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F',\V Americans have ever visited
the Isolated parts of Albania,
but those who liavo, recall tho
words:
"Duhan, rakla, puslike, dash
Una."
Meaning "tobacco, brandy, guns and
love." Uuns are most In evidence, for
every man must shoot—or be shot.
This little land of blood feuds Is
tucked nway In the group of moun
tains that form Montenegro. Much of
It 1b a rocky, barren wilderness and
not cultlvntahle. The heat In mid
summer is overpowering; but cold,
shallow rivers run through valleys
rich with cherries, llgs arid almonds.
There are few l,ridges, and those who
wish to cross usually wade. Market
gardens line the river banks. In them
small ponds are made and tho water
dipped out with Immense wooden
ladleB and showered on the crops.
Albania Is Inhabited by distinctly
different tribes, each led by a heredi
tary standard bearer—an honor
handed down from father to sou, or
the nearest male heir. The chief or
leader of each tribe Is absolute mas
ter of tho others and their flocks and
worldly possessions are held in com
mon.
Of Strange Mixture.
They are a strange mixture of emo
tion and unnatural insensibility. They
prefer to have a hand chopped off for
theft, instead of serving a short prison
sentence. They are broken-hearted
over murdered son—but continue to
shoot. They are proud of their high
death rate and spend moi*i> for guns
and ammunition than for food. They
buy caps and powder and cast their
own bullets. Martini cartridges are
most popular because they are easily
tilled and wound worse than the rapid
firing Mauser. For n severe wound at
close range nothing can compare with
their old fashioned flint-lock, rammed
with a dram of powder, a big bullet,
spikes, glass pltnters, etc. Many of
the weapons are silver mounted and
ornamented with initiation sapphires
or rubles.
The old idea or purification ny mood
—blood vengeance—Is tho ruling belief
In Albania. Hlood only can wipe a way
blood; but it is tukeu strictly accord
ing to rule and not classed with mur
der. A blow, or even an insult, re
quires blood, lllood only can cleanse
the sin of marrying a girl who was
betrothed to another. Abduction or
adultery demands blood. Tills does
not uecessarlly mean the blood of the
offender himself—any male blood of
his trlbv answers the purpose.
It is against the rules to shoot a
man when he is with n woman, a child,
or a company of friends. Therefore,
many men never step out of doors
alone. When on the march, men must
walk a g*-fi barrel apart; for If a gun
should strike someone accidentally,
tho blow must be avenged Women
who always spin while marching, keep
the length of a distaff apart.
A man who entertains a stranger for
one night, or even gives a tlask of
water, makes such a one his guest and
is |n honor bound to avenge him,
should anything harm him before he is
entertained by another Death fol
lows in tho wake of the most trivial
things. One evening a party of men
noticed an unusual number of stars
In the sky and argued ns to which
was the biggest, it is said. The dis
pute was Unally settled—after 17 lay
dead and 11 more were badly wound
cd
Have No Prisons.
There are no prisons. Albania pun
ishes by fines or tires. Death would
simply start new feuds. Wheu a man
elaye. ho finds a place of safety aqd
then announces that his honor is
clean. That he is then liable to be
ehot by any member of the other tribe,
troubles him not. but in a few dis
tricts a council.has Authority to burn
hia house, demolish his crops, kill his
cattle and forbid him to work the
land. However, if lie returns home
and defends it for three day3 so it
cannot be (ired he allowed to re
tain it. He can also save it by invit
ing the lord of another tribe to take
possession with a posse of sharp-shoot
ers to defend it. «
Sometimes for business purposes an
oath of peace is taken by two parties
for a stated period, and at festival
time a week's peace is sworn; so that
all blood foes may attend church and
the festivities without danger of death.
During this week everybody is very
gay and friendly. At the end of that
time they instantly become bitter
enemies again!
hi most towns the entire population
can turn out under arms inside of ten
minutes and the smell of gun powder
is like blood to a tiger.
Gurizi tltiaek Stone) is a Moslem vil
lage that derives its name from an
enormous rock. It is full of greyish
white dogs with wolf blood in their
veins, who are taught to attack
strangers on sight. Puppies too young
to walk will snap fiercely at passersby
and no stranger can enter the town
with safety.
