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The National Geographic Magazine 



FISHING FOLK ON TH£ ADRIATIC 



oyster-plants. We group these as they 

 had them here. 



Above, the great white umbrellas cast 

 a welcome shade. Booths of fruit — 

 pears, peaches, and a tiny red fruit like 

 a cranberry, but of the consistency of a 

 plum — took the eye. 



Then again one caught glimpses of 

 men with cages on their backs, each cage 

 well filled with chickens. A buyer, se- 

 lecting his particular fowl, would clutch 

 it by the neck to lift it and feel its weight. 

 Meat, again, in another place, was hang- 

 ing from a pole built onto a wagon stand, 

 this wagon one of many in a row. The 

 hutchers, in civilian attire, had their 

 places outside. 



That, however, was just one section. 

 In another some women, wearing white 

 lace-work upon the head in default of 

 scarf, again tempted the kodak. Again, 

 a yellow silk kerchief was made to match 

 a snowy white waist ; a heavy braid then 

 •came out from a fold of scarlet. Aprons 

 of white lace, too, were not few. 



Surging through the streets 

 and in between the stalls were 

 other Croats. They were or- 

 derly; they did not push; 

 there was plenty of breathing 

 space. Again, unlike our 

 American markets, there was 

 no refuse on the streets. Sol- 

 diers mingled with the crowd, 

 loitering sometimes over great 

 crocks with red raspberries or 

 about stalls with jelly. Sev- 

 eral women of identical cos- 

 tume would always be found 

 together — from the same vil- 

 lage, of course ; then beyond, 

 where they sold the mangoes, 

 another style could be seen. 

 Here some had head scarfs of 

 red. with a white floral pat- 

 tern. That, too, gave color to 

 the picture. Others wore a 

 heavy white skirt, with an 

 Dld-fashioned red and blue 

 sampler of embroidery, sus- 

 pended by two cords from the 

 belt. Many had white or yel- 

 low beads of glass wound in 

 chains several times around the neck and 

 dangling down the waist. To the chain 

 some church medallion or bits of ribbon 

 might be hung. Ear-rings were in the 

 ears, while in the hair glistening bead- 

 work ornaments appeared. The richer 

 would have a dense string of coral about 

 the neck, and then on down the waist 

 front. 



We wondered why it was that in the 

 Dual Empire people speak of "turbulent 

 Croatia." 



We sought out an editor here, and he 

 outlined conditions. In politics today it 

 seems the "ins" are the so-called "Gov- 

 ernment Party," who desire a more com- 

 plete union between Croatia and Hun- 

 gary. In fact, these would abolish the 

 autonomy of Croatia altogether. 



As a matter of fact, however, franchise 

 is so tangled in Croatia that it is said but 

 two per cent of the people really vote, 

 and perhaps one-half of all these hold 

 offices. Hence it is the "Official Party" 

 which is in control with the Reichstag. 



