Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1921-11-02

lions on the great estates. farming fos
the absentee landlords.
An interesting class the Rumaniah
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. II Is regarded
as worthy Of honor 10 be the head Of
a numerous family. As In all lands
where many OF the people are more or
less illiterate. there is a 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 n
proyerb Of the Rumanian peasant. Of
ten put into practice. Almost every
night there is a neighborhood gather
ing like the old-fashloned apple-cutting
or apple-butter boiling In early Amer
lean rural history.
One-third " the area Of the country
toward the north and west Is Inhabited
by semi-clvilized shepherds. Up in the
Carpathians Ga summer and down I'm
the sheltered valleys IN winter they
lead their flocks. sleeping I'm the open
with them and desplsing 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 n there Is primitive simplicity
In Rumanian peasant life. there Is ul-
ira formality In the polite circles OF
bucharest. the national capital. The
Paris 81 the East" its inhabitants
proudly call their city. and In the char
ncter 81 its architecture. the ways OF
lts people. the prices In force at It's
hotels. Il justly deserves the title II
has vauntingly assumed.
Bucharest a Lively City.
This near-eastern metropolis Is
about equal In size 20 our own ma
tlonal capital. and yet II has twenty
times rs many restaurants and cafes,
ten times as many streets lights and
twice as many theaters. IL Is re-
garded as the most expensive place In
the world for the well-to-do and the
cheapest for the poor. Prices M the
Hotel 10 Boulevard are higher than In
New York or London. and travellers
who have visited Monte Carlos lead
ing hotels and then journeyed 10
bucharest have found its rates from
~ per cent 10 - per cent higher than
those obtaining in the hostelries Of
Monaco.
But n their prices are high, their
service and their food leaves nothing
10 De desired. The cuisine OF the lead
ing hotels and private homes Is French,
and money Is no consideration-Qual-
itv IS paramount. Some Of the finest
restaurants east Of Paris are In Bucha-
rest. and the night life. with Its pas
slonate. pulsatlng gypsy music. It's
sparkling wine. SIS beautiful women,
its sclntillating jewels It's handsome
men. Is as cay and alluring as any
thing the world has 20 offcr.
As TO clothes. everybody who pre-
tends 10 dress at all dresses In the
mode OF Paris and the gowns Of the
elite are as up-to-the-minute as those
IN be seen on the Champs Elysees.
Gambling fiourishes openly and high
stakes are the rule rather than the
exception. Many OF the players own
farms as big as an American county
and their incomes are proportiopately
large.
Surrounded on every side by the
Slavic seattle deep ocean Of Russia,
the bay Of Serbia and the gulf OF Bull
garia-who can say whether In future
centuries the attrltion OF the Slavic
tide win wear away the Rumanian
shore. or whether the great war will
have fixed political boundaries that
will be as firm as the geographic
boundaries themselyes1