The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-23
QUEER CONTRASTS IN DUTCH BOOKSHOPS Publications From AllCoun- tries Hang Side by Side CARTOONISTS BUSY Raermarkers Issues Number of Port folios Under Ironic Title of the
 Heighth of Civilization-Dutch
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The Hague. Netherlands. May 2o.-# Correspondence of the Associated Press. )-Holland has neither law nor regulation under which the propaganda of either side in the European con . flict can be forbidden circulation. In Switzerland. caught in the very center of the whirlpool of war, it is imrns- sible to purchase certain of the more violently partisan newspapers and pe- riodicals. The comic papers of Ger many and France, for example. can be bought only surreptitiously. Neither "Simplicissmus" of Mpnich nor 'be Rire' of Paris may be displayed in shop windows or seenl in cafes. and it is only by convincing a book seller that he is 10 be trusted that stran- ger in Switzerland may become pos sessed of either. Then the sale takes place furtively. behind the counter, when no one is about
 No Censorship. In Holland
 In Holland it is very different. The tradition of centuries is against any censorship. Immediately back of the panes of bookshop windows, wires are strung from one side to the other and on these are hung the latest numbers Of the various illustrated press of tho belligerent countries. '.Le Rire" and tLa Vie Parisienne" hang cheek ny 'jowl with "Simplicssmus" and the 'Lustige Blaetter" The "Illustratirte Zeitung Balances 'Llllustration' and The Graphic Each is opened to Ax- hibit some warlilSe design celebrating the heroic exploits of the Germans, the French or the British. Die Wochc' of Berlin and "I,e Miroir" of Paris hang together the first with photographs of the German common soldier willie the second adyertiscs the hardships nf hA , as the red-legged French soldiers are nicknamed in this war. And there are always crowds before the windows of the shops impartially examining pic lures from both sides of the front
 In addition to actual photographs of the war, there is a revival or re- productions of those paintings of Mes sonier and Delacroix that celebrate the martial exploits of other times. mo1- ern conception of the same character, by George Scott, is called Tn Alsace," and hangs in almost every bookshop window of Holland. It represents the \ symbolic figure of an Alsatian girl olasped with evident satisfaction in the arms of French soldier, while the black and white post topped by the imperial eagle lies in the dust at their feet. The design seems very popular with the crowds who haunt the win dows of bookshops
 Dutch Cartoonists Busy
 Dutch cartoonists and designers a.. also much in evidence in the field of war themes. Louis Raemarkers of V Amsterdam has published a number of rorofolios of designs in color of ex- traordinary strength and clevernrss under the general ironic title. 1he Height of Civilization" Willy Sluytcr Dutch painter of some renown has also contributed to the number of car toons on the war, while ]. Gahriclse and Jacob Doeser have attacked the war with pen and brush, in cartoons displayed generally in the shop Win dows of the Netherlands.
 The Dutch have also gone in for T.