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WERE, THROWN TO WILD BEASTS, 202 A. D. 
women, they never go veiled. Civiliza- 
tion is changing ancient customs and cos- 
tumes, so that today the wealthy Jewish 
families dress in European clothes. <A 
smart station wagon with fine horses 
dashes into the park. Out step three 
very stout but handsome Jewish women, 
dressed in the latest Parisian fashion. 
Their children, two boys and one girl, 
jump down and run off to play with 
their French poodle. All are talking 
French. 
Twenty years ago I saw these same 
women, then young girls of about 16, 
walking with their mothers, who were 
tremendously stout, weighing at least 
250 pounds each. They were dressed in 
skin-tight satin knee-breeches, golden 
gaiters, short slippers ending under the 
instep, a sort of bolero jacket with 
masses of golden embroidery, a tall cor- 
nucopia-shaped cap of gold, with a fine 
veil flowing from the point. 
On a hill just outside the walls of 
Tunis is one of the large cemeteries. 
Friday mornings are devoted to the 
Arab women, no men being allowed. 
Each one that comes picks up a small 
stone and places it on the top of the 
tomb of their relative or friend, so that 
every one can see how many persons 
have cared to come and visit the grave. 
Often there is quite a pile of stones; at 
other graves only a few. The graves of 
