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Show When Men Wir Karringit. Among civilized nations tho wearing of earrings by men has been by no means uncommon, as it has been shown that in early English days some of the most distinguished dis-tinguished courtiers bedecked their e.'irsj with very costly specimens. Tho immortal im-mortal Shakespeare is said to have worn them, and Charles I is reputed to have been tho owner of a magnificent pair of pearl earrings, which bo bequeathed to his daughter the day before ho was executed. exe-cuted. lu tho South Sea islands the fema'eg and males alike adopt this stylo of personal per-sonal adornment, aud even in the wilds of Africa they are worn by the untutored savages of both sexes. At the present day the only civilized persons of the male sex who ornament their curs in this manner are the gypsies, the Italians, the French, a few sailors of other foreign nations, and occasionally a German, but as a master of course precious few females the world over will be found without them. Detroit Free Press. |