KEEPING one's EOCATION 



While familiarity with 

 the Dutch language is a 

 great advantage in visiting 

 Holland, it is not essential 

 to one's pleasure. Burton 

 E. Stevenson in "The 

 Spell of Holland" tells a 

 good story of an English- 

 man who did not under- 

 stand the language, but 

 who took the precaution 

 to write down upon his 

 cuff the legend he saw on 

 the corner house nearest 

 his hotel, and which he 

 took to be the name of the 

 street on which the hos- 

 telry was located. During 

 his wanderings he became 

 confused in his direction 

 and showed the legend to 

 a number of passers-by. 

 They only laughed, 

 shrugged their shoulders, 

 and passed on. Finally, 

 exasperated at their treat- 

 ment, he met an English- 

 speaking native and ex- 

 pressed his disgust at their 

 stupidity in not directing 

 him toward his boarding 

 place. The native in- 

 spected the memorandum 

 and informed him that the 

 sign he had copied was 

 "post no bills." 



The swan, so much admired for its 

 grace and beauty when seen lazily float- 

 ing on the water in our public parks, is 

 the object of quite as much admiration 

 in Holland. Only in this old prosaic 

 country the popularity of the bird appeals 

 not alone to the esthetic taste, but to the 

 palate also. The thought of this beauti- 

 ful bird occupying the same responsible 

 position at feasts as falls to the lot of 

 the festive turkey in America is not alto- 

 gether a pleasing one. However, if the 

 reported decrease in the turkey industry 

 in America continues, it is among the 

 possibilities that the swan will replace 

 our noble Thanksgiving bird. 



A delightful hour spent on a packet 

 winding her way up the picturesque river 

 Zaan is a splendid introduction to Dutch 



Photo by A. W. Cutler 

 THE ISEAND OE MARKEN : HOLLAND 



The styles do not change as frequently on the Island of 

 Marken as they do in New York and Paris. The children there 

 still wear the same curiously patterned dresses that were adopted 

 by their ancestors over 200 years ago. 



landscape. Holland is sometimes spoken 

 of as a monotonous country, and there 

 certainly are few ups and downs in the 

 scenery, excepting in the southern prov- 

 inces. But the windmill as an adjunct 

 to the landscape would not be nearly as 

 effective were the face of the country 

 less level. These great nature engines 

 are to Holland's scenery what snow- 

 capped moimtains are to the vistas of 

 Switzerland, and quite as numerous, es- 

 pecially on this river, where 400 of them 

 may be seen in a ride covering but 12 

 miles (see page 6). 



The objective point of this river ride 

 is the little town of Zaandam, spread 

 along the banks of the Zaan. The nu- 

 merous mills of this region indicate that 

 Zaandam is one of the wealthiest in Hoi- 



