The National tribune., 1910-01-13

terest in the way of pictures, tapestries.
grand staircases, etc. The spacious.
really magnificent Council Hall. said to
bear striking resemblance to the Pal-
ace of the Doges in Venice in its gor-
geous gliding its splendid ceiling paint
ing, representing the gods in Olympus,
| its richly tapestried walls, etc, was
where poor Egmont and Horn received
the death sentence. You cannot get
away from these unfortunates If you
would; their spectral shapes seem 10 De
| trotting along by your side. Near the
Hotel de Vile stands the Halle au Pam,
which was rebuilt in the last century,
but was originally built in the 10Th,
and it was in this editice that the TWO
condemned Counts passed the nlght
before their execution and were con-
veyed directly from the balcony OF the
| building to the fatal block by means
of scaffolding to prevent any posslblilty
of their being rescued by an lnIuriateu,
protesting populace. SO, you see, TINS
| tragic story is forced upon you at every
step. almost Down here in this lower
town. are n great many other old, In
| teresting buildings as we'll as modern
ones. but l think 1 have consumed
quite enough time already in TINS SORT
of description.
II was a beautiful, warm morning
that Elizabeth and / selected for our
first visit to this part of Brussels anu
we wandered down the crooked steep
narrow little street leading TO IL iroHi
the Place Royal, looking in all the WIN
dous os we went along / am particu-
Iarlv fond of this extremely innocent
lannsement and so is she. we con-
| s,me hours in this way. In neaIiy
every other shop in Brussels Is sou tle
| lovely lace for which this city Is ram
GUS and there were so many chaFiiliis
! |specimcns of this displayed IN tHese
aforesaid windows that we MADE SLOW
nropress. We were going to the lower
| town" particularly to find certain DE,
nartment store, highly recommended
TO Elizabeth by a friend who had spent
many months in Brussels, Where CHI
dren's TOYS are abSurdly cheap, anu II
is needless to say that visions OF tne
little BIS future delight when certaih
TOYS should be placed in her baby hands
was the motive power, pure and SIM
ple. of this expedition. 1t was difhcult
TO drag Elizabeth away from the be-
wiIder;ng array of French dolls that
closed their blue and black eyes when
laid in a recumbent position, murmur-
ing Good night, mamma, in fasclhat-
ing tones. from cradles and bedS, car
riages, trunks filled with complete dolls
outfits. and in short, from all those
things the possession of which is sup
posed to fill the hearts of little girls to
oyerffowing but i finally succeeded
after both of Us had made several pur-
chases. When we came out on the
street again it was nearly noon ana
Elizabeth proposed that we should take
our luncheon at one OF the OUTSIDE Ia
bles of a nearby restaurant. All along
the sidewalk. taking up a good deal of
its room, were tables belonging to diff
ferent restaurants, already well filled
with people, and we seated ourselves at
the one nearest us. 1t proved to be an
uneXciting experience, but we had an
excellent luncheon - = very moderate
price, and watched the foreign faces
| around us with considerable interest
The class of people lunching in this
way seemed to be of the best, all l
should say about like ourselves, women
out shopping and business men drop
ping down at the handiest place for n
bite But at night, when the streets
are lighted, these places present quite
a different scene. Not quite the same
class dine at these outside tables then.
/ fancy there is much more local color
and excitement, and Little Paris"
bears a more marked resemblance to
her great model wneh -,.o-. bohemian
life is let loose and her brilliant ',tr,.ats
filled with gay revelers. Under the
garish light of day quiet, dignified men
and women sit at these tables, taking
their luncheon in eminent respectable
ty, while at night their places are filed
by young, vivacious men and women,
laughing, joking, love-making, getting
out of life what they most want in a
way that only the French seem to be
able to do. For Brussels is as French
as Paris itself. You hear nothing but
French spoken, altho, Of course, the
Flemish people have a language of their
own. The lightness, brightness, gay
rfxF of t,a
city are very French, as has been be-
fore remarked, and the pesple, the
feminine portion, l mean, seem to be
exact counterparts of those bewildering
creatures one sees driving and walking
on the streets of gay Paree." While it
was quite warm when we were in
Christiania, Copenhagen Git warmed up
during the time we were there) and
Amsterdam, it wasn't by any means
the weather we have found here, and