing on land, but ever surrounded by water.
And here Is an account of Dutch
breakfast
felt as vast and hilarious as goose under a
barn door, which bencs its neck as IL enters. as
] stepped into the dining room, large and vide
iOr my breakfast In Dutch hotel they bring
You the hot coffee Md "a slch proportions OF
strength seems wise to the presiding genius OF
the kitchen, with loose sugar in myriads Of very
small crystals and milk instead Of cream. There Is
ridiculous little silver spoon with which to sip
the hot liquid. Another Of bone or ivory l. for tggs
10 remove the danger Of contamination between
silver and sulphur. In the tray will be several
kinds Of bread, If you in a large city, but
there marked limitations TO variety, Il
you are in small place. Cheese 81 more than
one kind, suggesting geography by the very
names, and wafer-like slices Of sausage, either
cream olored or red. well dotted with white fat
or gristle, form part Of the regular breakfast.
Anything else is extra, and prepared only on
order. Those who prefer tea will find the hot
water boiling over a gas stove which is fed from
the fixtures above by a rubber tube. lie can
drink his Bohea strong Samson weaker
than womans tear"
Altogether to read Mr.. Grifis' book Is
almost as coed as going personally TO Hol-
land. Boston; Houghton, Mifhin & Co.
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