i-'lioto by i^'redenck Moore 



CROSSING THi; I^ORD 



An old Rumanian country priest and liis daughter on the way home from market. As 

 in other branches of the Orthodox Church, the parochial clergy of Rumania are all married. 

 The higher clergy, however, including the bishops, are chosen from the monks. 



interests of the country. Only after such 

 safeguards had been placed round the 

 American company that they could not 

 cease to work the wells and thereby stifle 

 Riimanian enterprise was the. Standard 

 Oil Company permitted to purchase oil 

 lands. In a few years Rumania has 

 profited largely by an expenditure of 

 American capital. 



A few facts about Rumania in general, 



apart from its political problems, still re- 

 main to be given. 



WHAT THE) KINGDOM IS hlKt 



The country is shaped like a boot; in- 

 deed, the recent acquisition of the prov- 

 ince of Silistria has added considerably 

 to this resemblance, for while a distinct 

 heel was formerly lacking, the addition 

 of the new territory makes the likeness 



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