A 1922 article based on travel notes by Lovina S. Smith describing peasant costume and needlework in Hungary, Roumania, Macedonia, Croatia, Slovakia and Bosnia. It covers Magyar felt Szúr coats with cloth appliqué, wedding coats, aprons, Roumanian embroidered blouses and skirts, and the outdoor tree loom. Illustrated with photographs of costumes and museum specimens from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, including a Macedonian woman weaver at her loom.