Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1921-06-16

to drink the mineral water of the
country through which he is passing
SIovakian Paper Industry.
Slovakia is not so highly organized
along industrial lines as is Bohemia
but it has vast forests and already
there are many paper mills, some OF
them still running under the ole
Hungarian names. But these are all
small affairs and so far the paper ane
wood pulp industry has not been de-
veloped to anything like the proper
tions which could be reached in a
stable, Industrious Europe. In Slo
yakia, too, one may see bentwood
chairs being made for the American
market.
Czechoslovakia is short of coal but
this may be a good thing in the long
run, for Slovakia is one vast store
house of hydraulic power and there is
enough unused water power among
the Slovakian hills and in the fashion.
able high Tatra region to run all the
factories that are likely to be started
for a long time to come. The Tatra
mountains are rivals of the Swiss Alps
for scenery. There the wealth and
aristocracy Of Hungary have beer
accustomed to go for generations fol
Notwithstanding and other outdoor
recreations.
While Bohemia, the land of the
Czechs, is predominantly an industrial
country, Slovakia, the home of the
Slovak portion of the partnership is
at present chiefly agricultural. There
are to be found the quaintest and
most artistic of the peasant costumes
of the republic, which are a never.
ending delight. The men wear white
shirts, embroidered at wrists and
throat and faultlessly Numbered, 8
thickly braided vest, wide white
trousers, high boots, and a round
topped hat circled by a wide figured
band.
How the Women Dress,
The women run the whole gamut OF
color and a group of them makes q
picture on which the eye must linger
Their skirts of plain black reach only
few inches below the knees. Just
| below the waist is a line of fine
embroidery. Their stockings are
thick and serviceable. Some have
small square colored designs knitted
into the dull black. Their shoes are
stout and usually high cut. High soft
leather boots are worn by some. The
jacket which reaches to the waist may
also be plain except for an applique
design of handmade lace.
Where then is the colorfulness o1
| the women's costumes? 1t is in the
gay and striking head-dress and apron
| White and red are the favOrite color!
for the head shawls, but the aprons
the real adornment for which the
other clothes seem merely the back
grOund-are every color under HEAVIER
bright green, changeable to gold
yellow with a silver overnight, pink
that feminine fancy may choose. Wher
few hundred of these gaily-coloreC
aprons are displayed in one moving
| picture, the scene Is a charming on'
indeed.
The hand-work that of old was pu
upon women's costumes, utilizing a.
| it's materials homemade vegetabl,
dyes, produced artistic results. Blu
with the growth of Industrialism les
and less of this old-fashioned worl
is being done. Aniline dyes are bein,
substituted and machinery is beinj
called upon to turn out its product
quickly and in great volume. Th
factories, too, are attracting to tn
towns the women who would have en-
gagged in the home work. Thus gradu
ally the arts of the past are beinj
lost.
Even from the tiny villages of Sic
vakia, hitherto the stronghold of rura
customs, young girls are going to th
cities. They have neither time no
energy to do the fine needlework tha
made their mothers costumes thing
of beauty, nor money to purchase simi
lar clothes made by others. They ar
coming more and more to wear whit
hats with wide brims, spotlessly whit
dresses, and white stockings an
slippers. These newer costumes ar
charming but lack the beauty an
individuality of the old.