f beauty in the East," wrote Sonnini,
"is to have large black eyes, and nature has made this a
characteristic sign of the women of these countries. But, not
content with this, the women of Egypt wish their eyes to be still
larger and blacker. To attain this Mussulmans, Jewesses, and
Christians, rich and poor, all tint their eyelids with galena.
They also blacken the lashes (as Juvenal tells us the Roman
ladies did) and mark the angles of the eye so that the fissure
appears larger." (Sonnini, _Voyage dans la Haute et Basse
Egypte_, 1799, vol. i, p. 290.) Kohl is thus only used by the
women who have what the Arabs call "natural kohl." As Flinders
Petrie has found, the women of the so-called "New Race," between
the sixth and tenth dynasties of ancient Egypt, used galena and
malachite for painting their faces. Jewish women in the days of
the prophets painted their eyes with kohl, as do some Hindu women
to-day.

"The Ainu have a great affection for their beards. They regard
them as a sign of manhood and strength and consider them as
especially handsome. They look upon them, indeed, as a great and
highly prized treasure." (J. Batchelor, _The Ainu and their
Folklore_, p. 162.)

A great many theories have been put forward to explain the
Chinese fashion of compressing and deforming the foot. The
Chinese are great admirers of the feminine foot, and show
extreme sexual sensitiveness in regard to it. Chinese women
naturally possess very small feet, and the main reason for
binding them is probably to be found in the desire to make them
still smaller. (See, e.g., Stratz, _Die Frauenkleidung_, 1904, p.
101.)

An interesting question, which in part finds its explanation here and is
of considerable significance from the point of view of sexual selection,
concerns the relative admiration bestowed on blondes and brunettes. The
question is not, indeed, one which is entirely settled by racial
characteristics. There is something to be said on the matter from the
objective standpoint of aesthetic considerations. Stratz, in a chapter on
beauty of coloring in woman, points out that fair hair is more beautiful
because it harmonizes better with the soft outlines of woman, and, one may
add, it is more brilliantly conspicuous; a golden object looks larger than
a black object. The hair of the armpit, also, Stratz considers should be
l