The Arvada enterprise., 1910-11-11
Arvada Boy
in Holland.

The picture gallery contains q
vgay good collection of modern
pictures. think that the g m
is / rcf. Richter's large painting
of Queen Louise of Pl ussia. /
think you know the one | mean;
it is 80 widely known in Amer
lea in conn 9ction with the adver-
tissiaentsof Queen Quality shoes;
ithink this is the loyeliest mod
ern painting OF a female figure
possiblA and | cannot describe
Its loylness SO you must come
som tine to G 10. ne to see it. In
his Gallery is q large collection
lof paintings that represent the
neW school that | think origi-
Inssted in Germany. In Berlin it
is called school of secessionists,
| think the name decidedly apro-
pos. They have broken away
from all the merits of the past
and if j GU have not seen one of
their PICTURES can best describe
it by having you imagine at one
end OF room an unused canvas
Tor a painting, at the other end
a group of some fifty young boys
each holding a brush with paint
of different color and shade. At
the signal all throw their brushes
at the canvas; if the result is a.
landscape, all well and good, if
1T is portrait, SO much the bet
ter: there is only one requisite
and that is quantities of thick
paint put on in lunches.
lett Cologne for a five hours
de to Amsterdam. From Dues
seldorf the country begins to|
take on that fatness SO typical
20 Holland; here and there the
landscape is enlivened with a
t. pical Dutch mill; the houses
IRE low ard one storied with
orick and stucco walls. Canals
and sluggish stagnant ponds are
ABUNDANT,
saw a group of children wear
lug the national Dutch wooden
shoes. In the compartment with
me were two Dutch looking
iJutehinen talking that irnpos
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( must leave you in Amsterdam
while | see the sights for days.
Amsterdam, October 10th. As
soon as | reached Amsterdam !
Vas conscious of a difference be-
slween the Dutch and the Ger
mans, While | enjoyed Inn
.nensely my visit in Germany
and met many fine people, no
tice that the Ho.landers are
kinder and more considerate OF
The traveller. In the first placs
a nee feature is that nearl
;Veryone speaks some English;
ailroad Officials, tramway cal
men and the police are most
accommodating and perfectly
courteous, here you will Lot re-
ceive the curt sharp answer thai
you may g5t from the Berline.
nd the American as you wei
hnow; there is a certain simple
ity, truthfulnessa and honesty
that one finds everywhere.
Holland has certainly had an
interesting past history, her pres
3nt is uneventful and her future
will be quite the same.
In the churches we see the mon
.uments to the famous admlrais
and we wonder what has become
Of all this past glory. 1t is trlC
chat Hollands shipping interests
are very large for so small a coun-
try. Twas struck with the differ
ence between the industrial life
mere and in Germany. In Ger
many tits hustle, hustle all the
Time and in every direction.
The Dutch have inherited cel
tain dis inctive traits; one is
cleanliness, another the habit Of
smoking. / have never sen
such spotless, clean homes as
those here, the floors shine like
lass and the woodwork and tn,
val $ are spotless, the kitchcl
,tensils are scrubbed, secure
md polished;I have seen the wo-
men scrubbing their buckets and
tubs, scrubbing their porches
and the sides of the houses
against the sidewalks. What al
contrast did 1 find wher On ono
Iof my walks | came across the
old Jewish quarters of Amstcr-
am; such dirt and filth made
ne feel that | had lost my wa
and wandered cut of imstG d;n
md Holland.
In rega d to the other cha ac-
efistic OF the Dutch, = that "a
smoking, many humorous stori s.
.re told: A Dutchman who hid
always been an inveterate smoker
land a firm believer in use of the