The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-07-20
Continued from Saturday,
A Mountain Temple .

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| alone, forsaken and banished from the
/ world, and when she left her solitude, and
went into society, she found nothing but
intrigues, deceptive friendship. hypocrit-
ical bigotry, fawning envy and revenge
fulness exulting over their victims.
But here she found a large family
| closely united. and living peacefully I'M
der the same roof: its members ate their
| honestly-earned bread at the common ia
BILE. The new member of the family fs the
| favorite of all, and ever since she entered
the house both the old and the young have
sought to gain her favor. They even find
work for her; they know that this would
be pleasure to her. From the very first
day she would have enjoyed putting her
hands to work. but this was not per-
mitted. They found some work for her.
however, which was well suited to her,
viz: keeping the domestic accounts. She
received large book. in which, she re-
corded the daily expenditure, the linen
given to be washed, the ADVANCE paid To
servants, the money received, and other
| similar things. 'e''
| After the working days came the Lord s
| day, Sunday, for which Blanca had long
! ed so much. How does the church OF the
! Toroczko people look? What may be the
nature of their religious ceremonies? Four
simple. whitewashed walls, with a smooth.
plain ceiling: at the end of the oblong
| room two galleries, the pulpit In the
| middle, and in front of II the Lords ta-
| BILE. Men and women, lads and maidens,
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| Lord through separate doors. First the
| young men enter. They take their places
| in the galleries. and those of them who
are students sit on the side which con-
/ tains the organ. The first bench oppos-
| lite the pulpit belongs TO the overseers,
or. as the people call them. the big
| headed ones" The next row of benches
to the left of the pulpit is occupied by
| first is taken by the Adorjan family, the
second belongs to the Zsakos. the third
TO the Boslas, the names of whom. as
founders of the church. are immortalized
in the golden books of the schools.
Blanca now sees the Toroczko people in
their holiday clothes for the first time.
on working days they wear coarse work.
ingmen's clothes The men wear the
codmen" 6ur jacket the women a
simple dress called "mussuly."
The garb of the Toroczko people is to
be found nowhere else; it is peculiar
mixture of German and Hungar ian fash
ions, and invented only for the inhabit-
ants of this city.
Tho men wear black dolmany bordered
with lambskin, and ha ling long rows Of
c1rnciidn and amethyst buttons sat In
. lter: under this a waistcoat of fine
leather embroidered with silk and gold;
around the waist red leather Riidle
broad as the hand and elaborately trim
med with leather stripes of different co..
ors; over this imposing garb they wear
cloak with h gh collar of fox skin.
and richly trimmed with silk cords it Is
held together over the breast by large
silve" buckles, and ornamented on each
side with six rows Of silver clasps. These
people have luxur.es. and they have Il
right to them What they enjoy has been
acquired bv the work of their own hands.
AS soon as the men are seated the wo-
men enter. Paris fashions display little
skill in comparison with that acquired
in the construction of the garments of
these peasant women. The dazzlingly
white linen ornamented with spangles;
the tasteful combination of laces, en-
broideries and flounces: the beautiful bod
ice and woven gtrdles; the hordered
cloaks the SILK aprons-al display an
endless variety of feminine taste-and the
whole is crowned by the black lace
hood, attached to which is the white veil
arranged in graceful folds.
When the women have taken their seats
the maidens enter through the fourth
door, which is the last, They appear
sometimes singly, sometimes in couples,
women. Lastly the children enter. A
magnificent phalanx! All of them angels
OF Murlllo and Bernini. only that they
are alive. This is the splendor of the
Toroczko church. The churches of Rome
are radiant with the masterpieces of art,
but the people attending them are ragged
and dirty. The walls of the Toroczko
house of prayer are bare, but the coun-
tenances Of its members beam with hap
piness; not the statues but the people,
wear gold. silk and rith ornaments.
After a simple hymn the divine mounts
the pulpit and discour5es about things
which everybody understands-love, pa
triotism, the duty of man to his fellows,
the blessedness of labor, the infinite
mercy of God, the reward which one
feels within himself In the performance
OF good deeds. In the prayer he men
lions Jesus as the beloved Son OF God,
and as a model to be initiated by men.
And he does not deny salvation and Heav-
en- to those who, on other paths and
guided by other stars, have gone to seek
them. He then dismlsses the congrega-
ton.
The elders and the other fathers of
families are the first to depart, after
which the married women arise, and be-
hind these suddenly appear the precious
treasures of Toroczko. the maidens, who
until then had been hidden.
Their garments are white, and consist
OF little sleeveless jacket of lambskin,
under which is a garment of fine linen
with sleeves reaching to the wrists; a
tucked skirt and lastly veil wound
around the face. These faces are para
CONS of beauty, of clear compilations,
of noble features, and, although differing
in expression, in their virgin modesty'
they look as il they all belong to the
same family.
But in the long row of snow-white fig |
ures respondent one now and then at
tracts attention. This is a maiden who |
Is betFothed. The purple stripes of her |
robe, the bodice richly trimmed with gold |
and silver, girdle f'broeaded with gold, |
the wide rich laces which cover shoulders |
neck and bosom. the coloFed silk kerchief |
tucked in the girdle. the red morocco |
ather boots pointed at the toes. and the |
bracelets set with pearls. form mas |
terpiece of national fashion. But an this |
Is exceeded by the "parta, a gold-em-
broidered ribbon broad as the hand. |
which, as crown, is wound around the |
respondent head. Besides this, the head |
is decorated with futtering ribbons, be-
tween which trembles a bouqut of gold |
howcrs-the exquisite bridal bouquet
After the divine service Blanca could |
not resist the temptation of calling one
of the betrothed to her, so that she might |
closely admire the radiant splendor of
the bridal garments.
These are all of pure gold and genuine
Jewels.
And the heart hidden beneath them is
just as pure and just as genuine.
Whence d. these people obtain this
splendor?' she, in Amusement asked
Anna.
This is all the work of their own
hands"
Il can well understand it as far as lace
and embroidery are concerned, for these
they make themselves, but whence come
the complexion of roses and lilies, the
graceful manners, the tender, gentle sub
The TorOcZko people do not allow their
wives TO busy themselves with hard work;
they do not let them labor in the fields.
and they protect them from the sun and
wind. The women perform only domestic
work"
In these words the ideal civilization
S expressed.
But if the men of Toroczko allow their
wives and daughters to walk about in
,iIks, laces and embroidered linen, If
hey maintain schools and academies.
What fairy supplies them with the riches