The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1862-02-06
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clothes. as they were wet.
The boys vert to order my p'rtman-
tcau to be brou n. to the precincts of
the harem, and then two slaves fetched
it A. soon as | had unlocked it, the
ladies', servants and children, one and all,
began examining its contents. In a
minute or two it was actually most
empty Mantlcs, morning aud evening
dresses, nightgowns and collars, were pass
ing from hand to hand and as the uses of
them were not known. they were put on
in all sorts of fantastic ways Onc of
the girls took little lace collar a'd
placed it tastefully on her forehcad she
thought it was par, Of head dress |
was very much amused, but was obliged
to put stop to their mischief by telling
them to put everything back into the
box; they did 50 directly. had al cady
discovered that Arab women are like
children; they almost always submit, i'm
mcdiatly to gentle tut unhesitatiny
frmness,
Then ! dressed in the same room; for
they said they had no other for their
use. I fancy it was because they wished
to Sc all my clothes, aud how | put
then on, theirs being SO very different
from ours. They told me l wore too
many dresses at the same time. They
wear only shirt Of thin cotton or Grape,
made hiy, to the thront, open at the
bosom, and with long wide sleeves; very
full trousers, drawn in and tied round
the waist and below the knee, but falling
in graceful folds nearly to TIE ground;
and an open, short jacket, with shawl
tied rourd the waist like a sack or giri'e.
They kindly sent away NY wet garments
to be dried ut the oven, and made a
comfortable seat of cushions for me OF
the floor. One lady made some sweet
shcrbct Of pomc:ranatcs, and handed it
to me- A second brought me c"tlee in a
! little china Gu without any handle, held
in another one (exact!y the shape and
size Of Il common rgy cup. )madc OF
pre,tily embossed and chased silver.
THE woMAS's QUESTION IN THE EAST
| observed that there was little whis
pering and consulting going on among
the women, aud then Helweh came and
st by me and said:
'.are you marrivd:' | said "No,'
AID they answered, "Why, then, have
you left your .ather and mother; are they
not kind to you!' told thcm how
good they were, and how my mother
taught me to speak aud read aud write
my own language, and the languages Of
other people tried TO make them uu
dcrstand how English parants educate
their children.
Wcrdrh said, at is much better to
marry and to stay at home than to travel
about the country. for the dangers are
great now in this time of war, and the
womrn should stay at hcme.'
/ answered, "Ia, sit,i, there are no
men of my country here; how can |
,narry?'
Sara then said, "You speak our Ian
gu,nc like a stranger, but Swcrtly. An
Arab would take you. Why Do you not
marry an arah:'
replied (vcry much amuscd): "My
! mother is not here 10 find husband for
me. How can marry:' | thought
this would settle the question ut once in
their estimation: but Sit Sara said 81
will b" your another, and bring you to
husband My brother il a cad', great
Judge Of NubiuS; he looks for wife he
ha, only three. He vii! love you because
you are white"
answered lau-hingly: "Thank you,
oh my mother. what preparations must
make. and when must be rcady?"
Sit Sara considered for a moment, and
then said ''Iiow many camcls has your
father Co,;''
Irepl:ed "My father has no camels.
In my country there are only three or
four living camcls kept as curositics. in
house in beautiful garden, with ser
wants to watch over the and take care
of them. We have a few stuffed c.mcis.
also, in a large glass house
At this they all laughed loudly, aud
! cried, "Oh, most marvellous.
/ Sara continued: care your fathers
olive trees new and frui,fu'!' "My
father las no olive trees At this they
were still more surprised. Sara said,
"Your father has gold. He will give
you Of his gold and precious stones. and
a red box full of clothes and towels, some
silk cushions. IA red wooden cradle, and
mnchso soap My brother has great wealth.
and he will give camrs to your father for
your portion, and GOLD coin"
eDWm Lloyd Garrison, in his late
Cooper Institute speech, made palpnbIc
, hit as follows, explaining why the litter.
ofor has changed it's motto:
,3,n,,a rho l.puuarp of ,h, nrorhct