The Holy Land and Syria . f a crack for the eyes, the crack being kept open by agold or brass spool resting on the bridge of the nose. InConstantinople the fashionable Turks are doing away withthe veil or using thin white gauze through which the facecan be plainly seen. It is thus that the ladies of theharem of the Sultan are dressed, and thus the wives of allthe rich men. Here in Damascus the women stick to veils of floweredmuslin or black crepe and wrap themselves in great bil-lowy cloaks of black silk or calico. These bulge outabove and below where they are tied at the waist, makingeach mai
The Holy Land and Syria . f a crack for the eyes, the crack being kept open by agold or brass spool resting on the bridge of the nose. InConstantinople the fashionable Turks are doing away withthe veil or using thin white gauze through which the facecan be plainly seen. It is thus that the ladies of theharem of the Sultan are dressed, and thus the wives of allthe rich men. Here in Damascus the women stick to veils of floweredmuslin or black crepe and wrap themselves in great bil-lowy cloaks of black silk or calico. These bulge outabove and below where they are tied at the waist, makingeach maiden look like two huge lumps of sausages. Everytime I go through the city I see hundreds of them wad-dling along. They throng the bazaars, where they bobback and forth as they talk with the merchants. Theymay be seen picking their way through the side streetsor sitting on the floors of the mosques reading the Koranand watching the men go through their prayers. Manyof the shrouded figures are those of small girls. They 224. The street-dress of the woman of Damascus is a bag of black silk tiedin at the waist and a black veil so thick that she can hardly see her wayabout. Feminism and style-changes make little headway in Moslemlands
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