ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.

Otago Witness, Issue 2668, 3 May 1905, Page 64

ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.

Fairy. — A Turkish lady's costume consists of very full bloomers gathered at the ankle, bare feet thrust into red heelless slippers, with pointed toes turned up. A white silk or mxislin bodice ■with Hanging sleeves is worn underneath a short velvet or satin bolero, heavily embroidered, and" a broad silk oi gauze sash is folded round the waist, and worn falling with loose eDds in front. The hair may be plaited with pearls or corals, or may hang loose with sequins falling over the forehead, and either the indispensable veil or turban. I give you the indoor dress, in which a Turkish woman is never seen by any man but her lord and master, because the street dress is extremely ugly, reducing the woman to a mere veiled bundle of clothes. America would do quite ■well as a fancy dress for a fair girl. Hair worn loose — if long and thick — and surmounted by a Liberty cap of red or blue. White underdress striped with red in equal stripes, scarf drapery of blue, covered with large five-pointed stars in white, fastened at the waist, under the right arm, with point falling on the skirt; and the ends meeting and caught up with a large jewelled slide on the left shoulder.