Show u lc R 1 q aiL GARIA i r f A Y 7 NA VILLAGE OW OVI much of the strength of Bil B 11 garla whose steady prop reab u during the laet last forty years 0 of troubled eil stence has corn cow polled the admiration of on looking Is ovong on lag to its sturdy womanhood Is explained bip wilned fr or the national dional geographic society by hester donaldson jenkins Jen kina aa american educator in the balkan in a monograph upon bulgaria and its jt women con tr asting the bulgarian attle with the other girls of the balkans Bil kans mils miss jenking aye says among the oriental girl girls with ith whom I 1 lived I 1 Is my nine scars reel real dene in the near east ube interested me more than the bulgarians Bulga rians they are perhaps the least oriental of at the eight or mori more nationalities rationalities to be found in the constantinople college of which I 1 vae was a professor they are fairer and brighter in coloring than the armenians Armen lana ians greek creeks or persians rather taller and larger on an an average and have far fat more energy and leea less languor than the turk the bulgarian girls the writer con finues distinguished themselves res from the others by a certain wholesome out of door quality a sanity which marked ahm sharply from the fanci lul ii sentimental and weaker nerved girle girls of some dome of tho the other national ties beautiful bulgarian aril of the bulgar giris physical loveliness she ua Hul garlan girle girls incline to round ness of contour and figure many of them having round full faces faced ripe rosy mouths and dimple dimples this ef feet Is heightened by the fashion of wearing the hair in braids wound about the head one sees plenty of dark hair in bulgaria but one also looks with pleasure on warm brown tints chestnut tresses and occasion auy avy auburn heads 0 a io of the most moat beau tRul girls I 1 ever saw was a bulgarian with a glorious mass of coppe coppet colored baves a clear pale pals skin T the women meaning eon son ol 01 or d daugh tr ter of Bulgar bulgaria lz girls iris are bright dressers dree eera the village holiday brings out a won derdul array of gaudy costumes straight and awkward in line but bril llant in color and decoration the ariter tella tells the big ire are usually emphasized by hage liver silver buckles when however 9 girl ts is joung oung and pretty her abundant curly hair into which are braided bright threads or ribbons rib bone with often a flower in her ear her bright color heightened by the gay embroideries and her slen der figure which the straightness of her drees dress cannot spoil make her an attract attractive iva vision the pleasures of at the girls miss jen kins kind describes described A cirl in a bulgarian village it 1 not without her amusements As in the bible times all the water tor for a village must be drawn from one or two wells or springs and these watering places or fountains are the scene scent of much sociability hither come all the youths and maldeus of the village to lotter loiter there Is coquetting and courting about the fountain and home gatherings la in the eve leverings everl rings marriage marriages spring troa from mutual attraction and choice rather titan the arrangement of cami lies aa as do the armenian armenian and turkish alliances there are husking bees and quilt ins ing bees where the young people meet but the mos meet popular form of social entertainment is to the se danka here assemble the young men and women of the village and adjoining farms grouped abort an oceh are singing solos and choruses the bulgarian folk dances are danced in a row or circle the leader generally geue getie rally waving a bright handkerchief and turning and twisting bout about lit bis line tin of followers llovera fo like a mild game of the he whip occasionally the sedania ends tn n a drai dramatic natte fashion some brawn v f fellow ellow who has been courting bla his darka darks a will seizo her in aks pit 41 W 11 IR mr handsomely net set gray eye eyes a delicate mouth and mcall yelte teth ad the he berat and carriage of a Is prince princess the bright checko that 80 0 o mavy of the bulgarians have are a ao fram thedarl the dArk q or pale saint of the armenians Armen lane and O 0 greeks their les less large and lan ian rallY eye s are ar gone generally than oriental eyes lacking looking you squarely arely tn in the act with more frankness fran knor and leea less mini miss jepkes glyer th follo wins a of ali nant of artiles Ples melodious elod lova lous Art ne no nadeida bw bulgarian pupils tina lelha blagoy zdravka the US loal last names all aconia and bd for or md in off or for or the ibe hie his arms and curry tur to bis borne home the next day tta mallate marr mar lare late by capture ii is given lagal add religion religious batic tion by the tb 11 1 h 1 of the orthodox priest I 1 once attend what whal would bappel it tw p pineo bep mep wanted the tb game same girl gill bhe she replied reviled simply the gt tron ler would set got her tho bulgarian girls are r bright and make wake axer eager uee use of educational addan aagep misa jonkins sam the calleo oie 1 t tra dutsar maldona raal deni become agli table cestr ers of progress reee antho in tb towo and d thel theIr country tie ite bunger hunger for that tt in t turn urn hi to to lead Sul 11 zariA itji crat great future |