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2 AME-RICAN IWASION OF HOLLAND OUR GOODS ARE FLOODING THE BUSY LITTLE DUTCH GIANT OF COMMERCIAL EUROPE THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN, PORTLAND, PEBRUAEY 1, 1903. ROTTERDAM, Jan. It (Special Cor respondence.) I stubbed my toe on the American Invasion the moment I landed at Rotterdam. The obstruction was a square box marked: 2 Organ : s From Merlden. Conn.. V. 8. A., 1 C. Keltners Croote MagaxlJiien ran ; Pianos, - 2 3alTerstraat Amsterdam. A little -further on were barrels of ma. chine oil from New Tork, and next to them a lot of American sewing machines In crates. Out In the river Haas an chored to a floating buoy -were great steamers unloading Minneapolis flour into , two huge barges to be sent up the Rhine, vend all along the Boompjes were Ameri can goods of various kinds. I took a carriage and drove for several miles up the wharves, crossing the bridges to the Noordereiland and on to the left bank of the Maas. "We went by warehouse after warehouse, and every where I saw more or less stuff from the United States. On the Holland-American Quay there was an acre or so of cotton bales from Galveston awaiting transshipment for the Dutch cotton mills. Near by -was a yard filled with resin barrels from Savannah -which gave forth a smell like a canning factory, which stuck In my nostrils un til driven out by the coffee warehouses where the rlch-smelllng beans of Java and Sumatra were being loaded on a ship for New Tork. At one place I stopped my carriage and photographed a wagon load of Standard Oil barrels, and at another I took a snap shot of a gang of Dutch emigrants about to board a ship for New York. I saw cargoes of American lumber, buckets and boxes of American meats, wagon loads of lard and tallow and all sorts of crates holding American machinery- One Item was a cargo pf Chicago mowing ma chines being loaded on barges for the Interior of Northern Europe, and another was barge after barge of American cotton seed oil which passed through under one of the drawbridges as I waited to cross. At tho same time I saw a score of ocean steamers loading for Asia, Africa and the Dutch East Indies, and rode past miles and miles of river and canal craft. Hollnnd'a BIjr Trade. As I went on I could see something of the enormous business which the Dutch have with the rest of tho world. 5"hey are the little giants of commercial Eu rope. They do not number as many as three times the population of Chicago, but they have twice as much foreign trade as the 120.000,000 Russians, three times as much as the Spaniards or Italians and twice as much as the whole South Ameri can continent. Holland stands sixth in the point of business done among the ELIZABETH IN HER NEW OREGON HOME FAILURE OF THE FIRST BUTTER FURNISHES MERRIMENT sr FOR SUNSHINE AND A NIPPING FROST JT.MONG THE POINTED FIRS. My jk" Dear Nell: In my last letter you P were told of my first butter-making experience; that butter of beautiful imjKs ana mediolnal taste; that Tiad Just been set aside for a second and final' working, while I awaited the return of the family. Intending to surprise them with the results of my secret session. Well, the kitchen had been restored to order, I was seated before, the fireplace trying to drown my sorrow in the pages of the last "Philistine," when the excur sionists rushed in, Jubilant over the wild and picturesque scenery of their drive. "Oh! but you missed a good thing by not going with us." "I am not so sure of that," retorted the angel of tho hearth. "We've had the time of our lives." "So have L" "What doing, trout fishing?" "Just compose yourselves, and I'll show you." I then went out and brought In the pride of Miss McBrlde. As the napkin was lifted, disclosing that mass of golden deception, there arose a universal chor us of delight and admiration. "What lovely butter," cried Mary. "Did you really make that yourself?" "Why, you're a butter maker from away back," exclaimed Tom. "You bet she is," said Bert, "a roll of that goes home with us, the oldest citi zen can't beat that." My baleful knowledge of the aftermath kept me reasonably calm, under this shower of compliments.. "Now you must all come out In the dining-room and sample it Supplied with forks each took a gen erous dose. OE Nell! if only you could have seen the change of expression, be. fore and after taking; dismay and dls gust upon every countenance. "Shades of the mighty!" cried Tom. "What flavoring did you use, sage, pars ley or bergamot? "Seems more like paregoric or linseed oil," sputtered Bert. Mary, I suppose through sympathy for me, said nothing, but I observed that ehe was drinking water copiously. "Aro you sure, Elizabeth, that you didn't use Epsom or Rochello salts In this stuff?" "No, Tom, the salt used was the Wor cester brand, Rochester, N. Y. -"Well, what the dickens alls It?" No one being able to diagnose the case. we all sat down around that diabolical bowl, and held a sort of round-table talk. The pronounced herby flavor suggested the pasture, the men then remembering that quantities of mint grew there, also dandelion, dock, English yarrow, sorrel