, 1876-11-15
BOSNIAN CHARACTERISTICS.


was larger than this scason, tho quality was
much Inferior.
BOSNIAN CHARACTERISTICS.
The Curious Antirat!,Ics Of tic Two sortB
nf Cl,rstlans for Each Othcr-Frc~,lnm
of tho Bosnian Women from Oriental
Restraints.
A correspondent Of tho New York Times, III
Bosnia, wrltes: Tile custom Ut all these people
differs very slightly from that Ut their Croatian
ncighbors, except III their hca1gcar, The Mo-
hammcdats have adopted white turbans twisted
around their fcz, while the Christians infect
scarlet should they belong to the Roman, black
or blue II they a1o Of the Greek. communion;
these last nlso wearing more voluminous trous-
ers than their brother 6caavs, for whom their
nntipathy becomes fnurc apparent to inc ut every
step which have auvanccd into busnia. Tic
same characters nrU not used In tho writings Of
these rvui ueuts; tho Greeks employ the Cyril
ltan alphabet spell tho 9aylor's name Hrst, mud
call themselves llrsvani a,"i lrvo Sylass while
the Catholics consider the II MI al,utnihntioi,
write krst, and krseianI and nre proud VI the
nppellatlun III Latinski. Their nnules, borrow.
contempt for both, are W'lae.s and srhokatz,
10th having q reference to tilelr decent from
swine. Que Is particularly struvk with llie hard.
fercc expression VI this Bosnian face l thlnk ~
physlognumists trace IL to cthllalogeal ai'd seo-
vraphleal causes. for centuries iis prOrlhre
was Kind of debatAble gronDl In the many
wars agasls. the Fenctians ons! Austrians, and
| It is pretended thut the Bwnsl'Duekertng habits
uf its furncr inhabitants have lett tcir iniprcs-
siou upun the tcAtures Of their lesccidauts
However this may b., the Busulans cannot be
called n,cc or amtao!c people, nor otie tiucn i
| ity. Even among themselves they Eill nut give
! n crust of bread tu u beggAr wslosu Religious
| opinions arc not properly regulated. and ot
strangers their tlstrlat In 30 Ertat that, until
from the proper authorities, who rcnturcd 70
pass more t!nn three full days IN q frontier yi'-
| lugc, was hanged ns spy IN the fourth. Ter
lups the fcrurty Of tle 5osnIan character is In
creased by his food, which consists uf half
| coubed or saltcd meats, raw vegetables, anil an
immense amount III plum brandy, whose use Is
! tuuEht to children US Bu0n ls they are ~eauca.
1t Is the abuse Of tlis s'iposfs to which may bc
attributed their univ illtngncss to eat at the same
| tut,Iv with foreign Os1nanl xho, ut least III
public, nrc remarkably nbstcnious.
VI tIlc fais Eek little can be eAid In praise,
although there were plenty OF specimens tD
Judge from. They wore lkht-eourca tunles,
With two or three apruns above, and shnrt lflr-
trimmed Jackets, embroidered IN blue or scarlet,
accur1ing to tl.er religion, Some IL tile older
ones ha.i Oh long clottl pellsses,, open In front
over linen trousers. reaehfng to the ankle, With
slippers or boots vi rolurcd leather, and, un'ung
tnc pourrr surt, The Opa'Ia snn,ias. ! he usuai
l CDlUH HIE was Il GtuTlEL 6kulitAL), MoAHu AIUuhA
with plats Ut their own liair interviewer with
email cui1,s, but some few 1uAd On folds of linel
with uowcr co4uettlshly stuck VI. ono stdc,
after the manner Ut tue pcasartry OF the
Abruzxf Tic Muasellnul w0Hlcn were dressed
mcllkc their cn-rcligIunlsts OF Southern Tur-
key, except TINT the unmarried girls wear no
wells THIS is peculiarly Bosnian orerogAtlYc
nf the fnr scx, which possess another, rinknowl
| elsewhere III Islam, to Wit, the right to choose
its husbands aud 10 CONVERSE freely from their
easements With any gnllant Win !nay wish 70
indulge III gossip or i!irtatto,,:, Hor does THIS
unorthodox license, denounced by strict Mohasia-
uppcur To bc attended by any evil results. Mnr.
rluge Is tho consequence 0I ilIclinati0p, not Of
family arrangement, but once tue hyulencal
snut Is tied the yelling becomes even moro
rigorous tilnn III tho other portions Of TIC E1''
ufre. At CuustantiAope and In Ruumc!la the
d!uphanul,s gashn,dk at least leavcsthc eyes and
forehead bnrc; In Arabia, Syria and, EEypt'
among strict observers ii tile Koran. lursg'
the brow, but here every luntron must wear twt
halllkes,:hLcts, one over tho chin. mouth, nM
, muse, the uther sup1rp0svu aIld Attarhen TO tslt
hcal-drcss, ~itll only narrow line ol IEht ot.
tween them, tllrnugi which she can see what "a
on the ground before her feet, so tnut II Fl,e
would glaIlcc at the person asitll whom slio y
convcrsln. she nilst throw her head backward
. mud etanut as It were, entirely upon her l1tcls
ART a8 RpltcfMf mud accorons as their younger
sisters uru tho opposite, fur 1t must s csfrsse'
i tl1At tho l3utItaluka dlmsels arc not bit SLY
i aud stuntl being looked Ut with tnuch co'np!A
ccnry. failed, however, to discover any bcaut,
! among them, at least according to our standard
which Is different from that OF the Turks, viii
!, whom Immense enbVapoint nnitcl tn extreme
Youth is the greatest bf all attractions. CODse
: uuently, the tirst care ii tho Ros!an mother Il
to prcpare her daughter for the hylncneal niur
kct, nor does she think al4c las fulfilled hs
duty, until bv the prIyatlon Of oil exercise, y!
: repeated hatlls, and a very nourtshing faIlna
tnu,,s ,lrf alt. ns brpt1Hkt her to tho condition