In some villages houses are formed
of irregular stones with a stable on
the first lloor and .living room on the
second, with a covered balcony across
the front. Windows are small anil
very scarce, and most of the light
comes through broken roof tiles, which
also provide an outlet for smoke from
open fires. There is little or no furni
ture. The rough stone walls are cov
ered with guns and field implements
and festooned with drying fish and
meat. Other food is hung in tight
baskets lrotn the rafters, beyond the
reach of rats, ltude cooking dishes
made of clay and chopped pigs'
bristles are kept in an alcove near
the lire. Largo tree trunks are dug
out ami used to hold food and small
pieces of the trunk are hollowed out
for bowls. A wattled larder for milk
stands on posts In the yard.
t’lotlies are kept iu rudely-painted.
Clumsy cuesis. me iium ui tunn
planks, hewn by an nx. Is always clut
tered with household brJonglngs. The
family sleep in hurdles hung from a
tie-beam of the roof and supported
by a pole underneath. Sheets are of
thickly-woven white felt and pillows
of bright red cotton. Very often a
sheep is penned in one corner of the
room and a pig in the other! Goats
are tethered near the tire!
Albanians are friendly and hospi
table with everyone, as a rule, except
blood enemies When guests come
within howling distance of the house
they are to visit, they begin to yell
greetings and empty revolvers—which
is heartily returned by their host and
kept up until they are inside by the
lire that always blazes and the tarn
bovitza that always tinkles music.
News travels fast—being actually
shouted from town to town. The A1
banians have peculiar, powerful
voices, and can hurl messages across
the valleys with great force. In an
hour a message can be sent and an
answer received from a place 12 hours
distaut by horseback. Anyone hear
ing the shout, repeats it and sends it
further.
There are no doctors in the country
The sick usually wait for death on a
heap of rags In some dark eoruer full
tf lice.
An old custom still in vogue H
swearing brotherhood. If a man be*
comes very fond of a friend he asks
him to l* his brother. Each ties a
string around the little finger so tight
that 't swells. It is then pricked ana
the blood allowed to drop on a loaf ot
sugar. The sugar is then exchanged
and eaten—making both men of tin
same blood! If either has any feuds
the other Is in honor bound to avengt
them—so swearing brotherhood usual
ly means more shooting.
The few who are &ot shot live to »
great age.
I-OK THE IDLE HOURS
NEGLIGEE GARMENTS HAVE
ELABORATE GARNISHMENT.
Lace In Profusion Is the Distinguish
ing Mark—Combinations of All
Sorts Allowed in Apparel for
Boudoir Wear.
I.ace plays as great a part in negli
ge.- wear as it does in all other types
of feminine dress. Usually the elab
orate lace trimming is wtiat strikes
the eye first in modern peignoir or
room sack, and details of foundation
material, ribbons, little silk and chif
fon flowers anrj other trimming fallals
make themselves evident afterward.
Though crepe de chine and shadow
lace, witli suitable garnishment of
rosebuds, form the most aristocratic
type of sacque or fall length negligee,
there are pleasing models-of much
less expensive character for the aver
age woman's midsummer wear, such
as is shown in the illustration. Dotted
swiss is combined with lace or with
very fine machine embroidery in hand
effects. Dotted batiste and plaited
net. flowered crepe with net frills and
similar summer combinations that one
sees in the season's wear and as these
lovely little affairs are surprisingly
little-priced no woman need go away
for a week-end visit without, a fresh
and becoming garment in her suit
case for idle gossip.
Full length negligees are almost in
variably draped, for drapery just now
seems to be an obsession with femi
ninity.
Even the humble kimono of ordinary
cotton crepe is likely to be caught up
at the knee under a rosette of ribbon
to convey a suggestion of clinging
drapery, and as for the expensive mod
els of chiffon, crepe do chine and lace,
clinging Is surely the word for their
exquisite lines of grace, produced by
artful but seemingly artless drapery.
Now French negligees of allover lace
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Full Length Negligee.
are hung over white chiffon founda
tions having upper sections of flesh
colored tulle so that the fashionable
effect of semi-nude shoulders is
achieved without any real Immodesty
whatever. French negligees also are
of line net embroidered with chenille
flowers in pale mauve, rose or lilac.
Ribbons have a larger place on negli
gee wear than has been the case in '
AFTERNOON GOWN
i ii ii ill.
Model of white cluny lace over chif
fon, with draped skirt. Trimming of
black maline and sash of same ma
terial.
several seasons, though in most in
stances wide, soft bows are also made
with this twisted-up ribbon. The sash
is of course a feature of negligee wear,
just as it is of all costumes, this sea
son, and many little sacques of soft
fabric have weighted girdles which
knot at the front or at one side of the
front and hang below the edge of the
sacque to the knee.
