Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-05

don coffee houses the stalls OF which Admiral Rodney
was cursed for leaving Lord CORVALLIS in the lurch,
while he sailed southwark to clean out the Dutch island
of St. Eustatus at which, November Is, 1776 the
first salute to the American flag had been fired and
whence half imported supplies during the Revolu-
ton were obtained.
Dutch Ahead of English
PUT of all nations in Europe most affected by coffee
brave little Holland stands first. Not only did Dutch
introduce probably before Englshmen, but they
first to its economic and political value
large scale AS early 1897 Van Horn introduced the
plant to the Far East at Batavia whence carried
to France and the West Indies. One century later
Daendes planted four million coffee trees in Java. John
Adams reaching Holland in $780, to obtain Dutch
recognition and three four million dollars in hard
money to he toward independence, relied trusy
Dutchman, who was habtue of the Hague coffee
houses, for the Coffee helped him to make what
he himself confessed the greatest of his life
in diplomacy in favor of nation at critical moment
Later the Dutch exceed themselves in appreciation of
coffee of paying off the national debt. King
William l. of Holland led the world in this business
After the Napoeonc the culture system of Java
developed that the Netherlands discharged their
obligations incurred when the Dutch took Holland.
No people ever beat Netheranders in making or
drinking the juice of the Java beam Over the turf fire.
or the lamp the table between the windows, the
stove, whether served from black earthenware white
porcelain, solid silver, hot coffee is always ready. 1t
is astonishing what contentment Dutchman finds in
the brew If he happy, he drinks coffee If he is de-
pressed nothing will raise his spirits like coffee he is
SICK what excel cup of coffee hot and freshly made?
Let him be perfectly well and out round of calls
among his nelghbOrS, 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 il ALL In the land of Jan Steen silver coeepots
awarded as athletic prizes.
How delightful to an American, crossing from Eng
and-where tea is delicious; bt coffee aas is first
theme of grief and afterward sad memory-to call any,
where throughout Queen Wilhelmna's kingdom for
freshly made cup of black nectar In every eating house
tools and equipments for the national drink at hand
See the little oil bubbles like tiny pearls floating top
Behold with the D,ack liquid, three doinos of sugar
pat, and Liliputian jug of mkall for three cents
N American money, leaving two for tip to the waiter
before squandering a nickel!
A round dozen of Dutch proverbs inform you to
kofy. Some men spoil by OVERRIDING; they char the
coffee beans in roasting Anger reminds of the right
and the wrong way cook and the who loses his
temper 3bols like cofeepot." Another fellows
talk is "cear coffee grounds" Twice blessed for
thirst is the drink that is swarm 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 synonyms
lost in translation and change of environment
humor must always come in the original package
shows how this oriental decoction has influenced bo.h
daily habit and Dutch imagination.
When Dutchmen exchanged Manhattan New
Netherland which, besides furs fish, and timber,
of little value to Them TO- S1rina they recouped them
selves for possible loss by planting in 1775 the coffee
tree, which yields from this one place ten million
pounds annually.
Adu1teration Drove Them to Tea
IN Great Britain one wonders how people that draw
well can outside of London and the great cities
and hotels such rghtful apologies for coffee Yet
England led the world in consumption of the
Arabian nutlet, and until about 1850, when The