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Volume 3 174 |
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QUAINT FREAKS OF FASHION THAT PLEASE MONGOLIAN WIVES |
PRINCE OF THE MONGOLS IN IMPERIAL GARB |
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| Padded shoulders with chequered sleeves of grotesque length are the salient points of these ladies' strange dress, which shows how world-wide is the desire for adornment extraordinary. But the crowning effect is produced by the winged headdress through which the hair is threaded, hanging pendent from the extremities. Shoes with pointed toes complete this truly surprising accoutrement | With the dignity that befits his position, this princely descendant of the great Tartar khans, Jenghiz and Kublai, sits, proud in the consciousness of ancestors whose power was a terror and whose name a fear through all the bounds of Asia |