The Arvada enterprise., 1910-12-02

boats in dry-dock. | was for
tunate ingseeing in dry-dock. a
large steamer, large sail @
vessel and "a harbor drrdgc.
These were all undergone re-
rails, From the bottom side Of
one, men were scraping the
thousands of accumulated barn
acles. On another they we're
putting on an entire new front
OF steel plates, SO | was able to
see the interior of the bow. |
was glad too. to see lust how
tie huge propellers are placed
Anything referring to ships and
to water has a perfect fascina-
nation to me.
It. is only % miles from Ant
Werp to Brussels. On the way
| passed through the small an
very ancicnt town VilvcrGe.
where a melancholy in
terest attaches itself as the scene
in 1886 of the martyrdcm at the
st,.ke of Will am Tyndale. the
jealous English reformer AID
translator of the Bible.
In the following lines, writtcl
long ago by a monk certain Ct a.
act r!stics of the people OF Be
gian towns are claimed to st
exist BRUSSELS rejoices in nol !,
men, Antwerp in money, Chez
in halters, I. Rruges in rrCtt
girls and Mechlin in fools. /
seeAhow some of these may b,
true but | think that Brussels,
the seat of government should
feel G eatly disgraced by the tor
tuous conduct Of the late King
Lcol old in Congo. Halters are
mention cd in connection with
Clel t on account of the flc-
queIt humiliations to which is
citizens were subjected by the
sovcreigns. The people of N CHI
lliiH4 earEed t. cir reputation from
the sto.y that they once mis-J
took the moon, shining throu- J
the cathedral tower, for a conf1-
grafton ard endeavorcd to ex-
tinguish it by means of the fire
engines.
Brussels, the chief city of Bel
GUM, with its nine s-lf govern
ing suburbs, has a population Of
69L, GOO. Here the two national
tiles Of the kingdom meet and III
ternlingle as in no other to%a.
French, however, is more of'cu
heard than Flemish especially
among the upper classes. 1t is
altogether a handsome city. The
ancient and.the modern in archi-
lecture and life are well blended
The quaint and fantastic style of
the old guildhouscs stands in
striking contrast to the grand
and imposing architecture of the
modern Palace of Justice The
ct, is built on a series ofhCigfts
and so there is not the nonoto-
nous fiatness of Berlin. The
his, too, afford good orportu-
nifty for architectural and park
ing displays. Th2re arr splen-
cid tree-lined avenues and boule-
wards, miles loHg and extraordi-
narily wide. TIE city is embel-
lished here and there by attract
i've buildings and imposing mon
uments. A striking equestrian
statue of Godfr,y dc Boni!lon,
the hero of the FnSt Crusade,
rises on the spot where in 1887,
Godfrey is said to have eXhortcd
the Flemings to participate in
the Crusade.
Nearby is the magnificent Pal
ace of Justice, the largest archi-
tectural work Of the nineteenth
century, AMI in may Ways the
most remarkable structure in
the world. The edifcc was built
in twenty-three years at a cost
Of SO, 600, 900 has an area of 270,
coo square feet. The walls of
the interior are quite unadorned,.
their simple whiteneSs being a
dec dcd contrast to the highly |
colored, often gaudIIy decorated
walls of other buildings. have
read that the reason why the
walls are not covered with cu-
pids and nymphs is, that they
waited until ali the old masters
Were dead b. ore they began the
building. | was Interested to
visit the coui1roomS AID hear the
Droc 1dure. The Iawl ers ard
j ldges alike al, all dressed in
rich black silk and ye,vet robes.
Truss Is, esp, cia.Iy this sea-
son, is inn lortalt as an art cen
ter, since in COM co with the
'Xl osition is the at aIlery con-
tanning pictuCs, ancient AID
modern, particularly South Meth
erlandish.