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  A 
  MAN-MADE 
  FASHION 
  SPURNED 
  BY 
  THE 
  NEW 
  WOMAN 
  

  

  Thinner 
  and 
  thinner 
  grew 
  the 
  Turkish 
  veil, 
  until 
  now 
  a 
  large 
  number 
  of 
  Turkish 
  women 
  

   go 
  unveiled 
  entirely. 
  Religion 
  may 
  attempt 
  to 
  restrain 
  and 
  the 
  conservative 
  elements 
  deplore 
  

   the 
  change, 
  but 
  the 
  new 
  woman 
  bravely 
  bares 
  her 
  face, 
  with 
  the 
  added 
  advantage 
  that 
  she 
  

   has 
  a 
  veil 
  handy 
  in 
  case 
  she 
  desires 
  seclusion 
  from 
  inquiring 
  eyes. 
  

  

  Photographs 
  from 
  Solita 
  Solano 
  

  

  A 
  LIVING 
  BiLLBOARD 
  OE 
  ILLITERACY, 
  THE 
  PUBLIC 
  LETTER-WRITER 
  

  

  In 
  Turkey 
  elementary 
  education 
  is 
  nominally 
  obligatory 
  and 
  five 
  middle-class 
  schools 
  

   for 
  girls 
  have 
  been 
  opened 
  in 
  the 
  last 
  four 
  years; 
  but 
  only 
  one 
  in 
  twenty-four 
  of 
  the 
  

   population 
  yet 
  attends 
  school 
  and 
  illiteracy 
  is 
  so 
  prevalent 
  that 
  even 
  the 
  apparently 
  well-to-do 
  

   have 
  no 
  hesitancy 
  in 
  advertising 
  their 
  inabilitv 
  to 
  write 
  a 
  simple 
  business 
  letter. 
  

  

  