New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-11-17

eockpit OF Europe and it's men, AFTER
Il the late unpleasantness in the pen
;rsnla the home avengers, surely It's
women can be truthfully named as the
home makers and beautiilers. The moth-
srs and sweethearts of the men VINO
threw themselves at the threats OF the
,,croaching Turks and forced them TO
heir knees-these mothers and sweet
hearts come from pretty good ola sloCA'
/, times gone by they have carried arms
themselves when men ran short. Ihey
have nIougbed the fields and gathered the
crops in time of need. To this day they
weave and sew, knit and bake as ho
other women in the world. Revealing III
their varied peasantry an amalgamation
Of seemingly all the nations of the earth,
they have retained the good and the
strong and the beautiful of each of them,
and present to-day the most picturesque
and the most robust, the most simple and
the most complex type Of womanhood to
be found in a journey around the globe.
True. the leaders Of nearly all these little
principalities have come from foreign
states. but the masses of the country
the real people-are descendants of those
who have lived for centuries on the hills
and the coasts of their own forebears;
and even in attracting governors from
other and more northern centres Of power
they have only harked back TO their own
days Of immigration and recalled their
own invasions or incursions into this land
Of the south For not all Of the Bal
kanians call Alexander father; some
prefer "atilla," and still others are purer
Slays than the kneelers at the throne OF
the little father in Petersburg. 1t is
only return, then, to their home rulers
to call a Danish prince or a grandson OF
Louis PHILIPPE to guide their affairs OF
state, particularly as these chosen princes
bring with them daughters of Russia and
Germany and England to be their CO.
rulers, helping as their husbands cannot
help in furthering the welfare of the
women Of the Balkans.
AN EXCLUSIVE QUEEN.
Not long ago, in an interview that has
been translated into many tongues and
printed between varying critical COM
nents, good Queen Elizabeta-be'ter
Known by her chosen pen name, Carmen
sylys"-was quoted as saying: You must
not include US Rumanians) as in the
balkan states. Ye speak a different lam
guage; the Danube separates us from
and we have nothing in common with
The races on the other side" But for all
this disclaimer. Rumania will be the first
10 step in to get a division Of the spoils
VI war as soon as there are any 20 be APP
portloned; the Danube is more of a pretty
u'nge upon her political petticoat than a
Uarner Of kinship; the tongues and dia-
ieets In all the Balkan states are as
numerous as those in the differing can
IONS Of China, and there Will be found
as many Rumanians in the other parts
VI the peninsula as there will Of their i'm
mediate neighbors, the Bulgarians, the
oefVians. Greeks, Montenegrins, or even
ne Oldest and newest Of them all, the Al
'alans. So, then, charming Queen Eliz-
aoeta' as well as Princess Maria. a newer
snu younger idol Of Bucharest, and all the
0'ner beautifully dressed and pleasure
''eAhg ladies' Of the court TO say moth
"S ~ the picturesque natives in Moldavia
ano all along the confines Of Hungary,
russia and the Black Sea-, are to be in
Vuoed In this sketch of the women OF the
Da'kans In short, no better start can be
maze than on the streets of this same
BUCHAREST, where the cabs are smarter
"i@n those Of either London or New York,
mere the women are iovelier than the
u"ellers Of Paris or Vienna, where there
4'e Practically no slums, and where the
e4ies blaze all night.
sucHAREsT's VANITY FAIR.
me Particular Vanity Fair of this little
,aptsl is the Calea Victoriei. an avenue
" with palatial buildings and through
'Hicn all Bucharest drives between and
Veiock And by driving" on this par
eu'sr avenue is meant the most madden
e' notous, furiously fast pace known
civilized man. Your driver Is a Rus
on IN blue velvet coat heavily en-
s'o'oered with gold lace and belted in
~, an enormous and voluminous sash.
horses are magnificent animals that
~ '''Ven over the street, back and forth.
a. and forth, at breakneck speed, en-
aonng TO rival all the other horses,
,,eh oy equally well groomcd Russians
equally furiously swift pace. The
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