The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-08-24

stay. The women are of the same char
acter as the men. They are not hand
some nor pretty, but they look kind and
motherly and what we would call fine
looking. They lack taste in dress, have no
ideas of the harmony of colors, aud wear
i mean the peasants-handkerchiels
Of all brightest colors Of the rainbow
upon their heads. Their dresses are of
red, blue or other gay colors, and they
are gathered in at the neck and waist,
and fall to the feet in ungraceful folds.
They are sturdy of frame aud rather dull
aud quiet in manner. They do as much
work as the men, aud the men aud
women work in the fields side by side.
The men of the lower classes, as see
them here, are more picturesque In their
dress than the women. Russia is the
land of the cap, the long coat aud the
top boots, aud the peasants wear coats of
homespun, with lorg irocks. and even
such as dress in sheepskins, with the fur
turned in, have their coats reaching to
below the knees. Here in st. Peters
burg see few without ovcrcoats, but
further south the peasant mans dress Is
y. l.' ,' ea,Io' SUI. ,..;n ah' M a"'"oon' % I ."I
sn.S ,,. oo".uS Iu'' ,no .i pan.o ISL
oo'.e" , q, 'ne ""''s' auu us .oes "'e wv
shoe and his ankles are swad He'd in rags.
The better class of poor people or the
ordinarily well-to-do men here wear
long coats, with top boots, and the Ma
s,o'"' rLP a. a ~ "sy a..
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% ~, "nar ,ho | o;,,i;.ai & ,uorid I dro,. muob
,ho ..r,o as ,ua dn Tho d;ra,on,a loo
u G I,rnoi, I, ,ho n,,,,;,n - ',nods ,vnrn
ard ~ potorshnrr ] ,nav bo said ,o be :,
ar, .hors ,ho nao,la woor ,is,er. ON.
an3 h;r,h I,aat. ,I,n "o,r r,,nd no n,at'
,ou ,,,ho,ho. !, ho h,, ne 'ro,,,o, ,r a,
co,d 40 Al,aka these Rns,ion hoots
oro worth Ione;r, at Thoy aro ahont
,ho onIy cho,n ,h;1, In Ruooio and vo,,
oau ao; a na,r msdo ,o ordsr for i;ve
doI,srs Tbe some Leather and tho sane
wor,, in tho Trnitod Sta,es would cost
ro,, ,,,on,,'Gvo dolIor, ana ,h. Gn;sh of
,ha hos, jo,,hor ;s as ano =, ,,,,, of
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roaoh ., tho l,noo. a,d ,bo ho,, ~ tbor,
sh;no liko n,,ont ,eather Tina nanta.
Ioons are aIwavs tucked ;rside of them
md ,bne ia a fancy section about six
;n,haa Ill oLovo ,h. .nLIo or ovo,y
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y. =, a., an - ,n ,a;. o,d tho
samo nav ho so;d of Tho Russian ov.r.
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s,~,h .,.n a,h". oah,". ,ho unrid
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,he ,,,o IL ,ho,, ,,oou Soon, % ho of ox.
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p l~;.,a .nd ~ !, - ,nodo narv | Israo 40 ,ha,
n''' a' ..'.g IL, a.J
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anna.w,noo of nroaneron. fotnoss Nina.
appI"'"ah p.n s - W p h,;,la.. a~. nadSaJ 4. ,h;s
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"y' nL " r,o,,.anon. IIo, ,ha
',;I;,a,v a uo a,,aoha - our Isast;on here
y LILA .,a.dou th.t Ii. ooaohm.a az
"oarad ,o ' - na ~ S;memnson,n % % fa,rrss
pIasI i''has ~ ,oa ~ h;n, .nd ,hat ho s,;n
WIN ns 'nsasor n' ~. 49,, .a's ~ ~ sap
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a,,. u - 'i III. 10y m.da " .nd ID ho mos os th;n aS % =
rs;i pdI and a. m IopSad % so diiJe,ent that # was
san,a am au .;no | haSo,o ~ hs rnaw h;n, ~ "
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@ m.aa .n' aan, 90 aa ,a., ~ os th.;. -. ,,n;sa.", s;'
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anu ,an 'mo ,,;so"ca 90" @ oama aud I,,,a o .,. msa
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