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Section Two
HOW MILADY DRESSED IN ANCIENT ISRAEL
Hebrews, barring always the Arabian women when they are be- atic taste, but whether quite large' this part of the dress was lavished cries, and for other advantages
enough to admit the hand is doubt- the greatest expense; and the Ro- enjoyed by the people of Pales-
clergy,
it is In
not
thought
that any
the
curtains
of the tent.
are extant.
other
respects,
and hind
From
this
early rudiment
was fut. In a later age, as we collect man reproach was sometimes true I tine, there is reason to believe that
as a spectacle, the Hebrew masque derived, by gradual elongation, from the Talmud, Part vi. 43, the of a Hebrew family, that its whole some Ilebrew ladies possessed
llibly F other that well-known underhabiliment Jewish ladies wore gold or silver estate was locked up in a neck- pearls which had cost at least five
limes that sum. So much may be
would infa
which. H in ebrew is called ch tenet, pendants, of which the upper part lace. Tertullian complains heavily affirmed, without meaning to com-
in
the
room.
The upper properly
and under (and
chemise, if managed
and in and Latin by words was shaped like a lentil, and the of a particular pearl necklace, pare the most lavish of the ladies
which
had
cost
about
10,000
I will be most proud to commune of similar sound. In this stage of lower hollowed like a little cup or
of Jerusalem with those of Rome,
cute my private advice on that sob. Its progress, when extended to the pipkin. It is probable also that, pounds of English money, as of an where it is recorded of some ele-
neck and the shoulders, it mime- even in the oldest ages, it was a enormity of extravagance. But,
jeer, without fee or pot-de•vin,
as the
i mod- practice amongst them to suspend after making every allowance for gantes that they actually slept
vents pretty accurately
the French style a bribe), would
greater proximity to the pearl fish- with little bags of pearls sus-
transcend, in gorgeous display, the ern shirt, camisa or chemise-rex- gold and silver rings, not merely
coronation robes of queens; nose- cept that the sleeves are wanting; from the lower but also from the
pendants would cause the masque and during the first period of Jew- upper end of the ear, which was
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telyd unerringly esh history it was probably worn pertorated like a sieve. The tink-
to be immedia
as the sole undergarment by wo- ling sound with which, upon the
recognized;
or,
if
those
were
not
thought advisable, the Over ankle• men of all ranks, both amongst the slightest motion, two or three tiers
bells, with their melodious chimes Bedouin-Hebrews and those who of rings would be set a-dancing
—sandals with their jewelled net• lived in cities. A very little fur- ;about the cheeks, was very agree-
and !able to tee baby taste of the Asei
work—and the golden diadem , ther extension to the elbows
binding the forehead, and drop- the calves of the legs, and it takes sties.
ping from each extremity of the a shape which survives even to thisFrom a very early age the ears dill
polished temples a rouleau of day in Asia. Now, as then, the fe- i of Hebrew women were prepared lj
pearls, which, after traversing the male habiliment was distinguished for this load of trinkctry; for, or-
cheeks, unite below the chin,—are from the corresponding male onelcording to the Talmud (ii. '23),
all so unique and exclusively Ile- by its greeter length; and throughlthey kept open the little holes
braic that each and all would have all antiquity we find long clotheslafter they were pierced by threads
which may
the same advantageous effect; pro- a subject of reproach to men, as: sohw
reslipte importance they attached
claiming and notifying the charac an argument of effeminancy.
