Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-10-14
EGYPTIAN REREd LIFE,
An American WCmaa'S Views Be-
hind the Curtain.
fayorite Beauties Who Live in Great
Sp'end0r ard Tedious Idieness---
Cooking and Sewing Done by
Queer Customs,
r.,. E,,nrs IN Mr. lork S,-.

Yen ask If there is any home life in
Eyypt, that ole, cid iaLd OF science, lrgCnd
and superstition, of iensuous coloring, OF
ssmi barb uic spiecdOc, OF Isis AMI Osiris,
Of Cleopatra the magnificent, aud the
mysterious pyramids-i5 there any home
lie ILere2 No. ~cer;siuly no., Gs VIZ IN
Gsrs'anG il Of course the people there
must eat, drink and sleep 10 cbeeisLce 10
the inexora5la laws OF our common hu.
maujiy, but there can be no domestic h!e
where there IL 10 ono al The head Ct
tie household, and the Egyptian Womfn
are mere uulities Thsre is 10 middle
class, so that they are divided INFO the two
classes extremes OF high aud l"w.
The high life is that Of The hareem, GS
they call II, and cot Eorem, ard is much
.f,'sr known throughout Europe than thst
OF trr I,Eer class Eg, plan women. Oar
iny ny rr,iis5c- in Cairo | wAsirtqnentiy
admitted To th@ hs,eel up Il the invI'aa0n
of the mother OF rbe Viceroy Of Egypt,
ismal Pasha, father OF the pI2aaut Pssha,
Igmsjl was TIE Yiceroy, or stcood ia G'5
t~inetisG 70 the Sultan OF Egypt. The pasha
was go afraid u heirg pUlsonsd thGt his
mother cooked 81 Ia ats, ed for hal pur'
ssss she accompanied him Srst>s&S be
vent
Poisoning i. tic t~avosi;e method in that
country in getting RID ci 90 obnoxious per,
sen. Lis mucn more speedy sn- infinitely
less expensive than a state trial. With vGs
exception Of me Yicerogs mother, l Lever
Exsw Z woman OF high position TO kno"
osytbing at al Of the cuiigsEy ar. used
Oi;eG 70
sPsSD A aaQLE DAY IN THE H4EkM
and never ssw Il OF tie women dying
snyrIirg unusual. TEey Sre very seldom
TAUGHT 10 read or wri.e Conye1sSHOn Il
generally carried on with o fore'gcer 10
E,anch though the siG Of an interpreter.
I soon Dicked up ArsGc enough TO con
verse With them without aid. rdey live
IA GREAT splendor and total idiereSs
rssg gave no p~ictu;es u their palaces and
possess 30 fOrGI2u or nat We literature
r,sv pss,r - =, or tyeu elab-oscc", anG
,bsir ocIy rccesA:cn consists in stelrR
,irL dance and IN listening 20 some Dor
bsrie music. tr ; stores tod iEes' ~ an old
womsn in true Arabian Nib style. Ire
E,vpJan women are fully developed ~ the
age OF IL snc ODD Ut 30. Their forms are
usually most exqUisite until i&'-that oAGs
a 10th men and women 50 high hts-des-
toe dtl.cata beauty O. their outline
The u2oey portion Of their faces. eyes,
5,oys ard fo.ehes5s arc wondrousiy lovely,
but tha love, part, bel3y the nose, is ugly.
bsd,y formed aud heavy, 81 SSg!s. Fortu-
,~tsiyfo them, Thy Era enabled ts CON
,Gegs detects by SEe vel they wear.
6, ~ being dIScoaleh,2d with their
II, ,Lo vo,,.~ Il Egypt have the Utmost
-. - 80 wee sis,ers. especially IN
matter, Of The heart. TesT say our nus
bands a care nothing "S y .uey
would zoJ slioE other men to "SA uP'H
oar faces, aud thiUk that
CIVILIZED WOMEN POSSESS NO NODESTr
10 90 unveiled. To smuse them, told
them orce ct the great surplus of female
population in the New England States
~iSrSely maiden-aad Of the struggled so
msny Of our girls there and elsewhere are
obliged 10 uadergo in order TO es-n their
oNn living. Tney hugbingly quoted q
prover5 answering to ours OF halt a Loaf be-
ing better than no bread a. ell, AID de
clsred that the fractional POSSESSION OF q
husband was better than no husband at all
Thew wers much aurp:i'ed, even indignant
that We should call oar5elSes civilized ana
vet make laws compelling q rich man to
have but one wife, wien be might main
tain Sly or more. sRd so husbands and
SUPPORT for our hsrd-gcrkirs arRte women
would be provided
As the men DO the cooking aud the
main psIt Of the sewing IN Egyp', 1t is
easy TO zee Vhg there is no employment
for women. Except in rare cases, their
intelligence does not exceed that OF an
American child ten or twelve years ofsge.
Therefore the men, although themselves
not much superior. still have hardly sRy
respect tor them, and, a. there Is little OF
The sentiment Of love among them, they
seen to look upon their women oClJ as IN
~dispenssble s6jdncts OF the continuance Of
the race.
Let me describe 8 dinner in the harem
when . guest is present, Their tables srs
always circular and about . foot snd 8
halt in height They 81. ike dolls around
them on cushions. The old. inactive and
| 81 once down. have to be pllled up They
serve but one dish st q time, and that 10 g
large circular salver of silver, brass, O.
I Gametimes god
rEEg H.vE 40 FORKS, KNIVES OR spoons
! nut eaas ass ;yo flgers Of the right hsOC
INTO the dsh aaj iSkes out q Bit the mea'
Saviog been cut into saaH pieces in tn
kischRs.
If ;hss Siih to particularly d~istinsuish
I visitor they selesi : dainty piece aud plac'
AIN her mouth. ItEould 30 IN insult 4
hsiraz snY feeling bat delight q such