The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-02-01


A striking picture of street life in
Salonid, Greece. is given in bulletin
of the National Geographic society
compiled from communication 10 the
society from II. G. Dwight.
Somebody had told me that Saloniiii
was rather like Genoa writes Mr.
Dwight. MY first impression, there.
fore, was of a disappointing hatness
not in the least comparable to the lofty
air-the piled. Fashioned, heaTon seal
ing air-of the Italian city Yet SaIo.
niki scales heaven, too in her more
discreet manner.
And there Is even something family
italian about her. This is most palpa-
BILE on the broad quay OF the wafer
front, especially when yelitable row
Of fishermen from the Adriatic are dry
ing nets or sails under the sea wall,
just as they do in Venice The crcs-
cent Of white buildings facing the blue
bay would not look foreign In any
Rimini or Spezzia.
The White tower, which is the most
conspicuous Of them, might perfectly
have been the work OF an Italian
prince. Indeed. doee of Venice is
said to have built the first edition OF 1t.
AID Suleimau the Magnificent employed
Nenetians Tor his own.
Look little closer, however. and
this Italian appearing town has uafa-
millar details. Tho white campanili
that everywhere prick UP above the
roofs Of wcathered red are too slender
and too pointed for true bell towers.
Then, as you land at the quay you
perceive that tie electric cars are la
beled in strange alphabets. The cafes
do not look quite as they should either.
AS for the people in them, n good
many would pass without question.
Just such slight aud trim young men
the sidewalk Just such young women.
rather pale aud powdered as TO COM
plexion. rather dusky as TO eyes and
hair would sit beside them. And you
hear good deal of Italian. But you
hear more Of other and less familiar
languages. And those red fezzes are
another note.
"A more striking note is afforded by
numerous dlgnifod old gentlemen TAX
ing their ease TN their bathrobcs. us Il
were, slit little up the side and tied
about the waist with gay silk. girdle.
Over the bathrobe they usually wear
long, open coat lined with yellow fur.
which guards them from the cold la
winter aud in the summer from heat.
And none of them is without a string
of beads. PREFERABLY of amber dam
Cling from his hand and giving him
something 10 play with.
such an old gentleman should he ac-
compauicd By an old lady, who contrib.
utes what is most characteristic to the
local color OF Salonii. The foundation
of her costume is a petticoat OF some-
dark silk ana white bodice crossed
below her throat--a very thin bodice
cut very low at the neck and unstiff-
ened by any such mail us western
women arm themselves with.
over this superStructurc the old
with fur and two striped silk aprons,
one before ana one behind. The latter
is caught up on one side. some corner
of it being apparently tucked into a
mysterious pocket. But the crown aud
glory of the old lady Is her headdress,
a sort OF fiat frame tightly wound
about with stamped or embroidered
handkerchief and crowned with an
oval gilt plaque set off by seed pearls.
Whatever its color this creation iGya-
riably ends in fringed tail of dark
green silk. also ornamented by n gilt or
gold plaque of seed pearls banking
halfway down the old lady's back. In
this wonderful tail she keeps her hair.
of which you see not Il scrap unless at
the temples And about her throat she
wears strings and strings of more seed
pearls.
"She is, this decorative this often ex-
tremely handsome old lady, a mother
in Israel The old gentleman in the
gaberlinc is her legitimate consort,
while many of the modernized young
people at the cafe tables are their de-
scendants-yery many. y dozen differ
Ont estimates Of the population are
given, varying according to the race OF
the informant, but they all agree OH
the point that Saloniki contains not far
from 10000 people and that more than
half OF them are Jews.
ITO loiter among the booths OF Sa-
lonikis bazaar. to explore the busy
squares and markets beyond il. TO
stroll in the crowded street of the Var
dar or to idle among the coffee houses
of its western end is t,a take in some.
thing of the Macedonian question.
Tall Albanlans, variously braided
ACCORDING to their tribes and wearing
white skullcaps on one ear, stalk
through Tie crowd with that lordly
swing of theirs. Bulgarians, less lord
~, but no less Indifferent TO the opin-
ion/of the world at large. mind their
own business in brown homespn.
Killed Greek peasants in tight white
trousers tasselcd under the knee, boot
ed Montenegrins with hanging sleeves
lend the scene an operate air.
"Ayomen In hats, women in kerchiefs.
women in ombroidcries that you want
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