Iron County Record | 1936-06-04 | Page 8 | Wives Talk Silently in Caucasus Village

Wives Wh-eg Talk Silently in Caucasus Village TIFLIS U. U S. S S. S R. R R. R R.-An R. An old- old fashioned fashion sign language in which married marred women talk silently si silently si si- to their husbands has been studied by bI So Soviet scientists It ts Li aa u old Caucasian custom Aa An expedition o of the Tim Tiflis Institute Institute In In- of ot Caucasian Studies found the gesture language surviving in Isolated villages of Armenia Geor Georgia eta gia and ud other s sections and has published a scientific account Ia In this quick and silent lanqua lan lan- qua a woman can represent a word or often a whole phrase by a I tingle single e gesture