Beauty crowned; or, The story of Esther, the Jewish maiden . Painting the eyes is mentioned in the Scriptures. Itprevailed also among the ladies of Greece. The number, variety, and weight of the ornamentsworn by the Orientals were most extravagant, as meas-ured by modern west-ern ideas. The ladiesof ancient Egypt woreearrings of great size,and bracelets, armlets,and anklets of the mostear-drops. varied character. These ornaments were frequently richly inlaid with enamelor precious stones. Hand-some and costly goLd orbead necklaces were high-ly esteemed. The modernEgyptians vie with the an-cien
Beauty crowned; or, The story of Esther, the Jewish maiden . Painting the eyes is mentioned in the Scriptures. Itprevailed also among the ladies of Greece. The number, variety, and weight of the ornamentsworn by the Orientals were most extravagant, as meas-ured by modern west-ern ideas. The ladiesof ancient Egypt woreearrings of great size,and bracelets, armlets,and anklets of the mostear-drops. varied character. These ornaments were frequently richly inlaid with enamelor precious stones. Hand-some and costly goLd orbead necklaces were high-ly esteemed. The modernEgyptians vie with the an-cients in the number, va-riety, beauty, and value oftheir ornaments. Most ofthe women of the lowerorders wear a variety oftrumpery ornaments, thus rivaling the rich and no-ble in their desire for display. The inhabitants of Palestine and the surroundingcountries were equally fond of personal , nose-rings, bracelets, signets, gold neck-chains, and trinkets of various kinds, both of gold and. WWWWW Neck Collars. Enthroned and Crowned. 133 of silver, were abundant. Such, ornaments suppliedthe gold from which were made the sacred utensils ofthe tabernacle. The laver of brass was constructedfrom the brazen mirrors of the womens toilet. TheIsraelites gathered from the slain Midianites orna-ments to the amount of sixteen thousand seven hun-dred and fifty shekels ; and again, after the defeat ofthe same peoj)le by Gideon, there were obtained nose-rings to the amount of one thousand and seven hun-dred shekels of gold, besides collars and earrings. The love of ornament is rebuked by Isaiah : Inthat day the Lord will take away the bravery of theiranklets, and the cauls, and the crescents ; the pendants,and the bracelets, and the mufflers ; the head-tires, andthe ankle chains, and the sashes, and the perfumeboxes, and the amulets ; the rings, and the nose jewels;the festival robes, and the mantels, and the shawls,and the satchels ; the hand mirrors, and the fine linen,and the
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