, 1869-11-21
THR TURKISH WOMEN.
A Revolt in the ARrem-Oid ldenS
Being DlscnFdcd-EuRcute Gifts.

Cofrt.pond<res y tA< London .stra
CoNsTAN1fsofi4K, Get. =.
Tour readers VIII be ahtet1shed TO hear thas
dur1rR the past ten days there na. been revoins
non ID Coistantinople. a oloodess one, It u
tine, ret one that In it4 rtautts maT hase lasting
and AlLpoA erful i1tluence iof good on the totnse
se]ves heard and they no logger intend to b CON-
PEELED TO hide their beauty beneath the DIS
n:gsne JsAh1a1 Or y n!d a.a3 10 ne rsessses
FEansa isnlrras!tzaaps ,key hare seen tho peer
le*s beauty Of hsr tAce, and tha .uexnseaalote
aet sa @
itgnt beholderA- Thew have Keen the Lord of TIC
Moslens himself give bis arm 70 womau,
ssa e nGs sus oss se1aofs ser h .h % asE
raSr and tho cslque, aud theJ naturally
AK Why they sn suld be Obliged 70 Te!. their
Rauke, md take ihelr ao.tta!I pleasure Oh the
ua'er Or At the 6uenkson, wt,hous the escort and
eompaE'o92 y Of .as:. 2. "a mnsd,ats lord
In eSer9 rail- on tue HosphDfne. sod lae inner itta
Of Stan houl u tfpnaled. BIZ feyoiuton has bsen
Eol.g On .t'eosly 10. :oTe t!1s, but tas x!s.s Of
brought It 10 \ crsta+ II Il onlj few years
Eli ee The saseUAk Has worn OF 81 dense mate
M ule. seale r." e alsa along a
ID vide ifouterk snd loose willow papooshts thai
R1,e moei unfatnly appeafsnt to nEuses other
ever. ire h7sht eFes nam aud the rear1J teeth
dhtxie with their brtea,nsaa beneath the ret
which, FROM the nneeess OF ~
e. r,s % ena! e to sas
/ taturat eeanue. beneath. lhe sup+hod I1;oosats,
TOO. ar d'tcardsd. asd Instxad, pretty toot. en-
nrdsr 'ae hesne drspe.y. Bus ths St,ss't Si s!ili
lemalns TO thIoud the ngnss, and prereut The
I'll .esp. Shr. Two worse III, tns totsl ;epsr.tioa
s risoroasiy sso e1ss,ea. III III. ens:oa, 1 sssfs
appear, and then ,oe % Tnrtt.n = WOMEN vi aafsiy
beor comparison with the teautles Of aoy other
couutr, ii tue word. fear rnat In England
epcc TO the toc.al position Of HorlEn In This coua
| IN. Most people imagine that every TuFtHh
house II : Morilan establishment on larger or
iatenee ID b,ck. rtrg and dl.cr nteuL No
m,stAfe could be Rrrsser. Suue Of the Turkisn
Alntsn ~ Of State 1'osstsa more than one vic,
The poorer CLASSES cAntos a1ord the a luxury
OF tese1a1 wives, while. tue f1ch TURKS IN
on9 q
Turke,. The hsse1n. abo1. which such vsgpe
ideas exist in Eufupc, Is the sanctuary Of The
| vile, into which 70 csTe OF trouble Is permitted
| to enter. The uhn !s aiwaJs the bread winner;
he alone otara the atieudaas anx1ef,es Of life,
] I'D her Days hse pasaet In one eonttnnous round
Of ,pnecent plessrses, isec rom the if!volous
gny Th,sa ,sa ss %sss
Nowhere IN Eufcpe Il th2t "peail Without Price, II
the purity Of woman, to be found in greater per-
| tectanu than Ia tic Households Of tae
Osmsnu, and although tue Turks arc,
u1:ortu1 ately, not Tree from esIia tuanJ O!
then int1osi1ced frou the other side Of The AIps}
| thtfe u enc eSli--thc soCaa, ev1i-wnlch has no
| home 4nouR them. Even the LAWS OF the empire
have bten INN ed 70 a. 10 give protscton IN every
| Way TO aon en- No MAstcr what political change
| nny antct the husbal1, tic properly Of the wife
| ia sIN ayf sccLrt: unceT all Circumstances It fe-
n sins her owe, pcE Is It lrhe for her husbard'l
dto4s any mcse lnhn tie property OF q
| narr1et woman In Ersl2tu, when BE-
cureu under settlen cnt. This, too, sppliea
! to Ill her property. not oniy That which
| she u,ay hatc po4eeated nefure ma1rt.Ee, but
what shs mar have subsequently acquired, aud
eren II nes h0teatd prrrhsse b0ases and landa
| III ret nane, fheT helorR to her absolutely A1d
DO claim OF h1y ktnu sgalptt bin Wit Ieseh them.
| Our lawmAlefs might, treseft1e, take a Leaf out
| OF the TuraIsh 4tatlte houk wien tnsy are con.
4 ksdeting The "Noman.B Property Bin" IN
| the next session Of IbEt;amen:. Esen the
| htiqht dHablIttiFs uLder which Turkish women
do lahos the con ItarstIse prsacy Of thctr life and
| ccIce am cit Of their face and ugnre from public
gaze, atc oily tt1ca OF rltne aud batnAfuuA sRe
ua' fui a. ne ans OF protecsipR them IRON lnJarJ
I std insult Nov, ever when a change II
| uAntf ffA no louEcr Dect aaltatea the sauae OBJ
| ttEyApces, shoee 5cs1net1onx are 3kas disappear
itF, nnu = t.h luptescd educatlon, the Tine IL mol
| fRr dlstADt whtu Tu1keI, In her social position
viii c0iltfaEt iAypfabiy AiLh, what Is 30 called
! the civilization 0! the West