Women of all nations; a record of their characteristics, habits, manners, customs and influence . Pliotograpk by Clrvt Holland- A BELGIAN WORKING WOMAN ANDHER DOG-CART. manufacturer, or shopkeeper, who is pros-sperous enough to live away from his officeor business premises, there is probably lessdifference to be noticed as far as dailyroutine of life is concerned than there is inthat of any other European country. Onechief reason for this is the fact that aufond the Belgians are a simple people, whohave learnt the lesson of thrift in a hardschool, and who now practise it as a matterof course.
Women of all nations; a record of their characteristics, habits, manners, customs and influence . Pliotograpk by Clrvt Holland- A BELGIAN WORKING WOMAN ANDHER DOG-CART. manufacturer, or shopkeeper, who is pros-sperous enough to live away from his officeor business premises, there is probably lessdifference to be noticed as far as dailyroutine of life is concerned than there is inthat of any other European country. Onechief reason for this is the fact that aufond the Belgians are a simple people, whohave learnt the lesson of thrift in a hardschool, and who now practise it as a matterof course. There is certainly in Brussels 73§ WOMEN OF ALL NATIONS itself—though it is called Paris in little—a notable absence of the lavish displayone finds in the French capital. It isalways difficult to estimate a mans incomeat all accurately from the appearance ofhis women-folk, from himself, or from thefurnishing of his house. bodices, andwings. coif -like caps with lace. BELGIAN GIRLS OF THE LOWERMIDDLE CLASS. There is little, except in certain districtsof the Ardennes and less frequented parts ofthe country, in the now prevail-Costume. ing costume of the Belgian womento distinguish them from womenof the same class of any large town inEastern France, or even of Paris itself,although fashions and customs in the largercountry towns of Belgium do not changevery rapidly. In Antwerp, however, and in severalother towns on the German and Dutchfrontiers, one still sees many, of the olderwnmen more especially, wearing the deepwhite collars of former times, velvet Character-istics ofBelgianWomen, But if what is known to artists as costume is not nowadays very apparentor distinctive, there are many character-istic types of Belgian women. As a whole,it may be said that the women ofBelgium as regards physique maybe considered to beof a mixed Frenchand German type. TheBruxelloise differs littlefrom the Parisienne asregards figure and appearance ; andwe have certain
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