Democratic Sentinel, Volume 19, Number 21, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 May 1895 — Veiled Ladies of Egypt. [ARTICLE]

Veiled Ladies of Egypt.

The veils now worn by ladies of Egypt are as thin as those of Paris, London or New York. It is etiquette and religion that a Mohammedan lady shall be veiled; the Koran commands it, but says nothing about the thickness of the veil, st> the ladies regulate that point to suit themselves. Most Moslem women, however, attach such importance to covering the face that when taken by surprise without a veil a woman will often catch up her skirt and veil her face with it.