and all such things. Of course, the cows had eaten them, and this was the dire ful result. During this conference it be came known that each and all had noticed a peculiar twang to the milk; but through loyalty to the cows, none had spoken of It. "And now Fellow-Citizens," said Tom, "what disposition are we to make of this choice potpourri?'" "Well, Bert will take a part of It, end" "Not on your life," Interrupted that gentleman. "It was your own proposal." "Yes, but you must remember that was before taklrg." "Very well, sir," I replied, with woman ly dignity, "tho product of our dairy Is not forced upon our friends." "For which praise God from whom all blessings flow," retorted that Irreverent individual. "Wel, then, this butter, must be sold." "Elizabeth, much churning hath made you mad! Aro you bo lacking In moral principles as to sell what you yourself cannot cat?" y "Yes, fcir; I am. I fancy Oregonlans are accustomed to ,this flavor in early Spring butter, and rather like It" "You'll never catch me In tha busy marts of men with this stuff for sale." "Of course, not as our own; It must be disposed of under a nom de .plume. Yon take It to the metropolis, lay In your grocery supplies, then say: 'Oh, by the way, a lady sent In some butter with me. Came near forgetting it, Produce It, and then fly for .your life." "But those-inen know" all the butter- commercial nations of the world, and about one-tenth of Its trade Is with tho United States. It makes foreign ex changes to the extent of more than a billion dollars a year, and it annually buys more than a hundred million dollars worth of goods from us. Let us stop a moment and think what this means. This little country has In round numbers just about Ave million peo ple, or one million families, but it buys one hundred million dollarjf worth of Uncle Sam's goods every year. This means that on the average every family buys one hundred dollars' worth annually, and this notwithstanding Its sales to us will not average more than 13 or 15 per fam ily. Of course, much of the goods are bought to sell again, and some go to tho Dutch East Indies, which are SO times as large as Holland itself, but the trade is there all the came, and tho business is so big that It will pay the most care ful nursing and the most enthusiastic pushing. The South American continent Is less Important to us than Holland. Our trade with the Chinese brings in nothing like as much as our trade with the Dutch, and in its possibilities it is worth as much as .the business of any of the countries of Europe, with the ex ception of England. Germany, France and that undeveloped empire, Russia. Uncle Sam's Trade "With Holland. Just now is the best time to Increase this trade. The Dutchmen do not like tho English. They can't get over tho troubles of their South African cousins, the Boers, and other things being equal they will give the United States tho preference every time. There are hundreds of arti cles which we make that ought to be cold here, and by studying the wants of the people and drumming the trade there can be an enormous Increase. But first let me tell you what our busi ness now consists of. I have before me the Dutch Imports from the United States for the first half of the year 1900. They are a little old. but the trade is practi cally the same, today. I will give you some of tho Items. They consist of cot ton, cotton-seed oil. lard, tallow, mar garine, meat and tobacco, as well as a large variety of other articles. The cotton they bought amounted to 20,000.000 pounds, equal to more than 3,000,000 pounds of cotton per month. This went to the Dutch mills and a largo part of It was made Into cloths for Java, Sumatra and different parts of Africa. Batter From Our Cotton-Seed. I The cotton-seed oil weighed Just twice as much as the cotton Itself, and thereby hangs a tale. These Dutch are among tho chief artificial butter-makers of the world. They bought 43.000,000 pounds of margarine of us during that six months, but at the same time they -used this forty-odd million pounds of cotton-seed oil to make' other margarine and low grade butter, for use not only in Holland, but In England and other parts of Eu rope. There Is one factory here which makes over 3,000,000 pounds of such butter every month, and England Imports some thing like $00,000,000 pounds of it every year. A Frenchman invented the pro cess of making this butter, but the Dutch makers of the country, and that grocery- I man will ask: 'Whose butter is this? " ' 'Then look him square in the eye and i say: "Mrs. Jacob Ruggles." Whereupon he will frown reflectively, saying: 'Rug gles, Ruggles; I can't recall any Ruggles up your way.' Tell him they are new comers, frcm Kentucky bluegrass re gion. Oh l what a tangled web we weave. When first we practice to deceive. slghcn Mary. "That's so, Mary; we're getting tangled In a labyrinth of lies. Let me see. How would this do? You remember, Eliza beth, that set of old tin-candle molds that I raked out from under the porch? Well, say we melt this stuff, mold It In those things, and make Roman candles of it, and then throw them on the market about the Fouth of