Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1913-11-06
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Ipatience and perseverance tina
characterizes the people OF the
great east.
The lady Albanian dresses more
quietly, as befits her sex. She may
have an embroidered jacket and q
pleated skirt. Her ankles are shown
higher than they are with us. But
as she has to do most of the hard
work while her hero husband hunts
the enemy or talks about war, her
costume is careless and not near SO
attractive or fetching as that of her
man.
But women occupy high place in
the opinion of the men. An Albanian
puts the women Of his family on
pedestal and while he expects them
to work he will defend them for
any insult or attack. He also respects
the women of other folks unless he
is at war with them. was told that
an Albanian woman would not dare
flirt, for If she did and were caught
her husband would exercise his right
to kill the flirter and the flirtee. Il
do not know If this is true or not,
for / feared it might be and my OBJ
servations of the female Albanian |
were made from the rear. When she
turned around looked the other !
way. In this foolish country where |
men wear skirts and there is only
one mail week it is wise to take |
no chances. And then 1 did not
want to see any Albania lady killed
on my account.
Around this town of Volona Mrs.
Morgan and l have wandered today,
no one who could speak our
language. By the use of signs and
money we had a good time, secured
to eat, beat down the
price quoted on Albanian clothing,
and returned to the ship in time for
supper. The town is curious with
It's narrow dusty streets, its low
white houses, its uniquely dressed
people, and its. odd little shops. The
sights and scenes of city where
sewers are unknown and would be
'egarded as superfluous, wherel
here is no street cleaning depart
nent and apparently no city ordin-
noes or trash cans, are not peculiar
o Albanians, but they are very +
noticeable. And yet the people Il
eemed happy, satisfied and cheer
I'll. l wonder If the approaching
INVASION of civilization, with its c
lean-up days and its forcing every
ody to do what he does not want I
o do, will not be net disadvant-
ge to the Albanian. ID
49, In
We are cruising along the coast \
f Albania in ship that stops sew Q
raj hours at every chance. There .
|; no way to get into the interior a
xcept on horseback. The shore is d
and a ''sirocco" is II
lowing on the sea-. A "sirocco" is
hat we would call in Kansas hot
ind from the south, which makes =
Verybody peevish, and the water ~
,ssy. Sirocco sounds much better u
ian hot wind. In Kansas we should
)ver up disagreeable features with j.
rames as they do in the
lent. Anybody would rather have r
"sirocco" than a "hot wind"
My Albanian acquaintance has
zen representing the Associated
ress in this section and is as bright eli
Id educated man as one finds co
lywhere. He has put aside the nc
nbroidered vest and the big re- 81
liver. He is one of the new crowd III
at will try to make Albania catch an
} with the procession that has been III
ing by her for 500 years. He is MI
II of hope and confidence, but adj We
Its, there is a hard Job ahead. Prob MI
ly he Is right and in a few years "a
e Albanians will be peaceful, law III
iding citizens, and wear the same
nd of clothes that we do, but when ia
at happens Albania will not be 10
or picturesque. tn
pr
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