, 1873-06-29

'01"a7 tl4Aeos auo among CsnnctlYely sayacs
people, ther and now. 'os
Ihe striking features Of the prevailing fash.
ions are: . 1"'n'
i: Compression Of the heart lungs, and liver
compression OF the feet, and tipping of ~.
heels. Hs-05 " tna
Dyed, burned, and c-imped hair.
=. ffeckie-efasere, balms, rouge, oye-brow-darh
hp-ca1mlnator, and nail-pink.
Earrings
neuadonna to brighten the eyes, and arsen;.
a1ate-pencils, and pie to whiten The faca
hump On tho back.
rams Like daggers, umbrellas Gke shi11e1.b.
and knapsacks laborioualy buck1ed around -.
| wasted place called the waist. %'@'
Hair clipped on the forehead.
| Floating hair.
me less brains inside the head, the more baj,
bought for the outside OF it,
~, AZ the ornaments possible to be gotten upon
<ne head, hands, 1nd neck.
e.n saese striking characteristics be fonna n
1s7o.laE1ons retrogreasive, brutal or aboreina}7
~ tney can' suspicion is justified ~ tn
"netoer the theory Of evolution in 5eroa}.
fashions bo correct. '''-'
Feejee bellies do not know tha saasons hv an-
tertainments moro exciting than hrr,;.su
more esthetio than co1n-fed miss;nnarv o..
they dye their hair blonde. and the c.lv.a -
their lege are three times as thick a. a, Eno
hshman's. They vary the hue OF their b,;-
to bright red sometimes. and infuse II.
picturesque into the .coifure by meana
OF Variegated wigs. It is to be regretted thai
these stylish Homen are treacherous, cruel, and
climb 1ee On all-foors. Pa1ricide Is their
favorite paatime when not engaged in personal
adornment; they bite each other; and mission
aries make slow progress among them until
after death Polygamy prevails, because "tbs
cares OF i household are too mucn for ona
Woman." They have reduced the cooking ct
human flesh to fine art by ingenious culinary
processes. They get store hair very chean.
Most OF them have 1t for sale al1 the time,
The Georgians, just south OF the de-
ehVity Of tho Caucasus, distinguished
chiefly for their marketable qualities. cut
their hair across the forehead and frizz
It. The lower class OF women in Peru hsyo .
similar custom. The Georgian bellies dys tha
palms Of their hands red, and the heroic swaiDs
subject to the same process and produce the like
color upon their hair, beard, and nails. Tha
women pencil their eyebrows, and both
AA"~A- @eA!N "NAAV4A ea4I3AA4Ad kuEl1 1aCG4
red and white. The Georgian belle in
quite as fictitious as the American, despite tho
fame OF the former for beauty and thare is no
reason to surmise that the object OF tho artid-
cial decoration is different in thu two cases.
Tbs BirmeRe women curl their hair by yer7
trying methods. Their chief beauty is the fat
ness Of theirforeheads, and if Nature unwittnq-
y make q Birmese woman's forehead upright.
lie defect is corrected by pressing tie frontal
bones in leaden plates.
For fashionable Yankee girl to elevate the
steel corselet that congresses her vital organs.
and use it for the purpose Of COMPRISING and
dattening her forehead, would be an improve
ment. The lungs and heart would certainly be
relieved, and her brain might not suffer grieyous
injury:
The waterfall and chignon are borrowed fror,
he lowest order Of women in Japan, who have
.lways had weakness for them In the widest
PORTIONS Of Africa, as the drawings
made by travellers invariably chow.
:hisnons are Worn, and, the mo1e dan
;erously wild the women, the greater tho
hignon. In Japan, also. it has been observed,
he less woman has inside her head, the mors
he manages to arrange outside Of it.
The tight-1acing appears to have been bnr-
owed from the Circassians. Their waists are
ound sin leathern belts from the hour Of their
irth until they ere married" The Ciscassisn
eauty, however, prov s1etogTession in ornamen-
il artihce for no real belle OF the tribe ever uses
osmetics. Their chief moral characteristic CO.
quail with their beauty, Is adroit knayery. They
-e sparta1s in theft Each steals al she can
rom her neighbor. The crops are guarded By
rmed men.
The floating hair is the fashion Of Bohemx.
7hich may account TOR the favor the style finds
mong literary women. The women Of Bohe-
lia are simple in their lives, and lire to an ID
anced age.
The hump On the back is not proof of ero
ltion but is recurrence e,-as A,assiz would
ay,-a recurrence to the type Of the camel
There seems to be absolutely no progression
cosmetics. The Kamschatkan hag performs
II matutina1 toilet by smea1ing her face With
ID and white IS soon as she emergeg from her
,vel- It WAS undoubtedly from q contempla-
IN Of her in q foreign fashion-plate the ba7d
ose to remark that beauty unado1ned s
lo.ned the most. It is the Greek girl unfit
T honorable use in life, who traces faint blue
les uuderher eyelid to indicate physical frngil-
!, as it we're not apparent enough The Arab
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It tint them blue for full dress and Sunday
10y swear more successfully than our army N
anders. The Bedouins dismount long enough
paint their arms.
Tho earring barba1ism Is ancient, and q surTl-
OF the unftteRt; therefore type preeerTed.
it the huM ton Of the widest Arab tribas sho8 ]
light variation from the type, and marked i
provement upon it, They alp littlo piece Of
.ss through the cartilage Of the +
Sc, and utiizo the incisive but I
.ceful little fancy by appending thsrs- E
g heavy metal ring, which hes to be deli {
ely drawn aside when food is offered to ths +:
,phagus The Patagonians sent Us the st2la
putting little black patches On the face. Iha. ;
rsians wear all the b1scelsts they can stesl, !
carry gold scent-bo1es around their nects-
ia sanitary measure with them. The 4bys~
ians wear little images about their necbs. Thu
quimau1, q people not given to mannfaa-
ing Industries, nevertheless get and keep
on their persons everything they can. Tia
muck wears shells in her ears. Tobacco IS
narcotic, and she ia good match for an o.
h in raco. Greek nymphs have looking
sses in their fan-handles, and tie the fans 70
,ir persous The belle Of Nakoya wears het /