July. And they'll go off with a boom." , "If you don't care to hold It so long," said Bert, "you might make it up in little wads, tie 'em up in rags and sell It as. Graham's Gay Griddle Greaser." "Kindly omit tha Graham," entreated the pyrotechnist "Don't talk nonsense," remonstrated Mary. "Elizabeth, you take my advice. Pack' this butter In little earthen Jars, such as are used for Madame Recamler"f Face Cream, tie the lids on with ribbon and advertise it Jn all the leading Journals as a magical skin food and wrinkle eraser. The Recamler article sells for $1 E0. This preparation Is a rare one worth J2 a Jar. There is enough here to fill 30 Jars. Sixty dollars for one churn ing. Why, there's millions in It" "That's true, Mary. We women know that a. wrinkle-eraser Is well-nigh: Irre sistible, and I honestly believe that every' woman In Oregon every society woman, at the least would within 24 hours after reading the advertisement, be sitting in the privacy of her boudoir, glowing -with credulous expectancy, her face shining with hope and herb butter. But there Isn't money enough In this convention to buy the Jars and rlmwn, to say nothing of the expense of advertising. "If the wrinkle-eraser Is such a drawing card, my echeme is cheap. Tack It on to mine 'Graham's Gay Griddle Greaser or Wrinkle-Eraser." "Yes," scornfully laughed his wife, "that wad' devised by your fertile brain would be an esthetic-looking object lying unon a lady's dressing table." "You are all treating this butter with a decree, of levity painful to Its maker. Now, I know this compound Is possessed of powerful , medicinal qualities, arid I shall make It into capsules and pellets and Introduce it to suffering humanity as the 'Oregon Bovine Blood Purifier,' tha very latest and greatest discovery of med ical science." "Good that's the ticket!" commended Tom, rising. "Now, let's go to making pill boxes; we'll make 'em of chlttlm bark that has virtues of its own. And you. Elizabeth, must say in your adver tisement: 'In extreme cases It is some times advisable, after taking the pills, to swallow the box.'" With this brilliant suggestion the convention adjourned. And now. Nell, you have our first ex perience In butter-making where rolls the Oregon. The surprise was never eaten Tom used it for axlo grease, to my last ing humiliation. Two or three weeks later the butter suaaemy Became sweet ana delicious. Then I knew the Joy of the an cient mariner when the dead albatross fell from his neck. . But now it occurs to me that you will be In tha swirl of holiday festivities when this rlgamarole reaches you. and will scarcely have time to read It Up here In the Oregon hills there Is none ,of that unristmas xeei an tne air mat luiey talks about, and we can hardly realize that It Is but three days away. Thinking of it one cannot help longing a little for brilliantly Illuminated streets and stores, spectacular show windows, the hurrying, Jostling throng of Christmas shoppers, the bundle-laden crowds of the streets and trolley cars, the art exhibits, theaters, concerts, and the fine Christmas music of the churches. What would I not give to hear once again the deep, rolling waves of harmony from a big pipe organ, thrill ing and uplifting the soul! But perhaps most of all Just at this time we miss our dear old fun-loving friends happy, laugh ing conspirators dropping In at all hours, brimming over with bright talk of secret have the biggest factories, and they do the bulk of tho world's business along this line. They make also cow butter for export, so much, indeed, that Holland has been called the dairy farm of Lon don. Dutch Schnapps From Oar Corn. Our biggest Dutch export in point of weight is American corn. In this six months it amounted to almost 100,000.000 pounds per month, and brought In several million dollars. What do you suppose It was used for? To feed the Holsteln cat tle, to furnish butter for London? No, the grass here Is" good, and It makes tho sweetest of milk. For corn bread for tho people? No, the Dutch don't eat maize, though they take vast quantities of our second-grade flour and like it. What, then? I can easily show you. if you will come with me to Schiedam, a little way out from Rotterdam. At that place, are the great distilleries which make the Hol land gin. or schnapps. There are 200 or them, and their business Is to grind up American corn and reduce It to alcohol, which mixed In a certain way with tho Juice of the Juniper berry, forms gin. Holland gin Is considered the best, and the Dutch think It Is the best drink in the world. They consume vast quantities of It, and it warms them body and soul. It Is used not only here, but throughout the Dutch East Indies, where tho hotels give you free gin cocktails before every meal, and where the peoplo drink gin almost every hour of the day. A large part of what Holland sells to us Is gin, alcohol and wines. She sends lis Java coffee. and something like 2,000, 000 pounds of spices every year, all of which comc3 from her colonies in the East Indies. Modem Port of Rotterdam. Rotterdam is by far the best place for pushing our trade. It Is, with the excep tion of Hamburg, the