The daily sentinel., 1913-07-23
MISSES DODS0N AND
DANIELL VISIT FAMOUS
CITIES OF HOLLAND
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OF course, the homes and residences
OF different members of the royal
families are always shown to us
the queens mothers house; the resi-
denoe of Queen Wilhelmina. which
she occupies four months of the year,
is seen. This house is not elaborate,
but contains 200 rooms, and is 400
years old. A balcony was added to
this old house where the baby" was
exhibited to the public, and is now
on different occasions. The people of
| Holland love their queen and are
most faithful and loyal. These hous-
es, as well as other buildings, are
patrolled and guarded by the SOL
ldiers. 1t seems as though there must
be a holiday when we see the SOL
diers drilling and marching any
where at any time.
The Hague is a large city, busy
and active-beautiful shops, good
buildings, cleanliness everywhere.
A pretty ride through beautiful
country, green pasture land. where
many, many cows Craze and feed.
through land Of flowers, poppies,
sweet peas and great, large, fragrant
roses allowed us to see much OF the
country. Canals. dikes, windmills
and wooden shoes, so characteristic
Of Holland, added much to the pic
turesque charm OF this level country
In Amsterdam. the Venice OF the
North, we see more of the real Hol-
land life. Although n large and cos
mopolitan city and although much
Americanized, Holland is better rep
resented here. Practically in every
street Is a canal, great, wide, slowly
moving canals. with slowly moving
canal boats carrying the products
and building materials where needed.
Narrow sidewalks, narrow streets
twhere the people always walk be-
cause the sidewalks are so narrow,
and always canal. Crossing to the
other side of a street means crossing
Il bridge. In this city we see more
Dutch women wearing caps. kerr
chiefs, large aprons, gathered skirts
and wooden shoes than elsewhere
Everybody, even the smallest chill
dren playing in the street. with clean
clothes and clean faces.
The streets are exceedingly clean.
The stores, homes, public buildings,
everybody, everything, everywhere is
secured and spotless.
One cannot help remarking about
the eXcellency OF the cooking The
Dutch housewife. famous for her
cooking and housewifery, is still en-
titled to her fame.
The Royal palace In Amsterdam,
which was until Napoleons time the
town hall, is now a building richly
furnished and deliberately decorated
with the most wonderful marble
statuary. The magnificent and inn
mense collection of elaborate orna-
mentation is amazing. On every side |
of many rooms is the wonderful work /
OF sculptor and artist. The ball
room is said to be the finest ball |
room In Europe In 1t. as in most
rooms, are handsome and magnifi-
cent chandeliers of cut glass, glisten-
ing and sparkling like the stars.
Where marble was not used there
was put satin damasl ON the walls,
giving a rich and luxurious atmos-
phere. The eighth wonder of the
world" our guide tells us. Here the
queen lives for one week each year.
In this building also are paintings
by masters; but the work in marble
far exceeds all else in grandeur,
richness and skill.
The diamond-cutting works were
worth a visit. Here we saw those
precious stones in the rough, being
cut and polished and the valuable
product resulting. Souvenirs were
not expected here, but the only little
girl in our party, who is exceedingly
bright and interesting. was presented
by the manager, who enjoyed the un-
usual interest manifested. with n
small diamond. Her happiness well
repaid this generosity
But the best of the feast was the
last: visit TO the Ryks' museum,
| where the world renowned master
piece of Rembrandt, "The Night
Watch, is ON exhibition. IL has