These chalets are provided with over
. i hanging roofs, on which flat stoners
, bave been laid to keep the fierce winds
! from tearing them off and not be
a I cause-- as an animated tailor's sign,
with a monocle, once Informed an old
lady In my presence?the natives wish?
ed to effect a saving in nails.
Various fruits and vegetables are
hung under the projecting caves for
r shelter, and the firewood is piled high
I ! without for future use. The ground
e floor ls generally given up to a stable,
II i where the cattle are housed In the win?
ter, in delightful proximity to the fam?
ily overhead.
The household treasures are contaln
e?d in the living room, or gute stube.
Here, too, you will find the large porce?
lain stove that ls the center of the
family gatherings on the long winter
evenings. In the kitchen, of course,
the furniture ls of the plainest descrip?
tion, usually consisting of a rude loom,
a huge fireplace, a table and a few
chairs- Pilgrim.
1
Odd Russian Caatom.
Eight days after a baby ls born In
t, Russia Its hair ls shaved by a priest
0 This ls snipped oft In four places on
e the top of the head to form a cross.
-- The baby's godfather collects the shorn
n down, pinching it up with wax from
i- the tapers. It is then thrown into the
n baptismal font. If the little pellet
e elnks there ls great sadness In the
y | baby's home, for the Russians believe
that the child will die before a year
has passed^_
ie Great Inducements.
