The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1884-10-17


erous sympathy for the delicate and
graceful woman whose instincts prompt
her TO trust in IN as the natural pro
tectof Of her sex. Here she finds in
nine, on the contrary. q v~iolator Of a
great law OF nature, who assumes the
right not only to shackle her mind, but
also to confne her person BY q law of
his own operation.
$50 binding is the law that no man
shall see the face of q woman not his
property, that, in case of a vioIation Of
its sanctityit looks with favor on the
action of the injured husband should he
solace his jealousy with the life of the
intruder. 1t is not even permitted to-
recognize . woman outside Of the harem.
In spite Of strenuous precautions and
the difficulties which environ them Mos
lem women eluding the greatest watch
~fulness, are fond of eoquetting, like their
Western sisters. Though entirely IN
cultivated, they have delicate and pretty
ways, and show, as if by accident, their
beautiful dresses and jewelry ~inopening
the black silk Labaran which envelopes
them when on the street. Nowomen
excel them in the language of the eyes,
which, with them, are always large and
wide open.
Society among the inmates ofths
harem means simply smoking cigarettes
and pipes and the most trivial amuse-
ments. Instead of the sparkling con-
v~ersation and pleasant music with which
the sexes reciprccally entertain each
other among Western people. horrible
screenings, the monotonous noise Of
drums and the clang of tambouriness
are here the solace of women In her
hours of ease. The boasted luxury Of
the palace offers In its isolation.
no attraction to q refined nature.
This life makes people prematureIy
old; a men of so is wrinkled and super
anUated, and a woman of 80 has passed
her meridian. No one works unless
compelled to it, as tranquility Of mind
and person best pleases the Oriental
taste. They ignore the passage of time,
which never disturbs them with the cry
of bukrah (to-morrow);ye yet people write
to the facinations of Eastern life. It
may be climate. with its sunny sky and
~quickening air of the desert, or possibly
the stagnation of existence which de-
lndes them. 1t cannot. be the effort OF
thinking or of feeling that awakens
pleasing impressions, for there is moth
ing here that does not clash with every
sentiment, habit and custom Of intel.
lectual life.
Society is the ~issolation of a prison,
though the captives are surrounded by
a number of people. The philosopher
residing in the east is forced to mediate
bitterly upon the waste of humanity
around him. Only an anchorite, whose
religious duty consists In counting beads,
could be charmed with such m0notony
and silence. The man Of energy and
thought would think itcrueI punishment
to be forced TO undergo the ordeal Of
H.eilesss.s ss.sss:SsiSSGa amid i peopia
whose ignorance and Incidence fill their
minds with egotism, obstslacy and self
Importance. 1t is a common thing for
who have been educated by
order of the government in the best coll
leges In Europe to come back to East
ern life and Immediately throw away
their books, abandon intercourse with
intelligent foreigners, shut themselves
III y udiCLA auiVuS lBuoIdu WOMEN, duu
there end their existence. This is prob
ably what they mean when they lay that
in their education OF mind they do not
the heart An Eastern man
viii sit for hours inhaling the perfume
of q sweet flower and enjoyingthe music
of a fountain (murmuring at the time a
in the Koran, without stopping
to- understand its meaning) and the
beautiful objects of nature which Allah
has spread before h;m. He enjoys. to-
day, but neyer thinks Of preserving OBJ
iects which please him in sculpture or
painting, however dear to him, for the
sake Of the pleasure they might give in
the future. This their writer's call life
rich In sensations"
Gen. Loring speaks Of the extreme
of the Egyptian women, part
Of whose religion it is to bathe and per-
themselves every day.