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Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-06-10

Few countries have such a variety
of costumes as the Dutch, for each
section has its own style and that of
Volandam is perhaps the most unique.
The girls are rather pretty with their
lace caps, with points projecting on
each side of the face. They wear at
least a dozen petticoats which are
suspended from a wooden hoop
around the waist. The outer skirt is
made of wooden stuff frequently
striped or embroidered in silk. The
waists are of a bright color and are
made tight and plain with a white
handkerchief or white lace collar of
the surplice shape pinned about the
neck. The dresses are short which
show off the wooden shoes. The chill
dren, both boys and girls, dress ex-
actly like their parents and there is a
"cuteness" about the youngsters who
play along the dykes which is sure to
attract the admiration of the most
blase visitor.
1.-THE Trechschuyt"
The trip to the village Is not com.
plete unless one returns to Amster-
dam by way Of Edam. from which
paw q Train car may De used to
Amsterdam. In order to reach Edam
a 'Trechschuyt." sometimes called a
hackney boat" must be used. This
Is a sort of baby canal boat and is
frequently pulled by a
The puller puts on a sort of wide
leather band across his or her
breast flor the boys also do the pull.
ing), and the towline is attached to
a hook on the puller's back. who
leans over as the boat Is pulled along
the ana at the rate of about two
miles an hour.
Sailing along these canals is ALWAYS
pleasant for while the water Is al.
way more or less Smelly the odor
OF new mown hay overcomes this and
the tinkle of the COW bells and turn.
ing OF the windmills makes one for.
get the slowness Of the travel. Soon
Volandam fades from view. but the
memory Of the doings and quaint cos.
TUNES OF these honest Holland fisher
folks whose homes are for the most
part below the level of the sea. will
: iinger long in one memory.
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the ~neighboring areas, making the
hunting unusually good.
The Forest Service co-operates with
the Federal and State fish hatcheries
in keeping the streams supplied with
trout and other kinds of fish.
National Forests Widely Distributed
The National Forests are widely dis
-tributed, from Maine to oregon and
from Alaska to Porto Rico, and they
include almost every variety OF ell
mate, vegetation, and topography, and
offer opportunities for nearly every
imaginable kin of outdoor recreation
Besides those already mentioned there
are the winter sports of skating, ski
ing, snow-shoeing. tobogganing, and
the like. Indeed, in some places in
Colorado and California, n can in
less than a day go by automobile from
summers hottest blaze In a sun
Drowned valley to snow and ice on
the high peaks in the National Forests.
Near Steamboat Springs. Colo, IN the
Routt Forest, the annual ski tourna-
ment every winter attracts the pro-
fessionals from all parts of the coun-
try. The worlds record jump. of 200
feet was made on the Howelson Hill
Course in 1917. On this Forest there
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deliehtful streams, and amidst sur
.roundings ideal for camping. In the
Forests of the West Forest Service
roads and trails open up hundreds OF
similar OPPORTUNITIES. In many cases
the roads are suitable for automobiles,
and there are some especially attrac-
tive motor trips. notably the one
through the Beaverhead and Bitter
root Forests and the Rabbit Ears Pass
Road in the Routt Forest, both pass
ing over the Great Divide.
In the more fr~equented places pup
lie camp grounds are laid out by the
Forest Service, and fireplaces and oth-
err convenineces provided. Where a
Forest is near a large center of popu-
lation attractive sites, with plenty OF
fresh water and fuel, are converted
into picnic grounds. Those who wish
to return year after yea to the same
Forest may lease a site for a nominal
yearly fee and build a permanent sum-
mer home.
Outdoor recreation is now recog'
nized as one of the great OF
the National Forests. along with the
timber. the water and the forage. Ev'
cry effort is therefore being made By
the Forest Service to develop n rec
reational as much as can bt
done without interfering with the
utilization and perpetuation of the
timber and forage and the protection
of watersheds. The seeker afteI
health, rest and recreation is not only
made welcome on the National
Forests, but continually new provision
is being made for his convenience and
for his greater enjoyment. All that Il
asked for him in return is that he
clean up his camp site, put out his
camp fire, and be careful in the woods
with matches, cigars and cigarettes,
remembering hat fires destroy the
trees, drive away the game. and turn
the beauty spots of nature into tdeso-
late wastes.
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bound and margined with great spruce
trees, and all stocked with rainbow.
eastern brook, or native trout. Each
lake has a charm and individuality OF
its own, and about them all the sup
ply of grass. dry fuel. and protecting
shelter of great boughs insures the
comfort of the camper.
From Southern New Mexico and
Arizona to Northern Washington the
National forests offer many opportuni-
ties for similar trips, for they coincide
generally with the great mountain
ranges of the West. To the South
the visitor may choose the fifty-mile
ride along the Continental Divide Trail
from Treasure Pass westward, with its
magnificent panoramic outlook over
three States at once. Or away to the
North, on the Crater National Forest
in oregon, he may urge his horse to
the summit of Mt. Ashland and look
out over the Siskiyou Mountains and
the Cascade Range down and upon
the Shasta and Rogue River valleys.
Fol The Tramper
If he is willing to tramp and to
climb, the possibilities in the way Of
scenery on the National Forests are
unlimited. From the bare and rugged
peaks and ranges of the Rockies to
the soft and rounded heights of the
Southern Appalachians, there Is every
variety of mountain formation. The
mile upon mile of rugged, s~now-capped
peaks of the Sangre de Cristo Range
in the San Isabel National Forest.
Colorado, challenge the sturdiest
mountain climber and reward him
with magnificent views over the neigh
boring peaks and the rich, rolling
meadows of the We Mountain Valley,
with the pine and spruce covered
slopes of the Greenhorn Mountains in
tho distance.
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poses when an artist or photographer
appears and are usually very pleasant.
Quaint Customs Of Natives

