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trees sufficient to build n cabin complete &re often standing on an acre. Wi the roof up, and atone chimney on the outside, and the big fireplace opening ii the room, the joiiug people can begin housekeeping. A few aapllngs will ma n bed frame fastened to the logs in one corner, and a bed irithout a tick, t feet thick, of fresh pine needles, gives a sense of luxury to the newly married pa

Customs and Habits

It must be remembered that there arc all grades of society in t mountains, and that no general description can be applied to a speci. case.

Woman is inferior to man in both number and position. In 19 the males numbered 289,315, and the females, 272,566. Xot only is b a household drudge, but a field hand as well. (Out-of-door work itself, of course, does not constitute drudgery.) She still follows 1: hind him as they trudge over the mountain. A mountain boy, up' being asked how many brothers he had, answered me promptly : " Tw( But concerning the number of sisters, he drawled : " Oh, three or f oui The mo<lern Woman Movement hardly has penetrated into the hills, ar when it does, it will meet orthodox opposition. However, women i creasingly vote in school aiTairs in some districts. Furthermore, h« and there, a girl returns from Berea, or some other college, with ids strange to her people. Perhaps this explains the wide girdle, or oth bit of modern adornment, now seen sometimes on the quaint costuni'

We were pushing through a deep forest in climbing over a ridj

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