The sun., 1910-05-29

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ssnnainG and opportunities 0pen 70 an
immigrant
! Prui. Baloh found In the Sl0vsnians
of CarnioIa "a south Sav group IN the
eastern Alpsi and their neighbors the
people who are knOWn Ia the United States
a. -GrineFs- u did not at nrst occur
20 her that this term waa a corruption
of 'KTainsr.- the German name Tor Car
niola heihg Kraln Had she hesn more
familiar with the Slavic languages shs
would have traced the word one sep
furthsr baCk with most interesting Faelal
and historical rasnlts. u simply means
the border OF boundary and 10 the sane
word which designaeee The bordarmarches
famous In song and story. ths Russian
UkFaina-u Kraina. .on the border Obvt-
pusly Il dates back 20 the heroic ags whsn
this Slavic outpost did IN share IN rspoll-
ing the TAaar and Turkish horAss and
protecting European civilization. They
only numhsr about i.SoO.OOO. compactly
situated. and are agricultural ohisay
not dWollerH In cities Though thsTo Il .
stFOng minority ot thsn "a Trieste. which
is trying 10 CONS 10 The top) condsmned
20 till On ground mostly of llmsasons
waste. In q mountAlnoun DISTRICT. and
ruined by the phylloxora In thsiF vine
yards.
The Croatians. Who look = u thsy were
dying q consumption. but are tougher
than wire. : - q doctor phrasod Il, suffer
nom unfair truatmsnt AZ the hands Of
Hungary and from hard OonditiOns In
general. moludlng the hmsston0 waste
sod, Thsy hFs poorly prsparsd for life
by the famous and much dlsCunsed Ia
druGA' OF communal housshOld Of the
south slavs. which b sometimes presided
over By . woman. the hsad bsing elected
a. the most eflcisnt individual IN the aaso-
cation. There 10 . lsassned appeal 20
energy and initiative In such commmi-
tiea. the lazy man b better oa: and when
such m association b Dissolved by Law or
secstly BY mutual conssnt. this oifsrs .
great hindrancs 70 the insufficient person.
hithsrto protected. especially - the land
and money thm divided afford but .
meagre capital. though the community
was wealthy with the resources CON-
bined All the practical information
about thess various peoples h intsrsPsrsed
with dshghtfu dstails - 70 their dwell
ings. customs and 20 forth. upon which
10 cannot lingsr. but ono curious custom
Of the CTOatians merils mention. In the
interior (behind the coast range Of Dali
matiaD no girl can hope 70 marry unless
shs can bring as her dowry a. the very
least q chest and complets outfit. from
cap 70 shoes. for the bridegroOm a. veil
as for herself The bridegroom in this
region h not obliged 20 bring any prop
erty whatever 10 his bride; but In the
coast region all the girl need possess
IL her personal ornaments. a necklace OF
coins. and that sort Of thing. when
a marriage IL TO be arranged the girl's
parents and friends institute a practical
investigator a. 10 What sort % people
HE family are. Does this father beat his
m0thsri What 10 his own relation 70 his
brother and aistsTl Il his married brother
a good huabARdi CIs the giFi's married
sister a good wife. Il the correspond
ing inquiTyl u comes with something Of
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whsth.r thi. /. = boDa ads imUr~.aiop
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rather q lcnv ,ontipusd Arinrins of indi-
viduals. but With declining commercs
more may come hereafter. The earliest
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