The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-02-23
life
PICTURE IS
| WELL. DRAWN
Bya Woman il a Paper for the
National Geographic Soci-
ETY. lat Washington. i

WASHINGTON. D. c., Feb. b.
A pleasing picture OF Dutch life is
drawn by Mrs. Florence. Craig AL
brecht In q paper prepared for the
National Geographic Society. In
which she describes the tidy house
wife. shows how the little girls exc
actly duplicate their mothers in.
dress and the little boys must be
apparelled exactly like their faith
ers or be hcpelessly out Of fashion
The writer shows how formerly
every one Of Holland 3 many islands
and most OF her many tSwns had
their own particular and distinctive
dress. apd how, even to this day. In
q little country less than a. fourth
as big as New York one may still
recognize the places from which
many people came by their costumes,
She draws a picture Of the Watcher
en- danes who drive to the butter
market at Middleburg, descend from
their wagons and chaises with much
shaking of voluminous skirts and
aprons, much patting Of their come
" Dutch caps. and much smoothing
OF wrinlled laces. -
Farmers Wife Dress.
When the farmers, wife comes
to town she replaces her workaday
apron with one of black sateen,"' sass.
Mrs. Albrecht, almost as long and
as full as her skirts; 1t is, close
.shirred at the waist in many ma
even rows. Her bodice is black
likewise: but q. shield shaped tues
!er Is frequently OF gay colors, and
the sleeve Is but an apology, ending
far above the elbow in q broad ana
very tight black velvet band.
With all their occurrences Of dress
and bearing, the Dutch girls are fond
OF banter and fun. Ask one her
name and she is likely 20 answer that
her mother. can tell 1t better than
she can, as Mother knew It first.
She has no objection to your know
ing her name, but she Is a great tease
at all times, says the writer.
"a tiny maid OF four, "a wee lad
die unable to speak plainly wear
precisely the same costumes as
mother and father-full, long, black
skirts, white cap, gold spiral. coral
beads and apron for the one; black
cloth OF velvet trousers and jacket,
much adorned with silver buttons.
lyer-buckled shoes and queer black
hat for the other. eeas ssatg
Baby Proud of Dress.
",rhe tiny baby pats and smooths
and settles Its many wide skirts, ad-
justs It's beads and feels, its gold
spirals, to be quite. sure they are all
as they ought to be with as much
care as its mother. 1t must be con-
.fessed that this anxiety Of dress -
much more developed In baby girls
than in boys. Perhaps 1t ,is only
another example Of masculine con-
,ceit. this seeming indifference. The
lithtle boer, as the country boys are
called, may think that he cannot
fail to look well under a. @Fa 81,
stances, and his principal purpose
seems. to be to have his hat Tilted
over his eye at Just fathers angle.
But the little girl simnlyl muSt know
that her cap Is straight and her
skirt even and unwrfnkied before
she can be happy 4,
According to Mrs. Arbrecht, many
OF the women and men OF Holland
proclaim their adherence :. Sathol-
,ocis1h or Professionalism. by the dress:
The lace cap coming down S1hooth
and straight, and ending sauarely
across the shoulders denotes a Cath
ole woman: the cap that Is gather
ed or plated to fare widely denotes
the Protestant woman The Pro-
testant gentleman wears his beaver
hat with brim rolled up all around;
the Catholic gentleman turns i his
down in front to form a vfsor. NJ.
1.-THE Zealand farmer takes kind
ly to progress," says the. author, Sin
spite Of his conservatism in the mat
ter OF costume American farm.ma-
chinerY stands I'M many faTmyard;
and he has quickly adopted the
American bicycle. the; American