, 1876-07-02
EUROPEAN GOSSIP.
"reminiscences Of George sand..-The
New Sultan Of Turkey.


WHITE SLAVERY IN TURKEY.
Hra Correspondence Londoa Times
L gentleman from the British Foreign Office
| who was here in 1869 was satisfied by ocular
evidence that sluvcs, both black and white, were
still sold and bought with Very little reserve in
the immediate vicinity Of the surlcymanyeh, OF
| solyman's Mosque The trade, besides, was
| carried on this side Of the Golden Horn, near
| the Tophane or Artillery Arsenal, and has only
| lately, and In consideration of the feelings OF
| thc prying Franks, been removed to the Koo1n
Capoo, or Sand Gate, quarter Inhabited by
Circassians, on the far side of Stanhou1, on tue
! Sea Of Marnora. Since tlle advance Of Russia
on tue region Of thu Caucasus has either
led to the subIugarton or emigration OF
the Clrcassians, the recruiting Of wives for
the wealthy Turks can only be carried OIL under
difficulties, and the business is reduced to a
prontable but rather petty retail trade. The
business is generally managed as follows: a
Nloslcm dealer, agent, CT broker travels to the
happy land where beauty and virtue may be
bought, guaranteed first hand. LIE makes choice
Of four young, unsophisticatcd girls, narrfes
them, imports them to Constantin0plc, keeps
them as pure US when i'll their maternal homes,
sells them, and then goes buck for another 'tot;''
and If he cln only achieve four such trips in L
year he can make i decent living out Of sixteen
woncn,---a noble, sclf~dcnyiny, and useful trlde,
tolerated by the Government and consistent with
the Mollammcdan CODE Many Of the Circassians
arc settled IN Turkey, and there actually breed
children Tor sale having no more shame about it
than fashionable English mother may feel about
bringing out hcr girls for the matrimonial mar
ket. The Clrcassian, however, does not care for
rank OF family connections, but for hard cash.
Fatima is knocked down to Boy Or Pasha. Her
father takes his bakshcesh, and The girl becomes
$1kssr1 ax,f% hSHrt Inwer
riycs. can, meanwhile, positively assure you
that there are In Sta1nboul as many us twenty
four houses where the sale Of Circassau and
other girls is freely carried on. 4 young Mus
sulmall OF my acquaintance told me that at one
Of these beauty shops l!e was asked $50 Turkish
lire and he offered $50 lire. That cycn the con-
stunt supply OF Crcassian and Georgia slaves
llas little effect toward improving the breed OF
Turkish women VIC may argue from the epcci-
mrns Of the "tlowers Of the 1sarc1ls'1--fuc types
Of womauiood US they originally arc-whotn we
see driving up and down the Grand Rue dc Pcra
especially OH Friday AFTERNOON. On this, their
weekly holiday, these lovcly, beings do not dis
dain to paEsa!de their charms before thu
ture Of their v;lsianas2ks allowing
one to dcscry their features es II
that mere sham of disguise were removed
How little real beauty there is to Dcscen among
them must be obvious to any one who compares
them with the bcvics Of fresh colorcd, elegantly
shaped Greek anu other Levantile girls who are
tripping along the muddy footpaths every day,
a1d ut I'LL hours OF the day, to say nothing Of !
the dainty European ladics out for 4 shopping |
in their Sedan CHAIRS. AS an ordinary sight fn-
Georgian dowager, lol1ing back in her cuTriagr, !
d stapcless mass OF obesity, unca6ily blowing |
and !!roaning; there in the next vehicle, the |
faded shadow Of .. Circassian belle, thin and !
flirting with her rashmae's, anxious to attract
the vacuIty of her mind visible |