La Fille de Couleur.
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the ear-rings, immense but light as egg-shells - à - clous or zanneaux-chenilles); the bracelets {portes-bonheur) ; the studs (boutons-à-clous) ; the brooches, not only for the turban, but for the chemise, below the folds of the showy silken foulard or shoulder-scarf,—
choux);
(zanneaux
T H E MARTINIQUE
T U R B A N , OR
"MADRAS
CALENDÉ."
would sometimes represent over five thousand francs expenditure. This gorgeous attire is becoming less visible every year : it is now rarely worn except on very solemn occasions, — weddings, baptisms, first communions, confirmations. The da (nurse) or " porteuse-de-