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Show WOMEN HOLD HIGH POSITION Probably In No Country In the World Are They Favored With Greater Esteem Than In 8ervla. Thero is no country in tho world where women ocupy a more dignified or honored position In tho homp than In Borvla. Tho Servian Idea Is quite dlfforent from thnt of the Turk, who beeps his womon behind shut doors, or tho GermaD, whosu Ideal woman Is a good hausfrau. In Servla tho woman wom-an Is tho companion of the man. A mnn Is responsible for his unmarried unmar-ried sisters, nnd throughout tho Balkan Bal-kan Btatcs It Is considered rather a breach of etlquetto for him to marry before his older sister. No Sorvlan girl would feet she could hold up her head In society unless sho could spenk four lnngungcs. There Is hardly a Servian woman who cannot play somo musical Instrument. Embroidery, Em-broidery, painting, drawing and sculp-turo sculp-turo nro all studied. Politics Is a popular feature among women. Sorvlan women nro very domesticated domesti-cated and tho highest pny personal attention at-tention to trivial matters of housekeeping. house-keeping. There are two womon doctors practicing prac-ticing In Belgrade, and women teachers teach-ers galoro. But public opinion, on the wholo, Is rather against women enter Ing tho labor arena. |
