The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1921-11-09

lions on the great estates, farming fos
the absentee landlords.
| An interesting class the Rumanian
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 nev er
invaded rural Rumania. 1t is regarded
as worthy Of honor to be the head of
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 a
proverb Of the Rumanian peasant, of.
ten put into practice. Almost every
night there is neighborhood gather.
ing like the old-fashioned apple-cutting
or apple-butter boiling In early Amer.
lean rural history.
One-third Of the area of the country
toward the north and west is inhabited
by semi-civillzed shepherds. Up in the
Carpathians in summer and down In
the sheltered valleys in winter they
lead their flocks, sleeping in the open
with them and despising 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 Rumanian peasant life, there Is ul.
ira formality in the polite circles of
Bucharest, the national capital. "The
Paris Of the East" its inhabitants
proudly call their city, and in the char
acter OF its architecture, the ways Of
Its people, the prices In force at its
hotels, 1t justly deserves the title II
has vauntingly assumed.
Bucharest a Lively City.
This near-eastern metropolis, is
about equal in size to our own ma.
tlonal capital, and yet 1t has twenty
times as many restaurants and cafes.
ten times as many streets lights and
twice as many theaters. It Is re-
garded as the most expensive place in
the world for the well-to-do and the
cheapest for the poor. Prices at the
Hotel du Boulevard are higher than in
new York or London, and travellers
VINO have visited Monte Carlos lead.
ing hotels and then journeyed IN
bucharest have found its rates from
10 per cent to % per cent higher than
tnose obtaining in the hostelries Of
Monaco.
But N their prices are high, their
service and their food leaves NOTHING
10 be desired. The cuisine Of the lead.
ing hoteis and private homes Is French
ana money Is no consideration-ou.l'
ity Is paramount. Some of the finest
restaurants east of Paris are in Rucbo.
rest and the night life, with its mas.
s'on"' pulsatlng gypsy music, its
sparkling wine, its beautiful women
IT'S scintlllating jewels. its handsome
men, is as gay and alluring as anv.
tmng the world has to offer.
AS to clothes, everybody who nre.
.ehus 10 dress at all dresses In the
MODE or Paris and the gowns Of the
e'ite are as up-to-the-minute as those
10 De seen on the Champs Elysees
gambling flourishes openly and b,yb
stakes are the rule rather than tho
exception. Many of the PLAYERS own
farms as big as an American count
ant, their incomes are proportionate,v
large. '' '''""'e'y
Surrounded on every side Nv N.
S'aVic seattle deep ocean Of Russia
.ne pay OF Serbia and the gulf of Bul.
saria-who can say whether in futnro
.el'uries the attrltion Of the Slnv,r
tide Will wear away the Rumam,on
shore. or whether the great wor w,m
nave fixed political boundaries tho,
WIN De as firm as the reovranh,.