Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1910-12-16
THEFRUCAL DUTCH
Economical N Their Use Of the
Daily Papers.
ONE JOURNAL REaD BY MANY

ONE JOURNAL READ By MANY
A Number Of Families VIII subssribs
For Single Paper, Which Goes the
Rounds--some Thrifty Souls Will
Only Rent Their Newspapers.
One thing visitors to Holland notice.
and that is that no one on the streets
or in the cars is seen reading a news
paper. Papers are not sold or hawked
as they are In England and America.
It is only when extremely lmportant
events take place ana The papers print
special -'bulietinsr that these are sonie-
times bought in the street. Usually
the people content themselves by read
Ing these same bulletins when they are
displayed in the windows Of cigar
shops. booksellers shops or at the Of
fees Of the newspapers. for the butch
people economize In their reading mat
ter. Many curious ways have been
devised to reconcile economy with
plentiful supply Of news and informa-
ton.
Two. three or more families viii com
bine to subscribe for one paper. which
is then read by zach in turn. The
one who gets it first pays n little more
than tue later readers. and each may
keep It for a stipulated time-an hour
or perhaps two or three hours or half
day. lu this way it is generally oily
the head Of the house" who gathers
In any Information. He monopolizes the
paper as soon as II comes aud keeps
1t as long as he can. The other mem
bers OF the family then 90 without
news or are only enriched by the
crumbs OF knowledge that now and
then drop from the lips of paterfamil-
las.
Most Of the daily papers in Holland
are issued in the evening, but some
of the more Important ones publish
morning editions as well. To subscribe
for more than one paper is considered
terrible extravaganza. and even
"whole" subscription for one family
alone IS looked upon as a luxury. At
the clubaand the coffee houses, the
Dutch equivalent Of the American sa-
loon. thara are alyvavs newcomers N
prcfnsion and very many men do all
their reading there and so save the
subscription fees for they don't count
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