. The boy travellers in the Russian empire: adventures of two youths in a journey in European and Asiatic Russia, with accounts of a tour across rs. They hadtaken a guide from the hotel, un-der the stijJiilation that he shouldnot permit the beggars to annoythem, but they soon found it wouldbe impossible to secure immunityfrom attack without a cordon ofat least a dozen guides. Frankpronounced the beggars of Cracowthe most forlorn he had ever seen,and Fred thought they were morenumerous in proportion to thepopulation than in any other city,with the possible exception ofNaples. Their r
. The boy travellers in the Russian empire: adventures of two youths in a journey in European and Asiatic Russia, with accounts of a tour across rs. They hadtaken a guide from the hotel, un-der the stijJiilation that he shouldnot permit the beggars to annoythem, but they soon found it wouldbe impossible to secure immunityfrom attack without a cordon ofat least a dozen guides. Frankpronounced the beggars of Cracowthe most forlorn he had ever seen,and Fred thought they were morenumerous in proportion to thepopulation than in any other city,with the possible exception ofNaples. Their ragged and starved condition indicated that their distress was real, and more than once ouryoung friends regretted having brought themselves face to face with somuch misery that they were powerless to relieve. Frank remarked that there was a similarity of dress among the Jewsof Cracow, as they all wore long caftans, or robes, reaching nearly to theheels. The wealthy Jews wear robes of silk, with fur caps or turbans,while the poorer ones nmst content themselves with cheaper material,according to their ability. The guide told the youths that the men of. POLISH JEW OK HIGH RANK. 22 THE BOY TRAVELLERS IN THE RUSSIAN EMPIRE. rank would not surround their waists with girdles as did the humblerJews, and that sometimes the robes of the rich were lined with sable, at acost of many hundreds of dollars. Fred carefully noted the information obtained while Frank made thesketches he had promised to produce. They are by no means unlike the
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