Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1888-01-15

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a thev sprawl ia gracious attt-
-. IN sifken eenhiona. Thew only
49, occupation Is understood " be de-
y.ayin9 immense quantities Of sweet
1919 70 order 10 becyme cofPulent,
800 o,Iv amusement the pls asure 81
srisaniug rival wives and hearing In
- snaile stories Of the " Arabian
gtghts" pattern.
ftis true that, with the Turk, beauty
raust be tat. It 4 not 50, however, with
H. Persian. He has the appreciati0
IN aeoun0i sssur for the q iiste miiteu-
4 s.out woman in Persia Is spoken Of
a Dan elephant" while the leaner
ones are generally called " eameis.
III ugh they deal iafg y IN ny pefoole,
the Persans do not mtnee matter. "a
speaking d the lar seq.
me vel which i habttuatly WoIn
ant 81 DOOR even By the very poor Ia
Al great toxns in Persia, though IL
ne p nnknown among the tribes VINO
form AZ least q third Of the whole pop
. ulntiou. Is chung 10 By the women IS
privilege. Il Is, Ia fact, = domino.
The Persian woman out OF doors IL
norecovntsable even BIZ her husband.
SIZE sees without being seen, aud IN
ths veil Il Is impossible 70 detect the
sge N the weArer. As the Persian
lsdv Is neatly always married az "a
wears 81 age, she begins 90 fade 81 ~
q lafext; at 80 she looks 50s aud there
are only two dentists IN the whole Of
Poggamy Is the luxury Of the rich I;
with the upper and middle classes Dig
aa,y is the rule. A mans hrat alliance
sa marriage de conYenancei the sec
ona either q marriage love OF ior
the qualification OF vanity. when tne
Psfsian brings home second VIE,
there is usually q scene which lasts tor
week or two; there y ssruggie Tor
sunrenacV. bat it Il soon over. Both
~5ses do their best 20 pleass the master
n the house, but they do not attempt
4, r,ison each other unless under very
sxeeutionas circumstances. But Per-
slan ladies still believe IN the efficacy
ol love phiilers, and many an abom-
fnation I secretly administered 70 un-
fortunate husbands. Happily the
love philter, though usually composed
Of horrible ingredients, i quite harm
less
The hath takes mp good deal Of the
time of all Persian women. Even the
nearest viii attend the Hannah At
east once q week. For the lady the
bsth Is one Of the serious Affairs Of
lie, and takes up daily from two TO
four hours Of her time. II is some
thing more than our idea OF 3 bath.
Tie vletim Is scrapei and ubbed and
parbotled. The soles Of the feet are
pummeled until they are as soft anu
tender as those Of little chlld. The
hair IS thoroughly wa bed By means Of
hot water aud the saponaceous clay Tor
which shiras is celebrated. Then the
attendants mix in a brazen bowl the
aromatic henna, with the requisite
amount of lemon juice, until brown
paste OF the consistency OF gruel ispfo-
aacsd and several handiuis OF the 70.
pglsige looking compound are ameared
eFer The ladv's head Then the hair,
collected into a mass, Is bound up ~
cabbage leaves. Small quantities o.
the dive are smeared ever the eyebrows
The soles ol the feet, the toes, palms
Of the hands ard the finger tips art
also covered with Il. And now the lady
has 10 sid eFfectly still for from one
to three hours, till, like meersohaun
pipe. she colors; and Il Is exactly th'
color obtained on the best specim, n
OF the pipes that Is most fashionable
among che Persian ladies'. Day aitei
day the bath Is thronged with women
each sitting periec ~ still for the Colo
20 take Bat they have ther re
ward. for the henna dyes the hair 4
beautiful, deep, warm chestnut; hene'
gray hair Is unknown among Persian
ladies.
While the coloring process has be 4
going on tongues. have been running
and a good deaFol scandal has beer
exchanged, The female barber with I
paiF oil tTeezerS has removed every
OUTLYING hair irum the region OF tht
ladyfs eyebrows. II - the ambition o
eysryPersiau woman that her eS enroN'
shall meet, or, at least. appear 20 DO 80
So attractive are eyebrows that nie
that they are called the bridge .
Love" The first care, then, OF IN
Persian beauty Is with little pencil .
antimony 20 unite her eyebrows, ailt
then she proceeds 20 make them appeal
of unnatural thickness. Her eyelasiie
are penciled, too, In manner NOS IN
known TO our own countTywomer. ~
this time the lady viii have stnokes
many kalians or water fiipesi she WI
b We partaken Of tea and RECALLED her
self with coffee; iced sheroets, too, Al,
not have been wanting. Her hnge
tins. nails and palms, as vel as TN
SOLE OF her feet and toes, have at aines
bright chestnut hue which will last
week. The hsir is carefully washes
once more. Ii IS seldom under yar'
long, olten much more; for the PersiAi
woman never cuts her hair, except u
front, perhaps, when two heavy love
LOCKS are LEFT on either side OF the face
The la les now return home TO thei
noondav breakfasts. After breakias
there IS generally q siesta, and this =
q hot country Is almost a necessitf
About four o'clock tea and pipes AZ
pear. and then the lady receives caller
or paws visits, or perhaps does litIl
shopping, or takes the air mounted o
her ambIing mule or DONKEY OF SNOW
wilderness.
The Persian lady is q good hoas'
vie. She rises with the dawn, she
liberal in her housekeeping, KIND 10 ~
servants "A little protuse, perhaps, os
then living - cheap In the East. n
KEYS OF everything are IN the keepin
OF The mistress II the house and she
usually exact in her accounts. All u
vast stock of eOnserves and swoetmeas
syrups for the presaraton q kheroe
and pickles IN endless variety, ~
either prepared By her own hngers
neder her eyes. Nor dees she disdai
% be a ccnfectiOner and maker
pastry.
As evening approaches, the long an
elaborate Persian dinner ing pa
taken Of among the upper classes I
the sexes apart, she prepares % ente
tain her husband. she viii play % al
upon the late or harmonicai she "
sing to hun or read him TO sleep VA
poetry, or she will play with him
backeammon or eaess. or recite 20 q
long stories in the style OF the Ara
ian Nights" When he IL sick 81
nurses him. and it Is her pride 20 .
that his wardrobe IL vel supplied az
his servants well clad. she wIli tntrtg'
for MIN. plead for him. lie for han, A.
has been known 10 die for him. y
Will even carry her comPlaisatee SO I
as 10 hnd another vile Tor him.-ts
James Gazette.
DOING Up THE hair.
Some OF the new coifures are mo
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