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TYPICAL STRE;e;T and MOHAMMEDAN H0ME;S at BAGDAD 



"Think what a sensation would ensue in any American sitting-room if an Arab woman, 

 her nails, lips, and eyelashes dyed, her limbs tattooed, rings in her nose, and anklets jangling, 

 might suddenly appear — silk bloomers and all — in the midst of a crowd of Yankee women ! 

 Our own composure and self-restraint might not be any greater than that showed by these 

 Arab women at Bagdad when I, an American girl in street clothes, appeared among them. 

 They crowded about, feeling my hands and face, getting down on their knees to admire my 

 high-heel shoes, stroking the skirt of my blue tailored suit, behaving like excited children 

 with a new toy. My hat-pins were a source of great wonder, and my tight-fitting coat 

 brought forth many a fervent 'All-a-a-h !' " (see text). 



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