best distributing point on tho coast of Northern Europe, and it has fewer trade restrictions, than Hamburg. The city is about 1C miles back from the sea. built upon plies on both banks of the Maas. Tho piles are driven as much as CO feet Into the soil, and upon them have been constructed miles of stone quays, enormous warehouses and a city of about S30.000 people. The town controls all public Improvements, nnd it is spend ing vast sums to increase its shipping fa cilities and trade. If I remember cor rectly the cost of deepening the River Maas, so that the biggest ocean steam ships could come right into tho city, was more than J15,000,000. This work, how ever, has made Rotterdam superior to Am sterdam as a port, nnd it now ranks sec-, ond among the ports of Continental Eu rope, and is surpassed by none in its safe ty and in Its convenience for handling goods. I have spoken of Its miles of stone quays.. It has also shipyards and floating dry docks, and every means for repairing and taking care of shipping. It has mooring buoys in the Maas, so that the vessels can unload into the barges in midstream, and Its quays ore so fitted with cranes that all sorts of freight can be rapidly moved. At present there are 75 ocean LONGINGS plans and projects. Here we have none of that You will think it Incredible when I tell you that since last July.I have not spoken to a woman nor a man, either except occasional workmen we have em ployedalways, of, course, excepting the other two members of our quartet The most of our near neighbors are men keep ing bachelor's hall interested, I suppose. in their own problems of life, with no time for visiting. Now do you wonder that we talk to our dumb friends, the ani mals? We were pleased last week when one night the weather suddenly turned cold, freezing the ground slightly. The next morning the air was cool, crisp and de lightfully exhilarating, much like our weather at home only, of course, not so cold. Every blade of grass, bush, twig and tree with, a covering of hoar frost- even tha fir trees Mother Nature had during the night decked In white robes for. the coming Christmas carnival. Later in the day the sun turned on his flash light showering all with diamond dust as a finishing touch. Such purity, such whiteness and glitter! Our little hlll guarded glen was for two whole days a veritable fairy land, and wa were so grateful for the usual holiday setting, though the festivities were lacking. But alas! Saturday evening dull, leaden clouds came hurrying up from tho sea. An hour later we groaned in spirit as down poured the rain' upon the roof. Sunday morning all that frosty splendor had vanished, the firs were in their every-day gowns, misty veils flying about their heads, while down from the hills floated a tearful miserere. Perhaps, having shown a foolish pride In their snowy vestments. Dame Nature had In punishment folded them away and had condemned their wearers again to the "wearing of the green," with banishment from the Santa Claus pageant That night, as the rain tinkled against the win dow panes. Tom said: "This Isn't very Chrlstmasy; but let's read the old carol again. Just for luck." For many years, at this season, it has been our custom to read aloud Dickens' Christmas carol. Just to get In tune, with me spirit oi tne messed xuietiae; now, looking through our bookshelves, it was not to bo found, probably loaned to some one in the old home, and left behind. So even that pleasure was denied us. This afternoon we went up in the forest In search of Christmas decorations. Cloudy and dark outside, inside the .woode the duskiness of twilight a restful solitude, solemn and so still. Underneath our feet a carpet of emerald moss, soft and velvety: overhead a canopy of green so dense that not oven a passing cloud could peer through it AH around us the grace ful, motionless fronds of tha magnificent sword fern, and pretty autumn-tinted. Climbing and trailing vines. Truly, the groves were not only God's first temples, but his best, truest and holiest always. We felt loth to leave such a peaceful sanc tuary, loitering long In its cool, moist gloom, selecting our woodland treasures with perplexity, because of their bewilder ing profusion and perfection. As we came out of tha forest. Just In Its edge; we scared up a flock of mountain quails. A whir of wings, a flash of Jaunty topknots, arid they were gone. A bushy-tailed squirrel frisked along the top rail of the fence. A saucybluejay scolded us from the silvery more 'of a young oak, a fine setting for his military Jacket As we found It raining briskly out in the open, we took a short cut home, along the crest of a very high hill. Possibly, Nell, If you had happened Just then to glance toward the sunset land, you might have seen outlined against the purple horizon. Darby and Joan, bending beneath a weight ot unnstmas greens, trudging patiently along toward "their haven under the hilC" Wo reached It none too soon, for as we entered the shelter of the porch a deluge descended, and all the evening it has rained steadily and drearily. Ordinarily, I don't much mind It but Just now I long for the old-time