poses when an artist or photographer
appears and are usually very pleasant.
Quaint Customs Of Natives
The men are rather taciturn and
care more for their catch of fish than
for their catch of money from the
artists although some will condescend
to pose. The best pictures of them,
however, have been painted from
snapshots caught by the photographer
when they are off their guard. Dur
ing the summer they will often squat
on the ground and either have a chat
in hat position, smoke a pipe or play
cards. They watch every mood of
the sea and a group watching a boat
come in is an interesting sight. They
smoke rapidly displaying a sort of
nervous energy and look seventy be-
fore they are fifty, perhaps due to
their exposure at sea. They wear
| huge baggy trousers, each trouser
fleg much wider than the skirts worn
by the women of the present day,
tight fitting wooden shirts, often used
without coats and wooden caps, very
like those worn by a Cossack soldier.
Their stockings are yarn. +home-knit
ALI lACI oAOCo 4 VI ~ ldIlOuS
wooden type so popular all over Hol-
land. These. however, are removed
when they go in the houses and fire.
quently one may see half a dozen
pairs before a doorway.
The volandam fishermen are unlike
the other H%ollanders and have a dis
~tinctiveness all their own. They are
thickset men who show that they are
well fed at all times. although the
food eaten during their fishing trips
is coarse, consisting of fish, potatoes
and plenty of gin. They are never
DULLES. but If imposed upon are ready
to fight. Their work is no child's
play so they must possess great
strength. They are usually devout
Catholics I'M kind to their families.
The costumes Of the women are
familiar to every lover OF pictures and
there are artists in this country who
even have girls of our own land pose
for them wearing the volandam cos
tunes. These pictures. while artistic
are never quite as successful as those
sketched on the spot.
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a kettle of boiling water over it and a
lump of burning turf at the bottom
IS used. While the fish are being cleaned
the gin shops are well patronized for
a little gin and sugar seems to put
new life into the tired fisherman who
has for days before weathered the
storms of the sea.
In 1880 William Benkelszoon dis
covered the art of preserving herring
with salt and the Dutch fisheries be-
came profitable. The same method of
preserving the salt herring is used
today. Sometimes when a storm
sweeps over the North Sea there is
great sadness for a fishing boat may
be lost and the father OF the family
drowned. The Volandamers are kind
to each other and the bereaved wife
and children are always cared for by
the villagers.
The people, the women and girls
especially, rave been the subjects for
artists for so many years that they
naturally fall into the most graceful
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telling Of a great wedding for the COM
ing Sunday, because the men annot
stop fishing on any other day."
The Volandamers catch the greater
part of the fish sold in the markets of
Amsterdam and great piles of them
lay on the dykes at the end Of each
week ready for the boat from the
Dutch capitol. which comes every sat-
urday evening to take the fish over for
the Monday market
Salt Herring
The herring caught by these men
are excellent and those who are fond
of cells declare hat they are a tender
morsel. The return OF the boats is
always a picturesque Gene for the
women and children a be seen hur-
rying to the wharf where the boats
land to meet their loved ones n help
with unloading "the CATCH" Some
times the fish are cleaned before be
ing sent to the market and the
scene is intensely interesting. A neat
ly painted bucket of iron each having
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Desert strained their eyes toward
the sunset and could dimly dis
Zee the Coconino Mountains on
the western horizon. There they be-
lieved was the house of the Sun, in
which he rested at the end of his
days journey. 1t Is not surprising
that the mountains looked restful to
the desert jewellers. Many n weary
citizen walks the hot monotony of the
city pavement and longs for the cool
uplands and the changeful reaches OF
the mountain stream, clear and spark
ling and broken now and then by the
ieaping of a trout. But where" he
says to himself, "can 1 go to get away
from the trammels of civilization
without running into the banalities of
resorts; how, without Quitting a
caravan. can / get off the beaten track.
and In the freedom of the woods and
mountains learn once more to be a
man and not a machine?" The an
swer to all his questions a be found
In the National Forests.
An Attractive Horseback Trip
If he likes forest and mountain
scenery viewed from the back of a
horse, let him take the skyline trip
along the crest of the Continental
Divide in the Routt National Forest,
Colorado. He may even ride his horse
to tie summit of Mount Ethel, 11.940
feet high, and from there get an ex-
traordinary view of mountains and
plains. canyons and alpine lakes. And
near at hand the fields of columbine
and the tranquil, wooded lakes will
tempt him often to pause n pitch
his tent. Three-quarters of a mile
above the ranch lands below, the Great
Divide bears on its broad back twenty
CT more lakes, most of them rock
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much English is spoken at Volandam
tina one begins to think that the
Dutch language Is a lost art. I'VE
learn 1t from the artists who come
here" said the woman, 'in fact, one
taught me the English language when
I was a child"
Sunday A Great Day
There are about two thousand in
habitants in the village from Saturday
until Monday, for then the men are at
home. Sunday is a big day in Volan-
dam and the main street Is thronged
with the people wearing their best
clothes. They are nearly all Roman
Catholics and are regular attendants
at church. They have a dinner of cells
and steaming potatoes on that day.
The cells are fried and the potatoes
boiled and each one is dipped in melt
ing butter before 1t is eaten. Forks
are almost unknown there and these
people literally follow the old saying
thai fingers were made before forks"
so the pieces of eel are eaten with the
fingers. The steaming potatoes are In
the center of the table beside a bowl
of melted butter.
The volandamer selects his potato,
picks 1t up with his fingers, dips it In
the butter and then in his own lam
guage "demolishes It."
The cells are eagerly sought after,
especially by the children who can
easily be bribed to go to church on
the promise OF an extra piece Of eel
for dinner. There Is a wedding nearly
every Sunday which is followed by
the ringing of the village bell and then
those who are invited go to the eel
and potato feast at the home of the
bride. 1.-THE marriages always occur
on Sunday" said the woman who was
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he United States Is Rich In Beauty Spots Where the Traveller Can Find Rest or
Sport - Mountain or Plain, Forest or Lake He Can Take His Choice.

