The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1867-10-29

werN 1t Onlv under transparent EhuZc,
and generally throws over her costly Eu
ropean garments and her jewels n h'deous
looking cloak of plain coore silk wlth-
ont fit or shape, which resembles n bag
more than anythiog else, and gives her
the appearance ol n walking spectrP !!
Even the women of the higher, nay Of
the high .st orders, may he seen promena
ding in similar attire. Ii seems as though
the Turkish woman felt ashamed at not
possessing the idrality which civilized
girdle, heavy with diamonds. rubies anil
emerald-, does not outweigh the ''girdle
of loveliness and grace OF the European
woman. The Oricntals know and feel
this, and hence are irrestihly attracted to
the Europeans. and become their slaves
This surprising change couli not but re-
mind the Turkish woman of the great
chasm which separates her from the wo
man of the Occiient, and cause her to
invent means of talhoming the Unborn
magic and charms Cf the latter. She
/ finds herself dethron by the Europeans
! -Ou llle OlutT ndIll Suc out lc
/ gard them As her delivercrs, and hence
their superiority does not incite feeling
OF jealousy or revenge, but on the con.
trary one of admiration, nay, Of love and
alteration. 1t is very interesting TO no
ticr with what curiosity the Turkish wo
men look upon our ladies'. have wit
messed, during the festival of Brram.
that act Of state which the elegant Turk
ih ladies attend IN their carriages. these
y lcntaS inviiinI Eno ,ean lalics to ,it
with lheW, overwh'lmlng them with at
| trrtiona demonstrations, off ring them
seats in their carriages, and insisting upon
| thp,r driving to their homes with them.
! The Eurup an women appear TO them
cxaIlGl beings; everything about them
is new and attractive to the Oriental. an
CALI forth her interest and admiration. -
1t is no rare thing to see Turkish w,men
in front of the wnrrhuuS at peri, re
guessing of European lalics permission to
TX mime their dress cl sely and to kiss
them.
The Younger temal' children Of the
Turkish nobility are indeed bring cdu "A
ted either at h me bv CHRIS IAN trnchpr-,
both male and fem lie. or in European
private educational ius itu ions. nay, even
in our mona>trrics. But European life
and clviiz ,tion is not, therefore. ea-i V
a,similated; il nee.ls TO be inlr,n formed
by surroundings and f,s cred from clI.ld-
hood up No wonlcr, then, that Euro
pcHn women form an article of traffic, and
are regularly imported inlu Turkey -
, There are many traders who constantly
irnvei II, n,,:::."nnr. chiefly in Austria, and
under various prrtex's pref upon Young
an hanlsom urls to travel into i3rk"y
with them Among others "A captain ol
one OF the Lloyd steamers running TO Al
ex ,ndrla made "A strange discovery not
long ago On the third day out he saw
a young AMI ,auiiul g'rl on deck, whom
he had no noticed before On lnq li'y
he learned fro n her, that she. together
with two other girl, was tra,clling com
p rniun to n rich Counties, who, with her
husband, lived in the Orient, anil, longing
tor European society, had prevailed upor
the parents Of these girls to cnlru>t thcir
children To the counts care The captain
on h a ing this. felt rather nm. asv, being
perfectly sure that he had NJ such count
or countess among his passengers Or
arriving at Alex ndria he inq Iired NOR,
clo-e'y mo the after, and caused the
Au-tri IN consul there to take charge o
the whole party; the three ltludct
children were promptly sent hom', an
the pseudo count and countess, who kept
house "t i'll repnte n Alexander and
traded in human flesh, were arrested -
After the last Anglo Chinese war | met t
similar couple, who hal made som,
money IN furnishing provisions, g.. fol
the army. travelling on the lower ID ,nnbc,
off ring for sale Chinese and East India
goods, for womens wear ; the good.
were exhibited in the best hotels, and b,
enlicng advertisem nt% the male portion
OF the community were invited to pur
chase. In this manner the sly conpl,
had chance of maxi 2 their selection ot
pre- ty women, and the el ct ones were al
once engaged by the agents of the house.
~, oIt VI lht lOWilS, WHfIt lutSG Az hs
had been altogether too bold, u seriou,
conflict took place viii could only be
Gu He'd by their flint In this and siui.
lar ways are the Turkish houses pr divided
with European women most Of the lat
ter, however, are sent for under the pre-.
text OF serving in mil nery stores, public
res aurants, &c, and many of them have
made their fortune and became good and
happy housewives. For even among
male christians they are much sought af-
ter, because most of these men arrive here
in "A state of single blesscdnr,s, and later
on have no chance of marrying To
travel back tc Europe for wife is tlu
troublesome, and in many instances i'm
practicable m,'rever, what woman
would easily consent to put up with the
priyations of Oriental life If | refer in
this article to women chiefly, it is because
upon their social position depend the en- p
ture AMI the iuur of the people. to VIII I'M
they belono, because when The Orient is
spoken OF, woman n'cessafiIy stands first
on the list of q Ieston4, and lastly, because
II Is interesting to know the ways and
means by which l>amism is slowly but
constantly being reformed
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