biting, nlaplng cold, for crunching snow and merry Jingling sleigh bells. Don'f think, Nell, that I am home sick:"! am not but I'd like to be with you all for the next two weeks, and then fly straight back to my beloved hills. Just above my desk, Nell, pinned to the wall. Is a little water-color you sent me during one of your outings two Summers ago. Have you forgotten it? A caricature of yourself in blue gown and white sun bonnet strolling along a country road, holding aloft a "gorgeous nosegay. All the evening I have been looking at It and , M-"isPSMSSj . rliMcfa-j.a Ss ROTTERDAM'S AMERICAS SKYSCRAPER. lines which call regularly at Rotterdam, and the river and canal craft which annu ally enter this port number 125.000. The river is always free from ice, and business goes on all the year round. Uncle Sam's Datcli Connections. In my ride around the wharves I was surprised at tho number of ships loading for and unloading from the United States. Our trade Is very important to Holland. Of all its tonnage more than 23 per cent comes from our country, and the only country which surpasses the United State3 in this is Great Britain, which has about 26 per cent of the total tonnage, but some of this consists of American goods which come to Holland via England. thinking of you, until in fancy I see you smile, that dlmplo twinkling In your cheek; hear your low laugh ot pleasure and your volco in song. The very last evening wo spent together you sang "Robin Adair" and "Marguerite," and perhaps because I knew it was tho last there seemed heartbreaking pathos In youi tones. And for the last hour or two- mingled with the music of falling rain. I keep hearing: But cypress leaf and sue Make a sorry wreath for you. Marguerite. And I half believe, Nell, that your ghost Is walking tonight and wholly be lieve that a fit of depression is drawing me dangerously near an abyss of the blues, so I will stop right now, before I topple over the brink, saying with Tiny Tim, "God bless us every one." Yours ever, December' 22, 1902. ELIZABETH. ; OUR FAMILIAR SONGS ' AND WHO "WROTE THEM Maid of Athena. Maid ot Athens, ere we part Give, oh, sire me back my heart! Or, since that has left my breast Keep it now, and take the rest! Rear xny vow before I go. By these tresses, unconflned. Wooed by each Aegean wind; By those lids whose Jetty fringe Kiss thy soft cheek's blooming tinge; By those wild eyes, like the roe. By that Up I lojig to taste: By that zone-enclrEled waist: By all the token-flowers that tell What words can never speak so well; By love's alternate Joy and woe. Maid ot Athens! I am cone I Think of me, sweet when alone. Though I fly to Istambol, Athens holds my heart and soul; Can I cease to love thee? No! Lord Byron, bom in London, January 22, 17S8, and died in Greece, April 19, 1S24, wrote the above song while in Athens, where he was aiding the Grecians in their struggle for independence. Tho lady who Inspired them was Theresa Macri, daugh ter of the British Vice-Consul, who when young was celebrated for her beauty. Her married life was one of misery, and her beauty soon faded. At the close of each verso in tho original Is a Greek line, which, broadly translated, means, "My life, I love you," an expression qulto commonly used In that country. The line in the third stanza which reads "By all the token-flowers that tell" refers to a custom in the East (where ladles cannot write), 'of exchanging " sentiments by means of flowers. The musio of tho song was composed Dy isaac iMatnan, an Eng lish Jewish composer. Stars of the Summer Tflght. Stars ot the Summer night 1 Far in your azure deep. Ride, hide your golden light! She sleeps! My lady sleeps! Sleeps! Moon ot the Summer night! Far down yon Western steeps. Sink, sink in stlrer light! She sleeps! My lady sleeps! i - Sleeps! Wind ot the Summer night! Where yonder woodbine creeps. Fold, fold thy pinions light! She sleeps! . My lady sleeps! Sleeps! Dreams of the Summer night! Tell her ber lover keeps Watch, while In slumbers light She sleeps! -My lady sleepsl Sleeps! Longfellow. This song is from Longfellow's "Spanish Student," and the air which goes with it was composed by Alfred H. Pease, a native of Cleveland, O., tha composer of many fine song tunes and much operat ic and orchestral music Easily Accounted For. One morning when little Willie, 4 years old, went out on the walk, he found It covered with sleet About the first step he slipped and fell down, and went back Into the house crying. "Why, what Is tha matter, Willie?" asked mamma. "Ob, I stepped on the ice and the slick side was up." There are more than 400 ships leaving Rotterdam every year for the United States, or more than one every day. There are 13 regular steamship lines which do business between the two countries. Tho Holland-American line Is the great est. It has a passenger line to New York and freight steamers for Newport News. The passenger ships make the Journey from Rotterdam in eight or ten days, while the freight steamers take from nine to 20 days. This line is making money, and it has for several years paid dividends of 10 per cent and upward. Outside tho Holland-American line the i chief steamship companies which deal with (he United States are freighters, the most ARTICLES EVOLVED FROM HANDKERCHIEFS TOILET ACCESSORIES MADE USEFUL AND ORNAMENTAL WITHOUT MUCH NEEDLEWORK W CORSET COVERS THE NEWEST OFFERING WITH sales of white goods dangling their most attractive bait, the wise needlewoman bears in mind the numerous and dainty possibilities of handkerchiefs, j. ime was when the hand kerchief was classed merely as an acces sory of the toilet; now It forms the basis of' many attractive articles. 