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

nad TO tfantlcally SKIP about get
i ting what words | could. Just as
our pictures used to do at home,
they stop between each reel and
switch OH the lights for few min
utes.
If any girl ever wants to get a
trousseau, Brussels is the place for
her to go and do her shopping. II
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-
lery corner, / can't understand. Ii
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
! is the predominating influence but
the Flemish blood gives them foun-
dation and fineness that you don't
sec in Frenchman's 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,
fla, 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 a 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
do in other European countries but
are very polite, decent and kind.
| had a mistaken idea about Bel
gium and think you have. thought
before came that / would find a
country broken in spirit, broken in
industry, with no money, destitute
devastated and starving. That may
be true around Ypres and a small
portion of Belgium, but nothing coule
be more foreign to Brussels and thai
part. The people are an industrious
fast moving, hard working, well dress
led lot. Not one beggar-not one
mot one wounded soldier-not one
Ibid | see on the streets.
Stripped Finest Building.
j 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 every
pound of metal and every inch 0.
leather without any care as to The
Importance and traditional value oi
lsuch.
There are an appalling number oi
good looking young widows flutterint
Iabout. But aside from these two
external side lights a passer by coulc
hardly tell there ever had been /
war.
i Most Of the people speak Flemisl
land French. All the street signs
movie slides and advertisements ar.
written in both languages, one besid.
ithe other. A great number can speal
English.
| The Palace of Justice, some pub
Ilic buildings and the Kings Palac,
are of special interest to sight seers
The Palace of Justice actually cover
| more territory than any building ii
the world, even surprising ST. Peters
land is indeed beautiful with its mas
| lsiveness, However, the wide ex
lpanse of st. Peters area is unbrokei
/ by SO many rooms and columns.
| The Kings Palace is superior Il
lany Kings Palace have seen eithe
| in England, Spain, Italy or Holland
1t is beautiful structure and look
more like place that might be pleas
ant to live in than cold, bleak mas
of stones surrounded by an army an,
a picket fence.
The traditional Belgium dog cart
are reality and we saw great mum
| Der of them, the dogs usually pulling
thC ipoh WIFI q man III lIOHL uUltls
the guiding.
Saved So. on Passport.
Our main purpose in going to Brus
sells was to get German passpor
| for about $4. instead of $40 as i
charged in other places. I cam
imagine why the difference exists
but it does.
! Friday morning Mock and | got ;
| Dutch passport and said goodbye t,
Belgium. 1t is a fine little heroi
country which respect and like.
My first experience with HoIlan,
was in trying to get through tn,
frontier on my Holland passport
tThey asked US enough questions an,
4 got enough of our history to guaran
tee a perfect life residence instea,
of two days stay. They are
Islow and stubborn lot
AS to what we did during the tw,
and half days in Holland, our tim
was taken up mostly in accepting tn
hospitality of the Ike Kalmons VIII,
you know are living in Rotterdam
nok had supper there Friday night
Mock and / had lunch and suppe
with than, IL, 4has,. ana ~ ~ a,+ ~,