New-York tribune., 1908-01-12
GLE4NINGS.

r-nrIisb women fall far behind the French IN hair
| dressing. At least that is the conclusion Of one
English woman who was observing the TWO types
in the audience at the production of French play
| in London not long ago. The English were Just as
| nerfectlv cloaked and frocked as the French she
oid brt their heads looked if they studied not
| themselves but the hairdressers' dummies whereas
the coifures of the French women were indiVldudl
suited to the face and physique Of the wearer'
81 am convinced" said this observant t-nghsh
.o,,or ..tba+ we English instead of being AFRO
giant are a very modest nation and extremely self
conscious and that is why We are so anxious TO
hide our individuality by all looking exactly ahKe-
Most American women think that they know
how to take bath. and most well-to-do Amer
leans and many less well-o-do consider that theF
have the conveniences for doing IT, but theE
shouId read an account by Demetra Naka Kenneth
prou., in "-Tbe Grand Magazine of bath party
given in Turkey in her honor. There was groom
ing indeed grooming such as American women uo
not approach the outskirts or
TO prepare for the bath party the writer was
most eIaborateIv dressed by her little Turkish
sIsve v-ho nut A yellow silk gown on her and a
string OF red beads and golden powder IN her
hair When the women Of the household were All
rcadv they went down to the hall, preceded ny inc
vaIde the head of the household One by one
the guests arrived. and they came in dancing
oir,s and African ernuch. boys threw flower peta.s
over them When the salutations-very gracefuI
and verv deep-were over and the company had
partaken of coffee a heVy OF slaves apis1Ieu anu
acconnanied them to the bathhouse to the sound OF
music
beautiful little building the bathhouse
h,ilt bv SeIim Pacha out of his love for his hrst
wife and for her. Each bather, IN her dressing
rooro was prepared for the bath by her slave-a
lovely nestemal. or soft white towel with stripes
of silk running through it. thrown over her shoul-
dere when undressed. her hair braided and colied
and fastened in handkerchief OF embroidered
silk and a chain of gold placed about her forehead
rrbon the women emerged from their dressing
rooms salaamed profoundly to one another. and
o+ downstairs where slaves put takouns of
carved oak on their feet. Then into the marble
bathing rooms which were blazing with nowers'
tbe women passed through double dine OF saves
who relieved them of their pestemats ana takounS
and into the water they went-leaving outside all
self-consciousness, the writer says Each oather
was in the hands of her slave, who kept repeat
ing ..Mashallah! Mashallah!" by way of wardns
off any djinn who might be tempted TO cast an EVIL
eye her body.
In the bathing rooms they stayed for hours. not
feeling the heat. though the temperature was at
IN degrees and the flowers OF the decorations
v,ithered in 1t. BY and by the withered flowers
were removed and light refreshments brought In
Toward the end OF the stay in the bathrooms
cold luncheon was brought in. and each dish, says
the writer was "a poem" They sat on the benches
as they ate each attended not by one slave but
bv two-one TO pass the new dishes and the other
10 take those no longer wanted
Luncheon over. the bathers passed into the cool
ing rooms where they We're made comfortable on
low couches and covered by their slaves with heavy
burnouses Under arches OF flowers they lay, while
the slaves took down their hair and rubbed IL with
rose petals and tied 1t up in absorbent towels, dyed
the eyebrows and Iashes black and the fngernais
crimson and. finally, gave them flower bath.
rubbing them from head to foot with the petals of
roses Then the light shut out. and TO the
sound of low singing by the slaves the bahers fell
asleep and rested til! late afternoon. when they
woke dressed. and went out q nearby hill to
watch the setting sun.