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INDIA.
COPYRIGHT 1892, BY THE SINGER MANUFACTURING CO.
LOttimang
ithCo.
NY.
OVER
SSINGE
Eith Co.
NY
JOtinan
ITALY
(ANCONA)
COPYRIGHT 1892. BY THE SINGER MANUFACTURING CO.
OVER
THE SINC
SPAIN
(VALENCIA
COPYRIGHT 1892, BY THE SINGER MANUFACTURING CO.
JOumang
/ithCo.
KY
OVER
ROUMANIA.
COPYRIGHT 1892 BY THE SINGER MANUFACTURING CO.
TOumaj
lith Co
NY
OVER
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INDIA
AN EXTENSNE EMPIRE OF THE BRITISH CROWN, CONSISTING OF THE GREAT
SOUTHERN PENINSULA OF SOUTHERN ASIA, AND A NARROW STRIP ALONG THE
EAST SIDE OF THE BAY OF BENGAL. IT 18 BOUNDED NORTH BY THE HIMA-
LAYA MOUNTAINS, WEST BY A MOUNTAIN RANGE, EAST BY PARALLEL
OFFSHOOTS FROM THE OPPOSITE EXTREMITY OF THE HIMALAYAS, AND ON
THE OTHER SIDE BY THE INDIAN OCEAN. THE SURFACE OF THE COUNTRY 18
EXTREMELY DIVERSIFIED. IT HAS THE HIGHEST MOUNTAIN PEAK (MT. EVER-
EST) IN THE WORLD, THE GANGES RIVER--WONDERFUL FOR ITS ANNUAL INUN-
DATIONS OF THE IMMENSE GANGETIC PLAIN. THERE IS GREAT DIVERSITY
OF RACE AND LANGUAGE; IN UPPER INDIA THE INHABITANTS ARE OF THE
INDO-EUROPEAN STOCK, WITH A LANGUAGE ALLIED IN THE ROOTS TO THE
SANSCRIT. THE RELIGIONS ARE MOHAMMEDANISM AND BRAHMANISM. THE
ABORIGINAL RACES HAVE NO LITERATURE. THE GOVERNING RACES ARE OF
ARABIC, BRAHMANICAL AND PERSIAN STOCK. UNDER BRITISH RULE INDIA 18
MAKING RAPID STRIDES IN MODERN CIVILIZATION. OUR PICTURE REPRESENTS
THE SINGER MANUFACTURING COMPANY'S NATIVE EMPLOYEES IN THEIR
USUAL COSTUME. THE SINGER SEWING MACHINE HAS BEEN A FACTOR IN
HELPING THE PEOPLE OF INDIA TOWARD A BETTER CIVILIZATION FOR NEARLY
TWENTY YEARS, AND THOUSANDS OF THEM ARE I USE.
THE SINGER MANUFACTURING CO.
ANCONA,
This is a city of Italy situated on the Adriatic,
185 miles N. E. of Rome. It is the capital of the
Province of Ancona, possesses the only good
port on that side of the Adriatic, between Venice
and Manfredonia, and is an entrepot for Euro-
pean goods for the Levant. Ancona was founded
by a Doric Colony about 400 B. C. It has very
many interesting buildings and relics of antiquity,
among which is the Triumphal Arch of Trajan, of
Parian Marble. Our picture, from a photo taken
on the spot, represents an Ancona home scene,
in which our Singer Machine plays its part, as it
does in thousands of other Ancona homes.
THE SINGER MANUFACTURING CO.
VALENCIA...
A PROVINCE AND ANCIENT KINGDOM AF SPAIN. UNDED NORTH BY
TERUEL AND CASTELLON DE LA PLANA, EAST BY THE MEDITERRANEAN,
SOUTH BY ALIANTE, WEST BY ALBACETE. THE CAPITAL CITY IS VALENCIA.
THE COUNTRY is MOUNTAINOUS IN THE WEST, BUT L A "ERTILE
TOWARD THE MEDITERRANEAN. IT IS ESSENTIALLY
TURAL, BUT
MANUFACTURES OF VARIOUS KINDS ARE CARRIED ON IS. THE CITIES. IT WAS
SETTLED AT AN EARLY DATE BY THE PHOENICIANS, BUT WAS SUCCESSIVELY
CONQUERED BY THE ROMANS, THE GOTHS AND THE SARACENS. THE
PRESENT RACE IS A MIXTURE OF THE GOTHIC AND ARABIC, WITH THE ARABIC
IN THE ASCENDANT. THEY STILL RETAIN THE ARABIC CUSTOMS AND DRESS.
THE MEN ARE ROBUST AND GRAVE, THE WOMEN VIVACIOUS AND PRETTY.
OUR PICTURE SHOX THE COSTUME OF THE PEOPLE IN THE VICINITY OF
VALENCIA, WHERE THE SINGER COMPANY HAVE AN OFFICE AND DO A
LARGE BUSINE
THE SINGER MANUFACTURING CO.
ROUMANIA
A KINGDOM OF SOUTHERN EUROPE, COMPRISING THE OLD PRINCIPALITIES
OF MOLDAVIA, WALLACHIA AND DOBRUDJA. IT IS BOUNDED EAST AND
NORTH BY THE PRUTH, SOUTH BY THE DANUBE, WEST AND NORTH-WEST
BY THE CARPATHIAN MOUNTAINS. IT IS MOUNTAINOUS IN THE WEST, BUT
LEVEL TOWARDS THE EAST. THE CLIMATE IS SUBJECT TO EXTREMES OF
COLD AND HEAT. LARGE NUMBERS OF HORSES, SHEEP AND CATTLE ARE
RAISED, ALSO RAINS IN ABUNDANCE. THE FIRST AUTHENTIC INHABITANTS
WERE THE DACIENS, WHO WERE CONQUERED AND THE COUNTRY COLONIZED
BY THE ROMANS. THE ROUMANIAN OF TO-DAY IS A MIXTURE OF THE INDO-
CAUCASIAN AND MONGOL RACES. THEY ARE GOOD LOOKING, INTELLIGENT
AND FAIRLY ENERGETIC. THE NATIONAL DRESS IS RICH IN EMBROIDERY AND
LACINGS. OUR PICTURE REPRESENTS THREE YOUNG ROUMANIAN WOMEN
IN THEIR FANCIFUL DRE88 AROUND A SINGER MACHINE, WHICH HAS HELPED
TO EMBROIDER THEIR COSTUMES.
THE SINGER MANUFACTURING CO.
