The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-06-03
SOCIE E 7TY !
Styles Cause No Wor- ry In Jerusalem,"
 Says Mrs. Pearson

Anything is stylish in Jerusa- lem" writes Mrs. Fred Pearson, mis- sionary from the First Baptist church of this city to the Holy Land; T believe one could dress in the most outlandish manner possible and walk down the streets of Jerusalem with out attracting undue attention"
 If you'll forbear," she says in letter to a friend at Howard College, "rll try to describe the costumes of some of these Jerusalemites. The garb worn by the Orthodox Jews is the queerest. It consists of trousers, a long coat Casually of striped material) over the trousers, and long black coat over all thls. As they walk. these coats, down to the ankles. flap back and forth in a graceful manner. Their hats are of two kinds; one Is black, close fitting turban affair with a band of fur about two or three inches wide around the turban. The other is a plain black felt hat with slightly rolled brim. They wear their hair long at the temples. and those who haye slightly wavy hair have two old maid curls hanging down at the
 
 haired ones arn't phased the least in following the custom. They wear a little straight lock of hair at each temple too. This custom Is observed by the boys as well as men,"
 The various priests and monks are imposing in their different robes" says Mrs. Pearson. Those belonging to the Franciscan order wear a brown robe with a hood attached. which Is drawn up over the head In windy weather. They usually wear little brown skull cap or go bareheaded.'
 The paraphernalia of the Hindus is attractive. There are lots of Hindu soldiers here In the English service They make exceedingly trim soldiers, In their uniforms of khaka. and tur- bans made of many folds of soft cloth.
 According to Mrs. Pearsons de- scription of the dress of the Arab women. 1t is quite simple. consist ing only of long black dress with red braid down each side, and girdle at the waist Their heads are always covered with a cloth or veil and their only ornament is money fastened on chain, worn around the neck.
 Speaking of her home life in Je- rusalem, Mrs. Pearson says: When we came over here we were told that houses were exceedingly scarce. and we 1Ound IL true. put dlleI iHq IT. ing about, we found a six room flat on the second floor of a convenient Jerusalem house, and moved in. Our house is sparingly furnished. but we have enough to be comfortable for a while. We are happy in our new environment. There are many things to keep us busy, many sights to keep our minds occupied, and as yet, we have not been homesick. We have an excellent Russian woman who does our cooking, ironing, ano marketing. She has cooked for Eng fish people and knows how to pref pare things the way we like them. We count ourselves fortunate in se- curing her. Many of the native ser wants have to be trained. and most of them are not clean, either in ap- pearance or in their cooking. Mrs. Watts. who lives in the same flat with us, has an Armenian girl to nurse and do the cleaning.
 We began the study of Arabic two weeks ago. and find our conditions ideal for .tudy. Martha, my maid. doesn'e speak very good Arabic. but sh9 is very anxious for us to learn it. We manage to make ourselves understood by many gestures and much loud talking. Mrs. Watts and I catch ourselves talking to Martha in a voice pitched high enough for a deaf person to understand. We seem to think that because she doesn't understand much English. she can understand better if we talk very loud to her"
 Mrs. Pearson. who was formerly Miss Ruth Casey of this city, left with her husband, Rev. Fred Pear son early in 1923 for the Holy Land. They went as missionaries from the First Baptist church of this city. They will be visited this summer by Dr. Hobbs. pastor of the First Bap- tist church, who will go to Palestine before returning home from Stock holm, where he goes to attend the Baptist World convention.