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model or microcosm of the thewestern thewestern thewestern western portion of the conti continent Continent continent continentTo nent nentTo To be sure there is no Mont MontBlanc MontBlanc MontBlanc Blanc but the Ardennes hIlls hIllson hillson hillson on a white winter wmter s day offer offera a satisfactory small substI substItute substitute substitute tute Neither the Meuse , the theSambre theSambre theSambre Sambre nor the Lys could couldmasquerade couldmasquerade couldmasquerade masquerade as a Danube or a aRhme aRhine aRhine Rhme Rhine but m in proportion to the gen general general general eral architecture of the country countrythey countrythey countrythey they seem most convincing convmcmg mov movmg moving movmg mg ing watersThe waters watersThe watersThe The mind mmd and eye of the sOJourn sojourner er subtly adapt themselves to the thefact thefact thefact fact that d stances and heights here hereare hereare hereare are all on a scaled down bas s The Thesame Thesame Thesame same phenomenon is often experl expert experlenced expertenced expenenced enced at a marionette show-the show the showtheobserver showtheobserver show - theobserver observer finds himself really bel ev evmg eving eving mg ing that the miniature mmlature scene is lIle life lIlesIze lifesize lifesize lifesizeSmaller sIze sIzeSmaller Smaller than the state of Mary Maryland Maryland Maryland land but with a populat popuIat on of more morethan morethan morethan than e a ght million Belgium stands standsout standsout standsout out as Europe s most densely peo peopled peopled peopled pled country It Is divided into mto nme nine nmeprovmces nineprovinces nineprovinces provmces provinces West and East Flan Flanders Flanders Flanders ders Hamaut Hainaut Brabant Ant verp verpNamur verpNamur verpNamur Namur Liege Limbourg Llmbourg and Lux Luxembourgwhlch Luxembourgwhich Luxembourg embourg-whlch embourg whlch embourg-which which - which must not be con confused confused confused fused with that other Luxembourg Luxembourgthe the 1 ttle the independent mdependent Grand Duchy DuchyToo DuchyToo DuchyToo Too Small for AJatorsThe At Aviators A\Jators A Jators AviatorsThe \ jators jatorsThe The longest straightaway stretch stretchWith stretchwith stretchwith With n Beig Belg um urn s borders is a mere mere170 170 miles With seven league boots bootsyou bootsyou bootsyou you could couId cross it m in e ght steps stepsStudent stepsStudent stepsStudent Student flyers at the military mJhtary aIr aIrports airports airports ports complain complam that with the mod modern modern modern ern h gh speed aircraft they cannot cannotget cannotget cannotget get properly under way many manydirect M any anydirect anydirect direct on without the annoyance of ofzoom ofzoom ofzoom zoom ng over a frontier and the pos posSibIl possibil posSibil SibIl ty of earning earnmg a scolding scoldmg from froma a ne ghbonng ghbormg ghboring governmentThe governmentThe government governmentThe The Flanders plain plam is broken at atBrussels atBrussels atBrussels Brussels into mto rolling rollmg h Us lis Nature Naturewas Naturewas Naturewas was not content that the future capl caps capltal capstal capital tal should shouId lie he spread out on an un isn unmsplr isnmspir unmspir msplr mspir ng rig level Like Rome it was wasbUllt wasbuilt wasbuilt bUllt built on seven h Us lis There were wereseven wereseven wereseven seven found ng families And in m the theheyday theheyday theheyday heyday of its walled splendor the thecity thecity thecity city boas boasted led of seven gatesAlong gatesAlong gates gatesAlong Along the top ot of an eminence emmence runs runsthe runsthe runsthe the Rue Royale Brussels Fifth FLfth ave avenue avenue avenue nue aKordmg atrordmg affording a sweep ng view of ofthe ofthe ofthe the lower 10er 10\\ 10 \ er town In order that tlus this tlusoutlook thisoutlook thisoutlook outlook might not be obstructed m in mthe inthe mthe the vicinity vlcmity ol of the Royal palace a aregulat aregulat aregulat regulat on has long existed that at attlus atthis atthis tlus this point no bu Id ng could couId be erect erected erected erected ed h gher than the street level'lh level7h level levelIh ' Ih 'lh lh 7h s has brought into mto being bemg one of ofthe ofthe ofthe the world s unique archItectural archItecturalodd architecturalodd architecturalodd odd ties hes the new Palais Palals dcs des Beaux BeauxArts BeauxArts