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begin with. hnd those wives nre dlvorcoablo

begin with, hnd thoao wivea nro dlvorcoablo
upon oaay conditions and for variety Of rea-
sonB. Thon Persian may contrAct rs many
''logalizcd marriages. as he ploaHoa. That iB
to say, 1lo may take up lntoa at slort datos and
got rid Of thon, for trifling rccunary saorltcc,
as Roon III thoy become too numerous. or Ito
vhoneyor tleir pfesonco Incomes In NY way
inconveuiont to him. Therefore liis Oh
tablishinent frequently changes without i,'-
croahing materially in tho humber of pcfaons
These arrango1nontn: Of co11rao, have narltod
otfoct In wolkoniug fnnily tics md Nttor!y do
etroy hereditary rank md property. 4 pcrsian
gentleman may Homotimon count Ills Children by
tho hundred, aud ono Of tho predecessors Of TIM
proBant SINH left noarly four hundred Of his
rocognizcd offspring when ho died. Bomo Of
thom nado their way IN tho world, and tlccnmo
Prince Governors OF provincen; eomo wandered
children, M r1llo, hayo no claim OH THOR pm
rents, aud tumble up anyhow with fow clothes
aud no education, which materially dlninIshes tho
oxponses Of a fo.nly nlan. 4 Persian generally
ilo arriyca ut tho ago Of puberty. If his family
nro In good circumstances and caro- nnythi.ly
npout him hiH mother probably presents, him with
one Of hor. mntls, mud tnoro IL legalized mar m
| result OF theBo early marriages ia worry notice
abto. Tho passions being allowed absolutely FREQ
sway, and boing nctller unluly oxcitcd and pre-
maturely forced by high living, and htrong
conventional morality or local cnatom, produce
| n raco OF men and women nearly af Of tho snnlo
| height and Bzo. A natural phenomenon III
worry Seldom scon amorg tho,n. There aro
and doformol childron ctiltsron with six iinEors
or slx toeB children subject to titH or infirmiteH
| arc almost unhoarl or rersinn has no iioed
to hoard up money to provide for his family.
Flo knowB That they will always find enough rico
| aud melons to satisfy their hunger, aud he
| loayca tho roBt to chance. 1Io mGy dreRs them,
| and hia wives also. II lo plcasos to amuso him.
Holf in sou1o scraps Of rod mud yellow satin; but
thoro il no public rivalry in drosa oquipaGo bo-
twoon families. Thoro aro no whoc!'carriagcs
| to flnullt f1no fonthers about; no taors or mill
linors' bills to pay. II n Persian loves to droaa
hts wivos gnyly, no only docs 80 for htg own sat.
| up, or aro supposed to remain shut up. IN tho
audoroou or Womon's apartment, far from tho
eye Of entcrpriGing man. As matter OF fact,
| howoyer,
( PERSIAN LADIES
are torrible gndabouts, aud IN this rohpect the;y
| present d remarkable contrast to tho Turkish
women. Even ut Constautinoplc, wlero there
| is 90 largo an influx Of foreigners, love affair
between q Frank aud o Turkish woman In almost
II not quito impossible ; aud whonoTcr tt docs
happon by sono extraordinary chance (auct as
an abuse Of confidence on the part OF . Frauk-
ish physician who may havo boon admitted into
tho harona), 1t is nearly always followed by mur-
dor. Tho Persian ladIos howoyer, havo no scr',-
pics at oil in their dealings with foreigners and no
sooner has smart young attaclo or Indian officer
| arrived At Tehorau than ho is pursued by lettors
thrust into llis hands In tho Streets and doclar-
ing in tho choicest language that no Ia pohrl,
pomogranate, a roso, . star, and that lady WHO
IL dying for him would DO glad of shawl worth
fifty tonlans, and burus to hayo private inter-
Wow with him. Some OF the shnhB wives play
those tricks, for shaw's aro among the ourrent
co!na Of poraia, mud tho morchants buy them
back at u fl1od price, scarcely differing more
from tho first cost Of them than French OF
Austrian bunk notc after it has paasod through
tho hands of money changer. Tho po-
| otical loyc-lcttor therefore mcroly means
that the sender is in Immediate want OF
about tlyc and twenty pounds, and is ready to
tacbo or Ipdipn ofncer, being moved by too much
Il disposed to fah violently in io7o with = ladyy
whom 10 has noyer geon, upon the strength Of
q servant Kept for litorary pSurposea},. this is
commonly. what happena: The first timo ho
goes ho will meot an old woman, who will sign
10 him to follow hor into some unfroquontod
rapidly uncover hcr face and disappear. After
that To will DO able to rocognizo her. and whom
ho comes home in the evening from his eonsti-
| eomewhoro about hin 1tablo a bundle Of rags
containing female voice. which whinos pitooua.
" for alma. His servants, who know worry wcu
what IL going on, will toll him mystoriously that
|
him into his houso, crying aloud for charity
Ouco inside, howovor, n singular change takoa
place in her appearance, sho throws OIL her
rags as suddenly as Colulnbino in tho transfor-
| nation scono Of pnntomino and stauda before
| him confessed ns tho lady Of tho lutter, who
| wants shawl OF definite value. She ia usually
q queer customer, aud opons proceedings by lAy-
Ing hor hands on every article Of portable proI-
| her. She ia little bottor than young savage III
| wide entiu trowBeTs and nearly unclothctl to tho
waist. She is painted all over. Hor eyebrows
nro artihcially blaekoned into tho eizo and BhnEo
llalf an inch wido. Moro backing has boon
| forced under hor oyoballs Her hair il dyed
either tho color Of ink or bright red; Her
hands, foet, finger nails and too nails arc
painted scarlet, aud she probably wears eoMe
glnaa bends lnd sl1am jowery. 6ho can sing il
little, aud usually doos 10 worry oddly with 1of
eeyoa shut. She can chatter groat doal, Int nAo
elo pasHes her time III eating swcetmoats, pulling
about hor dresBos. and torturng her maids with
rod-hot pincors whoneyor she has fancy for it.
Very ofton this craze comes upon her! and slo
Of gold tomans was misscl from tho
houao Of @ European who had taken
q Persian woman on lcaHo Ho charged Aor with
suspected ono OF his servants, who was equally
guiftlcss. Being determined to clear horself
| however, eho onticod the suspected soryant into
her apartments, and shortly attorward horrible
thrown tho man down, trussod him lko fowl,
and then placod u pan Of burning charcoal be-
side him, in which they heated pair Of tongs.
| With this instrument thoy began to take plocoa
out Of his body, adluring him to confcss as they
did 30. Ho was at last got out Of their handH
moro dead tllnn aliyo,
PerBianwomon nyo kept worry much like dogs in
Europe. 4 room or all apartment ia allotted to
inf& MI faH
at fixed hours. hll tho wives Of M establish
ment mover 1.-Two together. for thoy would cer-
talnly hght IL they did go, Sometimes, but very
company, but it is generally found uafor aud
quiotet to lodge them apart.
Tho best Persian houses arc little bettor than
tho stables at M inn. Tho worst arc moro aboln-
inable than the konnolH Of dog fancior. They
| nro
| VERY DlnTY People.
They have no doneatio couyonioncos no vim