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Show ! Tibetan Cuitomt, awaguchl Kel Knl, a Jai'aneaa l.rttit. who iournejed Into Tibet, tn ileerrllilng tho cUHtorn! of tho pcoplo, aani thnt an a Biibailtitto for aoap tho up ordinarily anoint their fucce with butter InHtead or wnHlilng them. Tho c i l 1 1 i it 1 1 ' 1 1 1 of the butler with the iinlnnil aecrellona of the akin g'vea Ihe counteniinco a luatroiti bluck pol ish. The femalen do not tun butter lu thla way, but boll down cblpi of India wood, which la a apoelea of ninhognny, and with tho roalnoua wax thii obtained, uaiinlly nf two tlnta. black anil red. they color their cheeka In a fnahlon thnt they douhtloaa bo-llevo bo-llevo rcrdera them exceedingly attractive attrac-tive to the Tlbetun malee. |