, 1874-11-21

mir. Oscinynn's I.sctt,ro tsefofe the
NrxX York Ltllur4li Cll,si.

mir. Oscnnynti's I.ectt,ro tsef6fe the
New York l4tbsr1ii Club.
From. shs Hce 1'ot1 Rynuaiic. -.
Ar osea',yan formerly Turkish tonsn1 q a. shls
Turkey" before lilo New York Liberal Club, ut
plimpton Hull, on Friday. He brgan by descrlb-
lug the interior Of Turkish dwellings,, and tic
mode OF lilo Of their occupants. Tho Tutlsihh
husband, 1t would nppcar, has i portion Of tho
h95so eot aRat o for hss M'e H. TSsSys
hayo their lnren,. which is invlolate. The
speaker alluded to tho strict observance By tho
Women Of tho modest custom Of remaining yelled
In tho presence Of strangers. III .alluding to
polssgamy the speaker sa.d that Brigham 9onng
lad only soylyed tho practices Of thoso ancient
Arabs which Mohammed had ondoavorod to
check when ho, on1oned tho true believer to
tako aa wivos two Or three women. as llo plcaaos,
aud no more and il ho takes another 1t ls to 10
QUO Of the slaves whom le haH acquired. thls
limiting ntohammclans to three wives aud. one
ct eotola. Urioniai houses havo imn1onao gates,
and knockers aro usua instead oil, bells. THO
slave wLo admits tho Oriental visitor receives
bis slippors OH entering. All tho Turkish hOuacs
American parlor or nttiug. room, Ii at tho top Of
tho house. This is the case because tho Turks
as0 great admirers Of natural Eceuory aud scloct
as tho choicest rooms those on tho upper 1locr
which command the best Wow. Around throo
sides Of Turkish apartments nrs Wido eoidH, tho
Turkey, Mr Oscauynn stated that upon his
fist yisit to this country ho called upon young
Indy and was worry much nBsonisled nt beihg
informed by tho servant that she WINS :. Sitting
made linn 10th TO iulrudc, rs he was unwilling 10
eco ono Of Ills countlywomcn in such On itl-
proper position. lilo also diyabusod lis nudiiory
OF the popular bcliof that tho followers Of 1s-
rho A1oiammodans groct ono another BY touch-
ing tho forehead aud then tho mouth. md tho
atAgo representation Of Turkish salaam ia nn
abyurdity., The spoaor exhibited clbouque and
nasghile pipes, aud illustrated thu principles OF
both; orlontalv, ho aail, do not smoke % NO
halo it iuto tho lungs. no Thought that
this kind Of smoko was a benefit instead Of an
Injury, and assisted respiration. He also cxhio-
csg-cup), and stated THAI tho visitor (eyen il sho
wcro lAtly) was always Offered pipe and cup
Of cotfen III Turkish houses, which II was con-
sdorcd q breach Of etiouctto to decline. IN the
case OF tho caller Eeing . laly, she need only
place, her lips to tho nouthpiece Of tho pipo.
TAo Turkish costume, ho enid, Ind Undergone
great modification Of lato yon1s, tito Eiiropoan
style Of dress having been largely adopted. Ono
OF tlo REASONS TINT tho JnaiEasius-a military
ortlcr-woie uiHbandcd was that they refused to
prescribed to the army by the fatlor of the prcs-
ont Sultan. Tho Turks retained their hoad-gear,
tho fez, indoors--not from any religious ncr1plo,
like the Gunkois, but simply bccanao they eor-
Hidercd it docorons to rcmain covered. A gontle-
man in tho audiouco hero inquired why the Turkn
took their coilee in such diminltiyo cllps
and in such small quantities., to which
Mr.. Oacauyan responded that Ut evory
hol,do visited they wafo expected to drink
coffoe. and thesofore took Only q small
9uantity at time: Ho very humorously described
Ills sensations OF nausea in drinking coEco,
with milk aud sugar in 1t. md tea-wi,ich tic
Dricntals uao only as medicine for collE- from
q tea-Unp, which ho characterized NJ European
small soup-turcon. Tho lecturer concluded by
reading passages in Turkish from tho Koran, ut
the request OF ono Of the audience.