Show EASTERN HAIR CUTTING the it ant in tho the aises of I 1 e in some eastern countries childrens hair air is nut not cut until they aro arc ten or twelve years yearb of ape age the girls then being in considered marriageable up t to 0 that time it is coiled on top of the head and adorned with fresh bowers when alic he great day for cutting comets comes thera Is is a grand ceremony and much feasting one who arlio was present at a royal hair cutting cuttin fays the pittsburgh Dh tells us that the darling of the barei was robed in long flo flowing garments of silk sill and cand lace confined atthe at alie waist by a golden g girdle irdle her long hair coiled f for 0 r the last time was fabb fastened ened with diamond pins which gleamed aleaine and glittered among fresh white flowers and green leaves like pearly drops of morning dew there iu in the presence of the ladies I 1 a ies her father and an officiating priest surrounded by her hand maidens toine some two hundred in number she knelt while prayers were chanted then the beautiful tresses being unbound lier her royal father dipping his fingers in rosewater and drabin drawing F them carelessly over her liend head clipped about an eighth of an ail inch of hair and threw it intha anti inti i golden basin bain ba in depositing at it the r uwe on a great greal salver placed r ia t to receive them prop ji aits its ts of ra ia T 1 I i priest cut the abc atc bicet in piece her mo i r the next and so on each bucit serving in turn until the hie little lady was ivas shorn all gave costly coaly co aly gifts intended for her hir marriage doveri princes ministers of statland state ami and all sorts who waltel waited in the outer courts send ma i their contributions bythe attend anth the day ended in feasting and a display of fireworks |