New-York tribune., 1911-01-29
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Serbian Girls Asvakenin6
Nine. Slavko Grouitch. Once Mabel DunIo,
of Virginia. Talks of Their Needs.

ufc and domestic arts and scis,o.
Nine. Grouitch came 10 Amerlc. =, ''"
points >"
II mean 10 visit the agricultural .ch..,.
10 see what can be done toward e.t.hu.-
ing courses for girls in belgrade" ar. .',
You see often wnere son couId -.
spared to go and study agriculture b.o.,o'
the sons must enter the army. a dauv.,,S
could be spared and then she uoura
back and teach the whole family yha, a.
he'd learned. Among the Servian ,.a.,,..
the women work with the men in the ssa.
though they do not. as in Montenegro 4.
all the work: the men do their share
"Seryian land has great possibilities o,,.
tobacco. for instance. Is so fine that Esv..
takes our entire output. The German ~,
press will smoke none but Serylar cis,,
cites. Our farming methods are prIni,ir.
TOW but just wait til We get the won.,
educated. and you'll see.
Another thing We plan 10 do ia n -.
awaken interest in the national needl.Uor,
Everybody knows the wonderful embrold.,v
fer which Seryian women have algays hs.,
rc;ed. but in the last thirty years or a,
since Seryia has been flooded with urin,.t
stu1s from German the art mas declins,
They think the printed stuffs prettier IA.
cause they are so used 10 their own royk
! suppose but We hope 90 make them real.
lie the value Of hand made things II um
be a monetary value. too. now that thar.
is such a growing demand for them in n.
Western markets
"hs to housework and sanitation no coun.
i-y can teach Servia anything in the vav
Of cleanliness / think they l.e the clean.
est people | ever knew No servian n,
whatever class. likes TO begin the day WITH.
out bath. They love 10 get under ru,.
nlig water. but II that is no, possible they
go into their hathrooms-little zinc Hnsd
roor,s and dash over themselves ice cold
water from the bokal. or water Jar which
tie women carry into the house. But IA.
mestic science, like farming. is primitiy. IN
Seryis which is another great reason for
our school"
The plan isn't merely in the air. By tts
way. Eighty girls from the provinces are
studying i'm Belgrade now, boarding unds,
chaperonage The Servian government has
given land for the school, and the building
is actually commenced. Many women are
working to raise money for Il. among them
Lady Whitehead. wife OF former British
Minister in Servia. and Lady Paget, her
successor.
"Of course IL Will take great deal 81
money" Nine. Grouitch said yesterday. Il
want to raise $1,000. but I have acquired
enough OF the Ea stern fatalism to believe
that if ii is 10 be II will be. I've made q
good start, for on the ship, on the way
over, $3.50 was given me. And in England
many books were given me, on gardening
and other things, for the library We mean
to start. They are in English. but most
Servian girls read English.
"One of our beloved plans is 20 have ths
girls edit a household magazine, TO carry
the gospel out into the homes Of the coun-
try. | have a great admiration for tbs
household magazines in America, and II
they are needed by the women Of this
country they are needed much more by the
women OF Servia."
Incidentally Nine. Grouitch believes 10
woman suffrage. !.
Not so much that | would care sps.
cially for the vote myself" she explained.
but it seems so absurd that woman
should be barred from any privilege or
right they desire. OF course. as the wife
OF a member Of the diplomatic corps. I
can have no politics, can take no sides,
but If l were. like so many women nova
days. following a career. think | should
be working for suffrage"
Mime. Grouitch will remain in this coun.
try about two months. spending the time
chiefly in New York and Washington.