The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1877-01-24


Hebrew women, for instance, wore simply
merchandise, bought, as Rachel by Joseph.
and handle d to'suit tho safety and pleasure
OF their owners, as Rebecca and Sarah in
Egypt. Yet Alfalfa. daughter Of omri sat
on the shrone six years and Alexandria. \
Hebrew woman, reigned over them.
Se,nlramis, woman In Assyrian slavery.
becaIfe queen. md made her name pre:st
W the building of Babylon ii 4 single year.
Though the Turks had po,xsF 81 lifs unfl
death over their wives, and ii they rebelled
fortunes and phnislsments Of their lit. tl,a
| very Inexpensive power 10 divorce iii si,nulv
answering, when they asked permission. t.,Iuo
out, Go! without adding sbut come back
again, yet in 1880 the greatest actual bower
in Turkey was Sultana Valydeh.
Persian women of the lowe; clnssex :,rs
sorvile slaves, supporting masters Of unlimit
ed power, who do absolutely nothing Them
selves, and the upper classes rarely leave tho
harcm from the cradle to tho grave. Yet
Cassandana, wife of Cyrus, ruled Cyrus and
Persia as she would, /" and ruled SO well thar
at her death the nation mourned twenty days
Mourned for woman ~
The worst effect of Mohammedansm has
been its degrading of women, but the wife of
1.-The Prophet, Kadijal. was the first to en-
brace his religion, aud, as he aftcrwart said,
the greatest, best, and most powerful OF I'LL
who accepted it, s M
Bramn women never see the face of man,
except those of their husbands, nor any walls
but those of their own harem, and while their
husbands arc away are hardly allowed the ne
ccssafies of life Yet tho world is indebted
to Mherul Nisa for the first Of its beautiful
cashmere shawls, and the existence Of that
exquisite perfume altar (properly spelled
atyr } Of roses. Her name was stamped
upon the coin Of India, and the title given her
of Moor Jehan. Light Of the world.
All the cotton and silk used 10 Dirma is the
work of her women, and those exquisite "a.
brcs and delicate designs displayed at tho
Cchtchnial might we'll have been placed in a
woman's pavilion, for they were all the work
! of the gentlewomen Of Burmah, for which
they probably received blows that they had
not worked faster, aud for their endurance
and perseverance, cheered by the proverb.
"Woman has many lives aud bears much
'kiling.'"
Siamese women fight beside their husbands.
and often in front Of them, who at home aru
beaten like beasts to all manner Of tlrudgelies.
They, however, have the uncommon privilege
sof refusing an offered husband If they choose,
and take their revenge in advances by refusing
iany ore4,slo comes without a number of hl-
man skulls he has taken in battle
Chinese women are, perhaps, Of all the most
secluded ia tho upper classes The brides
not even seen by the bridegroom till in class
palanquin she is brought to his door, where
in full dress, with the key of tho palanqun.
that has been sent him in advance, he awaits
her. He has the one alternative Of refusing
her IL she dispeases him, at cost Of doubling
the amount paid for her.
She is his slave complete, except that hu
cannot sell her till he has gained divorce.
and is subject TO such notices as first dress.
ed and last undrcssed all the year round
and the like, and in some parts Of China. to
q divorce that consists in simply breaking
chop-sticlss before witnesses. Many writer's,
however, ascribe the first spinning to tho
wife OF the Emperor Yao and tile discovery
Of the use Of the silk worm was the work Of
the wife of Hoang II. silk worms until
lately were cared for entirely by women call
ed Tsam- Now.
In Liberia, where the marriage ceremony
consists OF the brides taking off the BRIDE
groom's shoes as sign Of subsection, and be-
ing laid at his feet with tho expression,
Wolf, take thy lamb" the physicians and
sorcerers feared and obeyed by men arc
chiefly women
In Java, before Mohammedanism found the
island, women were considered equal with
men, and in Celebcs, where there is an cleo.
tive government, the throne was oftener held
by women than men.
Notwithstanding the general degradation
OF the sex, energetic, powerful women have
made their power felt even in Egypt. The
wife of Mohammed Ali was made Judge to
the people, who rarely appealed to the Pasha.
and when they did receive the reply =" 81
my two eyes IL sic require it, 1t must b.
done, though it be through fire, water, and
stone"
Dido, sister of Pygmalion, King of Tyre,
was founder Of Carthage. Mr.. Park, tho
great African traveller, pays this tribute I"
women of Africa AIN all my travels, |
never addressed language of politeness toa
dark skinned woman without receiving pn-
lite reply aud. II hungry. thirsty wet or sick.
never failed to receive assistance from them
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