Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-08-20

A FLEMISH PEASANT.
Of Norwegian or Danish dialect. but has
many Of the umlauted sounds of German also.
They have a very large vocabulary and can
converse upon any subject. Having spoken il
from childhood they naturally could not have
derived IL from another language 1t is written
phonetically and the ladies write il as readily
a. English. They are very closely connected
also In their mental and physical sensations.
but was not able to learn whether this close
anhliation continued when they were separated
BY long distances.
THE PEOPLE OF BELGIUM
speak the Flemish language, which is a mixture
OF French. German and Dutch. The feeble
enorss OF the American. who practices his little
French on these people, are usually rewarded
with success, as they can understand almost
any sounds. no matter how wild the pronuncia-
tion may be. This is one advantage which
conglomeration Of languages gives them. Our
stevardess on the steamer was from Belgium.
% formed part Of my sentences in speaking to
her Of French and part Of German mixing the
two I'D hbitum. and she always understood
PIcrrREsQUK ANTWERP.
Antwerp 10 a city Of quaint streets. curious
houses and picturesque inhabitants. The spirit
Of progress. which occupies itself in pulling
down old landmarks and erecting gorgeous new
buildings, has not reached here. although the
city IL spreading. are all continental tovna
crate yearly from Europe TO America or Austria
liz, their loss does not apparently affect the
business Of the European cities. Fine buildings
and hrge blocks Of new houses are being erected
and IN many places the government has caused
old and ruinous but picturesque buildings 10
be torn down. This improves the health and
bsanty OF the neighborhood. but strikes dismay
TO the heart of the antiquarian. Antwerp has
largely escaped these infections up to this time
and 10 . very interesting city.
RuBESs IN ANTWERP
The spirit Of Peter Paul Rubens still haunts
this ancient city. The traveller passes frs, on
the Place du Meir the Lansdowne house built
by Rubens parents. In this house the painter
passed part Of his life. and here he died In 1910
A little further on, in the Phase verte. a large
square in the midst of the city AMI at the side
of the great cathedral, there Is a statue Of Ru-
bens in bronze, erected at the time Of his death
showing the great honor in which he was held
by the people Of Antwerp. As one enters the
cathedral there are evidences Of the tremen-
dous industry of the artist He delighted in
large paintings The masterpieces, The EIeva-
ton Of the Gross" and The Descent From the
Gross, sre immense and very striking pictures.
while snosher very large painting. The As
Speaking Of the cathedral reminds me that
wish TO be recorded as absolutely hostile 10
guides. IL rs the wrong name for person who
ts always In the way, gives you information
tn1t y ou mo" Already ana repuiser Win indlg-
nation the modest fee which you humb1y
present at the door and demands his own price
for doing nothing. Be your own guide and you
VIII see three times - much and have q great
deal more fun But TO return to Rubens One
cannot get away from his influences. The
museum 10 waited and we find picture after
picture marked Ruben or we see from the
style Of the painting that IL was made by a
pupil Of his school In fact the Antwerp
Museum 10 justly famed for iss collection Of
Rubens' painting and those Of other artists of
The Flemish school We pas on to the Musee
9lAntin, the former rssidenee Of The famous