Jenks's Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland [Me.]) 1799-1802, 1800-07-07
MONDAY, jury T, 1900.

ppJect OF thus itudied embei4llhment Of their
pertons and daplay Of drels IS not to atrra6t tie
attention Of the other Tex for they never ap-
pear in public without having their faces Gov
cred with the Borgo* and piece Of taffetas,
which, inclofng them ftom head to feet con
ceals their cloaths, head drels and hands
When they reach the baths, they Immediately
throw aide thefe irkiome wells, in order to en-
joy the peslure Of rivallhip ia beauty and
magni6cence, in which the fex 10 greatly de-
light. Their great objea of ambition IL 10
excel each other in the Venetian 1equins fuf
pended from the hair, the brilliancy Of their
dianoads, the riehnets Of their robes It
mutt be coRfeGed that their enioymtnts are very
coniioed in their nature, and that though one
ihould be fortunate enough to kill two or three
ot her friends with ipleen and envy, the poor
ladY's triumph would be very Imperfect What
value could ihe attach TO a victory which he
men cannot wi,nefs, The latter are iigorou1y
excluded from thele aaemblies. The only
males az all permitted TO approach are blind
mufcaos, hired to afford them The pleafurs Of
hearing a male voice.
Nevertheless the Turkial wemen are much
attached to the pleafures of the bath there
they hear all the news circulating ia tie town.
Ihey compare the liberality Of their hubands
if there happen 10 be one more niggardly To
his women than the reR, bis peace is de}royed.
In baths, 700, are difcuded the general intereits
Of that league, which IL fpise Of the oppoGtion
It encounters, has fnblRed from time.imme,
mortal among the women Of all counries..-
i here they concert the means Of repellint tie
entertainments made on their preroqatives.-
The women Of Roletta vigoroufy aGert=d a
right Of which an attempt was made to deprive
them lat Ramadan.t The tory is as follows
The Efendi of Roletta, in a proclamation,
announcing the fete, which in all the Muful-
man towns, Precedes che morning Of The Ra
madaa thought fit 60 forbid the women from
being preient at it. This is the only occafion
on which they are permitted to leave the Ea-
rem, and appear at any Pu5lic folemnity =
They Attended at the baths TO deliberate upon
Instrumentation ; they wrote TO general Menou,
who then commanded at Rofetta, eating that
they knew very well thar it was without bis
participation thar the Efendi had iGued fuch
prohibition, and hoped that it would be taken
of by order of the General.
General Menou replied, thar be would zig
nifty his intentions il 40 aaembly Of the Nota
blea Of the countEY, and that they might fend
lO.hS PS iOlS ~ ule HcetlhS 70 apPrue them or
what Pailed, The ,4embly was held in the
Haram of peIion Of RofeJta, who entered
willingly into the affair. Tke Representatives
OF the women were RI eleDt,
General Menou told the Efendi--.s You
have iiIued the prohibition Of which the ladies
complain, without being authorized you with
ed to have had It thought that the French were
capable Of infalting them. Learn, then, thai
no people more relpe6s The fair Tex. l order
you to revoke this part Of your proclamation
The ladie5 approved The fpeech by rolling their
eye, the only part of their face which is sii5le.
Their continents, after hearing their report,
voted an addEels Of thanks to General Menou,
which was PFeiented few days after.
The Bergoi is piece Of white linen the corners Of
which are fixed on the temples it comes cofe on the
mole, falls down the breaf. and conceas the whole
face except the brow and The eyes "A mulTuman
woman thew her face but her fathei brother
and hulband.
The Lent Of tke Mufrmen, which commonly be-
gins in the middle of September It begins as ours
nled to DO, with mafquerade comporedof h abouF-
ing caes. In Roleta they malquerade the lreets by
torch light.
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