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FEMALE FASHIONS. 



CHAPTER XL 



FEMALE FASHIONS AT SALONICA ANECDOTE OF AN IONIAN 



OBSERVATIONS ON SALONICA EMBARK FOR COXSTANTI- 



NOPLE SMOKING INTOLERABLE TO THOSE NOT ADDICTED 



TO IT DARDANELLES ILLUMINATION ANCHOR IN THE 



GOLDEN HORN aUARANTINE PERA TOWER OF GALATA 



HOW TO SEE CONSTANTINOPLE TO PERFECTION — DANCING 



DERVISHES — DANGER OF LADIES WEARING GREEN DRESSES. 



The female part of the Frank population at 

 Salonica take most extraordinary liberties with 

 their dress ; I used to be much amused at ob- 

 serving their costumes, and the egregious blun- 

 ders which they for ever made, in putting on a 

 smart evening head-dress v>^ith only a white pet- 

 ticoat and a pair of slippers. Very flash and 

 gaudy colours appear to predominate, but an 

 utter want of uniformity and arrangement makes 

 them always look slovenly. Our hostess, for 

 instance, a remarkably good-looking woman, on 

 whom any dress would sit well, used to appear 

 with a very gaudy head-dress, consisting of a 

 mixture of all the brightest colours in the rain- 



