Photograph by A. W. Cutler 

 A SLOVAK PEASANT FAMILY IN EVERY-DAY DRESS 



Note the Norman arch; it is typical of Slovak homes. Note the fringe at bottom of 

 trousers, which are pretty wide when compared with English or American trousers, but 

 positively skin-tight in comparison with the trousers of a Hungarian peasant. They are a 

 highly respectable, hard-working community and may be seen in large numbers throughout 

 the Vag Valley. 



exiled Bohemian Jan Herman, as were 

 the parents of Philip, lord of the Philip's 

 Manor on the Hudson, one of whose de- 

 scendants came so near becoming the 

 bride of Washington. Not a few of the 

 Czechs came into this country with the 

 Moravian brethren; and Comenius (see 

 page 179) was once invited to become the 

 President of Harvard University.* 



The immigration of the Czechs into 



""'The Bohemians," E. F. Chase, N. Y., 1914. 



this country dates very largely from near 

 the middle of the last century, when, fol- 

 lowing the revolutionary movements of 

 1848, from which Bohemia was not 

 spared, persecution drove many into for- 

 eign lands. During our Civil War many 

 Czechs fought bravely in the armies of 

 the North. 



The total number of Czechs now liv- 

 ing, exclusive of Slovaks, is estimated at 

 9,000,000, of whom 7,000,000 are under 

 Austria-Hungary; in the United States 



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