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According to the rank or vanity to this ornament.
ter, without putting the fair sup-
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porter to any disagreeable expense of the wearer, this tunic was made WhNaetsethreiel-e
early period
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of Herew or Chaldee. The silver of more or less costly materials;
became
a
universal
ornament
in
bells alone would "bear the bell" for wool and flax was often substi-
Mak, r , of
from every competitor in the tuted the finest byssus, or other Palestine. We learn, from Biblical
and
from
Arabic
authority,
that
it
room; and she might, besides, silky substance; and perhaps, In
carry a cymbal, a dulcimer, or a the latter periods, amongst fami- was a practice of Patriarchal de-
lies of distinction in Jerusalem, scent, amongst both the African
timbrel in her hands.
even silk itself. Splendor of color- and Asiatic Bedouins, to suspend
The Genesis of the Chemise.
ing was not neglected; and the rings of iron, wood, or braided
That simple body-cloth, framed opening at the throat was eagerly hair, from the nostrils of camels,
of leaves, skins, flax, wool, etc., turned to account as an occasion oxen, etc.—the rope by which the
which modesty had first intro- for displaying gorgeous fringe or animal was guided being attached
to these rings. It is probable
duced, for many centuries perhaps rich embroidery.
Bottiger remarks that, even in therefore, that the early Hebrews ,
sufficed as the common attire of
, both sexes amongst the Hebrew the age of Augustus, the morning who dwelt in tents, and who in the
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Bedouins. It extended downwards dress of Roman ladies when at barrenness of desert scenery drew
to the knees, and upwards to the home was nothing more than this most of their hints from improving
hips, about which it was fastened. very tunic, which, if it sate close, their personal embellishment from
I Such a dress is seen upon many of did not even require a girdle. The the objects immediately abou t
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; the figures in the sculptures of same remark applies to the He- them, were indebted for their
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I Persepolis; even in modern times, brew women, who, during the no- nose-rings to this precedent o f
their
camels.
Sometimes
a
ring
Cleaned
Cleaned
s Niebuhr found it the ordinary cos• medic period of their history, had
tume of the lower Arabians in been accustomed to wear no night depended from both nostrils; and
and
and
the
size
of
it
was
equal
to
that
of
Iledsjas; and Shaw assures us that, chemises at all, but slept quite
from its commodious shape, it is naked, or, at the utmost, with a the ear-ring; so that, at times, its
Reblocked.
Remodeled.
compass
included
both
upper
and
still a favorite dishabille of the cestus or zone: by way of bed-
clothes, however, it must be ob- under lip, as in the frame of a
served that they swathed their per- Picture; and, in the age succeeding
son in the folds of a robe or shawl, Solomon's reign, we hear of rings
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practice obtained through all inches in diameter. Hebrew ladies
ranks, and so long the universal of distinction had sometimes a
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household dress of a Hebrew lady cluster of nose-rings, as well for
in her harem was the tunic as here the tinkling sound which they were
described; and in this she dressed contrived to emit, as for the shin-
herself the very moment that she ing light which they threw off
rose from bed. Indeed, so long as upon the face.
That the nose-ring possessed no
, the Hebrew women were content
with a single tunic it flowed loose unimportant place in the Jewish
I in liberal folds about the lady, and toilette is evident from its being
1 was fastened by a belt or a clasp, ranked, during_the nomadic state
i just as we find it at this day of the Israelites, as one of the
amongst all Asiatic nations. But, most valuable presents that a
when a second undergarment was young Hebrew woman could re-
introduced, the inner one fitted ceive from her lover. Amongst the
close to the shape, whilst the outer Midianites, who were enriched by
one remained full and free as be- the caravan commerce, even men
101
adopted this ornament; and this
fore.
appears to have been the case in
Hints on Languorous Eyes.
the family to which Job belonged
No fashion of the female toilet (Chap. xli. 2). Under these eir-
is of higher antiquity than that of cumstances,
cth, we should naturally
dyeing the margin of the eyelids presumee
that the Jewish courtez-
and the eyebrows with a black pig- ans, in the cities of Palestine ,
ment. It is mentioned or alluded would not omit no conspicuous a
to, 2 Kings ix. 30, Jeremiah iv. 30, trinket, with its glancing lights ,
Ezekiel xxiii. 40; to which may be and its tinkling sound: this we
added Isaiah iii. 16. The practice might presume, even without the
had its origin in a discovery made authority of the Bible; but, in fact ,
accidentally in Egypt. For it hap- both Isaiah and Ezekiel expressly
pens that the substance used for mention it amongst their artifice s
this purpose in ancient times is a of attraction.
