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
| untsinted by the Passage OF Time.
Certainly this happy impression will not
| be destroyed by anything in Mr.. Griffis'
| 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 Information about Cape
| Henlopen, and incidentally, about the
| Dutch language:
| I must visit Hndeloopen or Hinlopen Of which
have heard much. and which had sentimental
| associations with Cape Henlopen. in the little
| State called The Blue Hens Chickens Around
| the Delaware Bay cluster many names left by
| Dutch navigat'al Cape May is named, not after
! the fswery month, but in honor Of the first Eu-
ropean shipbuilocr in America, that entcrfnisinG
| iollander who launched his yacht, the Onrust, or
Restless, and explored the whole sou hsrn, as
| Biok had ssamined and mapped the rorthern,
| coast of New Netherland. II he also. prob
! ably, who called Cape Henlopen after this little
! Tristan town which nestles behind the dikes OF
the Zuyder Zee.
"Hencpen" is but contraction OF 'Hindel-
oopen,' which means the hind Looping, the
stag walking, the reference being. as the town
arms suggest, TO that Scripture Thou makest
my feet like kinds feet" The bosloper. that Is,
THE bush wood ranger. forerunner of the modern
commercial traveller drummer was colonial
character. With the meaning of the word in in.
= terloper' we all familiar. | was once asked
! in central New York, by friend fond OF pedes-
triarism if / wished to "lope" rather than ride,
drive, bike or go 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 pass by neat little club house.
with the Ildne meaning Society for the Banish-
~
municipality OF but six thousand five hundred peo-
pie No element of comfort or of high civic life
: seems TO be lacking. Six churches. a bank. an
erpaanaee. an cid peoples home, auction, market,
prison, courts, postoifce-all the coy Injuries
of civilization are here for the terror OF evil
doers ard fof the praise of them that do well.
The stars giittered brightly | looked
out of my hinged easement across the
shadows Ct the open market place opposite, be-
fore lay down CO my goose-feather bed and
colossal pillows. / seemed to live for the nonce
amid a vast procession Of bodies and shadowy
creatures. siibouettes Of history, in skins and
thongs, in togas and helmets. in embiazonty Of
Goldfish and fsh-hooks in feathered caps and slash
cd velvet doublcts in iron mOricn and dari.sct ned
breast plate, in republican cockades and 'sell-
butioncd rcd coats, all OF whom had moved over
the stage OF history in that little city with It's
droll rame. Rich er.d fat, well-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 goose under a
barn door, which benGa its reek as il enters. as
stepped into the dining room, large and wide,
fol my breakfast. In Dnlch hotel they brin;
you the hot coffee MIDI N such proportions OF
strength as seems wise to the presiding genius OF
the kitchen, with loose sugar in myrads 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 ivory is for eggs
to remove the danger of contamination betwa IN
silver and sulphur. In the tray Will be several
kinds Of bread if you in a large city. but
there are marked limitations to variety, il
you are in small place Cheese OF more than
one kind, suggesting geography by the very
names, and wafer-lke slices of sausage. either
cream-colored 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 gas stove, which is fed from
the fixtures above by rubber tube. He can
drink his Bohea sGong Samson, weaker
than i womans tear"
Altogether. TO read Mr.. Grifis' book Is
almost as coed as going personally TO Hol-
land Boston: Houghton, Miffiin & Co.
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