The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1903-02-10
A NATION OF SKATERS.
THE PEOPLE OF HOLLAND REJOICE WHEN COLD
WEATHER COMES AND THE RIVERS AND
CANALS FREEZE OVERTIME WHOLE POPULA-
TON TURNS OUT AND GETS ON ITS SKATES

Truly the Holander of disposition. Everybody
Joice when the drops down night Fahren
he and remains there The newspapers come forward with cheer
statements that the cold will last and only hope that it
may be consistently cold the year SILL when the
first thick ice early November and lasted for weeks
Or they say Remember the record of six later when be-
gan to freeze the night OF November and the period of frost
lasted until three weeks after S. Pausdag which brought
into February before the thaw in"
All this is received with rejoicing and why? The nation has
skate! To Holland her best the traveller should come
when the ace here Then there life in the people The cheer
full tone in which will greet by saying heet van
naeh gevroren!" G iroze last night is uniquely amusing.
They will further continue the weather talk with The
are fast filling with ice Already the drawbrdge Schoonfoven
is out of USE the bridge of boats ede has been taken apart
At Ande River Mas full of ice and above the bridge by
Kampen the River sel over Even the ZuyderZee is
frozen thick by Edam and the Gouwzee All this information
and especially this last which sounds the keynote of pleasure is
word of command that all boats stop lie for time
wherever Jack Frost has headed them off 1t useless to attempt
further navigation.
In Fresand when begins sody the governor of
that province order prevent trouble
ice shall be broken by boatmen which is precautionary
for otherwise the boamen and their boats might be
broken up.
Two days after the hard frost CHANGED by the canal
which leads into the HaagcheBo he park is small
and not much used canal Some in boat and
cutting ice for selling regiment of boys of various ages stood
on the shore They were there to protect the boys who were tax
ing their this small canal They peted the boatmen with
and everything they could lay their hands each boy yell
ing his ideas to the best of heading off the encroac
ment The poCenen-wO here-stood by laughing, their
only interference being mild uncton to the boys not to throw
big stones The in the boat regarded also huge joke
and would call the boys the ice with much good hui
keep till the sledgehamme catches you I'M
prove time ongers Then they would return bit of ice to
the crowd on shore with the remark Take that home skate
it, Was that hard thump you got? when bit of ice
carried its weight against a boys leg.
This with the accompaniment of least small dogs,
all barking and all running in and of the crowd will give
idea how when the ice is here and how Young Holland be-
HAYES when he thinks his rights are being usurped.
Along the rvers-the lake pondsin the Bosch which is
park The Hague the scene very gay year. people
than usual dress in bright coors and there many skating
to be These few and far between in former
Inasmuc the queen is fond Of skating the young
daughters of the people must also be perfect in the sport
SO better class the ice than the dozen
years The which they all go in squads OF four,
six, eight or ten is very graceful
They stand behind the other, and under the left of
them all long gayy-coored painted pole with ball each
that end slide off BY the support Of this
stick the skater lean sideways almost distressing angle
the locker The stroke long, and when they to
the other foot is fascinating and graceful motion
The children, go together in this way us~How there
skaters for the season being far settled for ka-
ing prizes offered by the various clubs In january the ice
holds good home and international skating will be held
Aso village the ZyderZee ice palace to be
built and there small carnivas will be held.
have spoken of how the people protect the ice against the
hammer of the boatman The following will show how serious
stand sometimes taken by the ehebbers Covers of ice
such termed
ArAen ice plow with large boat in driven back
by large crowd of inhabitants of Alien and the pow OBJ
lged Oushoorn, while the people peted the boat
with all kinds of missiles. The boat lay by Alien
Sunday and large force of police down protect it.
The villagers hearing OF the action taken assembled by hundreds
along the Rhine bank and thougrthey did any vio
ence they held the ground rather the and the boat
to pull in the direction of Gowda, town The
Hague and thus continue her the high waterway to
Amsterdam where she far late the steamers for
which she was bound with her cargo.
There not many in Holland that cannot be
reached skates when the ice is thick Naturally skating
cheap people frequently take day and skim up the
canals for miles their friends Old and old
too Many of gets his or her skates
and off with basket of goodies take old school
mate miles whose rheumatic tendencies indulgence
in the national sport