MARY DEAN.
MAY BE CURLED AT HOME
Not Necessary to Send Plumes to Pro
fessional Cleaners When They
Become Bedraggled.
The present fashionable ostrich
feather, although it is not so tightly
curled as the old fashioned plume,
looks even more bedraggled and for
lorn when it is out of curl than the
old one did. Yet fogs and mists or
rains are as frequent as ever, and os
trich feathers are now worn at all
times of the day and night, regardless
of the weather. Plumetis feathers
were put forward to fill the role of a
feather which moisture would not
change, but they do not take the place
of the regulation ostrich feather.
There is only one thing to do if
you wear ostrich feathers, and that is
to learn how to curl them. It is as
good as impossible to send a feather
to the professional -cleaner to be
curled every time there is a summer
shower.
When the moist hat with feather
trimming is removed put it, if pos
sible, near a fire. Heat often restores
a good deal of the lost curl. When
this is not possible let the feather
dry thoroughly and then recurl it with
a nail file, the blunt edge of a knife
or some other steel or silver blade
which is not sharp.
Work with one or two of the fronds
of the feather at a time. Catch them
between the thumb and the blade near
the stem cf the feather and slowly
and firmly draw tho thumb and the
blade along tho fronds to the edge.
If necesr ary go over some of the feath
ers twice.
It is surprising how rapidly this
curling ban be done; and if it is care
fully done after a little practice the
feather will look quite as well as if
it had been curled by a professional.
FROM SCRAPS OF CRETONNE
Many Pretty and Serviceable Articles
May Be Made in the Odd Mo;
ments ©f Leisure.
After hoarding up scraps of cre
tonne left from window draperies and
furniture covers, a clever woman
emptied her patch bag one day and
from the oddly shaped pieces of cre
tonne made many pretty articles.
A large roll of rose-sprigged French
cretonne furnished material enough to
cover a hat box.
To successfully accomplish this,
cut a band long enough to encircle
the box and wide enough to cover the
sides, with allowance made for turn
ing in at the top and bottom.
With bookbinders' paste join the
ends at one corner. Slash the edges
so that they will turn neatly and paste
In place. Cover the ltd in the same
manner, and to propel ly finish the box
line with cretonne or plain material,
pasting the sides, bottom and top
smoothly to the pasteboard founda
tion. This makes a lovely box In:
which to keep your best hat and Is
one w hich need not be concealed from
view.
Useful Coats.
X'o more useful garment than th?
coat of lightweight worsted has been !
included in woman's wardrobe ip j
years. These coats fill almost every ,
requirement of a summer w rap. They j
are gracefully appropriate for wear ;
with the draped afternoon costume of
crepe de chine, lansdowne or foulard
are jauntily attractive ovei a short
skirted outing costume, and they will
answer for short motor trips and for
travel by rail or by water The rather
severely cut models of dark or neu
tral colored material are the most
satisfactory—and usually the smart
est. Sometimes a bright-colored Bul
garian collar adds a touch of gayety
aud very exclusive coats of this sort
have linings of American Beauty or
emerald green silk. Mandarin yellow
Is another favorite lining hue. Very
good looking sport coats of pin striped
black or navy serge, with trim lines
and trimming of white pearl buttons,
may be found.
•
Bleach for Waists.
When perspiration has left a yellow
mark cover the blemish with peroxide
of hydrogen, leave until dry. then
cover fPIth ammonia and wash. Am
monia water can bo used to wash
woolen waists on parts where per
spiration has left marks. The am
monia will clean the material without
injury to the fabric, and also destroy
all odor. Often a mark in line mate
rial may be removed in the following
manner: In a saucer or pan place a
lighted match and cover with sulphur.
When it begins to burn cover with a
funnel to hold in the fumes. Hold the
dampened material over the end of the
funnel, and In most cases it will bleach
the spot. Work by an open window
where there is a strong draft, in order
to avoid inhaling any of the fumes.
Silk Stocking Hint.
You can prolong the wearing quali
ties of silk stockings to a much great
er extent by sewing a piece of soft
silk on the iuside of both toe and heel
Japanese wash silk Is good. Darn it
in around the edge. Also sew a piece
of the silk at the top wherfe the gar
ten fasten. /
Once Center of Tremendous
Whaling Industry.
