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Bead fashions and amulets curb evil eye across Levant
The piece details Levantine customs where men women and children wear beads to ward off bad luck with horses and oxen also swaddled in strands. Bead shops thrive in Beirut Athens Constantinople Smyrna and other cities while lightweight abber beads and meerschaum beads gain popularity among women and Syrians export ornate carved heads. Amusement taxes cut German theater attendance with Max Reinhardt warning of cuts to Berlin venues.
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Associated Press
Athens
Constantinople
Tiflis
Smyrna
Levant
Germany
Berlin
Max Reinhardt