Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-06-22
BEAUTY BY THE POUND.

as thcy AFRO very jealous, II IS by no
means safe TO pay them any atten-
tim.
BEAUTY BY THE POUND.
How would YOU like to figure on
your sweetheart by weight, and value
your bride by the pound? That ts
the custom among the Hebrews OF
Tunis Tho men think woman beau
tiful according to her much flesh, and
likely LEW girl OF 300 weight cr so
has 90 trouble In getting husband.
As y maiden approaches the mar
riagtable age She is stuffed. much
ATTIC, the manner of q Strasburg pate
de-fuie-eras goose These JcweSses
have their own way of eating TO in-
crease their fat. and their own foods
for nutting on flesh. One of our ag-
rcultErol department explorers tells
me that thev use a certain Sraln
which surpusses any thSt We have IN
its fatt.ning qualities. and also that
Secy, Wilson expects TO introduce this
grain into :he United States. II so,
/; will indeed he boDn to our thin,
scrawny siris. who woITy because they
cannot rise in avoirdupois. | nave
before ms photograph of the two
biggest Jewesscs Of Tunis. They are
mountains OF Nosh. and one of them
weighs over 400 pounds.
THEY WEAR GOLDEN TROUSERS
These JeIyesJes have the homellcst
costumes ] have ever seen upon wo-
n,en They wear brceches. both on
the street and at home. and over
them Short. toOsc sacques which fall
to the waist. Some Of them have
their trousers loose about tho hips
and tight at the calves and others
wear them about even all the way
w,=st dor
of silver and gold. Some pairs OF
breechcs are nude entirely of gold
thread, end I hear OF money-lenders'
daughters who have panties which
cost $500 pair. ;5uch garments are
reserved for home use, and they are
not 10 be seen on the streets. Other
girls have pantll Dons of velvet, loaded
with bands of gold and silver. II girl
thus carrying a whole fortune on her
trousers. They all wear jewalry. and
on public occasions they como out in
pearls and diamonds and gold galore
The Jewish men here dress like the
Arabs. but the women do not veil their
faces and IL is possible TO see Just how
they look. The most OF the women have
what we would call brunette complex
ions. although there Is no sign OF the
mulatto about them. They have black
hair. beautiful eyes and not infrequent-
ly prominent Hebrew noses. Some OF
them are pretty, but more are not; and
with their outlandish costumes the
homeFy ones are about the ugliest Of
their sex.
Some of these women when they go
out on the street wrap themselves up
In cloths. but their clothes never reach
so lo,y as to hide their brooches. They
have ON high gold caps and the cloths
arc often fastened 20 these.
MARRIAGE AMONG THE JEWS.
The Jewesses marry young. A good
tat girl is often welded at H. and she
becomes mother at 10 or 16. Mar
riages are usually preceded by a con-
tract, and there is often a forfeit put UP
as against divorce. IF the man does
not carry out his contract he has to
pay damages. and in the case of divorce
he usually gives back half the property
which his wife brought him. A divorced
wife alweys gets an allowance.
If the wife has no children the Tuni-
sian Jew has the right 10 add a second
Wife to his family. and dead mans
brother Is expected TO marry his sister
in-law. even If he is married already.
] am told that marriages sometimes oc-
cur between uncles and nieces, and
that, as far as possible, families COM
bne TO keep the fortunes in their own
clan.
These Jewish marriages are usually
OF the bride. Here the rabbi covers tho
young couple with a veil and directs
the groom how TO put the ring upon the
brides finger.
About week before the wedding the