Colors For Mourning

Deep blue, Bokhara mourning. Pale brown, the withered lea ves; used in Persia. White, emblem of "white handed hope;" China. Grayish brown, earth; Ethiopia and Abyssinia moorning. Scarlet, mourning color occasionally worn by French kings. Black expresses privation of light; worn throughout Europe. Yellow, the sere andyellow leaf ; Egypt and Burtnah. In Brittany widows' caps among the peasantry are yelloir. Purple and violet, to express royalty, mourning for cardinala and kings of Frajice. Violet, color for mourning in Turkey.