|
Volume 3 161 |
 |
A–Z |  |
 |
 |
|
GERM-FEARLESS DRAWERS OF WATER FROM OLD TIGRIS |
TURKISH WOMAN OF SMYRNA |
|
| Water supply and drainage systems are matters of small concern to the Oriental. At Bagdad and other riverside towns in Irak the Arabs come down to the river to fetch water, the men with the goatskins in which they purvey it in the streets, the women with their ornamental pitchers, all regardless of the fact that it is contaminated by sewage leaking down from the towns | Turkish women have, as a rule, beautiful complexions, fine heads of hair, and, generally, large black eyes, the darkness of which is often enhanced by artificial means. Their costume, especially in the well-to-do classes, is usually most becoming |