Austria-Hungary . d pictur-esque peasant costumes, and as her railway systemis excellent and her comforts for travellers reason-able (in places first-rate), more and more do thosewho want a complete change from their usualsurroundings gravitate there. The purity of theair in most parts still permits white to be worn fordaily use and in some districts the women, and eventhe men, dress still almost completely in this is not, and cannot be, universal, thoughalmost everywhere may be seen the bishopssleeves of snowy muslin or linen coming out froma sleeveless jacket richly embroidered. Th
Austria-Hungary . d pictur-esque peasant costumes, and as her railway systemis excellent and her comforts for travellers reason-able (in places first-rate), more and more do thosewho want a complete change from their usualsurroundings gravitate there. The purity of theair in most parts still permits white to be worn fordaily use and in some districts the women, and eventhe men, dress still almost completely in this is not, and cannot be, universal, thoughalmost everywhere may be seen the bishopssleeves of snowy muslin or linen coming out froma sleeveless jacket richly embroidered. This jacketvaries much in shape and size, most often being likea zouave, and the embroidery work upon it is a joyto behold, for every peasant woman, be she Magyaror Slav, can embroider to perfection. It is not onlyher jacket of velvet or cloth or silk that receives thistender attention but the waistcoats of her men-folk,and more curious still, the top-boots of soft leather,often crimson, without which at one time no. WOMANS WORK-DAY COSTUME IN KALOCSA THE PEOPLE 75 Hungarian costume was considered complete. They even appear in the peasants songs, such as : With csarda hat set jauntily,And decked with perfumed rosemary,Ill stroll adown the village all the girls will smile on me !Wrinkled my top-boots are and long,Upon their heels gilt spurs shine bright;Theyll clank the time to dance and all the girls will smile to-night! Pieces of metal are put upon the heels of theboots in order to make them clank and attractattention. These top-boots, so valued and well-cared for, are still seen far and wide. It has beensaid of them by a Hungarian writer, that theymay be taken as the most distinctive feature ofHungarian dress, the ornamentation of which, averitable flower-garden, embroidered with leather,braid and silk, is a treasure of the Magyars uniqueof its kind. If this treasure was handed on from one genera-tion to another difficulties might occur, as, even inthe same
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