Here is an exact translation of just one
paragraph In Prof. GabriotU/s learned re
oglst, Gabriotto, has just an
port:
"Progressing further into the Knossos
labyrinths than Schllemann wan able to go
in 1900, we found additional examples of
terra Cotta frescoes and vases of the same
geometric designs as those found in the
palace of Phaestos, but, undoubtedly, of a
later period. Particularly in the frescoes
does the art seem to be something of a dis
integration of that which flourished at
the time of Phaestos, though Its topics un
doubtedly link the" two periods. Mainly
the topics are the women of the time; they
are women In whose dress, posture and ad
diction to cosmetics there is sign'of a for
wardness, an impertinence and emancipa
tion from the conventions of an earlier
age which Indicates clearly that the exam
ple of Helen of the Trojan wars here found
Its inspiration?an inspiration that well
might hnve taken centuries to mature and
which, having reached its zenith, was >
bound to disappear or at least to go out
of fashion.
Accurate Survey Made
Of the Girl of Long Ago
"On the frescoes we see that the women,
particularly the younger and more attrac
tive types, bare their chests, rouge their
lips, blacken the skin around their eyes
and darken their eyebrows and lashes.
Their skirts no longer are the severe dra
peries of the first ^ICgean period, but nre
flounced and tightly shaped to the hips;
their waists are bound by some primitive
corset and their hair either is cut close or
tightly bound?in marked contrast to ear
lier customs.
