A Persian Lady

The mother of tb o Shah of Puraia ia thus described by a reeent writer, who, being a lady herself, may be presumed to have a quiok eye to discern the peculiarities ot tho Peisian toilette. Shq saya : "ïho Shah'a motker was dresstd with CTreat ïnagiiificenee. She wore a pair of trowaen made of gold brocade. Thesa Persian trowsurs ai e always very widr, each leg being wider than the skirt of gowc, so that they hava the effect of au exceodingly anijilo pettiooat, and, üs crinolines aio imknown, tho elegantes wemten and eleven, paira of trowser?, ona over mother. (They cali a Europeau lady's Uress 'trowsers with ono leg.') Tho trowsers of the Shah'a mother were edged with a border of pearl's einbroidered ou braid. She had a tbin blue crape chemisette, tiiiumed with pearls, nearly meeting at the top of tho trowsers, which ara fastened with a string. A email jacket _p 1„i nvna i-iiröY +1k TinMiaii"fft VfRfrl - ing tho waist, and on the he.ad a small shawl studded with pearls and diamouds, and pinned under the cbin. Her arnis were eovored with handsoma bracelets, and her neok with costly necklaces. lier hair was in bands, and hung down iu a multitude of small plaits. She woto .nü shoes, her i'aet being covered with fint cashraere stockings. The palms of her hands ttnd tho tip3 of her fingers wera stained with henna, her cheeks wore well rouged, and her eyelids and eyebrows covered with autimony."