| Show HULL TO HOL HOLLANDS hollanda LANDi SS S S SALT LAKE CITY utah march yd ard my brother and I 1 took a trip from england to holland and belgium inis we were in the big manufacturing city of manchester england on a nice days da we bad been on the cemetery hill and vithina circle of halt a mile around us counted over a hundred smoke stacks of large factories and machine sh iron im fo anderies now we were passing through a 9 poor tenement street we came up to a big fat policeman whick is the way to the station place I 1 asked wait a minute 11 he replied looking up the street with a jolly twinkle in his eye at a man who was coming down walkine from side to side as it if he be was on an atlantic steamer going to arrest him I 1 asked no his wife will do that he said and a broad grin appeared on his lazy looking countenance as a stout english woman of about three hundred pounds stepped to the door of one of the houses f iia and gazed earnestly up and down the treet street as it look looking ing tor for something she 41 sees ees i tl A hard cruel look overspreads over oler spreads her features sh she e walked up past a few linn and hid herself in a doorway As th the roan man staggered past her she stepped out caught hold ot of him by the bequir csihar and told him to step up my dear aar jv triumphantly aai heis beigh ohl ob ashes arrested him himle the of john bulls municipal authority saido said as we watched proceed dinits YOU on know the poorer class of english clogs with big nails on the POOP le wear baff bottom am often on a very foggy day i aben I 1 could only see a few feet in front started and turned near a I 1 of bettac me I 1 have thinking there was a horse doorway f dam vay deoss down the pavement behind m me e botch mg boti alnut it was only two men walking fast with clogs on their feet well she ached d her husband home shoved um through rai the door and gave him a him the floor tumbled on mob that wm ahn she took oft one of her clog shoes abed ad pounded him till he bellowed for I bercy he deserved it first turn to the right around the 14 corner t to 0 your left and you can the policeman told us 1106 seyour outstation our station and soon we were gliding swiftly over FAvl En glands ands bills billa and meadows past castles and ivy covered ruins of old s an and mo monasteries es about t dark rk we reached hull on the hast east coast t ol of england and took first cabin be berths in a steamer bound for rotterdam in the the morning we arose at six alt steamer was pitching frightfully went to breakfast my brother bert took one bite of fish jumped up and nm for the side of the ship I 1 was sitting next to the captain and we both lam I 1 told him that we had cross ed edth the atlantic and I 1 was not sick once rook my second bite of fish rhe hie ship shin rolled then took a header I 1 jadeed up and ran as quick as I 1 could to the stern stem end of the ship and sick ak oh my m 11 I 1 thought my last day had come about four that afternoon we came in sight of holland it did look so queer to see the land below the level of the ae sea but sand hills keep the water back soon we entered a branch of the river maas and for twenty miles w we e were vier sailing up the river which is a few feet above the land but is prevented fi from ow overflowing over flowing the country by the dykes it did seem so tunny funny to see the and rivers above the level of the land the figure of a ilion alion swimming with aft he ir latin atin motto mattoi mot toI 1 I strive and keep my be head above water is on the coat of arms of one of the provinces and it well describes the character of the country the land is level with no mountains and the canals and rivers are kept from overflowing by the dykes in a number of towns the canals are used as streets and boats for wagons and carriages A little after five we reached rotterdam the second city ol of importance in holland the first thing that caught my eye as I 1 walked along the streets was the peculiar oddity of the way the words seemed to be spelled how are these for some jaw breakers hertogenbosch oosterhout and schiermonnikoog then there are so many antique buildings in rotterdam and they did look so funny to me coming irom from utah where our houses are all mostly new and of modern style we found that many of the people could speak english as a rich merchant of rotterdam said tome to me on the steamer we trade with the english and french and as they think we are not of enough importance for them to go to the trouble of learning our language we have to learn theirs so we got along finely in holland we visited the hague the political capital and seat of government and there went through the little queens palace from holland we went to antwerp belgium belgium is the smallest kingdom of europe I 1 ex expect and contains the densest population at orect just think it is only about no lio miles wide and its greatest length is only miles having a total area of square miles yet it contains about six million people 1 I suppose we have got lotsof lots of room for people in utah yet this is only one great town exclaimed philip LII 11 II of spain in riding through the country its cities and villages are so close together that it does seem almost like one targe large city we had letters of introduction to two families in antwerp and on arriving in that city we were met by two pleasant cleasant Elea sant young men who were book keepers deepers in in mercantile houses so they spoke english quite fluently as in most of the large wholesale houses the bookkeepers are expected to know two and three languages they took us to our hotel and after spending a few pleasant hours t together gether they left us promising to get leave of absence from in work wo rk next day and take us around to see the sights bert and I 1 went to bed after awhile we were suddenly awakened by hearing many bells ring we both jumped out of bed thinking it was a fire oh its the cathedral bells bert said laughing and so it was how lovely they chimed for at least half an bourl this is is the celebrated cathedral with its beautiful bei L dutiful spire feet high that charles V oi 01 germany said it ought to be kept in a case next day we all visited it while some kind of mass was going on A number of priests in gold embroidered robes were chanting and burning ince incense 1 se the chorus of young boys was singing over the heads of the priests we could see great picture the descent from the cross around on the walls were pictures by other great artists the dif different lerent colored glass windows and the incense burning cast a weird light over the kneeling people these all helped to make a scene that seemed to us gorgeous and enchanting W we e have visited the famous art gallery you know rubens beniers and vandyke were natives of antwerp where we saw many beautiful pictures then we went down to the river antee antwerp rp in i the seventeenth century was I 1 think the most famous town in europe now it is the chief port of belgium it is sit bated on the river scheidt sixty mue miles from the sea and is a very quaint old city strongly fortified ready to defend brussels the queen city of the netherlands thanking our two friends for their courtesies to us we bade them farewell not with a hug and a kiss like I 1 saw two foreigners part but with a warm american handshake and took the train lor for brussels when we reached that city we determined to see as much of it as we could and get a little acquainted with the streets so we jumped on a street car and went all around the city that way in the evenin evening we 3 strolled down the main streets ig oking looking in the fine show windows then past the hotels and cafes and it seemed as if the whole population of the city were eating their lunch or supper at these places at most of these hotels and cafes small tables were placed on the sidewalk and a man could bring his family there and sit down in the cool of the evening and see the many people passing while leisurely enjoying his refreshments and chatting with friends here we began to hear the people talk more french and how buich they could twist their tongues esl brussels is a beautiful city and very mu much ch resembles paris christopher |
