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Show The Chapel. the 1\ par tmen t · of f.laric \nloinettc, the Callery of Battles, the 11 a ll of the Ten nis-Court, the Cradle of Fren ch Liberty. the (~a ll e ry of ~l irro r :, t he S tatue of t he Last lhys of :\'apolcon , the fairy- like Park s, the homes in the woods ''here Marie A nt oin et te spent much of her time-a ll these things were food for thought an '-Cri us medi ta tio n. l ~ u t we must be packing our-th ings and be off fo r the nc'\.1 stop. ~l ay Sl't'lllld a ncl third were . pent in 1\ru~ els, the "l .itt lc P a ri s." T'hc Capit al of lh·lg·ium is in every way both an inter es ting and a 1Jcat11 i iul city. J)ays may be pro fi tably spent here h~· those haYing th e tim e, with ou t wcarincs..;, because there a rc miles a n cl mil es of well shaded boul eva rds and sta t ely ma ns io ns th at reach out in almo. t C\ cry dir ection, and pa rks tha t command the ad 111irati on o f the most hurried among· traveler . Brussels is a clean city . Somebody at tend:-. to bu:-;illc:-;s there. I doubt ii l~ru:-;-.,el.; is dominated hy the p11lit ician. Things arc d1111l' there tP rc111ain. The public buildings an: e\·idellcc-, nf architectural .;kill ancl c•xce lk nl worl,man-;hip. The II c1t<:l De \ · illc and the !louse of the king, J,Jl'itled on the (;rand Pl ;Jcc, h;i\ c :-;toocl f,)r n·nturie:-; and :-;ti ll remain remarkable in pre-.:er\'ation and ornamentation. The 1\our..;e and the Palace of Justice and man_Y pri,·ate lunne;; i!Ju.;trall' the continued ski ll and \\'orkman.;!Jip tl1at dominated there centuries hdnre. The immcr lntilding· \\'as comp leted in 1774-. and cnst o1ll' 111illion dollars. The Roya l l)alarc ,tnd the Cathedral of ~t. ( ;udulc arc a l<>o imposing hnildillgs, :tiHI om· cou ld -;pend ho urs ahnut thl'111 proiitahl.' ii time permitted. The Jlurgoma-;ter's Fountain, the :\lonumcnt oi Eg mont and J lorn. the l'.quv-,trian Statue tn ( ;odfre) de Jlouillon, lhl' leacle1 of the iirst Crusade. l' :tge Clne llt1ndred T\\enty three |