Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-10-10
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Chicago, ILL.,, Oct. S.-Prof. Elmer E.
Jones, head:of the education :depar:-:
.ment of Northwestern unlyc. sily, 4.G.:i
returned from ALBANIA after having
.travefsed the entire country On mule.
back1something that no other Aims
.erican&ever has dong, Just before he
left, war threatened with Serbia and
Prof. Jones: could see then that the
:mudd!e over boundaries. would almost.
surely result in a, clash. ~, i
THAT is the weak spot in Europe
just now" he said on his rernrn.
boundaries are not definitely de-
fined. In Albania, neither the : MAJ
have knowledge as to the lincsnsepar-
ating the two countries. In fact:: no
one" has this .knpwledge: Thes crying
need in the BALKANS sffor a .dsftni:e
fixture of Observation-Disclosures fights
are almost OF daily occuIance ana
sFere leading to Wholesale ,massace.
Iofa Albanians. Oyer. night an ..E
ian. village Is ehansednto a Serbian
town. At thea elltsty'of Ai,a}i-,sN-%r
WROTE a.1telegram to tho Lcass t.% u 81
Nations begging for setsienaen, oi.%sa
question that was bound 10 ca$psAs
ybloedshedt 3: NJ. i
Prof. ~SJoneswent over mounsmn
roads. on the back of a donkey &h.t
covered 800 miles in thi way
was. given every courtesy b. h
bantam, government as i WAS ~:
Stood THAT upon the rcsu,, js -.
survey would. depend the hli: ,;:fl4sss
a large university in Ai;,aa. aJ5.as..
Methodist church. Pref. J..~..ss
now working on his report. .
Women Arc v>.Ecl !, s*
Albania IS a MohamHseaal country
and the women wear, vel S" he con
tinued. "Polygamy is pract.Eot:a'
somewhere there. but is fast dsiing
out: The Albanians are a, prosras-
sive people and realize that poly
'gamy is bad for the nasion. .Im>
women, however, are the workers :i9I-l
burden. bearers Of the hone =! te.;;
are very strong, physically and@l. frs
quently met a man and wife goaU3
to market, the husband riding seen
ly on the back of a donkey white
his helpmate plodded by his side cary
ing an immense load Of hay. Aloan-
ian women have a knac:k of carrying
hay that is eXtraordinar". You.:ae
a quarter-ton or so of hay HlovinE
along q country road but you 1 ti I,
see the m She is inside. some
where and you may catch q. glimpse OF
her feet. How it. is done l couldn't
discover. The hay. is. sold in town
just as we take butter and eggs to
a village in America.
"a measure for strength is a wom-
ans back in Albania but, even SO.
her husband tolerates no flirtations.
He does not see his wife til the we'd
ding day and meanwhile he has
bought or built a house. Around, 1t
he has put 4 high brick wall. iOn the
top OF this wall is a bed Of cement
and in the cement are chips of sharp
glass. The women by training never
look upon men. Even the younger
girls who had reached the vel, DE
ran away from our party as we trav
| eled from place to place. The lille
tshepherdesses of the hills leaped ,ranl
rock to rock in fright when they aw
men. approaching from .afar."
Prof. Jones said that. education hid
been: neglected in Albania by reason
of the 400 years of Turkish rule when
the Turk refused to let the Albaians
read or write or have any school
houses.
Prof. Jones said that while Alban-
ia has no railroads. its system of tele-
phones is 50 complete and its police
force so efficient that as-person Is
safer in any part Of Albania than in
Michigan boulevard. Chicago. He was
foiled in an attempt to visit the saw
age tribe Of Midites, he explained, by
reason Of a clash with the constabu-
larry a day or two before he was to
start north. P