Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1921-10-26

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the absentee landlords.
An interesting class the Rumanlan
peasants form. with their peculiar Gus
toms their striking superstitio :, their
primitive ways Of looking at things In
general.
No Race Suicide Here.
The evil of race suicide has never |
invaded rural Rumnnin II is regarded |
as worthy Of honor to be- the head uf |
Il numerous family. As In all lands !
whore many of the people are more or I
less illltcrate. there l. n high death |
rate. though the fnct that the bottle
fed baby is almost unknown IN peasant
ltumnnia tends to overcome the high
infant mortality that would otherwise
result
MANY hands make Hight work" Is n
proyerb of the Rumnn!un peasant, Of
ten put into practice. Almost every
night there Is Il nelghborhood gather
ing like the old-fnshloncd apple-cultlng
or appIe.butter boiling In curly Amer
i.la rural history.
One-thlrd of the area NJ the country
toward the north and west Is Inhabited
hy Seml.civllized shepherds. Up In the
Cnrpathlnns IN summer and down In
the sheltered valleys In winter they
| lead their flocks. sleeping In the open
| with them and dcspising 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 If there Is primitive simplicity
In Rumanan peasant llfe there Is NJ
ira formnllty IN the polite circles of
bucharest. the national capital "The
Paris of the Fast" It's inhabitants
proudly call their city, aud In the char
meter of It's architecture. the ways OF
It's people, the prices In force nt its
hotels. II justly deserves the title
has vauntlngly assumed.
Bucharest a Lively City.
This near.enstern metropolis Is
ahcut equal IN size To our own ma
.innnl capital, and yet II has twenty
times rs many restaurants ana cares
ten times ns many streets lights ana
twice as many theaters. II Is re
garded ns the most expensive place In
the world for the well-todo ana the
cheapest for the poor. Prices at the
Hotel du boulevard are higher than In
New York or London, and travellers
who have visited Monte Carlos lead
Ing hotels ana then Journeyed "a
. bucharest have found It's rates from
, II per cent to 20 per cent higher than
those obtaining In the hostelries o'
? Monaco.
But n their prices nre high, theli
T service and their food leaves nothing
: 10 be desired. The cuisine of the lead
, ing hotels and private homes Is french
/ and money Is no conslderntiOn-quhl
: lty is paramount. Some Of the fines
restaurants east of Paris are In Hucha
!, rest. aud the night life, with Its pas
=, slonate. pulsatlng gypsy music. ~
:, sparkling wine, rs beautiful women
!. Its scintillating Jewels Its handsome
. men. Is as gdy and alluring rs any
. thing ihc world has to offer
|, As To clothes. everybody who pre-
| ttiluS lO fifNN NJ hli h''70'' - -
n mode Of Paris and the gowns OF IN
Il elite nre ms up.to-,he-minute ms thos
n 10 be seen on the Champs Elysees,
n Gambling nourlshcs openly ana hig
4 stakes are the rule rather than IN
" exception. Many of the players ow
" farms as big as an American count
~ and their incomes are proporiiohatel
n large.
y Surrounded on every side by III
10 slavic sea--the deep ocean Of Russl'
Y, the hay OF Serbia and the gulf of Bu
!. garla-who can say whether In futur
centuries the attrition Of the SiaNl
A. tide will wear away the Rumnnia
,r shore, or whether the great war WI
,d hnve fixed political boundaries thi
IA will be ns firm as the geogrnphl
n. boundaries themselvesf