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THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MAGAZINE 



A SLOVAK PEASANT FARMER'S HOME IN THE CARPATHIAN COUNTRY 

 Their peasant homes may be humble, but they are hospitable. 



Photographs by Dr. V. Sixta and Sun 



SLOVAK EMBROIDERY WORKERS [N DETTVA 



As needle-workers, the women folk of Czechoslovakia show a keen appreciation of the 

 beautiful. They draw their own designs freehand, and then execute them. 



