Juvenile Instructor . and. It is a most pictur-esque city with its crooked streets,lined with magnificent trees, quaintand massive old buildings, its mu-seums and art galleries. Its beautifulcathedral, with its famous pictures,was begun the middle of the four-teenth century and finished about onehundred and fifity years later. Justthink of one hundred and fifty yearsfrom start to finish of any building!The carving on the magnificent spire that rises to a height of four hundredand two feet is as delicate and exquis-its as mechlin lace. It has a chime ofninety-nine bells, one of them so largeit
Juvenile Instructor . and. It is a most pictur-esque city with its crooked streets,lined with magnificent trees, quaintand massive old buildings, its mu-seums and art galleries. Its beautifulcathedral, with its famous pictures,was begun the middle of the four-teenth century and finished about onehundred and fifity years later. Justthink of one hundred and fifty yearsfrom start to finish of any building!The carving on the magnificent spire that rises to a height of four hundredand two feet is as delicate and exquis-its as mechlin lace. It has a chime ofninety-nine bells, one of them so largeit takes several men to ring it. Early every morning I am awak-ened by the ringing of bells and theclatter of vendors of vegetables, fruit,wood, and other things. Their cartsare drawn by huge dogs, one, two,three, four or five, according to thesize of the cart. Here is the milk girlwith her gay green little cart andshining brass cans set in straw. Nomilk men in Belgium. Their placeis taken by these quaint little girls in. BELGIUM S DOLL For You to Color. 398 THE JUVENILE INSTRUCTOR July 1919 short blue skirts, bright waists, andwooden shoes. These shoes are largeand every step is accompanied by aclick! clack! as the dogs are guidedover the daily route. The dogs are ta-ken good care of, as the laws of thecountry forbid cruelty to forget they are just dogs andtake every opportunity of chasingchickens, rabbits, and other dogs to thegreat delight of the groups of boys wear small caps, brightjackets, wide baggy trousers, blackstockings, wooden shoes, or shoeswith buckles. Tell us about your holidays,asked Victoria, the English doll. All right, replied Leonie, onSunday all go to church in the morn-ing, but in the afternoon we go onpleasure to the woods or on the river. Children, did you know Belgiumwas the land of gingerbread ? Every-where gingerbread in every shape ison sale. For the children it is shapedlike every animal that ever came outof Noahs ark and the c
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