Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-06-01
LIFE OF THE GIPSlES.
PHYSICAL TRAITS OF A PECULIAR
AND MYSTERIOUS RACE.
splendid Outlines aud DeiicIOu. Tints OF
CircaSsiaa Beauty - The Eye the
Marked Featurs-w Women and
Children Social Custom..
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The Eyp V physic ynomy when once seen
can never b. forgotten; the males are
slightly above the med ium >iZs. we'll devel-
oped aud nervru. Their brouz, COM
plexions, testh white as ivory, long crisPed
locks OF jetty blscknesS, impsrt a sinyulariy
wild an ferociDus appe irance to torm' rs-
ssmbliug in many respects those o. Hotten-
tots They have an s,pect Of melancholy
mixei with pride and cunning, and the eN-
pre>sixe gestures whicI characteriss their
conversation impart a lively interest TO
these picturesque vagabond The females
are not wanting in the Drowned, rud iy
cheeks ami swelling boSoms so a>socistei
with gypsy charms A rich, olive com
plexlon, with red Iips AMI just proportion
of the limhS impIrt' 10 them even >ome-
thing III re exqul its than the spen lid out
lines ami delicious tint Of Crca&sian
beauty
THE MARKED FEATIRE.
The eye is, however the marke feature
Of the race an would distinguish the gypsy
in whatever color, co.tume, or character
she might appear. 1t is not the small. lux
urious eye indispensable to ths Chinese
beauty, nor the soft almoni eye Of the
Egyptian, but something u1iqub and pecul-
lar "It is vivid, luStrouS OF liquii, &C
corJinS to the thought which seeks for ut
terance Now It has wild and staring ex
preston AM then in moments Of repo-e a
filmy, phosph resent hazs will gather all
over it. through which one looks into the
depths below. as he does upon tn, stars OF
heaven, half ob,curei by the last ethereal
ray Of a flushing sunset
have often seen boyt among the gyp-
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males whose forms PuidiaS would have
chosen for mDls!& Nv ami then in the
fprest, Of Asia Minor or in the
wildS OF Bulgaria l used suddenly
to come upon group OF these myS-
teriou' wanderers, which stooi before me
like a living tablesu from the pa'tTal age
and c untry OF A,amsmron Their man
ner Of life Is, however. highly untsvorable
for the retention Of beauty; manhood is apt
to assume a sinister AMI feroclous aspect
and females, made wiv = at r. general
become u sly and forb $,ny at -.
The drss' OF the gyp,es is in Keeping wi h
their no nsiic tendencies THY occasion
ally dres, some ewhat like those with whom
they live; but they are generally too prou /
a. well as too indolent to deck themselve-
with a foreign garb and adhere to the ma
fathers The latter con iStS of a ragge /
breeches and torn shirt which, although
their antiquity is obvIou, when put on, ar
never removed, for want of a change, unit.
they fall from the body OF their own &C
cord, in state Of comp lete dilapidation-
THE FAMILY AT HOME.
The children are brought up in the true
Calmuc style, being allowed to run naked
until the age Of years, when they AS
sumo the gsrb Of their elders. The wind
can not blow of his hat who has none, and
shoes are trouble ,oms appliances am lng
people whose manner Of life and general
economy are tho. OF yagrants and beggars
In the warm weather they uniformly 60
barefoot In winter they envelop their feet
IN bundles Of rags Tue womsn are more
picturesque in the matter of dress than the
men They ars eXcs ,sively fond OF Orna-
meuts and often wear strings o. jngliu :
pia ters or other small coins around the
head AMI neck In Roumsnis the houses
Of the t-igan' or gypsie are subtsrranean-
few mole hills scattered over the plain
indicate the proximity OF village OF the
gyp,ieS
The gyp.y's hOrss, or rather his donkey, a.
they generally prefer that animal, resumes
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SO SlAL INTERCOURSE
1t is in the tents OF tbs gyp les that man
and nature a, m 1T familiar friends There
human .eings and animals live and eat to
pether enj wing each others health and