Holland (Classic Reprint) - Tapa blanda

Excerpt from Holland

All the girls wear short sleeves. Redness of the arms is considered beautiful. The damsels pinch their skins to produce the rosy tint, and wear their sleeves so tight that circulation of the blood is hindered.

They indulge in much jewellery. From either side of their pretty caps juts out a corkscrew-like gold ornament, on which they hang delightful pendants, sometimes tipped with good-sized pearls. Then, of course, they have their coral necklace - a jet one for mourning, and, an ornament peculiar to Axel, triangular pieces of embroidery worn in front of the dresses. Some of these, sewn with real pearls or with white and red coral, are beautiful; others, more showy although not so highly prized, are embroidered with shells and small artificial flowers.

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Holland was written by Beatrix Jungman in 1904. This is a 524 page book, containing 58660 words and 33 pictures. Search Inside is enabled for this title.
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