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Show LITER LLY DRESSED TO KILL Warrior of Old War Dandies In Their Costume, but Famous J Fighters Tn th Field. The Greeks won the battle of Marathon Mara-thon by a lucky fluke and were dated at their good fortune, for never before be-fore that day had they dared to face the terrible Persians, whose noblemen, formidable warriors, clad themselves In canary yellow silk trousers, embroidered em-broidered with meandering Jade green vines sprayed with blossoms crimson and bfue ; their pink silk Jackets were adorned with appllqued Hons and tigers, elephants and rhinoceroses, ostriches os-triches and peacocks of the gayest hues; they cased their throats with triple and quadruple necklaces of gold filigree set with every Jewel known and their arras In similar bracelets and armlets by the dosen; their fingers were loaded with rings; their turbans blazed with Jeweled aigrettes ; the hilts and scdbbards of their scimitars scimi-tars were encrusted with diamonds, emeralds and rubles; yet they were always ready to wade ankle deep In gore or knee In mud, at any crisis of battle or match. The traditions of such fashions have, In many years of the world, lasted last-ed almost or even to our days. The boyars of Muscovy, the princes of Poland, the magnates of Hungary upholstered up-holstered themselves with wadded coats sewed all over with seed pearls, such as the famous diamond-encrusted heirloom coat of the Esterhazy family, which, according as one tale or the other turns out to be true, was either successfully hidden from Bela Kun and his communists or treacherously treach-erously betrayed to them and by them scissored Into salable snippets. Exchange. |