MODERN PERSIA AND ITS CAPITAL 



PERSIAN LADIES LEAVING A PUBLIC BATH-HOUSE PRECEDED BY A DOMESTIC SERVANT 



Every Friday is "bath day" in Persia, and a bath is obligatory before the faithful can worship. 

 Frequently there is a public bath attached to the mosque. 



Phot. 

 PERSIAN WOMEN IN CHADARS 



s by I.t.-Col. Alfred HemicKc 



Both Christian and Mohammedan women wear the yashmak (veil) out of doors, but the 

 chadar (chuddar), or enveloping- garment, is peculiar to the followers of Mohammed. 



