Bisbee daily review., 1915-05-18
BULGARIAN WOMEN ARE GREAT FACTROR
 IN NATIONS GAIN
American Educator Tells of Ob- servations of Remarkable Physical and Mental Develop ment of Bulgarian Women.

pfoEIesh uuIluB tue Just louIll 9tdih of troubled existence has compelled the administration of onlooldng na- ions, is owing to this nations sturdy womanhood is explained for Che Ma tional Geographic Society by Hester Donaldson Jenkins. an American edu- ator in the Balkans, in monograph lpon Bulgaria and it's Women" Con rasting lhe Bulgarian girls with the girls of the Balkans, Miss Jenkins avs.
 Among the Oriental girls with whom l lived in my nine years resi- dence in the Near East. none inter- asted me more than the Bulgarians They are perhays the least Oriental Of the eight or more nationalities Go be found in the Constantinople College, If which I was a professor They are fairer and brighter in coloring than the Armenians Greeks or Persians. -ather taller and larger on an average, nd have far more energy and less anguor than the Turk
 The bulgarian girls, the writer con- inues distinguished themselves from he others by a certain wholesome. 1ut-ofdOor quality a sanity which 1arked lhem sharply from the fanoi- ul, sentimental. and weaker-nerved trls of some of the other nationalities. Their greater sturdiness was some mes expressed b0isterously. and Miss enkins found the Bulgarian hoydeu gas much more common that the turkish hoydeu or the Bulgar girl
 hysical lovelmess she says.
 Bulgarian girls incline lo round-
 ess Of contous and figure. many 1t
 em having round full face, ripe
 2sy mouth, and dimples This effect
 heightened by Che fashion of wear the hair in braids wound about tho
 cad One sees plenty of dark hair Bulgaria, but one also looks with '0eeuro cn warm brown tinta, chest 70 trcsses. and occasionally auburn
 ads One of che most beautiful girls
 ever saw was a Bulgarian with e
 rious mass Of copper-colored waves
 clear pale skin, Handsomely set gray -es, delicate mouth, and small white eth, and che height and carriage of
 princess.
 "The bright cheeks that SO many Of ! @ Bugarians have are a pleasant Nange from the dark or pale skins
 the Armenians and Greeks Their 1 yes are generally less large and Ian | ur-us than Oriental eyes. looking you ! 1uarely iu tho face with more fTguh- ess and less seduction"
 Miss Jenkins gives the following i ueloJi0us samples of the names of CT Bulgarian pupils. Nadezda. Nef- l Ika. Narafuka. Hlagoya Vessolina. l '0onka Ziravka The last names an | ,ud in '0n for Che men and oya' for | he women. meaning son or daughter 1 f. Thus Magthalcua Potrovo is Mag alen, daughter of Peter; while Stoiko petron is Stoiko. son Of Peter Hov- yer. now last names are coming to 1 -emain permanent in a family
 Bulgarian girls are bright dresscrs. The village holiday brings out a won 7erful array Of gaudy costumes,
 straight and awkward in line, but bril- iant in color and decoration, the writ ar tells The womens big waists are usually emphasized by huge silver | buckles When however, girl is young and pretty her abundant curly hair, into which is braided bright threads of ribbon with often a flower m her ear, her bright color heighteu. ed by the gay embroideries, and her slender figure, which the straightness of her dress cannot spoil, make her an attractive vision The pleasure oi the girls, Miss Jenkins describes:
 "A girl iu 8 Bulgarian village is not without her amusements As iH the Bible times an the water for a village must be drawn iron one or tVC wells or springs. and these watering places or fountains are the scene oi ruch snciabiltr Hither come an the youths ana maIdens of the village
 loiter There is coqutting and court
 ing about the fountain and home gath erings in the evenings Marriage. spring from mutual attractions an' , choice rather than the arrangement of families. as do the Armenian and Turkish alliances.
 There are msking bees and Quai ty bees where the young people meet but Che mosi popular form of soc'a entertainment ls the sedanka. H~l assemble tl.e young men and w1mci of the vi! .e end adpoinins fsr's grouped ab1ut ar open fire si1gin. solos and horses. The BulgariaI
 folk dances are danced in a TOW Q [ circle the leader generally waving 8 bright handkerchief and turning am twisting about his line of followers
 like "a mild game of snap the whip & lt suggests health and abowndng spin I. it's and good fellowship. without th
 sensuality that SO often marks On
 Oriental dance.
 e Occasionally the Sedanka ends i
 dramatic fashion Some braWn
 fellow who has been courtmg hi
 Darka assidously will seize her in nj
 arms and carry her 10 his home Tn next day this marriage by capture D. is given legal and religious senctio by the blessing of the Orthodox priesi
 once asked Zarannka what woui
 happen if two men wanted Che sam