Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-10-30

these officers are handsome fellows of good
family, keeping from their Flemish blood
only kind of balance and soIidity. They
have fine horses, which they ride wonder
fIlly well. 1t is a treat to see them pass
Thei" service cannot he exacting. for you
meet them everywhere. at every hour.
Fair Women of brussels.
You make the turn Of the bois and stop
at the dairy to take a glass of sherry. 1t
Is little rustic cealeI with a pleasant
view. There are Few petites femmes here,
who have come to find the cheris de leur
occur. These Belgian women seem, after
the Viennese, the most completely beautiful
in Europe. But, according to a Frenchman
who enlightens me, they lack the unique
chic of the dear little Parisiennes.
He says: Belgian women are very
pretty in general, and superior to our Par
fsiennes from the point of view of strict
beauty. At every moment. on the streets,
you run across women whose type is al
ways about the same, and might end by
becoming monotonous: but ii is of remark
able beauty. In regard to complexion ana
form-to what might be called the great
outlines-they deserve every vote.
But it is in the art Of serving up beauty
that our ParisfenneS are without rivals.
Here in Brussels the hair is too loud. The
lingerie is too complicated and noisy. There
is an excess in elegance, adornments and
perfumes. The hands and feet are little
too massive. Shoulders are superb but the
figure is a little heavy. Eyes are beautiful.
and the skin is rosy and fresh, but there
should be a little more expression in the
faces
At Ii 80 our young Belgian and his visit
ors mount their horses and start back for
Brussels. From II to ) is the lunch usually
at home, then rest, and then a turn on
business or for calls. From to ; they are
again in the bots either on horseback or IN
carriages In the DpODle unite
where the music plays. This is the time for
fiirtations among people of the grand
monde.
At Marchars.
From 5 to Marchars Patisserie is in
vogue among young men. 1t is a curious
cakeshop. First. there is the shop proper.
with two great counters. On one are cakes;
on the other is a prodigious number OF glass
jars full of bonbons. In the rear there is a
little room opening from one side OF the
shop and on the other side sort Of winter
garden paved with colored tiles. 1t is ex-
tremely smart and bright and gay. 1t is
here. toward o'clock, that the gilded
youth and the youthful DANES whom they
gid, make their appearance. They eat and
chatter and fiirt. 1t is an elegant amuse-
ment, more Partisan than Paris.
After $50 our rich young Belgian may
take a little glass at the Bodega and then
lock in at his club. The .'Bodega" is nomi-
nally a Spanish wine shop, run by a big
English company, and il has become a fea-
ture of every European capital by reason
of the splendor of the fitting up and the
strong character of the drink. Clubs are
numerous in Brussels, beginning with the
Cercle Noble, which is the most chic and
exclusive, the club of the court.
At O'clock dinner is eaten by the ele-
giants. Among the ordinary people meals
are oftenest taken in the German fashion
a heavy dinner toward 1 or = O'Clock and
the supper. relatively light, toward s. Ii is
only in the great world that they have
adopted French habits and hours.
In the Wiertz Gallery, where the govern
ment has placed the works of that unbal-
anced genius. horrors may be seen which
battle bad dreams in their dreadful fancy
Gothic architectures, civil and religious,
may be studied in the churches and the Old
Town Hall. The picture gallery may be
haunted, the narrow streets may be ex-
piored in the Old Town. But then the capl-
tai Of Belgium becomes like any other Eu-
ropean city. fiat, fiavorless and stupid after
a few days. STERLING HELLO