Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-01-12

not on the lookout for il. It Is
marked By row of paving stones
set obliquely across the road and
a post painted with the Austrian black
and yellow Then We turned inland
and covered the level mile to Njegush.
This important village is the cradle
Of the present dynasty and the birth
place of King Nicholas l. Ii is GER
tile spot and like all the cultivable
land Of Montenegro appears to be
the basin of long dry lake. We were
too high now for the vine, the olive
and the orange.
Not even the wild pomegranate, so
plentiful in Dalmatia, could follow us
here. There were fields Of rye and
potatoes, or earth pears. We luncheq
lightly at the inn or excellent rye
bread and coffee--0ne can generally
rely upon these and the wine being
good--and when the horses were
rested drove on through the valley,
over a pass and then down zigzags 10
Cettinje, which with its 1000 inhabi.
tants is the smallest capital in Eu-
rope.
The streets are wide and well met
allied. The houses are small, but they
looked well built and comfortable, and
there are wells at various corners,
where the people draw water In the
evening None Of the Montcnegrins Is
greatly rich or greatly poor The in
dependence OF the individual Is DIS re-
markable as that OF the nation. We
only saw Two beggars in Cettinie.
crippled woman in 4 wheeled chair
and a bind nan who sang 10 the Gujia.
This is the national instrument, u one
strinsed fade carved with a horses
head.
There are rillalikc palaces for the
royal family and various rather impos'
ing legations. but in The main both
houses and churches are very modest
In appearance and do not lay claim 10
any great antiquity. It was the people
who interested us chiefly.
The Dalmatian slouches. He is al
ways ready for rest. and though no
falls into the most graceful positions
upon doorstep. against tree or
down upon his mother earth one gets
tired OF his picturesque idlencss The
Montenegrn has squarer shoulders
and a SITTER back. He walks as II he
wishes 10 arrive somewhere and looks
upward and outward like an eagle.
Peasant Life in Montenegro.
The peasants wear long coats of
white feltlike Cloth with bright sashes
and all have The ;orha or pouch COM
mon throughout Dainatia. II is Il big
leather contrivance. handy receptacle
for pistol. knives. pipe and tobacco.
The women are very comcy, quiet
eyed. dark haired They wear hand
kerchicfs or lace wells over their heads
and long. sleeveless coats OF pale
color. Just touched with embroidery 4
becoming dress Tor Old and Young
The Nontenegrin Vie does not have
very easy time. She does nearly all
the work and soon grows old.
On the night OF or arrival in Get.
tinie khaki coats were being expert
mented with for The first time. with
view - 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 oG CRIME upon
him and the wearer is stone among
the stones, a tree stump in the woods.
one sheep OF his flock. biz OF broken
masonry under a wall. No khaki ear
lin. him better than his own home.
srun and in his native mountains no
can defy the eye and the spyglass.
The man of means does not wear
this undyed material He has a green
wido skirted coat, with sleeves silt
near Tie shoulder. so that ne may wear
the coat without them when IL IL
warm. And this gives him strange
though very diguitiad appearance az
lia walks down the katunska Ulica
SPARE pair of sleeves hanging behind
Kim and his "sIru;la.' a brown car
ne.v plaid. with snicks OF color. folded
over his shoulder, its Ions frings
swinging al every step.
All alike wear The poetic headdress
of their country, little round cap.
Which is al once dirse. a lyric ana
& song OF victory. Ii mas red top
and brim Of padded black silk. which
is used as a purse. The black Is
moirnng COR the lost country; the rec
Is il memory OF the blood which has
been she'd On the crown are five
lines OF gold arranged ike rising
sun they are Tor five centuries 81
glorious indepeudence-ant below
them. i'll the Russian character are
the, initials Of che beloved ra!la- -hc
has lsteir, tssn c,s5s' g!cz