The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1912-02-15


truufigr O NuutensEro Il one were
II uut OF the lookout fuT h- il IL
III marked By q rUw o. paving stones
SCI obBqusly across TIE road and
pos phiEtef with The Austrian black
and yellow Then We turned inland
ana covered The lersi rlils 70 S5sEush.
ThiE important village is the cradle
q the presel ,ynasy ard the birth
place q King Nichols J. j is Ger
'le spot and Ike al the culuvlbls
land q Montenegro appe41s 70 be
The basin Of long dry lake. We we're
too high nov for the vine TIE olive
and the orsnEe.
Not even The wild pomeErznatC- 50
plentiful in Dalmatia. could follow rs
here. There were fields Of rye and
potatoes. or earth pears We lunched
lightly al the inn on excellent re
bread and cofIee-one can generally
rely upon these and the wine being
Eood-and when the horses were
rested drove on through the valley.
over a pass and then down ziEzaEs 10
CettinJe. which with its 1000 inhabi-
tants is the smallest capital in Eu-
rope
The streets are wide anc ven met
allied. The houses are small. but they
looked well built and comfortable. and
there are wells al various corners.
where the people draw water In the
evening None Of the MouteneErius IS
greatly rich or greatly poor. The IN
r.-...- A. - - sf-- F-. as--s r-r~r g - -
markable rs that o. rhe nEtion. We
cnly ssw two beEEars in Cettiuje. q
crippled women in q =neeied chair
and a bi5rd man who 4znE 10 the Eusla-
This IS the narionai instrument a one
Etringed hdtle carved with a horse
bead
There are viIlauke palaces f0r the
r0ysl family and various rather impOE-
ing leEauluE. t1t t1 he main both
houses and churches are very modest
ir appearance and DO not Jay claim TO
any great antiquity It was the people
wh1 Interested us chiefly
TIE Dllma-Eu E.ouc1 es lie IS al
wayE ready Tor rest. and though be
fails into the most graceful positions
upon q doorstep. against q tree or
down upon bis mother earth one gets
tired Of his picturesque ifleness. The
T Montenegro has sCusrer shoulders
and q sitter back de walks as II he
I wishes 70 arrive somewhere and looks
upward and outward ike an eagle.
Peasant Life In Montenegro.
The peasants wear long coats of
white fsltlike cloth with bright sashes
and al have the ~torba" or pouch com
mon throughout DalmA,h Il Is = big
leather contrivance. handy receptacle
for pistol. knives. pipe and tobacco.
The women are very comely, quiet
eyed dark haired They wear hand
kerchiefs or lace wells over their heads
and long. sleeveless coats Of a pale
color. just touched with embroidery. a
becoming dress for Old and young
The Montenegrin wife does not have
very easy time. She does nearly al
the work and soon grows old.
on the night Of our arrival in Get.
TIME khaki coats were being expert
mented with for the first time. with Z
view 70 their being worn BY the army
We wondered why they should be con
sidered necessary. for the rough peas
ant coat falls in with the lAndscaPe
even better. one streak q Crime upon
him and the wearer Is q stone among
the stones. a tree stump In the woods
one sheep Of his flock. a bit q broken
masonry under a wall No khaki car
hide him better than his own home
spun and IN his native mountains hs
can defy the eye and the spyglass
The nan Of means does not veal
this undyed material He has greea
Vide skirted coat with sleeves sli'
near the shoulder. 50 that be may veal
the coat without them when II Il
warm. And this gives him a strang'
though very dignihed appearance a
be walks down the Katunska Utica I
spare pair Of sleeves hanging behini
him and hts "strukA" a brown car
!, petty plaid, with snicks Of aolor. folde'
over his shoulder. is long firing
swinging al every step.
All alike wear the poetic hsaddres
Of their county. q little round car
which Is al once q d.Esc. a lyric an
a song cf victory. Il has a red 20
and a.briIn Of padded black silk. whic
is used as a purse The black
mourning for the lost country; the re
Is in memory ot the blood which ha
been shed. On the crown are Nv
lines OF gold arranged like a risin
sun-tbey are for Eve centuries {
glorious indspendence-snd belo'
them. IN the Russian character. ar
the initials Of the beloved ruler wh
has lately been made king