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the rani oe sikkim (see page 60) 



Her head-dress is composed chiefly of pearls. Her ear-rings are of turquoise. The neck- 

 laces are of carnelian, turquoise, gold, and glass beads. Her dress is of the richest brocade. 

 Photo from "Women of All Nations," Cassell & Co., New York, by Johnston & Hoffmann. 



compressed as to be practically useless ; 

 but, though this sacrifice to fashion must 

 be exceedingly irksome, it is not in reality 

 fraught with such serious consequences 

 as the waist compression practiced by 

 their "civilized" sisters in modern Eu- 

 rope. 



The fundamental object of such aids 

 to beauty was naively admitted by a 

 Chinese girl on whom a lady missionary 

 was trying to impress the folly of foot- 

 bandaging: "Me squeezy foot; you 

 squeezy waist ; all same what for, get 

 husband." 



