Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-06-21

AMSTERDAM. June Ii. 1908.
HOSE of US who came early to
assist in the preparations for
the international woman Suf-
frage congress have seen the
glory of the tulip season..
which must be adequately described
nv the brush of the artist rather than the
pen Of the writer. but even this would
be impossible unless miles of canvas and
many variations of the rainbow's colors
were employed The nower-carpeted
prairies of our own country seem dull
indeed compared to these long ;tretches
of hundreds of acres ablaze with gor-
geous hues.
Although the connoisseurs. whose an
cestors a few generations ago were pay
ing 50 for a tulip root. are now putting
their money into orchids. the sale of bull
bous plants Is still one of the lesding IN
dustries of Holland. and it supplies the
markets of all Europe and North Amer
lea These are raised simply TOR the
roots and the surface of the canals is as
gay as the fields with the beautl1ui pioS-
SONS thrown there to float away. while
barges are laden with t. m TO be carried
TO river or sea The dealers Try to pre-
vent their being sold in the markets. as
they think it Injuries the sale or the
bulbs We are surprised at the beauty
and profusion CT the flowers in Amster-
dam. which is on parallel with Laora-
dor in the western hemisphere. nut the
dampness is favorable to all kinds OF
vegetation and the parks and gardens are
luxUriant. The glory OF the Jumps ana
hyacinths has been followed by ths
splendor of azaleas and rhododendrons;
rain and tho liacs wave their white
and purple plumes before our second
story window, while thrushes are singing
and building their nests in the elm ard
lime trees.
Americans Easy to Understand.
Coming to HOLLAND in May We were en-
abled to experience those days that in
olden times were dedicated to the Saints
of the Ice" cold period which is always
expected when the glaciers and icebergs
o. Norway met and find their way down
through the North sea. but it SEE med to
us almost as if they hadn't melted before
they made the trip. Il is warming up
now and some of the frivolous Americans
say there will really be OF time in the
old town when the woma-- suffrage con-
gress gets under way. A Danish lady
she intended to learn our language. but
found it would be impossible to master
the slang" and so she went to London to
learn English. We find some comfort in
the fact that in every country in Europe
the r ltives who have any knowledge of
the inglish language say they can I'M
der and the American much better than
the British tourists But perhaps they
say just the contrary to the latter-they
are a polite people. these foreigners.
Three languages are recognized officially
by the International Woman Suffrage AL
1iance-English German and French.
This is little hard when its cow .ntion
Is held in a Dutch country as now. or in
a Danish one. as two years ago when 1t
met in Copenhagen. One delegate from
Bohemia wrote that If she couldn't give
come. She was asked wy she should
travel a thousand miles to make speech
in a language that not one person in the
audience would understand. Possibly the
JOY of speaking in public would be suf-
fcient compensation; many people feel
that way.
Problems at International Meeting.
The methods of conducting conventions
here are somewhat different from ours
They do not adopt rules of procedure and
hold the delegates strictly to them, and
when an appeal from the decision of the