Mt. Mitchell and other heights of
the Southern ~Appalachians and the
White Mountains in New England Of
fer to those who live in the East
abundant opportunities lear at hand
for climbing and hiking in the noun
tains, exploring trips in the woods. and
many other forms of outdoor recrea-
ton.
On the top Of Mt. Hood the traveller
will find, during the summer season,
not only the view but a friendly fire
lookout glad to show him special
points OF interest and to talk about
how to discover a fire and how to spot
it exactly so that 1t can be attacked
and put out without delay. The fire
lookout stations are always placed at
vantage points from which extended
views of the forests can be had, and a
visit to one of them is we'll worth
while.
Good Sport
The fisherman. the hunter, the nat.
~uralist, and the camper will find no
less attractive vacation grounds than
the sightseer. On the Fremont Forest,
in Oregon, there are grouse and sage
hens by the thousands on the sage
brush plains. ducks and geese on the
lakes and streams, antelope n mule
deer in the high country. and trout
and salmon In the waters. In the
Siskiyou Forest, also in oregon, there
are quail and partridge and large
herds of deer. In the Lassen, in Cali
fornia, the hunter will find deer,
grouse, sage hens. and quail. and
ducks, geese and other water fowl.
These are only a few samples. The
forests are generally so situated as to
be the natural habitat of game birds
and animals, and in many of them
State refugees hav been established,
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The Little Fishing Village of Holland Whose Picfur-
esque People Are Favorife Subjects for Artists
From All Parts of the World.
Copyright, 1919, The International Syndicate.