Now Figures Chiefly as Summer Re.
sort—People Have Rescued Many
From Shipwreck—Seek $100,000
for Erection of Hospital.
New York.—Nantucket, the little is
land that offers the last glimpse of
land to those on ships sailing from
the principal American ports and that
la the first signal welcome to incom
ing European vessels, i3 making an
effort to obtain $100,000 with which
to endow a hospital suitable to its
needs. An appeal has been sent out
to the generous people of America,
particularly to those who have some
sort of sentimental attachment to thi3
picturesque dot in the wave-tossed wa
ters of the Atlantic.
Once the center of a tremendous in
dustry based^wpWw^tfatching of whales
Nantucket now figures chiefly as a
community engaged for a brief season
each year in catching summer board
ers, but it knows no closed season
for the rescue of persons on ships
wrecked in the troubled waters^eut
side its haven. There have been ter
rible wrecks recorded as happening
in the vicinity and daring work by
life savers since the first hardy pio
neers settled on the island two and a
half centuries ago.
Isle de Nantochyte you will find the
spelling on an outline map of early
days. The island is almost crescent
shaped, about 15 miles long and about
two and a half miles wide, and has
a coast line of 80 miles. It belongs
to Massachusetts, but is separated
from Cape Cod penincula by 28 miles
of water. The village of Nantucket
is on the north shore of the island,
almost midway east and west*, but
it was not always there. The orig
inal site was on the west end of the
island at a point now known as Mad
dequet harbor. In 1672 the settlers
moved to the present site, which then
was called Wescoe. The next year,
by order of Governor Francis Love
lace, it was named Sherburne, and it
was not until 1895 that the present
name was adopted by the village.
Although Nantucket island is dob
ted with handsome summer villas its
surface presented few attraction* to
Typical Fisherman’s Cottage.
the pioneers. The soil is sandy, with
a few low hills and fresh v/ater ponds,
and there were not many trees.
From 1700 to the War of the Rev
olution Nantucket was famous as a
wha^ng port. For a time it held first
rank and in 1726 shore whaling
reached its highest mark of 86 whales
having been taken that year. Some
years later whaling fleets were sent
out to distaiif^poipts off Newfound
land, the West Indies, Cape Verde is
lands, and fTven to Brazil, and the
business was one of large gain de
spite the danger from French and
Spanish privateers.1- Iu 1775 the Nan
tucket fleet numbered 150, and tho
population then was nearly 6,000, and
all save a meager ten per cent of
them were Quakers. By 1785 the fleet
had been shattered, 134 ships having
been destroyed or captured during the
War of the Revolution.
LONG HEAD IS BUSINESS ONE
Shape More Important, This Writer
Says, Than Size—Some Noted
Examples.
London.—A writer in an Indian pa
per states that heads have changed
remarkably during th® last quarter of
a century, owing to the advancement
of education, which is materially af
fecting business men and women by
developing the mental powers. The
person who will hold the reins of
command in the future will be the
long headed individual, who is fast
surpassing his wide headed brother.
The shape of the head is of greater
importance than its size, and the best
literary type of head varies from 22 to
23V& inches, but up to 24% inches
may be found men of powerful in
tellects. Heads that succeed in busi
ness and in manufacture and mech
anism are usually large, wide about
the ears and forward, with a broad,
though not always a high forehead.
Heads that succeed in educational,
literary, scientific, analytical and ar
tistic pursuits are generally long, pro
portionately narrow and high, with a
good development forward of the
ears. Sir Thomas Liptou, H. Gordon
Selfridge and Sir Joseph Lyons are
among the men who possess heads
which may be accounted somewhat
ideal types of the class of business
men who will lead in the future.
Will Have Policewomen.
Oshkosh, Wis.—Following the lead
of several other cities this city soon
will have police women. The new of
t.cers will attend public dance halls,
bathing beaches and Juvenile couri,
-ases.
(By E. O. SKI,|
ing Depa:'
statute of r,
LESSON » x AUGUST
THE bread OF heave,
LESSON TEX ,, ,
GOLDEN TK> . ' ' ^
them, I am th< * *U|>
'' Ja!