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Joined to this on either side by fine valenclennes Insertion are two more triangles, literally standing on their apexes, their bases running along the upper edge of the garment In tha cen ter of each of theso pieces in cut down a small semicircle, forming the arm's eye. For the front pieces cut the remaining tri angle In half, and with the apex of each turning upward. Join by Insertion to the side pieces. This gives five pieces, cut from four handkerchiefs, forming an ob long nine inches wide by 2S Inches long. Across each end" run insertion, which takes tha place of a hem down the front of the cover. For tho waist line, hem tho oblong neatly, and finish with a piece or beading through which wash ribbon Is run to fit the cover to tho figure. To finish the garment at tho top and to form the annhole, make a strap of in sertion and lace with beading between. of the vessels going to tho Southern states. There are tank steamers belonging to the German-American Petroleum Company and tho American Petroleum Company, which ply regularly between New- York, Baltimore. Philadelphia and Rotterdam, and there are tramp steamers which carry oil. The Neptune line has one or more steamers a week td Baltimore. The Cos mopolitan, and the Keystone lines make regular shipments to Philadelphia, and "the Johnson Blue Cross line and North Amer ican Transport line do a business between hero and Norfolk and Newport News. Then there 13. the Charleston Transport line, with irregular sailings; tha Texa3 Transport and the Terminal Transport, with steamers to New Orleans and Gal veston, and the Gulf Stream line which sails bi-weekly to the same ports. Bar nard & Co. have steamers from Savan nah to Rotterdam, and the Cuban line goes from Rotterdam or Antwerp to New Or leans every three weeks. There Is also a line from Holland to Boston, with steam ers every ten days and otaer lines to Philadelphia and New York. So you see that the Dutch-American trade Keeps the gulf stream sizzling the greater part of the year. . A Dutch American Skyscraper. 1 1 have letters from Chicago to tho Hol land representatives of Armour & Co. and Swift & Co.. and I asked my porter at my hotel where to And them. He took me to the corner and pointed to a big white building facing the river, at tho end of the Boompjes. "That," said he, "is the Vitte Huls. It Is the -only American building In Holland, -and is the headquar ters of the chief American firms." I crossed several bridges, and. strolling down to it, found It even so. The build ing Is on the American plan, although It was erected by a Belgian. It is made of bricks faced with white porcelain tiles. The Dutch call it a sky-scraper and talk of Its dangerous height, although it has only 10 stories. It Is, I am told, the only 10-story building in Europe; it Is a giant in Rotterdam, althought In New York it would be "but a baby. It is perfectly plumb, notwithstanding 900 trees were driven down Into the sand to make Its foundation. The average building of Rot terdam is from three to five stories, and many buildings lean this way and that so that parts of the city .are apparently drunk. The American house, has electric, ele vators worked by little Dutch boys dressed In white smocks. It was by them that I went from story to story call ing on some of our largest American agents. I find that the meatmen here are selling vast quantities of our meat and lard not only to Holland, but to all the countries along the Rhine, and that the American Cereal Company Is pushing Us goods into this part of Europe. It has its offices In the American building, and its advertisements are everywhere. In deed, tho Americans are far better adver tisers than the Europeans, and you see "Kwaker Oats," American typewriters, kodaks and California fruits everywhere. Like Our Sevtinir Machines. I find a great many American sewing machines used in Holland. They are scattered over tho continent, and are con allowing 11 Inches to go over the shoul der. Finish the arm's eye with beading and lace to match that at the top. Run wash' ribbon through the beading, and tha corset cover can then bo drawn In to fit perfectly over the bust For 12 cents a yard a dainty imitation valenclennes In insertion and edging can be bought Four yards of the former and three of the latter will be needed, which will cost all told, 84 cents. Add to this two hand kerchiefs at 25 cents, and the pretty bits of lingerie will cost fl St This could not be duplicated In a. shop under 12. Handkerchiefs at 19, or even 17 cents, and lace at S cents a yard, will also mako up effectively. If care be