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Show Styles In Africa. ,. The women bore n lioleln'thelr top liii, nnd f-rndnnlly incrcime this until it is nhle to im-losc n dirjc of wood two nnd even three inch-es inch-es in ilinmotcr. A Mubirn woman came to call on us whose disc mensiired two nnd fiveei-jhths Inches nn-OHa. The size of the wood inserted tiroclnhns the rank of the person. Peasants are only allowed to wear pieces of stick of tho snme dimensions ns a match. The weight of the wood cnuses the. lip to fall down over the mouth, nnd in order to eat it is necessary to lift this shutter with one hand while the other conveys the food to the mouth. Frc-uontlytbelip breaks under the ntrnin put upon it, In which case the disconnected ends nre carried oack and tied to the ear. |