BeauxArts Arts center of Brussels musIcal musIcaland musicaland musicaland and art stic shc 1 I fe1IIany feMany fe feMany Many 1IIany Cities CItJes In OneGreater OneGreater One OneGreater Greater Brussels with 900000 900 000 In Inhab inhab innab hab tints hnts comprises 15 cont cant cent guous guoussuburbs guoussuburbs guoussuburbs suburbs or communes each hav hay havmg haying having mg ing its own burgomaster : and md end munlc munic munlcIpal municipal municipal Ipal orgamzat organizat on Only recentlyhas recentlyhas recently , has theie thele these been co operation amongthem amongthem among Ithem them though they formed in m reallty reality realltyone realityone realityone one city Great was the confusIOn confusIOnbefore confusionbefore confusionbefore before teamwork was agreed uponThe uponThe upon uponThe The Ardennes district dJstrict represent representIng representing representing Ing almost one fourth of Belgium s sarea sarea sarea area consists principally prmcipaJly of richly richlyforested richlyforested richlyforested forested ridge and valleyThe valleyThe valley valleyThe The great percentage of the trees treesare treesare treesare are beech with dwarf oak running runninga a clo clobfi close e second The twigs of these thesetrees thesetrees thesetrees trees in m late winter wmter take on a pmky pinky pmkyazure pinkyazure pinkyazure azure t nt which wluch imparts an elIectof effectof effect elIect | of fairyland unreal ty to the sharplybroken sharplybroken sharply ' broken hill contours Pines Pmes have havebeen havebeen havebeen been transplanted from the ScandI ScandInavian Scandinavian Scandlnavian navian countriesDurmg countriesDuring countries countriesDuring During Durmg many generations the Ar Ardennes Ardennes Ardennes dennes district sank to a po nt of ofalmost ofalmost ofI almost negative crop production In Inrecent Inrecent InI recent years however thanks to tosClenhilc toscientific toscientific sClenhilc scientific chemical cherrucal treatment of the thesol1 thesoil thesoil sol1 soil , . the tert fert 1 I ty of the land has hasbeen hasbeen hasbeen been enormously increased mcreased Oats Oatsand Oatsand Oatsand and potatoes are the princIpal princIpalcrops principalcrops principalcrops principalcropsNear crops cropsNcar cropsNear Near Ncar Rochefort RocheCort are the tbe Grottees Grottoes Grottoesof Grotteesof of Han Han . , which wluch need only aPT aPTBarnum a P T TBarnum TBarnum Barnum to Cive Jlve give : them rank as world worldwonders worldwonders worldwonders wonders At some period penod when the theearth theearth theearth earth was young they \ were ere hol hollowed hollowed hoilowed lowed out by the Rver R ver Lesseh Lesse \ vh \\h h wh , cll cli cllhere clihere ellhere here d sappcars sappears and v . wai al ders under , - " ' - , . . .u u . w4 w4king - _ _ . I king lung Leopold and hIS hISI hISmother hismother hismother I mother . , Queen Eh Ehlbefh ElLabeth Elizabethleave lbefh ( , leave the large columnedro columned rolunda ro rotunda rotunda tunda , a memorial memonalto to King lung Al AI Albert AIbert Albert bert , funds fumIs for which wTllcTt wTllcTtcame whichcame came camefrom camefrom camefrom from smallsubscrlpl10ns smallsubscriptions small subscriptions subscrlpl10ns to toleTnch toreliich toichich leTnch reliich leTnchetery reliichea eiery etery ea ery Belgian tear war veteran vet veteran veteran eran contributed confrlbuted The memo memo- memorial memorIal memorial - rial rIalIS is built bUllt on the site slle of oj theadvance the theadvallce theadvance advallce advance post ichich IcTuch rcltich deJellded defended deJelldedthe defendedthe defendedthe the last tiny tmy strip strrp strrpoj stripof of oj Belgiumnot Belqlllm Belgium Belqlllmnot Belgiumnot not invaded during durtng the fhe Worldicar Worldicarground W WorId World Worldwar orId orIdlear warground lear war ground It is estimated that it takes takesthe takesthe takesthe the water of the river 12 hours to tocomplete tocomplete tocomplete complete its subterranean course courseWool courseWool courseWool Wool Industry Centers DereExcellent HereExcellent Here Dere HereExcellent Excellent hunt ng rig and fishing fislung are areto areto areto to be had m in the Ardennes Many Manysportsmen Manysportsmen Manysportsmen sportsmen who live m in Brussels and andAntwerp andAntwerp andAntwerp Antwerp have the r shooting pre preserves preserves preserves serves in m this tlus region Grottoes Grottoesgame Grottoesgame