lleIHdllOudl ~ uulCdtes
opened what looked like . wardrobe
and disclosed a bed much like a berth
on a Pullman car h bed was
downy and covered with a fancy
spread, while the snow white pillow
case was trimmed with lace. There
were several of these closets In the
room zach containing a bed. THE
entire family sleep here" volunteered
the woman, my husband and six chill
dren. OF course. he is away fishing
from Monday until Saturday, when he
gets home with his CATCH" We soon
discovered that the house consisted of
two rooms, a kitchen and the living
room with the bed room closets. lust
how the family undressed with any
privacy vas not explained. How do
you get air." was asked. "Oh, the
heart shaped cuttings in the bed doors
let in enough" was the answer. "You
know the night air is not good for
one"
Before one had recovered from the
shock of the cramped bed rooms an
other instance occurred which was
even more startling. A visitor asked
for a drink of water and the mistress
called to little a to bring one of the
beautiful silver cups which rested on
the mantlepiece in the oom. Then
she turned back a u and lifted a
board In the floor and drew up a
bucket of water from a small well be-
meath and dipping the cup into the
bucket offered the visitor a drink.
The American woman hesitated. ooh
it's all right" she said, you should go
to my brothers place. they often have
frogs in 1t there" All of this was
spoken in good English, in fact. so
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HE traveller visiting places in
Holland rarely omits Volandam,
the home of the quaint fisher
folks of that wonderful little
Kingdom. The trip there is generally
made from Amsterdam and is along
the dykes through the canals. The
country is replete with evidences of
thrift and industry and everywhere
one meets something out of the or
binary in this day of modern improve
ments and advancement. There may
be seer fields of grass as green and as
~luxuriant as in the richest part of
England. where the inest cattle in the
world Craze to give the milk and
cream from which is made the famous
Holland cheese.
But this is not Hollands only in
dustry. for the country is rich In its
fisheries and a great part of the men
who go tout to sea" live at Volandam,
a little village on the Zuider Zee.
Artists Paradise
This place is truly the artists para
disc and many spend the entire sum-
mer there -sketching the fisherman and
their families. II Is an unhealthy
looking place with bad drainage, yet
n never seems to contract any dis
ease. The houses are small. being
generally one and a half stories in
height with a brilliant red roof. They
have quaint furnishings, indeed some
are filled with rare antiques.
Curious Customs
where do you sleep?" asked the
The writer who was being shown
through a house. "In here" answered
he mistress Of the house. and she
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-06-10
Curious Customs

"Where do you sleep?" asked tn
The writer who was being show
through a house. I'm here" answere
The mistress of the house. and sh
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BY L. c. EVERARD

DIE Hopi Indians Of the Painted
Desert strained their eyes toward
the sunset and could dimly dis
The sun., 1919-04-25
GOSSIP OF WALL STREET.
Peace ana the Market.

Many people in the financial COM
munity who have followed the action
of the stock market closely are OF the
opinion that one does not have to travel
as far as the Peace Conference to dts.
cover the basis for yesterdays dip In
the market. 1t was about due, in their
opinion, and would have arrived in
natural sequence, even without the aid
Of unfavorable news from abroad. In
most cases the news from abroad was
considered an accidental factor which
slackened trading somewhat as n cau-
tionary measure rather than caused any
actual selling. The market has paid
little or no attention to the day-to day
news from the Peace Conference. Private
advices that the Italian commission
had not left Paris and that an adjust
ment OF the delicate situation might be
mace were received in the financial dis
trict. Dozens OF conflicting reports
were In circulation. among them one
that the Italian delegates had arrived
In Rome. Back OF the whole problem
the general impression In the financial
district is that whatever the inside poll
tics In the dispute when the peace treaty
Is ready for signatures that of Italy will
be found attached
The sun., 1919-04-25
Greene CananeR,

