FAR EASTERN WOMEN
ABANDONING THE VEIL SEATTLE, Sept. £l. The half concealing yashmaks, the obscuring veils and the inaccessible grilled balconies of the Orient have bad their centuries and a new order reigns, according to women passengers who have just arrived here on the American mail liner President MeKinley. The feminine beauties of the Par Ens! are no longer content that the light of their countenances should remain bidden, in the Republic of Bohkara it is estimated that over 100,000 women have now forsworn the veil. Throughout all Baku, beautiful young Mohammedan girls are dressing in ; » latest approved costumes and stroll al will along the streets and avenues. Even in Damascus and Jerusalem where (he shrouding of the face is still held to be a symbol of Moslem piety, unveiled and unescorted women are now to be seen in public places, even though the fanatically devout still raise their hands to heaven at the sacrilege.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 18858, 8 November 1935, Page 7
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