. The Burton Holmes lectures;. ntlemen, get you toyour places ! and this is uttered by the guard who is inGreek nothing less than an epistatis. We note with interest the foot-gear of the natives. The Greek shoes, or Tsarukia, are either of a bright yellow or of a gory red with fringy tufts, or ])ompons, of red wool u]ion the tijis of the pointed turned-up toes. Even the 11; 242 THE WONDERS OF THESSALY soldiery wear these gaudy, comfortable shoes. The soldiersseen at various stations belong to the corps of the Greekarmy that proved itself most effective in the recent war, theEvzonoi. They are f
. The Burton Holmes lectures;. ntlemen, get you toyour places ! and this is uttered by the guard who is inGreek nothing less than an epistatis. We note with interest the foot-gear of the natives. The Greek shoes, or Tsarukia, are either of a bright yellow or of a gory red with fringy tufts, or ])ompons, of red wool u]ion the tijis of the pointed turned-up toes. Even the 11; 242 THE WONDERS OF THESSALY soldiery wear these gaudy, comfortable shoes. The soldiersseen at various stations belong to the corps of the Greekarmy that proved itself most effective in the recent war, theEvzonoi. They are for the most part sturdy peasants ormountaineers, and therefore able to endure fatigues andhardships to which the volunteers recruited from the townsand cities so unfortunately succumbed. They wear a uni-form modeled after the old national costume, of which themost striking feature is the fustanella, a skirt of stiff,starched, accordion-plaited linen — to our eyes the mostridiculous garment ever worn by a race of valiant STANDI N(; ROCKS
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