The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1921-06-10
to drink the mineral water of tho
country through which he Is passing.
Slovakian Paner Industry

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SIovakian Paper Industry.
Slovakia is not so highly organized
along industrial lines as IS Bohemia
but ii has vast forests and already
there are many paper mills, some Of
them still running under the old
Hungarian James 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, n may see Brentwood
chairs being made for the American
market.
CZechOSlOvakia is short Of coal but
this may be a good thing i'll the long
run, for SlOvakia is one vast store
house Of hydraulic power and there is
enough unused water power among
the S%loyakian 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 been
accustomed to go for generations for
Notwithstanding and other outdoor
recreatiOnS.
While Bohemia. the lard of the
CZechS, is predOminantly ap Industrial
country, SlOvakia, the home of the
Sl0vak portion of the partnership is
at present chiefly agricultural. There
are to be found the q%ua!ntest 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 Murdered, q
thickly braided vest, wide white
trousers, high boots, and a round
topped hat circled by a wide figured
band.
How the Women Dress.
The ONE run the whole gamut Of
cOlOr and q group of them makes a
picture on which the eye must linger.
Their skirts of plain black reach only
q 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 ~colorfu!ness OF
the wOmen's costumes? 1t IS in the
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 to gold;
yellow with a silver overnight, pink,
that feminine fancy may choose. When
q few hundred Of these gaily cOlOred
aprons are displayed in one moving
picture, the scene is q charming one
indeed.
The hand-wOrk that Of old was put
upon wOmen's costumes, utilizing as
its materials homemade vegetable
dyes, produced artistic results. But
with the growth Of industrialism less
and less of this Old-fashiOned work
Is being done. Aniline dyes are being
substituted and machinery is being
called upon to turn out it's products
quickly n in great volume. The
factories, too, are attracting to the
towns the ONE 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 Ct Slo-
vakia, hitherto the stronghold OF rural
customs, young girls are going TO the
cities. They have neither time nor !
energy to do the fine needlework that
their mothers costumes things
IF beauty, nor money to purchase SINH
ar clothes made by others. They are
more and more to wear white
hats with wide brims, spotlessly white
l~resses, and white stockings and
These newer costumes are
charming but lack the beauty and
Of the old.