Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-10-02

he could look down On the seated com
pany and began 60 play and sing Liks
al Eastern singers lis voice was high and
thin. Occasionally he gave i note or tvs
from the chest. but the most Of his per
Torrance confined itself to the falsettc
register. The time was slow and the
music mostly plaintive Whether he ex.
temp0rized or sang committed songs ]
could not find out, but the tenor Of moss
ri them varied between national topics
and disappointed love. Whether the %.
tives really approved Of him was equally
difficult TO decide The Turk had all
the gravity of an Indian and would feel
it beneath his dignity TO show IN interest
in anything. That the music was rest.
ful IN tendency judged from the fact
that everybody went to sleep. After the
dinner was over the old people settled
themselves on the carpets--the men with
their pipes, the women rolling cigar
cites and. after coffee, even the latter
grew silent, till finally nothing was audi.
bic but the plaintive song Of the min
strel and the whole party seemed sunk
In lethargy. It was not really sleep. but
relaxing of every muscle and an
abandonment of mind TO absolute
~ thinking OF nothing. This state
IN peculiar to the Turk and Is called en-.
joying kef The far niente of the Ital-
ians has much In common with it, but Is
accompanied by no such utter suspension
Of mental and physical faculties. They
lie as If dead, with the eyes almost
closed, and unless spoken to personally
or prodded physically, will remain in
this state for hours. The younger por.
ton of the party, however, had come
out for something less passive, and II
was only short time that the elders
were allowed to take their kef in peace.
First one and then another deserted the
carpets. and finally the children finished
the matter by slyly throwing branches
and other convenient missiles at the re.
naming loungers until they aroused
themselves through sheer necessity. A
man with bagpipe usurped the place OF
the minstrel and began lively drone.
The crowd moved out to the level
ground where the wrestling had taken
place, and number Of young Bulgar
ians with their girls, pranccd out, two
and two, and formed large circle on
the grass. Facing each other the couples
commenced q series Of preliminary
steps, setting one foot down hard and
the other, swaying back and forth and
theoretically swinging the arms. Then,
at peculiar strain in the music, they
rushed at each other with one &C
cord, and, holding fast with both hands
TO their partners Wristbands, went
whirling around in wild kind of q
waltz. After a a few minutes of this
they dropped decorously back into circle
and the old stamping and posturing be.
gan again. This dance seemed to have
no beginning and no end. When q
couple got tired they dropped out and
the circle closed up or another couple
took their place. Later there was 8
change while the piper took rest.
There were several other dances later
in the day, one-a very pretty onc-bc
ing figure with handkerchief or CLOTH
But most of the figures wels mere pos.
turing The steps were slow, though
generally graceful, the bodies moved in
rhythmic precision, while the position was
kept in one spot without change. There
was much freer intercourse between the
sexes than had supposed allowable; but
IN the villages and country districts gen
orally the young people see each other
much more freely than in the towns.
The old people keep pretty sharp look
out. however, and no strclling or other
sentimental nonsense is for moment al
lowed. A hand pressure or exchange of
flowers, president look, or an occa-
sional squeeze in the course of dance
is all the satisfaction pair of lovers can
get out of being together on such occa-
sions. But then the Turk seldom mar
ries for love, and SO suppose it does
not much matter
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