Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-01-18

ouI pictures uSSu W 10 dt HUNT,
they stop between each reel and
switch on the lights for few min
utes.
Ii any girl ever wants to get a
trousseau, Brussels is the place for
her to go and do her shopping. 1t
is all right for them to lead the world
in linen and lace, but why they should
turn every bit of it into women's
underwear and put up shop on ev-
cry, corner, ! can't understand. It
reminded me Of cigar stores at home.
Superior to French.
Now about the Belgian people.
like them fine. They are mixture
of French and Flemish. The former
lis the predominating influence but
the Flemish blood gives them a foun-
dation and finencss that you don't
sec in Frenchman' face. / think
they are really superior to the French
as race. The men are better look
ing, finer, a more wholesome type
Of manhood. And the women? Oh,
10, la. They have undoubtedly bet
ter looking and better dressed women
in Brussels than any place | have
seen outside of the United States.
They are natural, too, and dressed in
splendid taste and haven't the paint
! ed, artificial look of most of the
French women.
The whole population is on much
higher level of civilization than the
people from the lower European
countries. They do not beg from the
English and American tourists as they
in other European countries but are
VERY polite, decent and kind
/ had mistaken idea about Bel
GUM and think you have. though
before came that | would find {
country broken in spirit, broken ir
Industry, with no money, destitute
devastated and starving. That may
be true around Ypres and small
lportion of Belgium, but nothing coult
he more foreign to Brussels and thai
part. The people are an industrious
fast moving, hard working, we'll dress
ed lot. Not one beggar-not one
mot one wounded soldier-.not one
did | see on the streets.
Stripped Finest Building.
1t is true though that the Germans
did not shell that part of Belgium
they occupied it. You could hardl,
tell it. The most beautiful building
in the city was stripped of ever!
pound of metal and every inch o.
leather without any care as to thu
Importance and traditional value o.
lsuch.
There are an appalling number o.
good looking young widows flutterint
about. But aside from these two
external side light passer by coulc
hardly tell there ever had been /
war.
| Most of the people speak FlemisE
and French. All the street signs
movie slides and advertisements arr
written both languages, one beside
the other. A great number can speal
English.
The Palace Of Justice, some pub
lie buildings and the Kings Palac,
are of special interest to sight seers
The Palace of Justice actually coverl
more territory than any building ii
the world, even surprising st. Peters
and is indeed beautiful with its mas
siveness. However, the wide ex
panse of st. Peters area is unbroker
by so many rooms and columns.
The Kings Palace is superior tt
any Kings Palace have seen either
in England, Spain, Italy or Holland
1t is a beautiful structure and looks
more like place that might be pleas
ant to live in than cold, bleak mas
Of stones surrounded by an army ant
a picket fence.
| The traditional Belgium dog carts
are reality and we saw a great mum
Der of them, the dogs usually pulling
the load with a man in front doing
the guiding.
Saved $6 on Passport.
! Our main purpose in going to Brus
sells was to get German passport
for about $4 instead Of $40 as j.
charged in other places. | cant
imagine why the difference exists
but it does.
| Friday morning Mock and ] got {
Dutch passport and said goodbye t
! Belgium. 1t is fine little heroic
| country which ! respect and like.
| My first experience with HOLLAND
was in trying to get through tn,
! frontier on my Holland passport
They asked us enough questions ant
got enough of our history to guaran
tee perfect life residence instead
of two days stay. They are ;
slow and stubborn lot.
AS to what we did during the tw,
and half days in Holland, our tim,
was taken up mostly in accepting thu
hospitality of the Ike Kalmons wht
you know are living in Rotterdam
nok. had supper there Friday night
Mock and had lunch and suppe
with them in their apartment AM
tea at their club. They simply coul
not do enough for us. We had ;
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