The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-02-15
HOLLAND WONDER
|. LAND IN MANY WAYS

/ Washington. y. c., Feb 1.-THE
particular isolation of the Kingdom u
Holland as "A result of the war zones
established in the North Sea by THE
principal belligerents brings a worlds
sympathy for the brave little kingdom
and her people. who are receiving 80
many of the ills OF war with little
ichance of ever sharing it's benefits =
In his connection an extract of 4
study prepared by william Wisner
Chaplin Tor the National Geographic
Society Is fun of interest:
Here Is section OF the globe
which was almost entirely overlooked
by nature ia the original distribution<s
OF iron and ether metals OF coal. stone
and wood. In fact, 10 a great extent
even the land itself was wrong side
up at start. The existence of Petro-
grad and Venice is regarded with won-
derment. although they are cities COW
ering small areas. What. then, can
be said Of Holland where the Land.
made and reclaimed from the sea.
spreads out in great fertile plains and
meadows thousands or square mile In
extent. 49,
The wind has furnished the power
in the battle through which the land
was wrested from the sea while even
the water. against which Dutch ingen-
uity SO long and successfully plotted.
has repeatedly obeyed their summons
and come to the rescue of heseiged
cities. overw helming their enemies and
preserving the nation
"One-Quarter of the whole Kingdom
lies below the normal level of the
sea while % per cent ef a II he terri
tory of the country would b. sub
merged but for the dikes.
Fer n time Holland w@s one of til.
three leading powers OF Europe. War
fare has marked the existence OF her
sturdy people from the first For
when not fighting with swords they
were battling with picks and shoveEs. 4
MIR, Chaplin then tells how. although
the country is largely treeless one
OF the finest forests in the world in
To be found at the Hague. and de-
scribes The affection OF the people for
il. often saving 1t, In time of stress
by sacrifices and voluntary offerings
He reminds us that Amsterdam IL
built on 80 islands. connected by more
than $50 bridges: that the Royal Ex-
change is built on 34.eJo plies ara
the Royal Palace on nearly $4,000.
He says that $4,000 of Amxterdam.a
Jewish population are engaged In tlia-
mond polishing, and that Holland de-
serves her reputation OF being the
most liberal in charities, OF nil the
European countries. He continues.
"On the front facade Of many
are narrnws, placed III such an angle
that those inside. without being seen.
may view the street in any direction,
including the front door and any one
seeking entrance. The home life OF
many OF the people Is said to be 30
quiet. that, wishing to see all that il
going on about them they employ
these spies
The Dutch differ from the Chinese
in announcing to the world tho h,r,l,
OF children only in the article dis.
played. The Cinnamon hang niece
of ginger over the main entrance to
the house, while the Holianders intfi.
cate the event by piece of lace. COM
pining with the lace a pink back.
ground for boy and tinsel for a girl. \
The orphans Of some of the cities
OF noiiaha are quite conspicuous, and
lespeciaiiy so when seen in tho streets
OF Amsterdam, dressed in what might
ne termed haif-and- half clothing. The
east half of the boys coat, Including
the sleeve, Is red. and the west half
biack The dresses of the girls are
topped of in similar manner.
AR Chapin states that Holland. enc.
fourth as big az New York in area,
ranks third among the countries OF
the world in the number Of it's colo
MATS and NTH in the area OF jts
lsolohies; That she rules six times as
many colonies as home people; and
governs an outside area fifteen times
rs large as her home domain: that
~ france were as densefy populated
~ holland she would have 90. 900, 900
people instead of 39.000.0 900 In spite
oI TINS lack OF elbow room her Inn 7,
ports amount to s236 40 per capita to
our sls.al and her exports to $2036Sf