The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-10-10
ANCIENT GARMENTS
OF PALESTINE ARE
SHOWN BY HABOUSH

Appearing in full native costume OF
a Palestinian and describing each gar
ment giving it's use and meaning,
Stephen A. Haboush, the shepherd OF
Galilee, spoke before an audience at
the First Presbyterian church Monday
night.
Mr.. Haboush began with the large,
heavy, flowing outer garment, which,
he said, was woven by the women o.
Palestine. The making of this gar.
ment, he said, consumes the greater
portion of six months time, as it is
woven by hand. The costume is made
by tying the fabric in small knots and
there are about 1000 of these knots to
the inch. Each garment has its dis
tinctive pattern, the speaker said, and
is used by the men of Palestine as a
bed The speaker thus explained the
passage in the scriptures where Jesus
Christ commanded the afflicted man to
Take up his bed and walk"
The girdle, broad beautifully. dec
GRATED belt, he said, was necessary to
make presentable the native of Pal
estine, for one is not considered fully
dressed without his girdle. The long
flowing inner garment is the most
sacred of any of the clothing worn by
the natives of Palestine.
Wears Headgear
The headgear worn by Mr.. Haboush
was composed of a light cloth held
tight over the head by double band,
or tire" which is made of black goat
hair stuffed with lambs WOOL He al
so exhibited a gold-woven feminine
headdress, formerly worn by an Egypt
ian princess.
Mr. Haboush played on the shep-
herds flute which he had made himself
while a shepherd boy in Palestine.
The moisture of the atmosphere pre-
vented the complete success of his
demonstration, however
Mr.. Haboush told of his visit to the
king of Syria, of his meeting with a
distinguished Bedouin prince who in
yited him to a visit. While visiting
the prince, he dined with him. He re-
lated the custom of sitting on the
floor,--an ancient custom which still
obtains today 1t was at this point
that Mr. Haboush took exception to the
setting of the great work of art, The
Last Supper, stating that it was his
belief that Christ must have served
the last supper to his disciples seated
on the floor rather than around a ia
bic as depicted in the painting.
Shows Many Curios
The speaker exhibits many strings OF
beads and other eurios which he had
brought from the holy land. He stated
that every man in Palestine is equip
ed with string of amber beads which
he carries and fingers nervously while
carrying on a conversation. He here
drew similarity between that ancient
Palestine custom and the habit of oul
American male gossips who feverish
ly white with knife while discuss
ing the problems of the day behind
the stove in the country grocery store
The speaker stated that in Palestine
the men do the visiting instead of the
women and he referred to the sea-
of the scornful" as mentioned in the
scriptures as being the place where
the men congregated to gossip and dis
cuss the weakness of other men much
as do our American female gossips.
Following his lecture on the customs
and costume of the people of Palestine
and Syria, which, the speaker said, are
much the same today as in the time
of Christ. Mr.. Haboush showed abou
5000 feet of motion pictures of thu
principal cities and points of Interests
in Palestine including Damascus, Cap
\ ernium, Jerusalem, the Jordon river
the Sea of Gallilee, Mt Herman, thu
Garden of Gethsemane, the Mount o
Olives and the Church of the Hol
Sepulchre.