| Show QUEER HEADDRESS IN CHINA Married V W men of Mongolia to Elephant Ears With V Their Hair f for r a Pur Purpose oe The headdress or of the Mongolian g llan woman is la a y vc complicated When th the hair Is made up up t ic the shape of or elephants' elephants ears It indicates matrimony and when worn in a tail tall It means that the woman is a l spinster In ord order r to give this shape to the hair the woman makes a parting in 11 the middle of or her head then drenches s the fhe hair each side by turn with a a. pleasIng pleasing pleas pleas- ing lag mixture of at fish glue and grease se When it is thoroughly soaked she spreads the upper part out thinly in 11 such a n. way that at its broadest It measures about six inches wide vide To keep the hair In this shape she employs em em- ploys plo wooden clips cUps which wh i 1 th til hair is la dry are replaced It sit she can afford it it by silver or goleen ones The lower part of or the hair hal is made lade Into a plait with a silver or ornament nt at the end to prevent it coming corning undone These silver sliver or golden clips dips and hair or ornaments aments are often Cottet set with precious stones stone and princes princ e even have haye the whole of the plait hidden bidden by means of or silver sUver or golden rl As the making up of ot the hair tair takes a whole day and the Mongol Mongo women n are very lazy and not particularly ly cleanly in their habits It is not lg to learn that this operation is performed orD ed by some once a n week by 0 others once a month and yet others pretty others pretty low lowdown lowdown down own in tn the social scale scale once once a y yar year ar Wide Wide World Magazine |