Grottoesgame game ham horses vacatIOnIsts vacatIOnIstsand vacationistsand vacationistsand and werewolf legends are not not , , how however however however ever the only resources of the Ar Ardennes Ardennes Ardennes dennes The great center of the thewool thewool thewool wool industry mdustry is near by in m the theVesdre theVesdre Vesdre valley with Verviers Vervlers hold hold111g holding bolding 111g ing first placeWhen placeWhen place placeWhen When English Engush Enghsh competit compeht on killed killedthe killedthe killedthe the Flemish cloth industry mdustry by an ananomaly ananomaly ananomaly anomaly of fortune the busmess business businesscontinued businesscontinued contmued continued to thrive around VervlersI Verviersr Verviers Vervlers r r- r - : - " " ' t 1t & . / i , iN 1 I f " ' "t t " " / ) f r % r.I 1,1 . -.I .I N < - . ' . ? 1\ 1 \ 1f ; f 1\ 1 " , \ * " ,1 1 , ' . ! j V-wJ V wJ - ; . t } 1 1t t I t I J \ t ta tY tCanaries I 1 a Y i Canaries Callanes and pmeons pigeons pJ { eolls are aresold aresold aresold sold soldat at the Sunday bmlmar birdmar bird bml marhet mar market marbet ket bet in 11I front Irollt of oj Brussels ' town townhall townhail townhall townhallThe hailThe hall hail The secret of this reg on s salva salvatlon salvatton salvation tlon tton was the \ water ater of the Vesdre Vesdreand Vesdreand Vesdreand and the Gileppe GJleppe rivers A peeulJar peculiar peculiarly peeulJarIy Iy ly soft water is required tor for wash washmg washing washing mg ing wool these streams alone pos possessed possensed possessed sessed sensed that qualItyThe qualityThe quality qualityThe The last official census of produc production production production tion m in this tlus industry mdustry shows a total totalof totalof totalof of 28'i 28i 285 ' enterprIsesAdditional enterprisesAdditional enterprises enterprisesAdditional Additional industries represented representedIn in eastern Belgium are the paper papermills papermills papermills mills of Malmedy and the chocolate chocolatefactorlCs chocolatefactories chocolatefactories factorlCs factories boot and shoe and leather leatherproducmg leatherproducing leatherproducing producmg producing planta plants of Vervlers Verviers VervlersLeather VerviersLeather VerviersLeather Leather is a patriarch among the thetrades thetrades thetrades trades tanning tannmg pits dating datmg from fromRoman fromRoman fromRoman Roman times have been found here hereEurope hereEurope hereEurope Europe s 8 a Busiest Man I\lan I lan IlanOne ManOne \ ManOne One of oC the busiest men M in Europe Europeis IS the port lieutenant heutenant at Antwerp Antwerp- Antwerpan Antwerpan - - an amazing amazmg fellow fcllow busy In four fourdifferent fourdifferent fourdifferent different languages at once Ne\er Ne er Never Neerhurned Neverhurried Neverhurried \ hurned hurried or confused he spends his hisday hisday hisday day at a battery of phones receIvmg receiving receIvmgreports receivingreports receivingreports reports of the myriad mynad ships and andbarges andbarges andbarges andbargesTen barges bargesTen Ten thousand seagoing seagomg vessels vesselsc vesselscall vesselscall c call all yearly handling handlmg a total of tw tv . en enty enty enty ty million nullion tons of merchandise In Inaddltlon Inaddition Inaddition addltlon addition are 50 000 rive- rive rives rivecraft . " ' - craftAntwerp craftAntwerp craft craftAntwerp Antwerp is the outlet for tor or Bel Belglum Be Belglums ! glum s heavy industry mdustry its mmmg mining mmmgand miningand miningand and agricultural products North Northem Northem Northera em France Alsace Lorralne Lorraine the theRhineland theRhineland theRhineland Rhineland Westphalia Westphalla and Central CentralEurope CentralEurope CentraEurope ) Europe employ this gateway for a agoodly agoodly agoodly goodly percentage of their world worldcommerce worldcommerce worldcommerce commerce Two hundred and forty fortyshipping fortyshipping fortyshipping shipping lines lmes enter AntwerpSea AntwerpSea Antwerp AntwerpSea Sea gulls biting lIlting down the wind windcurrents windcurrents windcurrents currents above the gray harbor harbors harborstratlic s stramc straffic tramc tratlic churned waters mew and andjeer andjeer andjeer jeer at the torn shreds of o1 carillon carillonJingle carillonjingle carillonllngle Jingle blown across from the noble nobleGoth nobleGoth nobleGoth Goth c tower of nearby Notre Dame DamecathedraL Damecathedral Damecalliedral cathedraL . . |
