dissembling, and for refusing to acknowledge reality!!
Truly, words fail me to describe what I see
before me. I turn my eyes upward and behold a wonder: the ceilings, too, are filled with captivating paintings of every marvelous art and of limpid, joyous color, making the place ring with tokens of splendor and thought, and lifting man above that material mire in which people wallow. And so I understood the concern of the nations and peoples that are refined and civilized in truth, not merely in form, for the fine arts, and their intense care in preserving these monuments, which are the heritage of civilization and its adornment.
At last I left the place, resolved to visit it again many times over,
for each time I feel life, energy, and liberation. I still had some time left, and the sun was leaning toward setting, so I took my way toward my lodging, passing through the garden. Walking ahead of me was a group of young seminarians in their dress and their distinctive marks, above all the sash — some red, some blue, some yellow, some green — of whom I had seen many in the streets of Rome. This little band caught my attention because they were speaking phrases of Arabic, which stirred my astonishment; I listened a little and learned that they were from Lebanon. In that moment I did not stand upon the ceremonies of etiquette; a strange joy spread through me, and I stepped up to them and gave greeting,
and their delight was great. Then we sat talking of the homeland, and we had a moving hour that cannot be described. It is love of country stripped of passions and politics and leaderships and clannish conceits. It is love from heart to heart, love of the highest rank of love; it is spiritual, intellectual, inspired love. I am content with it, and I bless those who labor for it.
Night came upon us, and we forgot ourselves in that exalted flood. I bade my brothers farewell in hope of meeting again. And how I wished that we might have such sittings, exchanging such a spirit, with such mutual love and admiration, under the sky of our homeland, Lebanon!!.
How to Use "Evan Williams" Preparations to Beautify the Hair
(Continued) Lesson Seven
The second method: First apply to your hair the ordinary henna shampoo from the "Evan Williams" preparations. If your hair is short, use only half the shampoo, placing it in a vessel, adding about half a glass of warm water to it, and stirring continuously; then rub your hair well with the resulting mixture and wash it with warm water. But if your hair is long, use the entire contents of the henna packet, as set out in the first lesson.
Place the contents of the green packet (the henna) in a porcelain vessel or in a glass and add to it about two tablespoons of hot (not boiling) water; then mix it well so as to form a sticky paste, and set the vessel of paste in a small pot holding some hot water, so that the paste stays warm. With a small brush, apply the paste to the gray hair only, down to its roots, using more of the paste on the hairs that are grayest; then cover your head with brown paper or an old towel to keep in the warmth, and leave the paste on your hair for the times given in the table below — this depends on the natural color of your hair not yet touched by gray, and on the amount of gray in the grayed portion of your hair.
Medium brown: 20–30 minutes. Ordinary dark brown: 30–45 minutes. Very dark brown: 40–60 minutes. Black: one to two hours.
After that, wash your hair with plenty of warm water, and finally wash it with the ordinary henna shampoo from the "Evan Williams" preparations, found in the white packets. The color will not show in full until 24 hours have passed.
Do not put henna on your hair if you have previously applied some other preparation to it; rather, let it grow out sufficiently and let the gray appear in it, and then use "Evan Williams" henna, applying it to the new hair only..
And if the gray in your hair is on the increase, then use the special Tunisian henna from the "Evan Williams" preparations.
Glamour in your hair