Predictions that Greene Cananea
would pass its dividend at yesterdays
meeting of the directors ran true to form
and therefore occasioned little surprise,
In addition to being confronted with an
unsettled and uncertain market for cop
per. Greene Cananea is up against an
other problem which many of the other
large companies do not have to face
Ihat is the unsettled conditions and the
unreasonable taxes of the little republic.
Greene Cananea Is turning out about
100000 pounds of copper a month,
against 100000 pounds u month before
the curtailment order went into effect.
Its operating costs, which include stiff
tax imposed by the Mexican Govern
ment. are reported TO total about Is
cents Under present market conditions
with copper bringing but fract!onaliy
more than that figure Greene Cananea
hnds little nourishment In producing
copper. Three months ago $3.50 a share
was paid. and prior to that time and
since APRIL 1916, the quarterly had been
~ share.
The sun., 1919-04-25
American Hide and Leather

Ihe one bright spot in the Industrial
market yesterday was American Hide
and Leather preferred, which under the
impetus of steady inquiry, some of II
ccming in unusually large blocks. adj
Vanced "a points for the day, while its
sister and brother industrals were under
pressure. The earning statement for the
hrst quarter ended March 80, TO be pub-
nshed next Tuesday. Is expected To dis
c!ose an explanation OF the strength Of
the stock and some reason for Its adj
vance from the 70s to above 40. The
earnings are said to be approximately
double those of the last quarter of 1918
which were very disappointing to the
street ut that time, amounting TO but
SS33OO0. or s2.56 n share on the s13,-
100000 OF preferred stock. II would not
surprise those who have been taking on
HIDE and Leather preferred IL the earn
ings for the first quarter Of 1919 should
approximate IS n share for the preferred
Inc corporation viii soon inaugurate n
bonus system under which Its employees
VIII have a share In the profits. This
plar has not been completed. but ls ex-
pected to be announced within a short
time.
The sun., 1919-04-25
Bethlehem Ms Reduction.

Betty b. furnished the street the days
one striking pioce OF market news In
reducing It's dividend. 1t was a sur
Prise because the rank and file has been
taking on Bethlehem 3 certificates from
the SOS up to its present level-around
Ton information and belief that the
dividend would not be cut. Harking
back. II was pointed out that the di.
rectors OF Bethlehem gave the first init
nation OF such'a reduction at the Jan
uary meeting. when they declared a
regular dividend of IL per cent. and
an extra OF IA per cent. Previously
tne dividend had been paid as a regular
va. Although the news OF the reduc-
tion was surprise to the Street. Il had
hti" erect on the stock Rather II
gained a point shortly after the an
,houneement' Later in the day it fol-
lowed other standard stocks down an
easy scale and closed at a loss of slight
~ more than one point for the day.
The sun., 1919-04-25
Wild Cat Oils.

The campaign OF the Department OF
Commerce and some other uplift organi-
cations nearer at hand TO stamp out wild
speculation In worthless and Near worth
less oil stocks is bearing bitter fruit
There has not been time during the
campaign when more OF them were In
business than just at present. Despite
all the printed warnings good Govern
ment Liberty bonds are being traded
every day for oil issues not worth the
paper on which they ara printed The
campaigns and their attendant publicity
appear to have brought In even more
Wild caters 70 the financial district, and
rather than drive them out. as hoped. ex-
pected and intended. they seem to fatten
on publicity. 1t used to be said that
there Is sucker born every minute. II
that saw be true the oil stock birth rate
Is running the sucker birth rate n close
race.
The sun., 1919-04-25
Baldwin Locomotive.

Baldwin directors arc scheduled to
meet to-day, but no action is expected
to DO taken In regard to dividend for
the junior shares. The meeting at
which this problem will come before
the board II is expected will be held in
May. In this connection It is reported
there has been some change In feeling
by Some of the directors in connect on
with a proposal for recapitalization and
those OF the directors who T. ~ -
the proposal of straight cash dividend
arc declared now to be In the majority,
1t is probable that tho May meeting will
hiring the problem to a head, and one of
the two plans for getting some of the
large surplus into the hands OF stock
holders be adopted. No definite advices
have been received In Wall Street as to
what TO expect for the common shares.
Tho guesses range from TO per cent.