The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1884-02-01
TURKISH FEMALE DRESS.
An Edtcr Prohibiting Westcrn'Styles
D~isregardea by the Fair Ones.

An Edfct Prohibiting Wesrern'Ssyles
Disregardea by the Fair Ones.
~Consrantinopte Letter.
Some little time ago | mentioned the
issue of an imperial decree respecting
the dress of the Turkish ladies. Excep-
ton had been taken at the neat little
"~bottiness" and the diaphanous walls
which the hideous yellow .'yemenees"
and thickly folded "Yathmaks" of the
past had been replaced. as also the t'ier-
idjees' that in the lowness of their cut
at the neck and trimmings were fast de-
veloping into the cloaks of their Frank
ish sisters. The fair daughters of Islam
were hidden to set aside all such vani-
ties, under the penalty of making the
acquaintance OF the minister of police,
and exhorted to return to the old form
of fashion DISCUSSES. This decree was
followed not long ago by a s%econd-not
that the obedience shown to the first
one was such az to encourage the au-
thorities in any belief they may have
female taste in dress. The second edict
was aimed ns the ''tchartchaf," an article
OF dress only worn by the poorer classes.
1t is a kind of cotton shawl which is
thrown over the head, gathered
in at the waist a bit OF
a belt, and then pinned across the chin,
GYPSY fashion, the woman assisting it in
its office of hiding is feathers by pulling
the upper parts together with the hand
whenever the approach of q man is sig
males in the neighborhood. That is to
say, those OF advanced age invariably do,
as also those whom nature may have en-
lowed with greater graces of mind than
form; but the young and pretty are not
gifted, apparently, with such ex luisite
sensibilitles, and in the charming con
i becoming al of the presence OF man
often afford him a glimpse of beauty
that. to use the poetical expression OF
the Turk, makes his heart feel like an
ill-treated piece of kabob (roast beef)-
burned up, 80 to say, with the fire Of
love.
Turkish women are not the poor, tame
creatures of western ideas, submissive
in every respect to the will oftheir lords
aud masters. / know of more than one
poor hen-peckcd TURK who isas much
afraid Of his wife's tongue as any untor-
tunate "Benedict" Of the west. tied to a
scold for life through the laws of this
land. 1t is not the ease with which mat
rimoniai shackles can be cast off
among Mohamaiedans that
regulates these matters. There
are mat,vc nsiderations that keep Turk
ish couples together who would other
wise drift apart, and though the ''la-
rem" is popularity supposed to contain
several wives, as a rulethere is but one,
who is quite the mistress of the house.
More especially is this the case at Con-
stantinople, where the young Turk, as q
rule, seek an alliance that vii, help him
on in his career, and the partners thus
obtained, know we'll the use OF such II
tire t as turks in the declaration OF an
! intended appeal to their powerful rela.
tons. 1ht Koran sanctions as many as
our wives and the adoption of any
number OF lett hahI.eea partners; but
jealousy is by no means an unknown
feature of the Turkish female mind,
and III Turk who values domestic peace
will think of taking advantage of such
permission,
IT is not to be supposed that women
with such force of character were going
to tamely submit to an order requiring
wearing apparel and 90 in for tlimsy
| w III SApSAiSS WY 1ooio
iii afford, and SO this edict is no more
being observed than the last one. The
Turkish women have set their faces
strenuously against it, and, like their
sisters OF the west, they generally man.
age to ave their own way when they
Lave made up their minds to do SO.
Farmers Health.
An essayist discourse of health of the
farmer and his family. Many of the dis
eases c!assei as zynotic or contagious
are due to dampness, dense shade and
act too near the dwelling, and cellars
are mouldy and unyentilatad. Sleeping
apartments should be on the second
floor and or the sunny side Of the mouse
The best rooms are none to good to be
occupied by those who own them. Farm.
ers cut too much pork and potatoes AMI
too Little chicken and fruit. German
and French housekeepers could teach
US something about the economy Of good
cooking. We use too much fried food,
too much sugar and spice, loo many
pies. Farmers eat 100 fast and work too
hard, and break down their constitu-
tons. NAM wives are killed by over.
work, while many become insane. There
should be less farm work in the house
The four prime requisites for good
health are pure air, proper food, suit
able exercise, aud plentiful re reshing
sleep. The farmer o all others can
have these il he will.
Good Enough for Ordinary Wear
A story is told of Mrs. Flood, wife of
the California millionaire. who when in
New York comparatively recently, visit
ed Titfany's and asked to be shown the
choicest and most expensive necklace
on the premises. The most superb OF
the Tifany jewels failed to satisfy her,
and the firm offered to send to Paris
AMI import the handsomest necklace tr
be found in the city. Mrs. Flood had
returned to California Ivy the time the
gorgeous ornament arrived, and the
necklace followed her to her Pacific
home. She refused to accept it, declar.
ing it was not good enough to encirc,e
her queenly neck. and suggested that i,
should be offered to Mrs. Stanford, wife
OF the Governor. Ms Stanford was
not sc Difficult. to please as Mrs. Flood
She purchased the necklace. but only
rs she was careful enough to let Mr.
llatany KNOW, LOT ~UreaklaSt Wear, /
not being expensive enough to do dut,
on more formal occasions. The cost o
the necklace was over $l00, 00O.-tNev
York Correspondence Savannah News
Stray Pen Foxes.
DR.. Thomas Eclectric Oil is totally unlik,
some of the orthodox ministry, for while tn
latter advocate the theory of eternal pain
DIR. Thomas Eclectric Oil believes in no pal
ut all. 1t is at swords points with all ache