The Cedar County advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Iowa) 1853-1856, 1854-04-15
Trading In Lad e..


trade iof wAica we have no name. Iney
keep wnat may BE- called narseEi1s o.
wives aud mo,uers, 4 ld fad both pleas
ure ani pfoLt III tra'ntng taer yoaa5 .
prote ses 10 the duty OF married lie
i'helr agents 50 about collecting the IA"
material oil their Manufacture picking up
orphans, tounlhngs, or the children OF
poor parcn,s, for, IN the East, there Is no
prelu lIcc oi worth, aud the lady Is dis
ungutsn.d from her sersaut only by edu-
cation or wealth the task Is by no
means dltlilult. Not much knowledge Is
expected from an oriental una,roa, and,
IN this case, at least, neither the idea o,
virtue or sentiment Is lnculcated. we
have aready limited IN VIVA, way the h1ck
youay maideus are made TO contribute TO
the development oil the young masters
of the house. Iney are early ready to
BIZ sod AS wives or mls,resSes.
Beautiful girls are often boayh by these
, profess,ona. trainers III hlg HE, tof
.iya, or ten pounds, and Afterwards sod
for four CT Ave hundred. lac pfo!'
constitutes the pln-noaey oil the hare'n'
:. A number Of old women-briie- brokers
:, carry on the trade, to which not the
!, slightest idea Of shame Is a'tacAei.--
. they discuss the price OF then merchan'
;. disc, AMI as openly as II they were sell
Y ing pair Of slippers or a parcel OF Per
j fune. Sometimes they act as agents 10
some old gen,lema !. wac hnds h's nous
i, lonely AMI his purse sutii :lenlly hiled Il
~, enable him to indulge III the luxury ol
:, companion, and sometimes they under
:, take the still more equlvocal task oi So
-. M abou, warming tue llnig'nations
:; bachelors ani others by luxurious de
\. scrptions OF the Gagged beauties. Ine
;, take money on either hand, and 1t tnu
~ ~ be admitted ,ha, ,alny good matches al
n. struck 10y their care.
-. Tnere is no prejudice against partne
.3 obtained by these means. Va the COZ
trary, many Turks prefer dansels bfoa5
up in this way perhaps because she
'o' are without the lncu.nbraace ot relation
50 especially when they come from u
40, hareIn OF u minister or some great iaa
M ,,onary. The wife Of Rescmd Pach
40 who. bv the way IS no polysanis', ii
o'' generally some torty young c.eatafes
pa dispose Of, aud finds no difficulty M g.
'ey ting rid OF them. The demand Is aI'sa
an equal to the supply.
'A- From this class, and from the Georg
u" slave market, mos, 0! the eonsorss oil pt
; - sous hlga III rank are taken. Such
All the mothers 0, the Sublime Porte, a
ind aud ali the Su,tans that have relgned
'"o the shores Of the Bosphorus, Tor the >
tan does not, N those SIMPLE countri
either beg the princess he IS never SET
or, initiating a comnon man. cnoos,
vie among the coquettes ol the ball roo
The State provides the partner ot
= couch. At various periods oi the "
ae' preiyed hy law, the council OF m!aist
-, and the llenas III coaciave assenG'
~ vote as it were, subsidy OF girls bou
W at the public markets, or at private sa
ms aud send them With hlgn solemn
'e'' into the arms of his Sublime Majesty
o''' On this otcasioa the Sultan goes IN POI
- Gus procession to the mosque and
doub, thanks Heaven Tor the large sup
Ia ! . Of angels wnleh have come to iiiunlL
MS solitary moments = L. fe IN fhe Il