DUTCH HOUSEWIVES.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVIII, Issue 1, 2 January 1937, Page 13

DUTCH HOUSEWIVES.

THE NEW FLAT LIFE. Women of The Hague are amongst the la.st in Europe to cling to their large houses set in well-kept gardens. Hohsekeeping is the Dutchwoman's pride, and hitherto she has considered it well-nigh impossible to do the job thoroughly in a flat, however convenient it may be. Some time ago, however, a huge sky-scrapper building sprang up in Amsterdam. It is made largely of glass, and houses many families who have given up their spacious homes for one reason or other—chiefly on account of servant difficulties and the value of land. In The Hague, too, there is a luxury skyscraper block of flats, called the Blue House, by reason of the bluepainted window boxes and outside woodwork. Each flat has a small roof garden communicating by a glass door with the rooms inside. Every possible work saving device has been installed, and life has been so simplified for women that they agree with others in England, Germany, Scandinavia and America lhat there is much to be said for easy existence in a well-equipped flat. But Princess Juliana, at least, is. not likely to become a flat dweller.