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Pointed Caps Say
These Girls Live
in Volendam
Several old towns in rural Hol
land still retain their distinctive cos
tumes. Those who know traditional
Dutch dress often can tell at a
glance not only where a woman
lives, hut whether she is Protestant
or Catholic, married or single.
Like near-by Marken Island,
Volendam looks to fishing and tour
ists for its livelihood. Its men still
wear the baggy black breeches so
often pictured in American school
geographies of the past.
Returning home from mass, these
little girls wear Sunday dress, topped
by winged white-lace caps.
Dark cap, striped blouse, and
narrow tasselcd scarf hint that this
Volendam maid sat for her portrait
on a weekday (page 412). Red-
coral choker, however, suggests
Sunday best.
Tradition Demands
Ringlets in Marken
No automobiles disturb the age-
old peace of Marken Island, in
IJsel Meer off Volendam. While
his wife knits, a retired fisherman
reads his family Bible, an heirloom.
The ladder leads to a storage loft;
curtains mask sleeping alcoves (page
382).
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