The Red Cloud chief., 1876-02-24

lax 10 ooSoAotS eNp- S~S
monial and etiquette observed within
its walls would rather astOnish the
flippanr critics of the institution. The
Difference especially which is paid to
the mother has no parallel in the West.
The Sultan himself does not dream Of
sitting down without leave in the pres
ence of the Valdez Sultan. Certain in
stitutions sanctioned and hallowed, in
the West would be absolutely %inconceiv-
able to a Turk; such, for instance, as the
widow mother quitting the home and
abdicting her position in favor Of the
sons vile. This would appear to him
an act of les nature. So would other
institutions and laws such as the provis-
ions of the Code Napoleon which en-
Join the compulsory division Of a mans
property among all his children; and
universal suffrage, as contradistinguished
from household or domestic suffrage.
For both these institutions would APP
pear to him incompatible with paternal
authority, and IN direct conflict with
his domentic instincts which are at
the root of his whole character, and
upon which reposes the whole fabric Of
Eastern society. For the patriarchal
| character of the Turkish home is its
chief characteristic. Every morning,
the household gather round their head
and respectfully kiss his hand--no
empty formality with them, but a nee
essary and even indispensable token in
their eyes, of respectful allegiance. In
the household, too, are included not only
the children but those whom We aye
obliged by the poverty of our language
to designate as slaves. Nowhere, as in
Turkey, Is the precept of St. Paul so
fully realized, "Servants, be Obedient to
your masters" and "The son shall be
even rs a servant"
The true idea of the family only
exists in the East. Nowhere else, too,
do people live 30 continually in the
presence of each other. A Roman once
said, "Build me a house whele l shall
be seen by every n every hour of the
day" This is literally the case in the
East. Living, too, continually in the
presence of each other, their conduct is
subject to and influenced by the public
opinion of those around them in a way
that no Europeans can be. Two things
are to be seen in Turkey which at first
sight may seem contradictory, but are
in reality intimately connected the
entire absence of caste, and the instinct
i've Difference and respect paid to every
degree of rank. There Is no such thing
in Turkey as the separation of classes;
there is no such thing, therefore, as
class division, hatreds, class interests,
and the revolutionary passions they en-
gender. Now what renders this inter.
mixture of all classes in Turkey posi-
IDLE, and the absence Of which would
render the same thing impossible in
Europe is exactly Turkish p~oliteness,
formulated in fixed code of manners,
which regulates the intercourse of the
different classes with each other, and
renders impossible that familiarity to
which, but for this barrier, such general
intermixture would be liable, and would
quickly dissolve it into general contu-
sion and mutual contempt.
During all their tender years the
children are brought up entirely in the
harem, and their education Is entrusted
to the mother. A marked distinction is
observable between Turkish caildren
and European children. The boisterou.,
rowdy, self asserting child Is absolutely
unknown in the East. In Europe child
rem are often told that they ought to be
seen but not heard, out it is only in the
East that this phenomenon is realized.
Respect for his elders and q behavior
compatible with this respect-w .ich, in
fact, is the only form in which that re-
spect Can be inculcated--are the one
first lesson which q Turkish child has to
learn. He Dol learns it, for everything
around him is in harmony with this in.
junction; respect is in the very AIR he
bresthes, and, unless there are European
children in the neighborhood, there is
no fear of the opposite contagion. A
fear of having their children corrupted
by the evil communications of Christ
ian (but not because they are Christian,
rather because they are not Christiau)
children is not the least powerful mo-
tive which prompts the Mussulman to
pitch his dwelling away from their habi-
tstions. One indirect consequence of
this mode of education is that children
in the East are remarkably observant.
As they are not occupied in jabbering,
they observe, and their naturally remark
able gifts in this respect sre allowed
full play. 1t is for this reason that you
often see little urchins In the East help.
ing their parents in complicated demes
tic duties, at an age when their compeer'
in Europe arc kicking their nurses AMI