The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1874-04-11

se-SS IS and Romans, and worn also Dy
the Phenicians. 1t was made OF costly
material, and richly inwoven with flow
ers and figares. The part around the
neck was covered with ornaments, the
flowers were generally of the darkest
purple, and the borders were trimmed
with gold and brilliant colors. Next
came the girdle to keep up the dress,
so much thought of among the nations
of antiquity, as I need hardly remind
the readers of Homer. It was made of
different materials, according to the
taste, or rather the purse of the owner.
The common girdles were of leather,
and very narrow. Some were of silk
or gold, and ornamented with silver
buckles they were worn round the
Ioins; women wore them lower and
more loosely than men.
The last piece of clothing / shall
mention is the upper garment, long,
wide mantle, with a train that would
delight our western ladies. 1t seems to
have been originally a square piece of
cloth, somewhat like big shawl. At
first it was made of camel's hair, after
wards it was made of cotton. Those
worn in the summer were of light ma
terial, like our muslin, while for those
In use during the winter thicker mate
rial was generally chosen. The SjDltdh
was useful and ornamental. It was Of
ten used as a carpet or as q covering
/ during the night. Hence tbs law of
Moses, which regulated several things
for instance, that no mixture of cot
| ton and wool should be used III the max
| ing of materials-commande that If a
man through poverty pledged his man.
| tie it should be restored to him after
sunset. The simlah was fastened with
golden pins to the shoulders, whence it
| fell in graceful folds over the other gar
ments. Some of the mantles must have
been splendid. In the Book of Judges
the then living girls are thus described
by Deborah 90 A prey of divers col
ors, a prey of divers colors and needle.
work. "Her clothing is silk and pur-
ple,' says Lemusl.
Long hair was, of course, considered
a great ornament it is said of Shula-
mite, "Thy hair is as flock of goats.
! Once upon time 1T was the fashion tc
let it hang down and just put ribbon
through It, which is certainly the sim
plest and by far the prettiest way. AT
ward, when people began to make them
selves beautiful forever" they plated
their hair, curled and twisted il in al
possible shapes and directions, anC
poured pots of oil on it or powdered i
with gold-dust. Sometimes hair wa
curled and made up into a gigantic
wreath at the back of the head a
other times the hair was rolled il
several large curls, which were 1ef
hanging on the back. Coquettish girls
or fascinating young widows, let a littl
ringlet glide down gracefully across
the forehead, so as to shade the eye
brows. But who can enumerate all tn
ways in which women try to- do thei
hair? The Hebrew ladies co4ied othe
nations Jezebel was an adept in dres
ing her hair she dyed daily, and
was impossible to say in the morning
| what the color of her hair or of he
face would be in the evening. Th
! fashionable Hebrew ladies did not dy
their hair; they did it up neatly, bu
, how is more than I can tell, for 1T
; known that they had no combs. The
painted their faces, as is the fashion {
the nineteenth century their eyebrow
and their nails were most ornamental
Wells were considered of great impol
tance no respectable woman was Will
4 out them. But women were not the
as closely yelled as they are at preser
: in the east. There were several kind
? of wells. There was one like q ligl
e mantle, which was worn In the way OF
s ladies wear fichu, and, to mention onl
2 one other kind, there was veil fixed
7 the covering of the head, which fell c
' to the brow and then was turned bacl
F.; ward while another veil fixed und'
t the ewes was let down to cover Il
4 breast.
1 The most splendid article of clothir
n was the turban, for those who could o
1 ford it. The poor people had to be 50
isfied with winding piece of clo