The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-02-15
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where thsy depend upon the people for theil
salaries.
Til Government gives certain yearly al
lowances TO the different churches.
The Protestants. who are in the majority
get a little over half a million dollars +
year. the Roman Catholics not half so muci
and the Jews only about Si.0V0.
All religions ara tolerated. but the Toya
emily and the most of the people belons
] to the Dutch Reformed Church, which is
I governed according TO Presbyterian methods
Speaking of the schools. they are about as
good as any in Europe.
The Dutch are noted for their intelligence
and learning ard the Government has 70,
almost a hundred years paid more or less
attontion to the educational matters.
oaIy lately. however, has education been
compulsory the school age being from 6 to
10.
Holland has four universities with abou,
S,oso students. Il has twenty-nine class.cl n
schoo.s with more than zoo students and
mas academies and schools of all classes.
mere Is a national academy of art. q
royai school OF music. a horticultural school
ana a national normal college for drawing.
teachers as well as others for training.
Ihere are also night schools for the work.
ing classes. industrial schools for the WON
en- and in Amsterdam there is a school for
Inc training of lady chemists.
IN the Fine Arts Academy at The Hague
there are eight different courses attend I'd
by about go students and other art schoo' g
in Amsterdam and elsewhere.
The DGtch have housekeeping schools for
siris. SCHOOLS Tor bait. L making. fruit grow
ing. horse doctoring and hor.e shoe ny .nI
III snort. school, for almost everything I'm
der the sun. u"
Lectures on agriculture are given to tn.
farmers at the expense of the Government
ana IN ttricat the night schools have class
~ Tor carpenters. br.ckiayers. stone cutter.
solus Hilths, Scu.ptors, painters and lithu-
SlaIhers. ~
WHERE CHILDREN ARE TRAINED
FOR GOVERNMENT SERVICE.
Holland has also schools for the training
q boys VINO expect To enter the Govern
ncht service. ard especially the service of
The colonies.
IN these schools the languages Of Samatra
Java anu others OF the East Indies ar.
'ausht. ire boys learn all about the chizf
ieIsiohs OF the natives. they study thei
ia"S' their preJuoices and customs, 50 ina
Wheh Trey are sent cut to govern them the
are abe 10 do 50 inte.ligent.y.
couLt, IN TACT. whether any Goyernm,n
service is SO We'll educated ard so efficient a
mat OF The Ouch East Inu.es.
Take, for instance. a retired .Javap.s. Of
hcial who was with me during ,bis nv =,
De!fshaven. y"
As we were riding back to Rotterdam h,
TOD me that he spoke German. French an,
English, as well as the Dutch. and that he
could write and speak two of the languages
of Java.
nc hau 10 pass an examination in these
languages before he was sent ont IN III.
East Indies, and this is the case with ever,.
man VINO represents Holland in. her Asiat,.
colonies.
IKE Rotterdam. 1t is one of the or,ain.-
est CUES OF europe and at the same tim
the most business.ike.
IL IS somewhat like Venice. but more like
Venice was in the Middle Ages. in the
height of its prosperity. AImosI the ubo,o
city Is a quay or dock.
IL Is cut up by canals. which lead in and
out through the Mas, and one wanders
.h,oush street after street Of tail, lean
nuliGihss' hnding barges. launches and sail
ing boats almost everywhere.
Atons inc and in the islands of
'he Mas are enormous ships of every de-
scfipton. and in the canals smaller vessels
abound.
venice Is a town of gondolas. Rotter-
cam Is one of business craft. There are
no carts in Venice.
The town boasts that it has not a COW
nor a morse in it. Rotterdam is filled with
wagons. carts and drays of all kinds. There
are street cars and carriages.
Inc canals have big drawbridges and
swinging bridges. and when you are walk
Ing or driving along you frequently find
yourself suddenly in front of a blank wall
CT boards twenty feet high
Ihe whole street. car tracks and all, has
noiseiessly risen in front of you to let a
string OF boats or barges pass through the
canei over which you are going. Some of
the bridges swing upon pivots. others divide
In the middle and rise upward.
Others are stationary or suspension
bridges. in passing which the smokestacks.
masts and spars of the barges swing back
upon hinges as they go through.
STREETS CROWDED WITH MEN
CARRYING BURDENS.
The traf1c is by no means confined to the
water. There are more carts and drays