Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1879-08-28


Gaze of the judgmes is hut, oh, ia
tai clause. Toward the close If that
interes ing document there was a
clause by which the agent Of his
Highness. acting in virtue OF an orr
der from the Sage Dispen aator. lib-
Grated those high and m ghty danes
from the payment Of The trivial
compensation set forth as the con.
sidera'i ~ Strange t. say the in
fernal gal ,urs and infdeis who pre-.
sided over the Court refused To nc :
eept that document as a valid deed
OF sale. saying that it was fraudu.
lent. The Turks were dumbfound-
ed with amazement. A Moslem
Court would have passed that as u
most regular document, and as an
example of the munificence OF the
Wise Dispensator.
THE SEPARATE ESTABLISHMENTS.
While on the subjects of the ha-
rem il would be we'll to 60 through
with the subject and thus show why
so much room is required in the
shape Of palaces. As | have said,
his Hghness, Ismail Pasha, had one
mother aud four wives, to say moth
ing of the mothers of several of his
children. Each of these high and
mighty danes had her owe estab.
lishment, consisting of about 400
slave girls, 10 say nothing of the
proper mum Der of eunuchs fer COM
munication with the outer world.
Each princess and her suite occu.
pied separate building, or rather
part of the same collection of build
ings, which here goes by the name
OF palace or serial. There is always
a connecting gallery. Most OF these
women are simply the slaves of the
princess, and were given to her at
the time OF her marriage, or may
have been purchased afterward By
the law the master of the house has
not the right to see them unveiled !;
the ladies are not always very par.
ticular on this point, and should
their lord and master cast his eve
on any one of their attendants, a
due regard for the amenities of life
would cause the girl to be sent to
bear her lord his handkerchief.
which he accidentally forgot. AT.
terward she would be treated as [
have before said, if sufficiently in
teres.ing to captivate the fancy and
Tx the attention of the Pasha, and
become favorite en- tire !; she would
be loaded with gifts and treated with
the greatest kindness by all the
wives only she must never forget
10 give them the pas and to treat
them with due deferencs, and should
it be necessary, in;ercede for them
as far as possible, but. above all, to
look out for The interests of her i'm
mediate patroness. Naturally zach
OF the wives tries TO secure the
Same advantage; so it has happen
ed that there have been four favor.
ties. TheiI reign continues so long
as the great man does not tire OF
them, or until new faces have grad.
aally replaced them. 1t is the duty
of the wives to minister in every
way to their lords wishes; his af.
fections are not considered. The
women SO favored consider them
selves very fortunate, all chill rem
born 10 the harem being legitimate.
Of that there is never question. Tho
girl is provided for with great lux
ury, the only drawback being that
she has very little scope for her af-
fections. Having attracted tho
masters eye, her future is secure.
HOW THE LADIES SPEND THEIR TINE,
In addition to the separate estab-
lishments of the wives there is what
may be called a reserve, forming
part of the harem of the master,
These women are completely at his
disposal. ard it 80 inclined he can
visit their quarters and suspend in.
tercourse with the other members
of his interesting family. 1t is gen.
orally supposed that the number
of women in the various barems of
the Khediveal family amounted to
three Thousand. OF course, the &C.
equations of 80 many people must
be very much varied. We will CON-
mence with the Princess. She will
naturally have her tavoriles, the
chief of which acts as secretary and
lady's maid. Another carries the
cigarettes, another the bonbonniere,
another hands the coffee. Then,
again, there are older women, who
have the direction of the service
chiefly the kehia or housekeeper
Then there are a lot who are simply
musicians or dancers. Each oil
these higher officials has also bel
own court, some one to wait on her
another to pass her cigarettes, &c.
in imitation of her mistress, 80 much
80 that when we sum up we fnt
one Princess who had five or siz
attendants of acknowledged rank
each one of whom has at least fiv,
persons for her own immediate ser
vice, who 10 their turn have alst
more attendants. to say nothing o
the servants required for real hare
work, as also those for ornaments
purposes. The rapidity with which
such multiplication rolls up into I
large total is wonderful.
Tue ESTABLISHMENT OF THE MOTHER
We have thus counted tour wives
with their attendants, etc, at tw
thousand. The mother of His High
ness kept up an enormous establish
mont. computed st eight hundred
Tewfida Hanem, or the Princes
Msnsour. who prided herself on he
moderation, ssid to q friend of mine
81 have not very many women
two hundred are sufficient for me.
This high and mighty dame is th
eldest daughter of the ex.Khediv,
and is probably the most extravs
CANT woman of her time. She We
married ten years ago to q distar
cousin, Mansour Pasha. man {
great wealth. In 1876, in conss
. quence of the ex-Khedive beiu
greatly embarrassed and havin
stopped the supplies, Mansour P,
: sha was forced to arrange with b
, creditors. In two years, the Prir
! cess had rolled up debts to I'll
, amount of 81 500 01O besides oa