Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1888-02-19

and is observed with rigid exactness and
minute observance of detail. The mothers
of children have apartments separate, as
families in flats, and visit with the grave
ceremouials by which 0riental3 salute
strangers. What ~jealousies may fash in
the lanVuishing dark ewes, whose witchery
has made their fortune, who knows may
tell
At the Beiram feast the rOse-door Of Par
adise opens, and the ladies of the seraglio
take place in the long procession OF car
riages. Their ''unsuuned loneliness is
closely yelled, and there is something del
jcste and sweet in their modest yelling,
like the conservation implied in the pure
white bonnet OF the nun. Childreu'st faces
crowd the carriage windows, heads lovely
az scraph or cherub crowned with lilies
and jasmine.
Here is q constant recurrence in mind to
the court of solomon and the Old Tesla
ment women. Could you lift the draper
les which shadow the sanctuary we might
find childleSs women mourning over their
curse, and young mothers exulting, like
Leah, at the birth of Reuben, when
she saws, Now, therefore, my hus-
hand will love me-" Yashti and Queen
Esther after her may enjoy q TRANSIENT
season. but the mother OF his SONS alone
has the lasting affection Of the Eastern
monarch. And this brings Us to the sec
ond persou in rank of the Ottoman Empire,
the mother Of the first-5orn prince. When
her son comes to the throne she has the
little SultaRa Tahde Queen Mother. She
ENJOYS an immense income, called slipper
money, a separate court and palace, with
one hundred and fifty servants. When
she drives
HRR SUITE IS THIRTY GIRLS
and from ten TO dfteen black Agss mount
ed ON Arab horses No other lady move
in such pomp. When she takes her pleas
are on the Bosphorus, it is in the imperial
eaique, the most exquisite boat since Cleo
pl.ra'S barge aOated on the Cydnus. 1t is
painted puCe white, with traceries of gold
and pink, and under the perfect stroke Of
twelve pairs of oars darts like q winged
thing arrCsI the waves. The rowers,
dressed in white silk shirts, white
trousers, and red fez, make q
stroke with absolute precision, as n man,
every thirty seconds. A crimson canopy
OF velvet, bordered with gold, is upheld by
four silt clumns, and in its shade reelines
the Sultana Nalide on cushions o! down
aud velvet carpets fringed with gold. A
retinue OF five ca ques filled with maids of
honor attend her. They are guarded by
black slaves, whose light duty is to hold
umbrellas over the young heads screened
by tue white turbaps. Tue little fleet on
the shining water is 4 most picturesque
sight.
The Sultana Yalide is the only inmate of
the royal harem who is privileged to re
cgiye visits from foreigners. Under a man
ner Of quiet dignity she carries determina-
tiou, which makes high officials dread her
influence and seek her favor. In time Ct
peril and distress she may admit deputa-
items from the army and people; her ludg-
ment in ailnrs IS acknowledged, aud she
has bten known to plead for her son with
eIoqueuce and pathoS. At the festival OF
Beiram, celebrated by the departure of
pilgrims for Mecca, she joins the highest
digritsries and ministers, officers civil and
martial, in Kissing the hem o: the Sultan'S
robe.
By COURT ETIQUETTE
he must stand in her presence, sitting at
her rlqaest; in return the place at her
right hand, given by solomon to his
mother. is still the reserved seat for the
mother Of the Padisha. The pOntOOn
bridge spanning the Golden Horn, Crossed
daily by one hundred thousand men, is
called The bridge of the Sultana Valide,
and leads to q mosque OF the sam name.
Seven female officers preside over the
harem.lik. Eich has her slaves and e.
t~ablishment, and may be often seen shop
ping in the city, attended BY the imperial
servants. Seven thousand persons daily
eat the bread and salt of the Grand SignOr.
NV briet space forbids enumers-
ton Of service or wages. A few
items are: three hundred cooks,
Eour hundred musicians, two hundred
men liz charge Of the meGageries and
ayiayies, twelve hundred female slaves.
Properly Speaking, there is no civil list,
md accurate figures are not easily reached.
The LIGiss, veiied and attended, visit in
their walled gardens aud palaces, hired
musicians play On lutes, and almebs
dance for their amusement. D2nizettl,
brother Of the famous composer,
was at enc ticse directOr-:n-Gaiet Of the Sui
tau's music. Storytelling is in favor, and
q good reciter is in high request. Happy
the Schertezlde who knows the tales OF
the een:i aud can amuse the Caliph who
has goDe through all the pleasures de
sa:i6sd by the si;gmg king at Bethlehem:
Aud whatsoever mine eyes desired l kept
not from them; l withheld not my heart
from any joy" SUSAN +. WALLACE