With the Serbs in Macedonia

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The uglier and the older the woman, the
more careful she is about her veil. But pray do
not think that that means the young and pretty
one is careless. Far from it ; the older dames
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merely make more fuss. Moons of Delight
are very few and far between—or very well
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hidden. Moons of Delight don't drive
donkeys in the dust, or labour with their lords
and masters in the field. In almost every case
the harem consists of only one wife, though
here and there we heard of *'
rich " Turks
with two.
The children were numerous and pretty
in their fez and
everywhere. The little boys
the little girls in their quaint, bright-coloured
trousers were always a delight to our eyes and
willing consumers of toffee and chocolate. But,
alas, most of them had yellow " malaria-faces "
and protuberant tummies, telling of enlarged
malarial spleens ! One often saw the poor
mites lying about listless and feverish. Their
fathers appeared to be very fond of them.
Education was not neglected. In every village
of any size there was a school, of a sort, with a
teacher to match, where boys and girls are
instructed together. During the hot weather
the class was held under the long verandah in
front, and a group of Turkish children clad in
many-hued garments droning the Turkish