Juvenile Instructor . f this noble bandof sisters who have carried with themthe spirit of the Great Master, thedawn is breaking, there is light on thehorizon. But today we do not want to Belgium is known the world over forits manufacture of beautiful tablelinen, and for its exquisite and daintyhand-made laces. It also has iron andcoal mines and sugar refineries. Be-ing the workshop of Europe, the peo-ple are like bees in a swarm. Thehouses are scattered so thickly overthe country and the towns are so closetogether that it seems like one citywith many suburbs. Apple orchardsand flowers surround
Juvenile Instructor . f this noble bandof sisters who have carried with themthe spirit of the Great Master, thedawn is breaking, there is light on thehorizon. But today we do not want to Belgium is known the world over forits manufacture of beautiful tablelinen, and for its exquisite and daintyhand-made laces. It also has iron andcoal mines and sugar refineries. Be-ing the workshop of Europe, the peo-ple are like bees in a swarm. Thehouses are scattered so thickly overthe country and the towns are so closetogether that it seems like one citywith many suburbs. Apple orchardsand flowers surround the stone cot-tages of the farms. They are usuallyof four rooms, roofed with red tile orthatch, the walls whitewashed. Theoak furniture and brass kitchen uten-sils fairly shine. Brussels is the larg-est and most progressive city of Bel-gium with its Palais de Justice whichcovers 270,000 square feet and costten million dollars. The place is sur-mounted by a marble tower 400 feethigh. July 1919 THE DOLLS CONVENTION 397. LEONIE, BELGIUM S DOLL My home is in the ancient cityof Antwerp. As early as the eighthcentury, Antwerp had a population oftwo thousand. 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
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