The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1912-11-08

" YTH laundering and superb lighting array an army IN
w three columns is marching upon Constannople Were
grave considerations of policy the proud city Of The
Bosphorus might suffer another fall and the shameful
Turkish conqueror riding his horse the aisle OF
Sophia wiped in the 1912 A. d. Mean
Europe and the world gazing asounded upon
army admirably trained soldiers the pink Of condition who
Aivs Turks before them Like cattle.
IL Bulgaria. then military power be reckoned wth-no
lsner petty Balkan aep Europe beginning
wonder how German English troops 1t would take TO
Aoid their ground before these soldiers.
Bugarians neither giants prodges The arc
mostly underzed though socy and muscular Heavy OF jaw,
with dark straight they show the mixture OF
Sav and stock from which they Peasants farmers
shepherds bone and snew Of the nation The
distinctly weaker types Sevsnyfou per cent Of the
entire population Of 1000 are farmers.
Extraordinarily robust thrifty and long lived the Bulgarian
Csntenarans huckberes The shows
nearly three thousand hundred years old The
young marry before they twenty-five, tho grs before
hteen Standards Of morality exceptionally high especially
in country districts The number Of egmae births almost
nseies averaging only one4en Of per cent Of the total
Marriage long, elaborate and deeply reverenced
Many couples eope usually understanding with the
paren escape the expense Of wedding The peasants carry
thrift saving the point paimony and frown upon the
smallest display Of wealth.
Although Bugarans the reputation Of being reserved
acr phegmatc cordial toward foreigners they
among themselves peaceae and orderly The countless petty
qua and knngs the southern peoples OF Europe
are among the Bulgaans While not quick
intelligent the Creeks they harder persevns workers
They live simply and the whole temporarily Prof Mechnkof
said to have theory milk elements aids
to longevity from study Of Bulgarans and their Diet
They enjoy themselves primitive and pastoral On
and holidays they dance the the strains OF
and Despite all the abos Of the priests Of them
believe witches vampires and the evil Remember thst before
1873 these country people had educational system The peasan
W. profoundly ignorant older people totally erat The
present system dstes from 1891 Almost all the villages
compulsory public schools and there keen desire to learn
During months however, schools have be closed in
the rural districts that the children work in the fields In
1888 only per Of the population could read and write In
number had cent and the later increase has
rapid Over 100000 Of the population belong the Oho
faith The Mohammedans NEXT with $4,000
said be diminishing fast In 1901 there
$500 Professionals in the country, mostly Methodsts.
The history Bugarans long record Of mixture
by Aliens sruggngs Of national spirit and na
emergene nation In ancient times great aton Of Slav
filed Danube region with tribal agricultural people In the
Lister half Of the seventh century D. the Bugars Tunniar
like the Tartas and tie Huns swOoped down wild horde
Of barbarous horse praccng poygamy governed BY
despot chiefs During the next centuries the conqueors al
though they gave their the country adopted its language
and local institutions Such with subsequent lesser nu
Greek Turkish and other foreign strains the ancestry
the Buarian In the ninth century the missionary monks Cy
and Methodius, converted the country to Christianity
Struggles with the Byzantine emperors momentary bursts
prosperity and then long dark five centuries Of fire
persecution under Turkish rule fill out the annals Of Blu
garia down 1878 The treaties Of San Stefano and Berlin
year gave the Bugaans kind neutrality-suspicious. with tn
right elect prince subject confirmation by the Sublime Port
But Bulgaria determined to become Independent Serva
1885 Ferdinand publicly proclaimed Bulgaria ndependc
kingdom Turkey accepted an indemnity The powers recognize
Bulgarian independence.
then these sturdy folk have been quietly and thrifty
velopng kingdom saving their and drilling their armi
until to-day they realize what has doubtless long been the deare
ambition national haro set heavy foot the neck
the Turk.
So goes few weeks these people quietly poughi
their fields milking the valleys Of their bca
tif mountain country Suddenly out OF clear sky word
CIV and like up and march, and the
valleys the country less than the territories OF
enemy are with din and tampng and devastat
Who SAYS different much better than it III
to be-?