America lavish periodical Cotter CLIFTON Alf2NUII - CINCINNATI 30, OHIO )27 ati 5688-1927 THEkT11.01 C 7 5688-19? -1 THE OLDEST JEWISH NEWSPAPER PRINTED IN MICHIGAN DETROIT, MICHIGAN, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1927 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 TVA? VW- • 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. I According to the rank or vanity to this ornament. ter, without putting the fair sup- Lava. ge veert aGeave. porter to any disagreeable expense of the wearer, this tunic was made WhNaetsethreiel-e early period i L 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 We Make Hats to Fit Your Head Size 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 MEN'S HATS ; the figures in the sculptures of same remark applies to the He- them, were indebted for their LADIES' HATS 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 1236 LIBRARY AVENUE Up to the time of Solomon this which were not less than three practice obtained through all inches in diameter. Hebrew ladies ranks, and so long the universal of distinction had sometimes a Cherry 5759 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 Correspondents Throughout the World. 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 A service replete with modern advantages i sh this t eh! ta tl,e did en o t omit tinguished, easily accounts for file Jewish proverbs 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 524 Penobscot Building entire process was as follows: The ,d sometimes colored. as we mineral powder, finely prepared, learn from the Talmud (vi. 43); Randolph 3009 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 _ •• • • • ■ - '" whole MSS thus compounded was W.T.,4.3.44.1tetL Between the Eleven and Twelve Mile Road on the dried and again reduced to an im- see , palpable powder, and consistency World's Greatest Highway, Woodward Avenue then given to it by the vapors of ;- some odorous and unctuous sub- stance. Thus prepared, the pig- cN ment was applied to the tip or '52,i Famous for its pointed ferule of a little metallic ee , pencil, called in Hebrew makachol, and made of silver, gold or ivory; Established 1892 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 Dancing Every Night Members give it • languishing and yet ■ lustrous expression; to increase its Stock Exchange. New York apparent size, and to apply the N•w York Cotton Exchange. force of contrast to the white of the eye. Together with the eyelids, Chicago Board of Trade. the Hebrew women colored the Detroit Stock Exchange. eyebrows: the point aimed at be - ei All other principal exchanges. Ing two-fold—to curve them into et PAUL 7. WEYER, For Reservations Call a beautiful arch of brilliant ebony, Manager and, at the same time, to make the ROYAL OAK 480 and 7577 Accounts Carried on Conservative Margin. inner ends meet or flow into each17 other. .14 Ear-rings of gold, silver, infer.! km metals, or even horn, were ye worn by the Hebrew women In -fee 119 Penobscot Bldg., Main Floor, Detroit all ages; and, in the flourishing period of the Jewish kingdom, tN Randolph 3530-9 Inc. 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. MORRIS T. BREW Contractor-Builder r Extends to the Jewish Community his best wishes for a happy and prosperous NEW YEAR. 43 Ridge Road :s to .0 , s• re le Ill 10 10 Season's Greetings and Best Wishes. Standard Hat Works Fine Felt HATS Phone Lenox 5372 We Wish All Our Jewish Friends and Patrons a Happy and Prosperous New Year O- tx, New Year's Greetings to the Jew- ish Community of Detroit. 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