taken in the selection. During special sales even better bargains may bo secured. A stunning work-bag for a dashing brunette may bo made from an ordinary bandanna handkerchief. Select a subdued pattern, run a circu lar casing close to the edge of tho hand kerchief, and through this draw ribbons of red and yellow, matching the tints in HOT AND COLD. DAINTIES FOR EVENING WITH the approach of St Valentino's day and Lent, tha social ball is whirling at a right merry rate. Therefore, tho paramount question with the housewife who prepares, with the help ot one servant, her own collation dishes, is, "What can I servo that is at once toothsome and novel?" It she Is wlso she will not offer too many culinary novelties, but will lay her foundation with well established favorites, and here are some dependable dainties: Lobster Cutlets. Select medium size hen lobsters and boil them for half an hour In water to which has been added two green onions, a sprig of parsley, a slice of green pepper, a branch of thyme and salt When cold remove the meat from tho shells and cut fine. For two cupfuls' of lobster allow three tablespoonfuls of flour, one table spoonful ot butter, one cupful of cream, the yolks of two eggs, two tablespoon fuls of tomato sauce, one tablespoonful of chopped parsley, a dash of nutmeg, salt and cayenne pepper to taste. Cook the butter and flour together until they form a smooth paste. Then add the cold milk, and stir continuously until smooth and thick. Add the beaten yolks of the eggs, cook two minutes longer, then add the remaining ingredients, well mixed and finally tho lobster meat Blend thoroughly and stand on lea until per fectly cold. Form Into small cutlets, dip. in sifted bread crumbs, then in beaten egg and again bread crumbs. Fry in deep fat drain carefully on brown paper, and arrange on a platter with a bit of tho claw or a sprig of parsley thrust into tha end of each to simulate the bone. Serve plain or with sauce tar tare. . For tha sauce make half a pint of mayonnaise dressing and add to it one chopped gherkin, one tablespoonful of ca pers, which have been dried In a napkin, three olives chopped fine, and a few drops of onion Juice. Sweetbreads In Ramikln. To fill eight ramikms of ordinary size select four good-size sweetbreads and al low H, tablespoonful of butter, Vi wine glassful ot whlta wine, six mushrooms and cupful of white sauce made by di rections given below. Place the sweet breads in cold water and allow them to stand for two hours, changing tho water frequently. .Drain and put them in a saucepan, cover with fresh cold water and bring them slowly to a boll. Then draw to the side of the stove, cover tight ly and let them stand for 10 minutes with out boiling. Again drain and lay in fresh cold water. "When cold remove all fibers and portions of windpipe and stand aside under o, light weight for a sufficient length of time for them to become .firm. Cut the blanched sweetbreads Into very small pieces and put them in a saucepan with the butter, the wine and three table spoonfuls of mushroom liquor. To obtain this last peel the mushrooms and stew until until tender, with Just enough water to cover them. Place the sweetbreads over the fire and stew gently sidered fir superior to any made In Eu rope. One or two of our firms are push ing their foreign business more than any other, and especially the Singer Com pany, which has Its advertisements every where and branch houses In all the cities of England and tho continent. In fact, I found a store here on the Hoogstraat the Broadway of Rotterdam which had photographs of somo of tho sewing schools of Holland, in which tho little Dutch girls aro working away on Ameri can sewing machines. One of these pic tures Is of a school at Alkmaar, one Of the oldest towns of Holland. Not far from this shop are hardware stores, with a great variety of Ameri can goods. Including Philadelphia lawn, mowers and Michigan pitchforks, and In the music store. Just over the way, I saw windows filled with tho marches of Sousa printed 'with the American flag on tha cover. They aro made by a Rotterdam firm and sell. In sets at 40 cents a copy. The American shoe does not seem to be walking Into Holland as rapidly as could be desired. The climate is so wet that thicker soles than ours are needed. Nev ertheless, it is no worso than England, and our shoes will sell if properly pushed. There is one store in Rotterdam with a big sign above It advertising American footwear, and another store, which "was intended for selling American shoes, 13 vacant- The Dutch merchant opened hl3 place on contracts which he bad with Americans, leasing one of the best places and planning to mako our shoes a spe cialty. His goods, owing to the careless ness of the American exporters, failed to come on time, and the result was that he compromised his lease and gove up tha business. Are We Poor Business MenT Indeed, the Americans have a bad rep utation in Europe as exporters and trad ers. , We make the best goods, but wo don't know how to sell them. Such trado as we have Is because our goods are so good, and not because of our 'business ability in selling or care In