and contains many 

 interesting f e a - 

 tures. The ceiling, 

 rising 8i feet from 

 the floor, is perhaps 

 responsible for our 

 impression that the 

 interior is cold and 

 unattractive as a 

 place of worship 

 and is more sug- 

 gestive of a place 

 of burial. Indeed, 

 most of the marble 

 slabs of which the 

 floor consists cover 

 graves. One o f 

 these, marking the 

 resting place of a 

 man and wife, 

 tears the date of 

 1546. 



A strange fea- 

 ture of this old 

 kerk was noticed 

 upon the face of 

 several of the slabs 

 where, carved in 

 relief, was an ani- 

 mal or object 

 meant to illustrate 

 the name of the 

 one whose grave it 

 marks. 



WHERE LIMBURGER 

 COMES FROM 



Another of the 

 ■cheese - producing 

 districts is L i m - 

 burg, sometimes 

 called the Garden 

 of Holland. Of 

 the celebrated rel- 

 ish known as Limburger cheese it has 

 long been a query how an article of food 

 made from delicious material and con- 

 sidered such a delicacy can possess so 

 obnoxious an odor and still retain its self- 

 respect. This peculiarity has made Lim- 

 burger cheese responsible for many amus- 

 ing incidents and the brunt of numerous 

 stories. A Dutch- American rural citizen 

 once went to town to make some pur- 

 chases, among which was some of this 

 odoriferous commodity. For conveni- 

 <ence he placed it in a long box in the 



THE YOUTHFUL SHIPBUILDER 



From the day when Admiral de Ruyter vanquished the allied 

 fleets of England and France off the coast of Holland, every young 

 Dutchman has gloried in his country's naval history. 



wagon, behind the seat. Happening to 

 stop on the road, an inquisitive acquaint- 

 ance approached and asked what the box 

 contained. In answer he raised the lid 

 and replied : "I have my grandmother." 

 "Well," rejoined the inquirer, as he 

 caught a whifl: of the contents, "She's 

 not in a trance." 



Holland is one of the countries where 

 dogs are required to earn their bone. 

 About 25 years ago their labors were so 

 arduous that they aroused the pity of the 

 legislators of Amsterdam, who passed a 



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