The Psalm oi , Mjse jp
lowed by tho sorrows 0f8in1
leaving tho bin. _ ln
(li:23-26) the i,r;; “ of 1
a time at Eiim , ' T.ca®P|
tertd the wild- r.. rif ey thl
This name is , . „uinlv L/® (
it was the sin or vnbeltef thafi
hind their murnuirings &
*• Despair, vv. 2, cj. We
censure tho for'JJ
plaining within a month after
miraculous deliverance from if
Sea but if v« examine 'our
closely we will :mt be B ®
their lack of fait! nor at the ?
delight when ho discovered
(Luke 7:9), Th< :j- fcong
of deliverance hm scarcely !
their lips when a new danger
fronts them, viz., that of pri,
How many today fail at just this
and think only of the “flesii
They complained more over the
lions of God's service than ov
slavery of Pharaoh, though as
tpr nf feet the
■‘-ojyuuue
have “bread to the full.” jotm
Eccl. 1:8. Truly Moses and i
had a task on their hands for
whole congregation murmured.”
had to bear the brunt of it all for
were God s v isible represents!
(Ps. 69:9; Rom. 15:3). HumJ
ture Is ever the same. Rather t^K
by the hand of Pharaoh with a^B
stomach than to live In a fre^Bt
which was accomplished hv any p^0]
tions. The trouble was that'ha^B
everything done for them they U^B
tnat moral backbone, rhat fixedne^Hi
purpose, which a great prhtcipleHfe
spires and moves men to suffer
overcome. The life of slavery in
had made the Isne lites craven, ^^B||
God’s Answer. ^B
II. Deliverance, vv. 4-10, God^Bk
swered their grumbling with a
gracious promise. lie met their bl^B
cry with a bounteous provisioa^B
bread. That they might know it ^B
he who provided, God said “I will ^B
bread from heaven.” But to gu^B
against oriental improvidence or^B
cess, they were directed to gath^B
day’s portion for the day (v. 4 ma^B
This provision was also to be a ^B
to see if they would obey him, “«^B
in my law, or no.” Some of tl^B
failed at the very hist, and thatwl^B
they attempted to lmep over spoil^B
see vv. 19, 20. To hoard is to lcse0P
use is to increase, Prov. 11:24, 0|
To hoard wealth, whether it be t^B
poral or spiritual, is to distrust G^H
and it was this very distrust wh®’*
God was combating. It was a stip^B
ratural gift and was a type of Chr®
John 6:31-33, 35. The manna sustl®’1
ed life for a day at a time; he, Chi^B
sustains forever, John 8:58. Noti®|
God did not place the manna in th®|
mouths, each must gather, api®|
priate, for himself, so also must tl^B
who. feed on the bread of life,
Jesus, and as they were to gatl®|
daily, so also must we feed &nH|
each day on Jesus, Matt. 6:11. 0
Visible i-’roor. H
That the Israelites might redHj
fully that Moses and Aaron werei^K
working some trick of ntcromancj.^K
taking advantage of come botanicd^B
ornithological knowledge of the
try, God revealed to all. at the b«^B
of day, his glory, v. 19; and that tb®|
descendants migitt see and know^B
God's marvelous goodness and
erarree, they were commanded
a vessel with manna as a visible
vincing proof (v. 32). Nor
supply fail as long as it was aee“^B
v. 35, Phil. 4:19. ■
III. Delight, vv. 11-16. What OM
ttons must have filled Hie hearts®
the Israjlites when at evening
beheld the quails and in the man*
the manna. The mighty God^B|
brought them out of Egypt has
shown his power. The manna * ^B
teach them that “man does not
by bread alone but by every " *^B
proceedeth out of the mouth o .^B
Lord.” Deut. 8:2, 3. Do not
sneculating upon what tliem.mM
like, simply read vv. 14 3. aM
11:7, 8. Strangely enough
were satisfied with the brea .‘j^B
heaven (Num. 21:5) but they JB
eat it or die. Some cried ou
food of Egypt. (Num. 11m.
today some who profess to jjB
tians are not satisfied wit
against these feelings ot
must have been a sens.; ^aB
9) when God through *B
manded the Israelites to
before the Lord."
IV. The Teaching. The B
manna taught the *s™ei\faa notodB
must depend upon God. -■ ffllt*B
needs spiritual relatior.ship
rial sustenance for *he 1
of his life. . .. vtrtfl
The words of the S°ld®n Lorfil
spoken in connection " a|,|eltB
feeding the multitude. ^yB
provide for the physics . ^ rfl
satisfy the deepest spmtu 1
all who put their trust in h • *1
“It is usually not so ^ aflB
greatness of our trou
ness of our spirits which «*. ,|
"err plain.”—JcrenW -ayl0, J