The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1913-01-18

punches of shoes, slippers, or, better.
even, sandals-red or yellow We en-
ter court completely hung with bril-
liant footwear. 1t is crowded with
peasants. Blue velvet skirts, fringed
with lace; caps of blue lining. with
fur protruding from the edge; long,
black cloaks, with hem of gilt en-
broidery; longer white skirts. edged
in red lace; pale blue kerchiefs about
the head. hair down the owners back
IN dozen tiny strands like proven
bal Topsies at home, and each with
ribbon Of another color. So the
picture shifts and scintillates and
changes ever, as In a kaleidoscope
before our eyes,
RevoIutIonists at Home.
One has a wonderful opportunity
here to see how these revolutionists
conduct themselves. A woman has a
bunch of chickens by the legs in one
hand. trying to SELL. A man. nearby.
has a great band about the waist to
which hangs a pannier with coke.
Coke is the soft coal of Bulgaria.
Another hawker has pigeons in has
kets, for the Bulgar is fond Of these.
In other baskets. or suspended from
either end of pole worn across the
Balkan wilderness. Turkeys. too.
half wild. are carried in the same
fashion.
The young market girls are pretty
and their wares are the best OF their
sort. Many of the maidens have in
their care large tin boxes Of mush-
rooms which are almost as plentiful
as potatoes. and are frequently found
in large. rounded trays on the side
walks over the city Fisherboys.
with nets over the shoulder, as in
pictures Of the old Arabian
Nights" stop to chat with them while
standing guard over like trays of
river fish. Here is man with
sponges in one hand and fowl in an
other. Yonder a woman Is selling
spindles. sitting beside a basket OF
them in the broiling sun. A squeal.
and a lad goes by with live pig
under his arms. A cry. and the toy
seller is upon US. Women Jingle as
they pass for the silver bracelets ON
the arm.
Then We enter another quarter of
the marketplace. Here most of the
women bear black and white bags In
which they carry their purchases, and
here the hair Is divided into still more
numerous braids. counted II Of,
these on one woman's back while we
were watching the spectacle.
To pick this melee apart would be
to spoil it. There's a beggar, his
arms crippled when a babe, that he
might become a mendicant Beyond
Is a girl who has each braid end In q
ribbon and coin. and he covets these
as she passes. Now and then a Turk
will pass. selling Turkish coffee. So
much for the market at present
Gypsies are as numerous as the
children: but even more plentiful are
the harkers. They remind one of old
London by their number.
Among the booths where the WOOD
en- water-hasks and the heavy peas
ant knives are sold. is the Greek
cathedral. The car Of Russia has
recently given a fund to this. Across
the front of the church a wooden
screen, known as the iconastas, is
built, heavily painted in white and
covered over with patterns Of gray.
On this the icons. or sacred paintings,
IRE hung, but the workmanship of
9ahese is poor. Great pillars. in double
Hws. support the church itself, and
on a stand beside one of these
"tre sBBr1e is shown. This latter is
a1g}S ease containing 10 medallions.
aSpttefmainches in size. each e1-
NgistteHraHRns miniatures from the
Aleeah Christ. Heavy crystal chande-
to ilfumine the treasure
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