The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-06-30
GIRLS OF HOLLAND.
Little White comets and Clumsy
Shoes Appeal to Artists.

SHOES appeal to ARTISTS.
Illustrated Bits: Dutch girls hav
always been special favorlles with ar
fist persons in search of the pictur-
esque. M no wonder. for their gen
eral appearance Is SO quaint that |: it
were much quaintcr they would be In
a show alongside the Eat lady and the
other exhibits, instead of, being free to
roam at large.
The little white bonnets they wear,
for instance. are simply bewitching
when the face underneath them Is a
pretty one: and if 1t has seen con-
siderable wear and tear they help to
hide 1t from the ribald gaze of the
tourist. These caps seem to be always
clean, too, and that shows how pure
they keep the atmosphere yer in Hol-
land. for any Londoner would be proud
to guarantee that the spotlessness Of
such a head-dress. after a good ex-
ample of the November fog as seen
hereabouts, would be considerably
would show distinct and obvious signs
of having seen heavy service some
where.
One noticeable characteristic Of
Dutch girls is the remarkable pertin-
acity with which they walk about all
day long with their feet incased in
those huge wooden shoes, with SEEM
ingly no effort to speak of. On pick
ing up an example Of this footgear
and examining it carefully the thought
that Immediately comes into ones
mind is: What an admirable missile
to throw out of the bedroom window
by night at squalling specimens Of the
feline tribe!
If it CHANGED to hit a poor unfor-
tunate mouser he would certainly
squall no longer. He would be knock
ed out. For domestic use. too. boil
in an argument. with ones husband
and when administering slight but
children. 1t would undoubtedly 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 damsels OF
Of canals in the country. which In win
ter time are comfortably frozen over,
most. If not all, members Of a Dutch
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
he sa ying is; My Of course. they re-
main upon the surface-except on un-
Intentional occasions. when they go ex-
ploIing through the ice and get ar
unexpected bath.
But then. the resulting disaster is
entirely their own fault, for no lou
all the squeamish bits are marked of
with notice boards bearing the Dutch
equivalent Of Danger! Thin Ice!" OF
something like that, which l am far toe
considerable to set out here. knowing
nobody in the dentist line of business
who would benefit thereby.
~Pronouncing Dutch always affects
the teeth OF one unaccustomcd to the
language. And, besides that, between
ourselves. I really don't know an,
Dutch worth mentioning. Dutch girl:
have strong constitutions, which /:
lucky. for 1t enables them both to with.
stand the climate and to pack thu
cheeses Of tie country without beint
overcome by hysterical fainting fits OF
partial humiliation of t'.e respirator,
organs. The principal occupation o
pretty Dutch girls Is. as I have sale
above, to pose to painting chaps TO
their Christmas number sketches