Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1921-06-15

to drink the mineral water OF the
country through which he is passing.
sloVakian Paper Industry.
SlOvakia is not so highly organized
along industrial lines as Is Bohemia
but IL has vast forests and already
there are many paper mills. some OF
them still running under the old
Hungarian names. But these are all
small affairs and so far the paper and
wood pulp industry has not been de-
veloped To anything like the proper
lions which could be reached IN a
stable. Industrious Europe. In Slo-
vakia, too one may see Brentwood
chairs being made for the American
market.
CzechOSlOvakla 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 il
enough unused water power among
the SlOvakian hills and In the fashion
able high Tatra region 10 run all the I
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 been
accustomed to 60 for generations for
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 az wrists and
throat and faultlessly Numbered, a
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 a
picture on which the eye must linger.
Their skirts Of plain black reach only
a 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 10 the waist may
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design OF handmade lace.
Where then is the colOrfulness OF
the wOmen's costumes? II Is In thu
gay and striking head-dress and apron.
White and red are the favOrite colors
for the head shawls. but the aprons
the real adornment for which the
other clothes seem merely the back
ground-are every color under heaven
bright green, changeable 70 gold;
yellow with a silver overnight, pink.
blue. cerlse and all the other colors
that feminine fancy may choose. When
a few hundred OF these gsily-cOlored !,
aprons are displayed In one moving
picture. the scene Is a charming ona
indeed.
The hand-wOTk that OF old was put
upon wOmen's costumes. utilizing ss
its materials homemade vegetable
dyes, produced artistic results. Bus
with the growth OF indusrrlalism less
and less Of this Old-fashi0ned wO-k
is being done. Aniline dyes are being
substituted and machinery Is being
called upon TO turn out its produces
quickly and In great volume. ne
factories. too, are attracting 20 TIE
towns the women who would have en-
gagged IN the home work. Thus gradu-
ally the arts Of the past are being
lost
Even from the tiny villages OF SO
vakIa, hitherto the stronghold Of rural
customs, young girls are going 70 the
cities. They have neither tine nor
energy to do the fine needlework thar
made their mothers costumes thines
OF beauty. nor money 10 purchase silA--
lar clothes made by others. They ere
coming more and more 10 wear wh-.s
hats with wide brims. spotleSsiy WI
dresses. and white stockings ana
slippers. These newer costumes aFe
charming but lack the beauty an'
individuality Of the old