The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1905-04-27
GIRLS OF HOLLAND.
Little White Bonnets and Clumsy Shoes
Appeal to Artists.

Dutch girls have always been special
'fayorites with artist persons in search OF
the picturesque, and no wonder, for their
general appearance is 50 quaint that If 1t
We're much quantcr they would be III Il
show alongside the fat lady and the other
exhibits, instead of being free To roam at
large.
The little white honncts they wear for
instance. are simply bcWtChng when the
face underneath them l. II pretty one;
and if it has seen considerable wear and
tear they help To hide il from the ribald
gaze of the tourist. These caps seem TO
be ways clean, too, and that shows
how pure they keep the atmosphere over
III Holland, fUl any londoncr would he
proud 10 guarantee that the Sp0tlessneSS
of such a headdreSS, after IA good cN-
ample of the November fog ms seen
hcreabouts, would be considerably
changed for the hlackcr. and altogether
would show distinct and obvious signs
OF having seen heavy service somewhere.
One noticeable characteristic of Dutch
girls is the remarkable pcrtinacity with
which they walk about ali day long with
their feet inCaScd in those huge wooden
shoes, with seemingly no effort to speak
Of ON picking up an example of this
lootgcar ami examining ii carefully the
thought that Immediately comes into
cnc's mind is: What an admirable mis-
sl!" To throw out of the bedroom win
dow by night AT squallng specimens Of
the feline tribe.
If 1t Glanced to hit a poor unfortunate
mouscr he would certainly squat no
longer. lie would be knocked out For
domestic use, too, both in an argument
with ones husband and when admins
tering slight but necessary correction to
one of the dear children, ii would nm
doubleday be the right thing in the right
place.
But as for wearing such an article
never, Yet Dutch girls do, and make no
audible complaint. They are very fond
of skating, are the dansels of Holland
In fact, rs there are plenty of canals
III the country, which in winter time are
comfortably frozen over, most, if not all,
members of II Duthc family skate from
their early youth-or even before that,
when the nurse drops them The little
Dutch girls take TO the sport like a duck
to water as the saying is; only, of
course, they remain upon the surface
except on unlntcntiOnal occasions, when
they go exploring through the ice and
get an unexpected bath.
But then, the resulting disaster is en-
tlrcly their own fault, for no doubt all
the squeamlsh bits are marked off with
li''iN' b'ilhN i"'dllllE lIt IiUItn GuUlNd-
lent of danger, Thin ICcw or some
thing like that, which | am far too con
Sideratc to set out here, knowing nobody
IN the dentist line Of business who would
benefit thereby.
Pronouncing Dutch always affects In,
teeth of one unaCcuStOmed To the lam
guage And, besides that. between our
selves, | really don't know any Dutch
worth mentioning. Dutch girls have
strong constitutions, which is lucky. for
it enables them both to withstand the eli.
mate and to pack the chccses of the
country without being overcome 10y hys-
toucal faintlns fits or partial annhila-
tion of the respiratory organs. The
principal occupation of pretty Dutch
girls is, rs / have said above. to pose
To painting chaps for their Christmas
number sketches, though why Dutch sub
Jects should appear in Christmas mum
berS in particular ! have never been
able to understand Illustrated Bits