The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-06-28
- ou HkMIDs MRfM.
- Way The seragIis Of the Sal.
- u Turkey i Conducted.
Ueeettfsa 6sSts Psv1kss~a Il ~s she
1astaaImsat pfa@ F~w@r
81 tho Euaaeh-



ing eyes. and very easssassy TRAINED
beard aud fnaetAesae. As far a. HIS
sIothsr 60 Ise couId give points q, fstsxs
u oar vel dressed xouDg sssra o1s
Fifth ayenas ard fsroassvsy. Asstss
HAsmid always bad gFsat liking To-
per5eet-fstsng trosseFs ard essass. al
his clothes are made elsssss "a ISofsdssfs
Or Psris. ard BE nearly ssssys wears
patent -Ieafher shoes. I'm 81 oFasEaxv
Was the ouse sfEsssnwSIs hing mark -
his nationality IN he eress is tfse sssi
Turkish ffz or cap.
lis disposition We'll. u be were
mar "a ordinary life BE srfsas rfah-
ably he 5eaesSbrd 81 $ yegv Fsatts,
strairfsf ~ssrwsrss sHxy goissg FELIX'S
One 81 bis cissef tissFaetesEsfsce = sf1s-
Ike ~ tsc uacfs T,ofslp asfA est@ftfss
fiss8. assf be has GsFs1ss vsyssat asar
sisrs sIi&psaysss So igaeslaetssf ~ -
aslsls certain Tgsk3sfs rssteiss asssa
frasisslafss Ard adopt vasissas ksro-
peAn manners. whirb Be rassgssizes a.
improvements ussn hn1stt 10 Rs
country.
For instance 4 has always been The
Custom ns ffse Turkish eDnrf fsif
spbleef 10 psvstrass isio -sss Hzf upon
his face UPON asst bFsBg usfseFssl -,
the Esitan's presence. Aoslfa hsntd
has done awsy With shis, afasi stf ply
exact. los S1s Si1ieh he contrary
70 former custom, graeso5ssf returns
Neayss eli the Tnrssss1 iss&iss iicN =
days wear EarUpsan stse~st# t'sssiestsi
the outer cloak which eavsloPs Them
aud of their heads. beneath fhe seFy
thin ve.is. they xegr Partisan male
bonnsts
There are probably few ssieh ehsfiis-
ing Kt,ssts II. the world IS tIgat which
tis ~nItafs has chosen as ttss ris q
kis reyrnarerst residence Wh~fI
Af.ds,f Uasnla came - the throne be
fsssersuss.esl 10 tafn hiss hack aIon the
r,e,arebosy msgniarences iiolma-
Ragehs. tue former palace, and bf.iis
for himself a residence after his owil
heart on The rEctgfeqae heights 81
fiisgiz.
The palace be has rsssed for himself
II one s,f great beauty. says q writer
In the New York Herald. From fiss
t~rraced roof he can IT bis pleasure
look sspos, the snow eovtred csests 81
dsssan: mountains. ur0n the blue and
scarkling waters OF the Fospvrss and
upon the haxy Outlines 81 islands dot
ting the Asistle coast. lie can Sc
the si,snes aud nlinarsts Of ktami'Sui.
and through the rich fosisge of the
park are 81 lie caught giifupsss Of tie
Golden Horn and the streets ssifl
villas OF pefa A tall val, hidden
from sight beneath mass o. Ivy and
eseel.ers ard ffinged By date palms
and lowering trees, ineloses both pal
ace aud park. Inside the palace the
furnishing Il a dream Of oriental luz
ury.
How many wives docs he maintain
Well. there are between 90 aud 80
ladies In the earem, but only those
who are mothers really hold the rasik
bf wives. In the sultsn's hsTetfi
though, as In every other Furkirb
harenl. there Is always one who j.
fassrite. she Is virtually the saifansf
and she generally manages 80 keep The
head nf the household pretty well 20
herself. Turkish women are not
much different from any other women
in their leansuas toward monopoly as
regards the possessions Of man.
There are many Sojnfn IN the I'M
pssia hnrem who hAve nryer ss-
changed ten words witb the slsitsa
Tie harefas are mostly recruited
from Genrgia ard tiress.i. Deal.
er= 60 into these districts ard
purchase these girls irom their
I.arsnts at prices ranging from
fcw HUNDREDS tn thousands Ut
dollars. Tie price entirely depends
upon tie appearance ~ the article.
Tbs poorer hooking girls are kept at
home to supply HE home
demand. The Georgian or
rireasslan Young man Wbo wants
a wife eels his mother or same other
female relative. in whose Judgment be
has confislete, Sc select a wife for him
from the local hArems, aud be pays
for her In sheep. IN goats os assss, a.
his means viii ALLOW Recently, have
been told, the installsaent plan II pay
tng for = wife has been introduced
8iIb great success ia Circassla. II sss-
ahie~ q young man TO seeate an article
ol better quality than II he had Ia pay
value down.
The best looking girls. hoseYer, all
go The broker ur dealers. Menss talks
intlsutgia aud iireassia Just - load as
ia i,gBaun or Ne@ Nusk, TIE Et1ls
thus purchased are hsnd.e3 With great
care, and are disposed II Et profits
ranging from 20 10 30 percent. ii The
markets of Conslantinopis, Smyrna
and ether large cities.
In the higher realms 81 Turkey 80.
riety il II considered quito she hand
some thing a. give friend a a birth
day present finuip yanng tieoTgian
a. pretty Eaif-skinBea iifuasstan.
Upon receiving notification ifom
the eAsel eanaeia the dealer in wares
from Georgia 80 selgcassis is bouni To
give the imperial harem the first pick.
1Ass picking Is nss1alsy 4ene hs The
chief runneh
This official Is very Important per.
senags in the Turkish empire lie
ranks With fleld-mafshai and 10
eslyeS salary equal 10 that cg The
pfiae minister. On his fingers he
wears diamonds WORTH klaas ram
suin. and hts sable iset ase ktsaei ~
postlglauts for ais lavef xho sees IL
secure the indirect Influence which hs
can exert urea his royal master
The essnpehs arc asHaiiy recruited
TIA pper Egypt. and are seiee tst ia
early childhood for toe career they
are so Oil. The hlseksr amG aglicF the
eanAeh Is she biseef price he hfings
a tall. well ievstep~d, Iuslsosinr g0.ik
ing eunuch, with ihe requisite stnoaut
Of swafshiiless and ngiiness. il worth
from sl,sssl 30 s. go
The essngehs are required q keep
strict watch ev.s the haseha. aud to
held the inmates in order 1act are
pretty careful IN their bearing toward
those inmates Who are mothers. ans
consequently have a certain rsnk eat
they tsegusatix cut sna spank the
other ladies, au8 unaB os,cNssoas even
fvs0Tf to tie hAstsnAsisi. WhtFh consists
OF a whipping admlBisies d g. the
solss as the feet.
Ia tis harvga The ladies .fssud thesr
time ~ sippiaE ehssssiasss, eating
swceimsats, plsyins cards. and talk
Ing Together. tine Naa}d imagine that
there Was very a;tse ftsssi fyf sissru<.
sion auong thesN, has 4 is strange
how much news fgsna the ogser weFsss
LEAKS into these hsrems. Scauda's
Sn.s 4sscree cas4s which have taksa
place rs Ess0F*@n capitals ate the "a.
vefite subjects ssf discussion.
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