filling orders. Take, for Instance, an order which a stationery dealer here sent to New York; and had filled at a loss. The man has a shop right next to tho Wltto Huls. and I dropped into It to buy a lead pencil. Ha offered me one made In New York, and: when I asked him If he handled other American goods, took me through rooms filled with unit book cases, desks and office furniture, and showed me cases of American inks, pencils and pens. As I looked at" them he said: "I can sell American goods, but I don't care especially to do so. for your people do not watch my Interests nor try to sava money for me. Only last month I had a customer who wanted a certain brand of American pen. I wrote a New York ex porter to send me three boxes by mall, and supposed that the charges would ba about 20 cents. The exporter sent tha pens by express, so that they cost me. In commissions and freights, S 20, and. the result was that I lost on the transac tion. This Is a little thing, but It is only one of many In which the carelessness of you Americans causes us to lose money. FRANK G. CARPENTER. (Copyright. 1902.) the handkerchief. Tho four corners form points which hang over and finish tho little bag. If a stiff bottom Is desired for tho bag, sew insida the center of the handkerchief a small circle of paste board covered with turkey-red calico, measuring three or four Inches in diam eter. The stylish English handkerchiefs In colors which now coma for men mako beautiful handkerchief cases. They cost from SO cents to $1, and can be secured In almost any combination of tints. Take one In violet and white, for In stance, with the color In pin stripes. Lino it with white or violet lawn, and then fold the four corners together, forming a smaller square. Join three of theso with loose cat-stitching in violet, lay In side the case a small sachet made from white or violet lawn, trimmed with lace and scented with violet powder, and a really dainty receptacle is obtained. Cara must be taken in selecting tho handker chief, because unless it la absolutely square it will not givo tha desired result that of a square envelope. for 10 minutes. At the end of that timo draw the saucepan to one side and stir in tho minced mushrooms, tha white sauce and season to taste, with salt paper and a dash of nutmeg. When well heated and perfectly smooth, add two tablespoonfuls of cream and table spoonful ot butter. Four the mixture Into tha ramlklns, sprinkle with sifted bread crumbs and dot her and there with bits of butter. Place the ramlklns in a drip ping pan, pour around them water to half their depth, and leave In a. quick oven until slightly brown. Garnish with parsley. To make the white sauce put Va tablespoonful ot butter In a saucepan, al low It to melt then add one tablespoon ful of flour and stir until smooth, but do not allow It to brown. Add one cupful of good chicken stock, a sprig of pars ley, a stalk of celery and a tiny bit of leek. Let all boll slowly for 20 minutes. Skim oft any grease that may rise to tha top and rub through a fine sieve. Baked Unm, Virginia Style. Soak the ham over night, in the morn ing wash it In several waters, place In a boiler, and cover with cold water. Heat slowly and when the water reaches tha boiling point push to tho side of the stove, where It will simmer slowly until absolutely tender. Remove from tho boiler, take off the skin and with a sharp knife neatly trim off any black portions. Place In a roasting pan with one quart of cider and bake for one-half hour, basting freely every five or tea minutes. Remove from the oven, brush ! over tha surface with beaten egg and cover quickly with bread crumbs mixed with brown sugar. Return to the oven, baste a little until a crust is formed, then cease basting and cook until it takes a rich brown.. Serve cold, garnish with parsley and cut iu wafer-like slices. Chicken Pasty. Select a plump young fowl and steam it until tender. When cold remove the skin and bones and cut the meat Into neat pieces.- Cover the bones and skin with water, season with salt and papper and stew slowly two or three hours. Re move from the'fire and strain. Line a deep pudding dish with rich pie crust Arrange the chicken neatly and fill tha dish two-thirds with the drained chicken stock. Season to taste, add a few bits'" of butter and cover with the pasta rolled very thin. Cut gashes In the center, put an extra roll of paste around the edge end bake in a moderate oven to a crisp brown. Serve cold, when tha gravy will bavo become a rich and delicious Jelly. Mareschlno Mousse. For one quart of crtam allow two ta blespoonfuls of granulated gelatine, tha strained Julco of 1M lemons, four winc glassfuls of mareschlno and sugar to taste. Soak the gelatine In a cup of boiling water, strain and allow it to be-. coma cold. Whip the cream to a stiff troth, add the gelatine water and tha lemon Juice little by little, beating all tha time, and finally add the mareschlno. Sweeten and stand the vessel in another containing ice and salt stir until the mixture thickens, then fill a mold and Sack It In lea and salt for five hours, urn out on a. fancy dish and serve at once. . i S . -