Show 0 DUTCH WOMEN AS SAILORS t J 4 Go to Sea Sen in I mill and It is not necessary to go back to lo th the tho e time of Noah to tu had women tailors sailor fhe They ma may be found round toda today among a 0 a I certain class clasi ot or people In Rolland Holland who i arc are probably as near tho the people of the ark arl In their primitive e virtues as can cnn be found In these degenerate rale en days a In Zealand and und Friesland whole families sometimes R go gu to sea ea The Ilie captain takes his wife and daughters as aN well as aM hl his sons konn to help him navigate navigate navi navi- gate his tIt vessel 1 and the girls gills are arc asgood as 35 asgood I good seamen lamen as us their bi brother others brothers They take tall their trick at the wh wheel cl and find are aie not a bit afraid of or laying aloft to reef and furl sails They take o the lookout on a dark lark nl night ht minding neither rain nor nOl sleet N Never l' l were there thero prettier seamen never roster rosier an and healthier girls than the Dutch sailor tailor malden maidens Dressed NI In n their bloomers and antl red rell shirts with the Glengarry cap CUll stir ur- s moun mounting tin their feminine crown of glory ih they are rend ready for tal anything hat comes coms along Their Theil skirts skirls do not stand around them like a balloon nortrip nor nortrip trip them In the tho companionway an and their hats hals do not tug tut at anchor whenever whenever when when- ever there Is 15 half a gal gale rattier Father Captain Mute I And Antl then they are arc not seasick II When hen other women would think they w were re heroines If the they managed to get Jet geton geton on un deck eck at all the Dutch maiden treads the tho deck like an old tar and lays aloft alot as gay gayy as you OU please The l vessel el Is lIS a patriarchal little kingdom Iu where ru the father captain rul rules 8 supreme and the good w is tho the next in command while the sons SanA and daughters are arc the crow crew When hOll the thc captain seeks his bunk b below low the tho wife remains on dock and as mate commands the vessel With women In charge naturally the Dutch galliot Is 15 the tho cleanest thing afloat It Is 18 scraped and hol holystoned within an inch of Its Itte life and then varnished d until It looks like lIko a tl piece of parlor furniture The Dutch house house- t at J. J I i. i 1 wife whose continued dabbling in jn water walor according to Knickerbockers Knickerbocker's history of New e York at last developed c web weh feet evidently takes her tier habits of or I cleanliness with her he when hen she goes to sea The Tho Dutch Is a peculiar ves- ves fo wl sel 1 It has hat a light draft and Is Hal fiat bottomed bollom d. d As 1 there Is IR no keel two I boards board one on either side of or the th thes vessel vessel ves ves- esNel sel Nel are nIe l let t down to 10 pi prevent event It from drifting Confined to lo Coast t Thc They are and down 1 up C every ClY lY time the th ship moves mO and It is ig claimed b by some that they thoy hoy are arc the origin of the Iho terms larboard and starboard The motherly old tubs tub with their two t masts a ts an and their rounded bow and stern are aie still seen Icen along the coasts of Holland but hut no new vessels of oC the typo type are aie al' al built any more Vom Women n do nut not ship for deep sea voyages but hut content them themselves cs cl with the shorter trips of the Baltic and North Hen sett ell In land Friesland Frie land tho the fisherman fisher fisher- man imin has haH his family on board hoard his Ing smack Amuck and und his hiR daughters work like men pulling mulling at lh the oars nn and dragging In ht th the the- full nets with ith the gist besl of ur them The fh Dutch fishermen are arc often orten able to acc accumulate n a small fortune but hut that makes snakes no change chango in the tenor of or their lI e lives In slow conservative c Rolland Holland a It II is not considered tho the most desirable thing thins In It the world to change your OUI mo mode o of living for that of another or another I class cluss mistaken supposedly to lo be high high- er CI So the Iho n hermans herman's wife wire who has hus helped her hu husband accumulate a snug nug fortune does oes not nol therefore abandon her bloomers an and wooden shoes for fOl a silk skirt an and buckled shoes but bUl walks all the tho beach bench serenely unconscious unconscious un un- conscious that any other style title of oC dress dress- di ess- ess essIng L Ing InS might bo be more desirable e |