New-York tribune., 1911-03-05

n roTee houses in the stalls Of which Admra! K0dhey
was cursed for leaving Lord CornwallS IN the iurch,
while he sailed southwark to clean out the Dutcn S'dlu
~ G, E,ctat;,,s at which, on November 10, lTo, the
6rst salute To the American flag had been freu ana
whence half our imported supplies during the Ne'oiu
ton obtained
Dutch Ahead of English
DIT of all nations in Europe most affected by conGe
- brave little Holland stands first. Not only dd DuCh-
mon Introduce il probably before EngllSlmef, Dut Jhey
ucrc first to see its economic and political value on
Iaroc scale As early as 1867, Van Horn INTRODUCED C
plant to the Far East Batavia whence 1t was carried
10 France and the West Indies. One century iaIcl
Dacndes planted four million coffee trees IN java Jo
Adams on reaching Holland in 1880, to Obtain Dutcl
recognition and three four million dollars IN nara
money to help us toward independence relied on uu9y
DutChman, who was a hdDltuc OF the idsuT Ooi''C
houses for the news. Coffee helped him to make Wnt
he himself confessed the greatest success oil MS ne
in diplomacy in favor of our nation at critical moment
Later the Dutch exccled themselves IN appreciation OF
coffee as a means of paving of the national deDt hfg
William l. of Holland led the world in this business
After the Napoconic wars the culture system OF lava
was so developed that the Netherlands d,chaIged Ve
obligations incurred when the Dutch took ltoland'
No people ever beat NetherlanderS IN making OF
drinking the iucc Of the lava bean Over the turt rc,
or the lamp on the table between the windows or on the
stove whether served from black earthenwarc, white
norccain or solid silver, hot coffee is always ready II
IS astonishing what contentmcnt Dutchman ilndS III
the brew If ne is happy, he drinks coffee II ne IS de-
pressed nothing will raise his spirits like coffee II ne IS
SICK what can excel a cup of coffee hot and freshly made!
Let him be perfectly well and out a round OF calls
among his ncighbors, he will probably have drunk
friendship and good wishes with everyone OF them be-
fore he returns home, and yet he sleep at night,
after it all In the land of Jan Steen silver coftecpos
are awarded as athletic prizes.
How delightful to an American, crossing from Eng
Iand-where tea is delicious; but coffee alas. IS first
theme of grief and acrward sad memory to call any
where throughout Queen Wilhelmna's kingdom for
freshly made cup OF black nccar In every eating house
tools and equipments for the national drink are at hand
See the little oil bubbles like tiny pearls floating on top!
Behold with the black liquid three dominos of sugar on
a pat and Lilliputan Jug OF mk-all tor three cents
IN American money leaving two tor TIP to the waiter,
before squandering nickel!
round dozen OF Dutch proverbs inform you as to
kofij. Some spoil by overriding; they char the
coffee beans roasting Anger reminds one Of the right
and the wrong way to cook and the man who loses MS
temper "boils over like cofeepot Another fellow
talk is "clear as coffee grounds. Twice blessed Tor
thirst is the drink that is "warm and wet One bene-
fit added to another is sugar with coffee The COM
elementary virtues OF husband and wife as coffee
and its trimmings Morning and coffee are synonyms
Many another gnonic witticSn Of which the point IS
lost in translation and change OF environment t,-tor
hun,or must always come in the original package
shows how this oriental dccocton has influenced boh
daily habit and Dutch Imagination.
When Duchmcn exchanged Manhattan or New
Neherland which, besides furs, fish, and timber, was
OF little value them for Surnam they recouped them
selves for possible loss by planting in l715, the coffee
tree which now yields from this one place ten million
pounds annually