Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-01-24
LlFs IN EGYPTIAN HAREMs.
The Ignorance and Luxury of the Women
aud Their ~UuchaOsipg Routine.

The Ignorance and Luxury of the wOmer
aud Their UuchaDsipg Routine,
y. Y SaA.
There can be no domestic life where
there i5 no at the head of the house
holi. aDd the Egyptian women are mers
u]uIi,irs. There is no middle class, so tina.
.hey are divided into the two class ex.
t.s1es OF high and low. The high life i:
tia; Of the hsreem, as they call it, aud moi
tee haren, and is much better known
.rhgcughors Europe than that otthe lower
,lsss ct Egyptian women. Daring my
rss.te9ca in Giro gas frequently admit
ted 10 the hayeem upon the invitation 0.
tie mother Of the Yiceroy of Egypt, lsmaii
Psnhi. father Of the present Pacha.
I used often 10 spend a whole day in
The harcm ard never saw Of any the women
Dong auy,blng useful. Tncy are yery
dom taught 10 read O. write, Coaverss-
r IS generally carried Oh with q foreigner
.,~a.h through the aid Of an Interpret.
son picked up enough Arabic to
inverse with them without aid. They
50 IN crea, splendor aud total idleuess.
rrs~ have no pictures in their palaces
... r7sssss no foreign or native literature
vr-. rrgss sew, or sven CmoroideT. and
inc. &C. Is recreation consists in seeing girl.
4s~s ! in listening 10 some barbaric
c- 20 stories told them by an old
vo~e- ia re Arabian Nights style.
IA. u,r-s,n women are fully developed
g.. ,-s -. .. p aud oil ~ so. Taoir
.-~s 1924 ally most exquisite until fist
Or. ..ae OF both men and women in
IL. U--des,roys the delicate bGuty Of
.-. lime. The upper portion OF their
..c.s ey4s o-ows and forehead are wond-
is lovely, but the lover part, bclo~ the
,..a. ia ugly, badly formed and heavy as n
rule Tg~rtuuatei7 :or them, they are eC-
! 10 ccucsal these defects By the vel!
..ay wear. Sofa, from being Disconnected
a..a thrir lot, the women Of Egypt have
the u.mos; pity 10, their civilized sisters
e-aec;aly in matters OF the heart. They
So. or La.5auds can cGre nothing for u5 or
tr-v would rot allow other men TO lcCk up
- or lsces. and think tina. civilized wo.
-ru possess nc moiasly 70 go unveiled
10 amuso them, | told them orc OF the
great surplus Of female population in the
New England Ststes-lsrgriy maiden
aud CT Ice struggles so May Of our girls
here and elsewhere are obliged 70 under
% in order to earn their ovn !Ig.ay Ch'y
.!auyhiasly. quoted a proysrb answering 70
9ur half a bat being oet,er than no bread
=, al. sad declared that the fractional
possession Of . husband Ues better than 30
4,5and a. au. They vera mach sur
o.issd, even indignant, that va should cal!
ourselves civilized and set make laws COM
a rich man to have buy one "lte
.asa as might maintain hfsY or more, and
90 husbands and suppor; for our hard
working s;nsis women woI!d he provided
The life Of the Lighclass Lgyplian VIC
ia that OF mono OIT, relieved by the
sDIerdor Of her EurEoUudlues-lhst OF the
I,w.c'sss women tn came monotony eu'
- hardship and unreiieYed oy
save Grring one mouth OF tee
v-a- TINS month al! good Iasselmsn set
Eo.,} r,r 6 religious Observance answering
ID but more s'I:2' ns 10 fasting than our
....r. LIS called EanAds2 and occurs, l
hing = The ea.iy spripg. The men con
niue th,;. usus, agricultural labor al! DAY
pm. .r,-, sunrise until sunset ro.E'ng o.
ICED s. 6.!uk passes Dheu lips. but
ga,a he Mreazia SOUNDS Tor even;
iry prsyer-besors the strokes ere hnlsted
wherever it may ind them, they
bes,;lv drawn from their clotkirg bread
and = bottle snd begin to .eat and dclrk
With the ayid.;y aasG OF long lasting
This IS q singular sigGt IL European &C
custousd to see people eat Only inHo"ts'
except in the rush at a railway station
wrh proper slowress and decorum The
EsrUiags raaSe mp at night for their Go
sepca during the dsy aud, sunset past
rhr7 fall 10 and COOK ana eat L e7.ns
ag& feast and dance ell night long TIL m
ri.a. wEen fasting mus: be resumed. Ilsr
n. fsit.as a term answering TO the, o.
Cur !.15ring mea, 70 Gat to till the feds
Will. tas women repair the Tay3ses mad:
gvIa. nocturnal dissipation b. sleep