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Show A Persian Boy's Drens. As soon as he can walk and talk, tha small boy Is pnt into clothes of exactly the same cut and material as those of his father. I don't think you will be able to remomber all these hard names, but I'll call them off for you, so that you can Bee for yourselves how much goes to make up a suit of clothes there, even for a boy of 0 or 7. First, then, we have the shirt, called "ptrabau," which buttons on the shoulder. Next there is the tight fitting coat of native cotton goods called 'ark-holook;" 'ark-holook;" then the coat of one shade only, named "khaeba." Around the waist is worn the girdle or "kamerbuud." This, with Bens of the wealthy, is sometimes a costly thing, of velvet or rich Bilk, and Btudded with diamonds or woven through with gold thread, forming fanciful designs. de-signs. Over It all is put the long coat or "kuledjeh," with short sleeves ending at the elbows. The overcoat or "djubboh" Is, according accord-ing to the season, of cashmere shawl I cloth, or of thick wollen stuff, or even j felt. Of course, the little fellow also . wears tight drawers, and over them short ' and very wide trousers called "shalwar," 1 as well as short socks or "djurah" and shoes or "kafsh." On his shaven head he dons the "kolah," a cap of conical shape. This may be had as low as thirty cents of our money, and as high as $10, according to the fineness of tle lambskin. Wolfoon Schierbrand in The Cosmopolitan. |