Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-10-18

guarded from the company u any
bows outside their own house. Boys
and girls never associate together.
Public houses, Fgnii" entertain
meu;s, GRE never ireIUeu,ci Icy
respectable girls. That noble pas
sion, love, which has been the mex
haustIhle theme Of Occidental pGc;s
and n9velisis FOR ages Vast.and with
which we all are more OF less ac-
guaiuted. for good or for evil, plays l
no prominent part in the eNf er;eGce
Of the oriental youthful hearts. IL I
Is, strange 10 say, question wheih-
eT il has any existence there n all |
IL il has, 10 never. 10 my knowledge. |
enters rs a factor in the important /
business Of contracting marriage. /
As soon as p girl is fullcr1wn, about I
the fourteenth or fifteenth year, she /
Z is n piece OF merchandise on the |
matrimonial market, and she VIII /
/ fetch q price according 70 her hsau- /
. Is. that is % say, according to the 1
! fairness Of her complexion and the /
I fall development and srlceiulness
7 Of her form.
4 young man vino has de-
viii communicate his idea 30 his
I mother. For the Orient ls are sem
| sible enough 10 understand that the
I l5-ing instincts OF a mother are a
/ safe guide in this matter she viii
/ probably counsel with her sisters,
/ and heraunis and other lady friends,
I and they Will, after much dellburo-
/ ton, fix their choice upon young
lady suitable for tie man. Their
| choice male, they viii approach the
F.. father OF the young girl, and, II
. favOrably received by him, ihe price
! Of the girl viii be Stipulated and
! everything arranged Tor the celguEa-
ton rf tbs Eup.Is.E. tar wishes OK
. the feelings q the young .UaIlg are
hardly ever consulted. The
Young man has often never
seen the face Of his happy bride be-
fore they have been united in the
ties OI WeliUciy, AMI inca the
girl may turn cut 20 be one with
whom nc was already before at
quaiutcd or one whom he hll never
seen before.
have no doubt the fair readers 0t
thi- Journal will gi.y their Oriental
sisters for having to submit b. this
custom. but 81 must h. remembered
that they DO not wish 10 have it any
other way. Custom becomes second
nature. To them this j. therefore
. NATURAL AMI in most eases the
! rssrEieI C.ua'es become happy. /
have no doubt thit there is n
much happiness in tIr oTieutll
families rs there is i'm the T.Tll
anywhere.
Its realty q United thatiu some
g cl-ps marriages are contracted
p which must make life q misery 20 q
young girl. This taxes place when
e PARENTS do not 20 their lGiy. a cast
q Oftbis kind happened ia J5.I- when
T. ihirteeu-yeg--ali gill was by hyl
Z parents sold to = -iS-y-y esT-Cli man
lie paid q faw dollars down and
= promised % ysy $50 yearly iuT .
Is certain number u year.. The gir
e protested, w-pr, li.i. But all b II,
D I purpose. she was hIut q up rs
the police and brought O the hons,
u tine ola inner. Bat sIch case
s. are rlS-c .t5olgl. There are harl!l
N any mHr- =g.h ahaaEmll alliaua
.. i'm the %. INT than there are cases u
equally appalling nature ia EJccP
II Am-rllI. 7 tliu'z 30 only fair &
s state this.
1f No religious rreu0uy i in ia
n Orient niece sgTy i0T tllg legality OF
.s marriage. = Is only required tha
d. the bride and the BRIDEGROOM ha.uT
wlLug-s-s declare that they iu-yu
- 10 live together rs mll aud wiz,
III The most prominent part Of %;
- uup'ili ceremonies is the procession
n @ tus bah. These are 81 always a'
in I l2r-tvs. The recession Is hetIy
n log musicians wao play their mps
: joyful strains. The married rel
lives AMI f-au g u the bride She
3D. follow, au. after these the youu
Il girls. The bride, siurusd in ric
~ costume, rides in !ai9ulia Dor.
an iy four men, and musicians close 4
ny rGIss. When these nrJcc--ipIS tai
~, place IN the evening. numrgsl
- torches aii their glazing lights
the festive appearance AMI ren.t
'A' q spec at1- very wildly cf tine pa
.c- able O. the Cen virgins TlD HG! go!
-h OUT 10 meet L--. HliEs-rIHm- five 20
est having supplied themselves wit
b.. Oh enough rD repieul-h thei. torch
80 when he delayed 20 make his q
I pearaucc.
as A. sp5u as the young girl has q
IN ierei uaou her duties a- q wife, 81
by +. J am sorry o. say, altogether
1w the mercy Ui tine husband. IL Dee
.rI rich. her life will be spent ia ijl
H.. mess. She viii attend O. her tJilI
and lilly smoke her pretty liti
- NuTgr. 'lh aud sip her coffee. =
b will vis.E friends % her sex AMI :
ceive visits. playing or ru>-ipiug,
thec case may be. He. greatestfcar "
probably ZOE that her husband vs.
grow Indifferent . her and wish
tlke another wife. For lie can n
m. as many as four ie-ll wivas. gr'yil
he feels sure that he Is able 10 ;rg
them ali equlily we'll. That is
NJ provision Of the Koran.
-, Is The husband poor, the duty
inc all kinds Of domestic lah T Will &
Ter. To the lot Oftne wife. And TO tn.
al duties belong such a carrying V
~ ter. fetching what little wood
needed SOr the house. and spmgt.-
lei' a-Si-tin. the donkey in pulling c
Use pillow. harvesting, eir. All tGis {
.i!I women cheer!uliy DO; lnsy slbn
g-a 10 their fate
It is strange that a WON
t5, under these circumstances ssii'
= III applies for divorce. Il more ul.
10. happens that the men divorce {
a"t wives, ami they need MT Ito M
.es than publicly pronounce the fo-H
is II: 81 reject y9u' anu ply a tn
an part OF the dgwTy the wife hrJTg
''h in order 10 cut the marriage
q, asuuIeT.
ne The sweetness Of liberty j.
ltIs course unknown in the Orient.
=" whole population s subjected 10
MY tvrrany Of tine authorities, agd 9
.'i- has stamped its mark upon
.-" family life as upon the society
al large. Tine men are slaves to
eA- officials ami me women are sla
IN IN TO the men. Might is right. I
M stronger commands, the weaker s.
Ile mit-.
'ys, But in spite OF this lamenta
fact, the nature Of the Oriental :
lei men is truly womanly. I D.
my seen them follow the remains
li, their husbands TO their last rest
it,y place, crying ani weeping a.
she thrir hearts wouiI treaE. I p.
hAl seen them. when their brothers
ar husbands had been pressed j
NY military service, follow the ranks
'ls the soldiers for mites ami mi
anA walking with their bare, bleed
.'le feet over stony and th1Euy "a!
iil- only - give n last kiss aad
.. hani>hase 10 their loved ones,
ins fore these hai 10 leave the nst
= a soil and 20 % the Tar away ST.
u 10 boul - serve the Sultan"
nv Much more could bee said Of
al interesting subject Of this paper,
NJ ~. must not dytIin the re3ler
% long.
. lS Toe social position Of the won
%" is q gloomy feature Of the Orient.
% the words 0f N3mhery: The mel
van + chuly domestic relations OF the
mo- / hammeIaus always remind me
u