Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1869-04-20
Co.re sl,omelence.
TALuas, NEAR CIsAREA,
Asia Minor, Feb. 4, %.

Mr.. EpfroR The ordinary style OF
furnishing the principle rooms III 'ai'
country, style prevailing alike among
the different nationalities, is very sim-
pie, yet very comfortable. On three sides
Of the room, and usually elevated lew
inches higher than the floor, are arransei
large cushions, about two feet and hall
in width, with row Of similar ores at
the back, about foot and a half in hight.
These, neatly covered With print, OF with
some richer material, give the rooms a
pleasant appearance and in the manner in
which it is used furnishes ample sitting
room. Chairs are very little used, and
indeed, considering the customs of the
people are wholly Unnecessary. The univer-
sal manner Of sitting is, with the feet, IN
some way, drawn up under the person
For one to sit upon these broad cushions
with the feet extended before them is con-
sidered very mpoite There are three
principal modes Of sitting, all Of which
are ii constant practice. The first is the
ordinary cross-eggod position. The sec
end may be thus described dfst kneel,
with the toes extended back, and
both feet placed together; now sit back
unon the feet, at the same time turning
the ankles out until they rest upon The
Aoor aud you have, it you are accustom,
ed 10 the position, very comfortable seat
To us this is painful position, but tc
those accustomed to sit from childhood il
is perfectly easy. The third position istc
sit upon one foot, turned under the body
with the ankle upon the floor, with
the other foot drawn close to the body, SC
as to make it convenient to rest the arm
upon the knee.
In either of these positions, they viii
sit for hours, without apparent fatigue,
and it is often amusing to observe then
rcstIessness when sitting upon our chairs,
sometimes drawing one foot up under the
body, or contrivlng in various ways to d.
minish the size Of the angle at the knee.
The men AMI the women Of the same
family do not freely associate together AS
is the custom with us, but one room, IS dc.
vot.l especially to the women of the fam.
lily. 10 this room gentlemen from abroad
arc never invited
In the case Of Turkish families, the
men do not eat vita the women, but al a
separate room.
This custom, however, is becoming more
anl more obsolete among the & Ks aud
Armenians, certainly in Coserca. lnpro-
portion as the iilluence Of the gospel is
felt upon the people woman is elevated to
her proper position, as the companion, not
the slave Of man. 1t viii be long time,
however, before The term society" will
mean in Turkey what it means in Ameri-
ca for, even among our best Protestant
families. there is very little of that ianil-
iarity and freedom Of Intercourse which
exists among Us. Manare seldom or never
seen in the streets in company with their
wives. They do not even go to church
together, and for a woman to take her
husbands arm IN public, would be an al
most unheard Of impropriety. LII one Of
my letters | spoke of the custom OF wear
jug wells in the street, saying that lyon
meet movingo5,cct cnyelcped IN sheet
with an opening for a pair of eyes, you
may suppose you meet woman" This
remark was strictly true in reference to
the turkish woman Her face mast not
be seen in the street, She may 60 where
she will, but though she may sec ste mu
lot be seen. But it is not true Of Armc-
MAN and Greek women. Here tsey never
or but very seldom--wear the sheet.
but instead, shawl, (of variety Of col,
or and materially always over the head hut
not, as general thing, covering the face
Thus, we can always distinguish the Turk
ish women from those Of any other naticn.
atty. Bat though this distinction orplie-
to the women Of Cesarea and vicinity, ii
does NOT apply, equally, to the women in
all parts Of the Turkish empire, for, IN
some places, the women Of all classes G
closely yelled. VIII write again soon.
j. bartlett
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