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Mountaineer or Buccaneer?
Seasoned Slovak Veteran

MOUNTAINEER OR BUCCANEER?

SEASONED SLOVAK VETERAN

This is no reckless, lawless brigand, but a kindly, honest farmer of Slovakia, who has never been far outside his hamlet, and whose only luxury is a pipe The Slovaks seldom wear beards or moustaches, but their hair, when long enough, is often braided, as is seen on this fine, weather-beaten old head

Members of the Southern Populace of New Serbia

MEMBERS OF THE SOUTHERN POPULACE OF NEW SERBIA

In Galitchnik, as in other villages of Western Macedonia, fragments and relics of old Macedonian lore are evident in the everyday life of the present generation, whose festivals are a curious fusion of ancient rites and permeated with strange cosmogonic myths. The women present a medley of homeliness and pretension, and though possessing little education are not without intelligence