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Show "EASTERN l,KAUaTES7 SOCIALLY, PERSIA 19 A FASCI-NATINd FASCI-NATINd COUNTttV. Hi. t'lnlli Mom in t nlronli'r.1 by Hi. "!- n,l t".,l. of lh.w Umii ln Hi Klreel Mi. lonc.li llrr ! tram th Vulgar lli. The visit nf the shah of Persia to the continent, and his Interesting sayings say-ings and doings, while there hwc very naturally directed more than usual public attention to the land over which he rules. Considered politically, historically his-torically or socially, Persia Is In many rwpects one of tho raol faiclnullng of all Oriental countries It Is the last running barrier between ItusMa and the Persian (lulf: Its hlrtory teems with lofty name nnd rreat dynastic changes, und Its social life plquis Kurt Ku-rt pean Interest by Its mystery sud Its, novel!) And )rt little Is known ot Persls, even by Intelligent Europeans; while to tho great mass It rrniatns terra Incognita lilt by lilt however, we are breaking through the txclu-Itencs txclu-Itencs of Persian etiquette, and ate learning how fascinating tho peopls of Persia nre. In no phase uf Persian life do we find more tn charm to surprise, sur-prise, and to fasclnnto than we do In studying the live and manners cf Persian Per-sian women The mysttry that surrounds sur-rounds them, their own fatalistic serenity, se-renity, the limitations which aro placed plac-ed upon their lives, In a word, the complete com-plete dissimilitude to feminine life In Europe, lend a peculiar and unfailing Interest to all that com cms them. It Is well to sweep awsy some of the cohnrhs of prejudice lu considering the character and status of the women wo-men of Persia. Ihey are not Ill-used, they nro not unwilling prlsonets, they do not resent the restraints of the harem, ha-rem, and they do not regard themselves them-selves ns victims of misfortune. Strange ns It may seem to us, the Persian woman lb a happy woman she Is content, placid and untroubled by either "nencs" ur fads of the ' now woman" A distinguish) d Frenchman, tn describing them says "The regular regu-lar life which the women nf Persia lead Is tho potent cause of their beau-t) beau-t) ; they neither gamble nor alt up late, they drlnl. no wine, and hut rate- i ' ft-L. ry'sJS tBlvs to the atrnos. pntCf-V vml aeknowledged thai MsW1 e umbo I. more eonducivi to fiSir? i , ,0 ,M"re It Is a calm, un i "'rythlng in It ls conML'1' "n "iihordlnstlou and 1 dufjjE"11 " Pleasures are serious nndfiS leys austere and arc alt In the3!m "SnlHeant ( authority and dcpSfn " Tie dress of Persian la dletj5mor eowy than tsswful, more plfgjjsqne Ibsn med-ni according tc nur"n ,Jf It shnuld. however IjgKRiembered l oneo that whal mftfl,wal laiaodest In the westerr worffl' "Carded as quite natural It tnffiL The 'char kadd" tor head drSf la li ease of the rich, verj pretty and eostl , Kashmir shawli anSym''roU,rf1 r"tl' Bespangle1 ifftoldeacoln. and enrleh(l with pregus stones, are used for this pur-posSwn"e pur-posSwn"e 'e ends of the "ehsr-kndR "ehsr-kndR droop grseefully over tho shoul-uerjjsnd shoul-uerjjsnd a "Jlka, or btjrwrlod feather feath-er onament, Is orn on the side of the heajlProdnclDg a very Jaunty effect. Orojoents ot jewelry are much sf-feclrj. sf-feclrj. cent cssVrui srs suspended frorTthe cerlt by golden chains, and therms srt rovered often from the wtljtto above the elbow-with ban-ulesTwblth ban-ulesTwblth vie In quantity nnd quality qual-ity nth the coin bangles so ofttu worn by Udlrs ot fashion In Uurope, As In India, the poor weir silver orna-melts orna-melts as anklets and bracelets, and thrnerreu slaves adorn their tbony skFi with the bright pink of coral. bte Penlsn ladles' outdoor dress iv faifrum attractive consisting, as a rultrt a large blue drapery, which raveltps the entire person, and quite react ls the wearer's Identity. The held l covered with a perforated linen veil, which Castries the wearer to look tipontin outer wotld, but does not disclose dis-close her features. A man may pass hli inn wife In the streets of Teheran sal lot know her, but she may sea hint. Now and then the veil will bs sluthlly lowered, snd a pair ot laugh-lotfhiC'iuih, laugh-lotfhiC'iuih, bewitching brown eyes revealed, Tor a pretty woman, even la .the east, does not care to conceal her attractions bentith a veil, and tho daughters cf Kve In Persia are not Indifferent In-different to admiration. There are only eight or ten thousand Parsers left In Persia, the original homo ot Zoroas-IrUnlim, Zoroas-IrUnlim, but tho Parece women are daintily attractive In dress and quietly reined In manner. |