Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1921-10-05
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Chicago Educator Has Re-
turned from Albania After
TraverSing the Entire
Country on Mule Back.

Chicago, ILL.,, OCt. 4.-PfOE
Elmer Il. Jones, head of the edu-
cation department of Northwest
ern University. has returned from
Albania after having traversed the
entire country on mule-back--
something that no other American
ever has done. Just before he left,
war threatened with Serbia and
Prof. Jones could see then that the
muddle over boundaries would al
most surely result in a clash.
Boundaries Not Defined
"That is the weak spot in Eu-
rope just now he said on his re-
turn. boundaries are not defin-
itely defined. In Albania, neith-
err the natives not the Serbians to
their north have knowledge as to
the lines separating the two coun-
tries. In fact, no one has this
knowledge. The crying need of
the Balkans is for a definite fix
ture of boundaries, as border fights
are almost of daily occurrence and
were leading to wholesale massa-
cres of Albanians. Over night an
Albanian village is changed to
Serbian town. At the behest of
Albanians I wrote telegram to
the league of nations begging for
settlement of a question that was
bound to cause bloodshed."
Prof. Jones went over mountain
roads on the back of a donkey and
covered 900 miles in this way. He
was given every courtesy by the
Albanian government as it was un-
derstood that upon the result OF
his survey would depend the build
ing of large university in Alban-
ia by the Methodist church. Prof.
Jones is now working on his re-
port.
Women Wear Wells
albania Is Mohammedan
country and the women wear
wells" he continued. "Polygamy
is practiced somewhat there, but
is fast dying out. The Albanians
are a progressive people and real
ize that polygamy is bad for the
nation. The women, however, are
the workers and burden bearers of
the home. They are very strong
physically and frequently met a
man and wife going to market, the
husband riding serenly on the back
of donkey while his helpmate
plodded by his side carrying an
immense load of hay. Albanian
women have a knack of carrying
hay that is extraordinary. You
see a quarter-ton or so of hay NOV
ing along a country road but you
don't see the woman. She is in
side somewhere and you may catch
a glimpse of her feet. How 1t is
done I couldn't discover. The hay
is sold in town just as we take
butter and eggs to village in
America.
F1irtations Barred
"a measure for strength Is q
woman's back in Albania but. even
so, her husband tolerates no flirt-
atoms. He does not see his wife
till the wedding day and mean
while he has bought or built
house. Around it he has put up a
high brick wall. On top of this
wall is a bed of cement and in the
cement are chips of sharp glass,
No man a-wooing can reach the
other mans mate once she is be-
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training never look upon men.
Even the young girls who had
reached the veil age ran away
from our party as we travelled
from place to place. The little
sheperdesses of the hills leapped
from rock to rock in fright when
they saw men approaching from
afar."
Prof. Jones said that education
had been neglected in Albania by
reason of the 400 years Of Turk
ish rule when the Turk refused to
let the Albanians read or write or
have any sehoolhouses.
Prof. Jones said that while AL
bania has no railroads, its system
of telephones is so complete and
it's police force so efficient that
person is safer in any part of AL
bahia than in Michigan boulevard,
Chicago. He was foiled In an at
tempt to visit the savage tribe of
he explained. by reason
Of clash with the constabulary
a day or two before he was to
start north.