Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1921-10-28

the dDSentet lduulOiuS.
An interesting class the Rumanian
peasants form, with their peculiar GUS
toms, their striking superstitions, their
primitive ways of looking at things In
general.
No Race Suicide Here.
The evil of race suicide has never
invaded rural Rumanla. 1t is regarded
as worthy of honor to be the head OF
a numerous family. AS In all lands
where many of the people are more or
less illiterate, there is high death
rate, though the fact that the bottle
fed baby is almost unknown In peasant
Rumania tends to overcome the high
infant mortality that would otherwise
result.
MANY hands make light work" Is q
proverb of the Rumanian peasant, Of
ten put into practice. Almost every
night there is a neighborhood gather
ing like the old-fashioned apple-cutting
or apple-butter boiling in early Amer
lean rural history.
One-third Of the area of the country
toward the north and west is inhabited
by semi-civilized shepherds. Up In the
Carpathians in summer and down IN
the sheltered valleys In winter they
lead their fiocks, sleeping In the open
with them and despising any other
shelter than that which primitive ma
ture and the starry sky afford. They
seldom speak; indeed. their solitary
lives leave them little opportunity for
| conversation.
But if there Is primitive simplicity
in Rumanian peasant life, there is Ill
| ira formaEity In the polite circles Of
Bucharest. the national capital. "The
Paris of the East" its Inhabitants
proudly call their city, and in the char
acter Of its architecture, the ways Of
it's people, the prices in force at Its
| hotels, it justly deserves the title 1t
has vauntingly assumed.
! Bucharest Lively City.
/ This near-eastern metropolis is
about equal in size to our own ma
tional capital, and yetit has twenty
times as many restaurants and cafes,
ten times as many streets lights and
twice as many theaters. 1t Is re-
garded as the most expensive place In
the world for the well-todo and the
cheapest for the poor. Prices at the
Hotel du Boulevard are higher than in
New York or London. and travellers
I who have visited Monte Carlos lead
Ing hotels and then Journeyed tc
Bucharest have found its rates from
Is per cent to % per cent higher thar
those obtaining in the hostelries o.
Z Monaco.
But If their prices are high, theil
service and their food leaves nothin,
to be desired. The cuisine of the lead
ing hotels and private homes Is French
and money Is no consideration-qual
ity Is paramount Some of the fines
restaurants east Of Paris are in Bucha
rest, and the night life, with its pas
! sionate, puisating gypsy music, 1t
sparkling wine, its beautiful women
, its scintillating jewels. its handsom
, men. Is as gay and alluring as any
| thing the world has to offer.
AS to clothes, everybody who pre-
! tends to dress at all dresses In tn
, mode of Paris and the gowns Of tn
/ elite are as up-to-the-minute as thos
/ to be seen on the Champs Elysees.
n Gambling fiourishes openly and hig
|. stakes are the rule rather than tn
v exception. Many Of the players ow
v farms as big as an American count
& and their incomes are proportionatel
n large.
y Surrounded on every side BY u
o Slavic seattle deep ocean OF Russi
?, the bay Of Serbia and the gulf Of Bu
l. garia--who can say whether In futul
centuries the attrition Of the Slav
/ tide will wear away the Humans
" shore, or whether the great war "
d have nxed political boundaries n
e will be O. Arm ~ the gsograpn
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