Clinton News-Record, 1984-05-09, Page 55Pogo JO
Dutch show a clear trace of nordic ancestry
Generalizations are not safe, but still
the Netherlanders show a clear trace of
nordic ancestry, although mixtures
with other physical types have modified
the clearcut signs.
In general, however, people show
both nordic and alpine characteristics.
Nordic types can be found along the
--North Sea -coast in the provinces of
North and South Holland. The alpine
characteristics are most clearly seen in
the three southern provinces.
Frank Huggett, an English author
and longtime student of the
Netherlands, has described some
general traits and characteristics of the
Dutch. In his book The Dutch Today,
written for the Dutch government,
Huggett described the Dutch people
as,"....polite, but not effusive; not
assertive, but insistent on their rights.
They neither push nor hustle, but
neither do they form queues with quite
as much enthusiasm as the
English....They are aware of others,
but often involved with themselves.
.They rarely shout, but neither do they
whisper much."
Huggett also wrote, "Even more than
in England, the Dutchman's home is his
castle. He spends more on flowers and
plants for his home than he does on
public entertainment. He spends
almost as much on books and
magazines to read at home and
newspapers....The Dutch are still
domestic, home -loving individuals. The
family is the fulcrum - the support and
the defence - of their lives....
"The Dutch have always been noted
for the cleanliness of their homes and
towns....Even in the seventeenth
century, the wooden bucket and the
round -headed mop were always near at
hand....
"Housewives have a passion for
cleaning, dusting, sweeping, scrubbing
and mopping, which the furnishing of
their homes seems deliberately
designed to encourage. There are tile
and parquet floors to be cleaned and
polished; rugs on the tables and sofas to
be beaten and banged; potted plants to
be tended; and sometimes hundreds of
souvenirs and knick-knacks to be
dusted.
"What gives the country its
atmoshpere," Huggett wrote, "is the
concentration of fine detail. Space has
always been a precious commodity
here."
Fine detail shows in the gabled
architecture and in the homes, in the
specially designed flowerbeds and in
the classic still-life paintings of the
Dutch masters.
Huggett wrote, "The Dutch have
always had an interest in the small
detail, in substance rather than in
show. Although there are still, and
always have been, visionaries among
the Dutch, this passion for detail has
persisted to the present day: itis firmly --
embedded in the Dutch character. They
like things to be well ordered and well
arranged; to have everything- and.
everyone - in its proper place."
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