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Show ITALIAN FISHEflWOMtN. Tliej Toll t nrrmltllnslr Thst Tl.tlr llus-l-avli.lsj Mar I lie III Mltnraa. Tho elitef fralure of llo dress cf tho women l the Indian roast llahers Is n double skirt, the Imetr tsirllen tf which hongs rather senntllynlsHit their ankles. Tit upper skin Is oflen hooked up nt tlio front nmt sides, fonnlng a sort of Is g In tilts they carry tenet fed, filet, fish or shi II flsli from tlio ssmls, nisi evlien not In sue h lisoit IsdrntTnupour the thoutderi and Isvkof the hewlnsn suit rfwmp M'tli trsnlaowraiillilssLIrt alsait tlirlrlalss wlien needing to carry thrill fir any ills-tanei ills-tanei The malerlsl la usually Urn nairaeat while eotliin, but If tile women (slasess liny tort of hiillclaynttli'fl the lifprraklrl tuny l,i(acnrlut )t How or gin n, looped moat graeefully nhotw Iho Inwrrsklrt and stir mounted by n hlsik cloth, ir in ram In ttanresiacenraotihetlsxlliT. Tlieyrare-lywesrniirfts Tlieyrare-lywesrniirfts envtrln un.l tidy smh lsnvl coverlnr as Is silt piled by tho folds of theuptier skirt. Although tho eemstitlao lull in (Murium (Mur-ium tlltTir from tho VinellAii Iirishi Ushers, who are a hcreilllirlly dlattnel class, tnnklnr their lit lug by shoal ll-hlng and teiottng In the mud fori mbs nnd either thellllah, In lelng tntnrlnbly elivi sea lishnrs, still they are never ftsid ol loiirt toyimrsaiwl rnrrly piss more I hsti three or fuurtilahtsonthottalrrntonatrlp Thty tiro fnnel, like the llilouiilnn IWiers, if formli u snittll ftiilst.r lite or six crafts for flailing In one locality, and lupliiguneof their hrsuoxsl" with Its tretvpljing luck nnd forth with tho 'riulos1' tltlur dint di-nt lly to inirki I with fi.'sh llai or lo their unul nine ports nlthr II for ru rills' The tt omen do in t shrink from , ven Iho roughest labor on the ten, ami It Is tin tin tntultKSi sight to set wife nlnl diiicrliur I andltog ropes, ntts nisi sails cleaning i r sotting fish ou iliH-k,ortIgnronal) eugac. il In an) necessary labor of tho Iswl III elegit, so far a lny observation ges s theni flahermelis wives nut the tinisllln' ae tlte Indolnltnhle fomt If their litis and llttliliootl. Their inottnienlsaretlKoriiiis audirrn tlrlle, tthlle tho men arophl.g malic nmt si w At Iho tills r, In nututl-ing nututl-ing or leelliig the sails, Hi)lng out or haul lug in the net, stowing away tho flah, transfirrluglhem fnitiithili rnfl.tn tho tuirkcl briftitto, lu hauling tho boats lis,u Ihelssath In s)riail!iig aal drjimr Ihe tuts, In la l In tu ry possible, inaiint r liwblili thtylaUr l.-tl.lo or In ndtanea titll.tir busbnltds, Ih.y lay Istld of their toll with n vlipr ami muatular tlm inhibiting in-hibiting tremendous energy and force. Their reteeh of nruinnlstrldd of It,: nro rrniarkaUe, an I tho tausclis of thrir shoiiltltrsonl hteasisshovr extraordinary lletrlotlneut Klutlylng them as I hvro rftidt efoce when they wcru unconscious of oust rt athiu, their strange, (.ruff voltes, tlelr brawnr frames, t lit Ir Immense hrulo strtngth nMkalHite nil, their satngu in-i in-i rgy of Action, I as nmig Usl tho thought that If any future Masanltllti it tret lo Irap from anituig ttiohshtr folk with Ihl tlrtsitl shout cf'Mirto id Inalgoteruo ' thoreslatless liberator would piuto lolsl nn Kalian flshertvol ion rather than an Italian tlsiierni ui. 'J ho lctharglo iitallty 1 1 tho men Is lllu trattsl by Iht ir Inoriliuute rapat ity for f -d and sleep, and eaisslnlly tho hilttr 'ilo moineiillliitlthtrnrrliis on th. re his la burs, w lilch, If his (tut su hat o nut Iss it far and daiiereroiis, hsvo alrenlly Uu tnr formed I irgely by womtn alsnnl his fun gtiso, nru at an end Ills Isiiichttto.tir , shorecoiiilng featt, Is alwa)srt edy. mil ho ltahesi liiliiMlf to this, while his it lie cans for lsi.it uear mil flah, tilth the ra su lly of a half famished dug I hit o often ss li a single fisherman thus eAl at one sit tlngmorotliaiiAijUftrtof stuf i or hodgt isslgo stew of throdlul fl.li undtegeln bios, a iMiund of bread, nml that lit iroal ci all delleatit-fl to oil llailin rahermau, l nhutn,orthcalnul flour lalildhik, bigcer lhau Ills shaggy head, trlth a goat's milk e hcoso us large as his flat This ttont, he flings himself upon the floor of Ills hut or Is aide his habitation in tho warm san. of II o shnrisldo street and instantly lieet nies ohlit ions tu all worl lly coin erns In alet p, an 1 he will tlrtp from ttvelietn twtnll hourswlthout rhjeuxlur lilisltlilL. '"' -"- s-s- |