Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-02-06

SATURDAY, FEBRUA]
covered by immense pouch-likeI SHOES made
of pig's skin with the brisfteSs left on.
Under Christian rule he wears his red fez
and linen trousers of Turkish cut, gathered
at the ankles.
And he looks at the wide, new roads and
then mounts his shaggy. thin little horse
and goes pounding and stumbling and
pouncing over the trail of his ,daddies.
The Bosnian horse is pauent beast, for
giving under insult and injury 1t looks
equally happy whether mired or stabbed.
1t is never seen by any chance without
wonderful article of furniture on its back
occupying the place reserved ier sadie
in other and happier lands.
This piece of horse furniture looks most
nearly like a small table with stubby legs.
The legs are spars to WHICH are fastened
all the articles that are to be transported
The limit of the Bosnian horse load is
defined only by the capacity of the table
legs and the available amount of rope
They Garry Good Loads.
Bags, boxes, baskets, lumber, hay house
hold utensils travelling necessarles-all are
tied on till there isn't an inch of room left
There aren't any STRAPS. Ropes are used
to tie the baggage on, ropes lash the furni-
Bride
When the horse has been so we'll packed
that little of it can be seen the Bosnian
gets on himself. He sits in front of the
load, and as the Bosnian idea of loading
horse is to put everything well forward, the
rider sits almost on the animals neck,
much like a man mounted on a camel.
With this outfit the Bosnian is happy, and
the horse doesn't mind. Off go the COM
panions c!amherng The horse can climb
like a goat 1t will fall into hole, ascend
a smooth face of rock. slide down another
and fall into a. second hole as placidly as if
it were ambling over a pasture.
The Bosnian likes it, for it is literally
true that where certain fearfully bad bride
paths are paralleled by excellent new high
ways the Bosnians still plod up and down.
jolting and stumbling, along the bride
paths
The bride path is not ideal, but there is
a worse road still, which seems to be even
more of favorite with the true Bosnian.
1t is the Kaldermas.
Was Only Field Path.
The Kaldermas is a road that was orig
inally mere path over fields. In a mo-
ment of ambition, long ago, the Bosnians
improved these trails by throwing stones
into them. AS no attempt was made to
make a foundation, the Kaldermas is ter
ror today. There isn't town of any size
of this kind. and the weary Traveller, when
he sights a town, knows that his troubles
have only begun, for the Kaldermas goes
over rock and swamp.
The fact is that the Bosnian, although
he has settled down to being a European
and an Austrian, is a Turk at heart. Today
Bosnia and Herzegovina together have 235
elementary European schools and S54 lower
Lhohammedan schools.
The Bosnian still loves some of the Turk
ish ways, though he fought the Turk all
the time. He prefers even now to take his
disputes to a learned Turk rather than to.
a European Judge; and it is on record that
Bosnian, Croatan and Dalmatian Chris
lans have taken their law cases to Turkish
kadis on Turkish territory over and over
again in recent years
They like the oriental method which nor
mtS ihem to carry on their own case and
to fight it out before the Judge in nerson
they ike, too, his method of judging. 1t
IS within their understanding.
One of the funny Bosnian stories is about
a case of just this kind Two sisters and
a brother had been supporting their old
father until they grew weary Of him and
decided to throw him out.
They Had Wise Father.
The wise old gentleman discovered the
plan in time. He hurried to friend and
borrowed a bag of gold. With this he re-
paired to his room, where he began to
count it, taking excellent care to make the
pieces chnk loudly
The loving children peered through
crack and saw the hoard. Immediately
they began to rival each other in atten-
tons, and the foxy old daddy lived in clover
till he died. ~
AS soon as he had passed the children
hunted for his hoard, and presently found
a great earthen jar sealed and ext ,en.e!y
heavy. Forthwith they bore it to a kadi
chit hi
make the division.
The Kadi was a foxy old gentleman him
self He ordered his servant TO suspend the
jar from the ceiling with a string Then
ne loosened his turoan and opened it on his
head as far he could, and stood inlme-
diately under the treasure
Now" said he group yourselves around
me- Then my servant shall thwack the jar
with a club and each one shall have all the
gold that falls on him or her"
The servant thwacked the ia as ordered
and out fell a great stone directly on top
of the Kadi's head.
The Turkish Idea.
The Bosnian's idea of a woman is Turk
ish, too. Fear thy husband o woman"
is part Of the priests formula at Christian
weddings, and the bridegroom then treads
hard on his brides foot to impress it on
her
In true oriental fashion the wooing in
many districts is begun by bidding money
for the girl. Often the negotiations become
spirited enough to make bidding feversh
Unlike Turkey, however. the Bosnian father
gives the sum realized by him for his
daughter to her when she is married
After she is married the Bosnian woman
settles down to work. She expects nothing
else. Her time of fun passed with her
girlhood, and she would be shocked bv
suggestion that a wife need not necessarily
be a labOrer,
Only the man who beats her sometimes
loves ms wife truly is a Balkan proverb
of much popularity