powerful remedy in cases of oph - , Judith, when she appeared be-
thalmia and inflammation of the , fore the teat of Holofernes in the
eyes—complaints to which Egypt whole pomp of her charms, and
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is, from local causes, peculiarly ex - apparelled with the most elaborate
posed. The endemic infirmity, in ' attention to splendor of effect, for
connection with the medical sci- the purpose of captivating the hos-
ence for which Egypt was so dis- et i l it: ne gel,
p eeeo
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and facilities for handling promptly and
their discovering the uses of anti- show how highly it was valued;
mony, which is the principal in- I and that it continued to be valued
efficiently all matters pertaining to secret
nt s oefr
f tt this
t
s pigments
p i
E
hi sl in later times appears from the
service work
the ordinances of the Talmud (ii. 21)
class. Egypt was famous
fashion of painting the face from in respect to the parts of the fe-
e
eit
d
i
nso
ka
athlr
period;
arie
reer
re- male wardrobe which were allowed
illustrating , to be worn on the Sabbath.
the Egyptian toilette, which were
Oh, Shades of Tiffany!
discovered in the catacombs of Sa- The Hebrew women of high
hara in Middle Egypt, there was rank, in the flourishing period of '
a single joint of a common reed their state, wore necklaces, corn-
containing an ounce or more of posed of multiple rows of pearls.
the coloring powder, and one of The thread on which the pearls
the needles for applying it. The were strung was of flax or woollen
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entire process was as follows: The ,d sometimes colored. as we
mineral powder, finely prepared, learn from the Talmud (vi. 43);
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was mixed up with a preparation , and the different rows were not
of vinegar and gall-apples--some- exactly concentric; but, whilst
times with oil of almonds or other , some Invested the throat, others
oils--sometimes by very luxurious descended to the bosom, and in
women, with costly gums and bal- i many cases even to the zone. On
I
urns. And perhaps, as Sonnini de- i
scribes the practice among the
Musselman women at present, the
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then given to it by the vapors of ;-
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the eyelids were then closed, and
the little pencil, or probe, held !
horizontally, was inserted between I
them, a process which is briefly
and picturesquely described in the see
Bible. The effect of the black rim Pe
which the pigment traced about
the eyelid was to throw a dark and /
majestic shadow over the eye; to
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give it • languishing and yet ■
lustrous expression; to increase its
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the eye. Together with the eyelids,
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Ear-rings of gold, silver, infer.!
km metals, or even horn, were ye
worn by the Hebrew women In -fee
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all ages; and, in the flourishing
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probably by men; and so essential
an ornament were they deemed
that in the idolatrous times even
the images of their false gods wer e IT
not considered becomingly attired
without them. Their ear-rings
•
were larger, according to the AU- ?'4
Any clever dressmaker could,
Showing That Modern Styles Are Not So Modern After All. with the indications here given, en-
able any lady at the next great
masquerade in London to support
By THOMAS De QUINCEY
the part of one of the ancient
daughters of Palestine, and to call
"Confessions of an Opium Eater" is the only work of
back, after 18 centuries of sleep,
Thomas De Quincey generally known. Yet this "Prince of
the buried pampa of Jerusalem. As
to the talking, there would be no
Dreamers" was one of the most prolific and scholarly of Eng-
difficulty at all in that point; bish-
lish men of letters. lie wrote on a wide range of subjects in
ops and other "sacred" people, if
an eloquent, impassioned and rich prose which has seldom
they ever go a-masquing, for their
been surpassed. Equipped with a brilliant mind, he was at
own sakes will not be likely to be-
tray
themselves by putting imper-
one and the same time, scholar, wit, delicate ironist, and man
tinent questions in Hebrew; and,
of the world, speaking with equal delight to the educated and
for "profane" people like myself,
the uneducated. His essay on the toilette of the Hebrew lady
who might like the impertinence,
of old, little known to the public of today, illustrates his
'they would very much dislike the
Hebrew; indeed, of uncircumcised
matchless style, his wit and his profound scholarship.
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