The Elk Mountain pilot., 1922-11-09
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one house, and was spOtleSsly clean.
The house and barn were in one
building, but the cows are not brought
inside until Nov. 1st. We saw the
stalls where they are kept all winter,
and the cheese press Where they salt
the cheese, etc. They had some in the
making at the time. The women
and children were in native costume.
The little winding streets and odd
houses were interesting-many have
matched roofs, but most of them are
brick with tiled roofs They served
buffet dinner on the boat at noon,
but we ate sandwich and chocolate
down in the cabin Gas it was raining)
Our next stop was at Volendam,
and here it rained quite hard but we
got out and walked a ways thru the
town to one old lady's house (she was
IS years old). The whole house is
one room, and the beds are in the
wall with doors opening into the room
from the level of the bed. They cook
over an open fireplace. The boys
costumes were of black velvet long,
trousers, very full, gathered at the
waist.
All of this place is Roman Catholic.
We were in the North Sea here and
had to go thru two locks to be raised
to the level of it. We crossed then
to the Isle of Marken. Here it was
pouring, so the people were indoors
and we didn't get to see so many of
them. We had my umbrella, and one
that delightful Englishman gave us
which he wasn't using, so we got
around. We went into couple of
homes and they showed us their we'd
ding dresses, and how the caps they
wear are made Give pieces, each a
cap of itself of different size, or
shape) and other things. On this is
land they all wear native costumes
and live as they used to live in Hol-
land everywhere. The girls and boys
are dressed alike until several years
old, and all have long hair. The girls
keep their hair long, with two curls
in front one on each side, until they
are sixteen. Then they cut all the
rest (bobbed hair) excepting the two
curls, and they keep these. The
sleeveless jackets are very heavy, and
much, embroidered. They are worr
with white waists usually, with long
full sleeves and high necks The
skirts are very full and of course ev-
eryone wears wooden shoes. Thi.
whole island is protestant and these
people are not allowed to marry of
the island, so they inter- marry there
and are consequently becoming rath
er dull people. l should think they
would some day all be idiots.
We are going thru the Queens Pal.
ace tomorrow and l shall write abou,
everything we see in Amsterdam, ir
my next letter We haven't really
seen much of the place yet, as oui
day today was spent taking the trip
Forgot to say that after we were
soaked, we all sat down in the cabin
where tea was served, and this Eng
lishman invited us to have it with
him. He was so nice, and gave US
many pointers on the trip to Ober-
ammergau and thru Italy, as he is
just returning from the same trip
When we arrived at Amsterdam at {
o'clock the sun was shining. The
North Sea was very choppy, and wa.
as nearly seasick as ever was, ol
rather more so than I ever was or
the ocean
Amsterdam Sept. 10.
1t is still raining most of the days
but we venture out just the same ant
move about between showers. Yes
terday we spent the afternoon at tn,
Rijks museum and I have told abou'
that on my postcard. We ate at tn,
American tea room in the evening bu
they didn't speak much american
Today we went to HARLEM. won
der if you went there, mother. L
took about twenty minutes to go ant
it is an interesting place.
We went primarily to see the pic
lures of Franz Halls. He lived ir
HARLEM and there is a whole muse
um displaying his pictures and those
of his contemporaries. However, We
have seen just as interesting ones oi
his in other galleries.