Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-12-28

monds, and his gown was a gorgeous
silk robe, which was decorated with
The Armcnians are, you
know, Christians, and their customs are
much like those Of the Greek Church.
They have monastaries and churches
scattered throughout Asia Minor. and
they claim to be the oldest OF all Chris
tian people
rHE GARDEN or EDEN AND MRS.
NoAHs GRAVE.
The Armenans assert that their coun.
try is the hottest land upon earth. II
lies IN Asia Minor, southeast OF the
Black sea aud between II and Persia.
Mount Ararat is situated in II, not FAR
from the locality Ia which these out
RACES are now taking place, and some
of the monastcries claim to have pieces
Of the identical ark In which Noah
landed upon the mountain, and there Is
a ravine near II which Is pointed out as
the site Of Noah's vineyard. The vine.
yard has a monastery connected with IL,
and the monks show a wlthered old
vine. which they assert is the very one
from which was made the wine which
made Noah drunk. lie cursed It after
he got over his spree, and II has borne
no grapes unto this day Noah's wife
Is said to be buried on Mount Aratai,
and the Afmenlaus trace their ancestry
back TO japhet in one long genealogical
tree. They have a tradition that the
Garden OF Eden was located In Ar
menia. Il was situated almost IN the
center Of the region where tue most
massacres have occurred, and 1t Is now
one Of the barren parts # the country.
The Aru cnians believe that the wise
men VI the east, who followed The star
OF Bethlehem to lind the young Cnrist,
came from Armenia, and that the star
hrst appeared Ia the heavens not tar
from Mount Ardrat.
now ADAM LOST MS NAILS.
Another curious Armenian tradition
Is as to Adams fall. According to this,
when Adam was In the Garden OF Eden
hs body was covered with mails, Ike
those which we have on our fingers aud
toes. These nails oyerlapped each
other like the scales Of FISH, thus Civ
ing him an invulnerable amor After
the fall the nails all dropped oil except
from the end ui his fingers and toes,
mind man OF his lost immortality. The
Armenians say that when God made
Adam OF clay ne had little piece left
over. lie threw this upon the ground,
and as IL Tell II became gold and formed
all the gold Of the world The Ar
menians believe In the Bible AMI they
are naturally religious people.
4 LAND or PRETTY GIRLS.
The condition Of the women OF Arme
MIA is now terrible. They have no relug,
from the Turks, and uutragcs OF all de
scriptons are perpetrateJ, ending It
death. In some OF the Armenian cite
during the late massacres the girls wcf,
collected into the churches and wet,
kept there Tor days at the pleasure o
the soldiers before they were killed
one statement describes how sixty
Young brides were so treated and how
, the blood ran out from under the churcl
doors at the time OF their murders
| These Armenian women are among th'
, most attractive OF the Ear east. saw {
I number Of them during my trip through
Asia Minor. They have large, dar
luminous eyes, with long eyelashes, ant
their complexion Is that OF rich cream
/ Many OF them have rosy checks aux
luscious red lips. They are tall an'
| straight, becoming soon fat after mar
Rage. They are very Intelligent, an'
not a few OF them are married TO Turks
/ These women have a dress Of thei
own. They wear red iez caps with lonJ
tassels, much like some OF the countrl
/ giris OF Greece. The richer ladies' wea
/ taHNN NtHH
| plain skiilS Of silk or line wool. In III,
province OF Van, where some OF tn
outrages have occurred, the girls wea
trousers under their skirts, which AZ,
tied at the ankles. Some have long
sleeveless Jackets, or cloaks, reaching
almost to the feet and open at the sides
up to the waists, and others wear gor
geous head dresses, covering the front G
their caps with gold coins, which ham
down over the ioreheads, Girls oitel
, wear their whole dowry on their per
sons, and in massacres like those whicl
have occurred rings are torn from III
ears, arms are cut off for bracelets an
many a woman is k lied for her ewelry
The poorer women are hard workers
| Nearly every household has som
kind OF labor by which 1t adds to It's IL
come. Some OF the aiinest embroidc
les we get from Turkey are made b
| Armenian women, the best Of the wor
being done by hand in novels.
ARSiENIAN HOUSES.
The houses in which the Armenian
live are different in different countrie
In many OF the cities OF Turke
there is an Armenian quarter, and tn
older Armenian houses OF Smyrna al
built like forts. They have no window
facing the street, and il has only bee
OF late years when the people have d
sidered themselves safe from reliEloJ
mobs, such as have lately occurred, IN:
they have built houses more like ii
Turks. In Armenia proper, where II
! outrages are going on, tho poor
classes have homes which would hard
be considered fit for cows in Americ
The COW, in fact, lives with the tamil
The houses are all OF one story, and
Is not uncommon to build a hous
against the side OF a hill, in order /
save the making OF back wall. tn
roofs are flat and often covered wit
earth, upon which grass and fopeI
grow, snd upon which he slte
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