The state herald., 1915-09-24

little individuality TO start with. the adventures
and patohings OF time have enducd Il with
picturosQuoncss OF it's own. The builders gave
u practically no decoration. but such solid works
receive all they need from the hand OF time.
which adds detail with uncrring taste. The
palmer an cdinco may have been to start with
the better time adorns H. provided Il has been
ouit with sound materials. good workmanship
and In good proportions Most Of Englands noblcst
castles must have looked eaunt and even ito
contemporary cyesl ugly To tho Saxon citizens
ot London tho White tdoubtess whitowashed)
tower can hardly have conveyed csthetic pleas.
uro hut time has even decorated Norman cas-
Ties. 80 tina, not the baldcs, modern skyscraper
noed despair Of future admiration u Il can hold
ITSELF end m long enough .
Amers'oou tower is anything rather than plain
ON the contrary, Il is In the Gothic style tending
towards nameoyant, while It's general design il
81 the vpc OF tho tower at Utrecht witch indeed
being only fourteen miles away doubtless sus.
sesied Il. That Was built during the middle half
81 the fourteenth century: Amorsfoort nj the
very end OF the fifteenth Roth have the open
ccisronal top story already described Utrecht is
NS> feet hgh, Amorstoort si2 feet The latter is
considered to he the hncst Gothic tower IN Hol.
land ! suppose " 10 have been surmountcd or
Intended TO he surmountcd hy = plain spirc hu,
the present hulecus top and opcn.wcrs crown
were nnt On IN 1888 Where did Holland rct II.
taste Tor these bulbs. She did NOT have n n,o
norolN Of them, ior they are numerous enough IN
Germany and even In Switzerland An oriental
oftsinal probably suggested them The Amer,
i"oH church vas built IN the fourteenth century
Hnd the tower mAS we'll have been projected fr,,n
The nfrt An explosion damaged the building but
tho damNso SAs made rood and the tower for.
tunatels escaped
Fe~ tourists stop ~ Amersfoart hut rient, n,
mem cAn so the tower IRON tho train on their
va eastward from Amsterdam Tho summit az
i looks nofihwani FAR away over tho zuvarf Pee
and IN every olher direction over . coun,r, as
nst - water There some fun IN building
h'sh towers IN Holland, they couid Ne seen from
- far t~A' Amcrfcor7 cAu hail Utrecht on an,
clear dsy, and both 81 ihem Rhcnon Il imagine,
vhioh Rembrandt sEcichcA
Anvone vso M landed At FLUSHING and n-c
eeedcd thence snyvhithef hy train has e..t
otrried io' the hrst frw miles over the an
nhiH'ow resiou o. The island of wAlehe-on he
hhs passed Niddelhurf and presently n he inos,a
away on 70 The lon. he viil have socn. Al . si,
lance 81 t-o or three mres. Tho intio town of
N"ore Roth arc Old towus and hishir nie,ur
"seue So lndccd nurrr reco-ded them 40 \.
~hnn he visited thcm m the cold pe-sr,h.r ~
lhso Niddelhurf he sHid IL q roos tom !.
hnt nlaoo ior steiohlnr h hhs q beautiful ,,x,,
hAl vlth hne tower. Thcrr ls mu,A art .bo~r
m All ihuet here Al be- has 10 sry Ahori Vosr,
= thAi u % mo litiio togu vhere ut shfp,
from At lands The object 81 Ruror's urss..
iunafe viuiei ,outnoy 70 Tho Island, of y,s,,,.s
vht nct however 70 sec tovsrs ana to~r hsn,
hui 70 Hatisff hh inssuhble curiosity sh,r,
nstuTni history he wanted 10 make a sr,vtn,
~ whale that had heon stranded IN ~
rAfFt Sach curiofits m the case Of mon IA,
nufNf ard leonardo 10 Tho hrtt fBhtrsft.r -.
rosross ~ NE arnrch~h n the are 81 sreBr,
The "hh's ned bsen washed ava, before nnrsf,