. My experiences of Cyprus; being an account of the people, mediæval cities and castles, antiquities and history of the island of Cyprus: to which is added a chapter on the present economic and political problems which affect the island as a dependency of the British empire . author says, at nine or ten years of age thegirls are lovely, but in the after years, whencomeliness is needed most, much of the beautydisappears, and, in fact, fades eyes remain, but contour, colour, bloom,expression all depart. The Moslem femalesseem to understand their fate. If theirsisters of the Greek
. My experiences of Cyprus; being an account of the people, mediæval cities and castles, antiquities and history of the island of Cyprus: to which is added a chapter on the present economic and political problems which affect the island as a dependency of the British empire . author says, at nine or ten years of age thegirls are lovely, but in the after years, whencomeliness is needed most, much of the beautydisappears, and, in fact, fades eyes remain, but contour, colour, bloom,expression all depart. The Moslem femalesseem to understand their fate. If theirsisters of the Greek faith were as knowingas they, they too would glide about thestreets and market-place veiled. A Christianwoman bares her neck and face, a Moslemshows us no more than a pair of sparklingeyes. No man looks twice at the retreatingfigure of a Greek, though she is habited inpink and amber and all the bright colours ofthe East, but every one turns and gazes atthe gliding mystery of a girl in white whoseface is shrouded from view. This rapid ageing and loss of good looksis due to the hard life and work they undergo,and also to early marriage. Another point which strikes the visitor toCyprus is the general dowdiness of the nativewomen in their dress. Whereas the men, as 120.
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