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HOMELY BUT COMELY PEASANT PAIR OF THE BLACK FOREST
| The German peasant woman is accustomed to agricultural work from childhood; energetic, sturdy, and robust, she makes a very fitting mate for the peasant proprietor. The costumes of this newly-wed pair from Schapbach are lacking in all ostentatious display, but the "schappel," or chaplet, composed of coloured glass balls and beads, is a never-failing feature of the bridal attire |