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Show ACCORDED A HIGH POSITION Women of Servla, Vvwll Eeuteted Able, Are Companions of Their Huabande and Brothers. There la no country In tbe world where women occupy a more dignified position In the home than Servla. Tbe Servian idea Is quite different from that of the Turk, who keeps his women wom-en behind shut doors or the German, whose Ideal woman is a hausfrau. In Servla tbe woman Is the companion of the man. A man is responsible for bis unmarried un-married sisters, and throughout the Balkan statea It Is considered rather a breach of etiquette for blra to mar ry before his older sister. No Servian girl would feel she could hold up ber head In society unless she could speak four languages. There Is hardly a Servian woman who cannot can-not play aome musical Instrument. Embroidery, painting, drawing, and sculpture are all studied. Politics Is a popular feature among women. Servian women are tery domesticated domesticat-ed and the highest ladles pay personal attention to trivial matters of housekeeping. house-keeping. There are two women docton practicing prac-ticing In Belgrade, and several women wom-en teacbera. But public opinion, on the whole, Is rather against women entering tbe labor arena. |