Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1882-09-02
PEOPLE IN cossrApr1nosLE

The lower orders proper live very mucl
like their brethren in Christian countries
| Both men and women work. The wife
| helps her lord ard master in the daily toll
washes, cleans and keeps the house in or
der; she has neither time nor opportunity
for frivolous amusements, consequently she
is more respected both by husband and
children, and knows not the heart. sickness
and WEAKNESS of the harem. But even
here women do not eat with the men, and
never stir outside their domicile unveiled.
| There is no middle class among the Turks.
There are the rich Tor easy) and the poor.
| These two orders are constantly changing
| places. the rich man of to-day may be
the poor man of to morrow. You will
know him by his shabby, greasy coat and
unbrushed shoes. He will make no effort
TO keep Hp an appearance. You may see
him buy some simple fare and eat it in
the street on his way to business or home.
He has lost his place. He is poor. He is
neglected. Meeting him TINS you might
| suppose him shoe. member, or low class
cotee.house keeper, yet he has only Just
missed being Pasha, and few months
more will probably reinstate HIM in the
position he has lost. The men and women
OF the country are naturally all on a par
There is no genius, no talent, no eminence
of virtue among them Tor if there be, it
Is banished as soon as it dsres lift its
nead). One man is as gcol a. another.
A fair address, smattering Of French,
and ''good luck" are all that are wanted
20 make a nobody First Minister; but
The same fortune grown tickle may hurl
him from his post, and he sinks lower
than what we understand by the poorest
gentleman" One fact battles European
would-be reformers. We are always meet.
ing with surprises. There is nothing solid
anywhere. There is no public spirit no
landed interest, no trade interest, no per-
sonal autnority-nothing to grapple with.
Everything slips through your fingers
The laws exist, but are not enforced. 1t
Is nob0dy's business to enforce them ;
property Is yours to-day, mine TO morrow
and week hence it may be Mahmoud's,
or Safnet's, or Ahmed's. The one thing
permanent among us is the watchful ieal
ousy OF the various nationalities. 1t Is
the different Cousuls that keep order
here, not the Turks and were it not for
this protection Europeans could not live
IN Turkey. The Turks are Indifferent
tradesmen. Nearly all the shops in
Galata, and the whole of those in Pera,
are kept by Europeans. The Greeks
are the chief traders, though a
smart business is done by the Lsvantines
The most fashionable shops are French,
but there are few frst.rate English and
American ones. A large c'ass of Turks
hawk their wares in the street. They are
for the most part fine, stalwart, civil.spo
ken men. They shoulder enormous bss-
kets containing eheeses c-eams, fruits, veg
etables and many other c0mestIoles, and
furnish more than half Etbe alimentation
of the city. The habits of these men are
very simple they livs chiefly upon bread
aud fruit; but they also know the secret
of the pot az fen, and often l have seen
knot of them after their days work,
grouped under shed, or on a green spot
of earth, mixing the "savory mess you
will perhaps be shocked to hear that the
pot contains vegetables (0f onions, large
sharel stewed in oil ! A somewhat strong
tasted mutton called Ksramaui is the favo.
rite food of the Turkish upper classes.
Piaff is also an everyday dish, where
In Europeans also delight. The chief fault
of she Turkish cooking 10 the enormous
quantity of grease and fat consumed, and
the excessive sweetness of many of the
dishes. II Temple Bar.