The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-06-01
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How the Women Dress ana LOOHs
A lady correspondent of the New
York Sun, who was so fortunate as to
attend the recent wedding festival OF
the oldest daughter of the Viceroy OF
Egypt where thousand women and
not man, except black eunuchs, were
admitted, thus describes the dress and
appearance of the women of the Egyp.
tian court: AS for the personal appear
nnce of the houris, If you want to cher
iS:I the allusiOns of your childhood you
had better continue to read the poets,
and only see them with their wells on
In the sacred precincts of the harem,
with the "burko" off, and all the mys.
tery torn away, they become more home
IL, common, dOwdy frumps. Out OF the
eight or nine hundred native women In
the room, there were perhaps six that
were pretty and attractive. Ihe others
were either the cOArsest OF thick Tipped
negro girls OF tho regular Congo type or
Oyer.rOwiI, unwhOlPsOme, desperately
stupid looking whiIe women. A good
mpny were old and haggard, and all OF
them, almost without exception, had a
uitiruI, f0rlorn, aimleSs, hopeless look,
like poor, miserable imprisoned slaves
ms they are. Their dresses, tOH, strik-
ingly picturesque in Ia" l'a' general
effect OF color and lighi, we're. when
seen i'll detail, a very iuunY mixture OF
Oriental eorgeousueSs and cheap Eu-
rOpenn fiucTy. Stripes are evidently
the mode just now i'll Cairo, and
tho bHgEy trousers and overdress
were made OF striped materials OF
heaven - crimson and white satin,
blue and gold, orange, rose color,
the most vivid green, purple and every
possjble shade OF all of them, in velvet,
satin, silk. greuadine, gauze and calico.
The overdress Is made like loose
blouse or double gown, and belted In
An easy way round the waist so as en-
tirelv 10 hide any comeliness OF form
there might be. The walk is nothing
but a waddle. Over this costume, to
give greater elegance, some OF them had
nut on old fashioned European coats OF
the commonest material-cotton velvet
or delaine-and of antediluvian cut :
and all OF them had perched on top OF
their heads the most AbOmlnable little
porK-pie hats of every conceivable
color, and covered win bugles aud
cotton lace and artificial hIwers
and marathon feathers, aud all the rag.
tag and bobtail scrapings of mtlltners'
finery which are so dear to the hearts
OF factory girls in America. Nothing
could be- more comical than the reap.
pesrance of these ancient horrors in the
Fiunermost sanctum OF an Egyptian ha-
rem, or the sight among all these gew-
payys of a superb hanging diamond or
nameut, for every woman in the room
had at least one magnificent jewel
somewhere about her-a pair or ear.
rings or necklace, or a tiara. All
seemed to fare exactly alike, white
and black, homely or not, and to
be on precisely the same footing,
as far as costumes and jewels were
concerned, except the four special and
legitimate wives and their daughters.
These were dressed in full European
ball dresses, coitfure, corsage, flowers
and all, and were handsome, stylish
LOOKING woman, overloaded with su-
perb Jewels. One of them, the mother
of the little bride, had a really sweet
and interesting face, and was very
active in making things ''go off we'll,
| lust like hostess at home. A younger
sister of the bride, who is to be mar
lied soon, is a handsome blonde, and
quite like any girl of her age at
homo in dress and style. The bride
herself was covered from head to foot
with gold and jewels. Hen dress was
heavy white damask, thick, embroid'
cred with gold, and her veil, or mantle
was so loaded down with coins and
| trinkets that it had to be carried out
behind her by some of the slaves tc
take the weight of it from her head.
The whole front of her dress was mass
of diamond and pearl necklaces, and IL
the midst of them, In comical contrast,
was Photographic likeness, set in jew
| els, of her old papa.