St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-04-20

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their ,,...ntry taught me, for they are
really deXtIouS with the needle ana 40
work which is as fine as that done by
the sisters in the converts. or that or
the wives of the feudal uoblemen OF
olden times.
The favorite pastime of the Turkish
women is the bath. which brings to-
gethpr the wives and slaves of all the
well-to-do Turks, and il is like picnic
of school children.
These wives, most of them very
vOung-s0me, indeed. not Ov twelve
and fourteen wears 0ld-take their lunch
along, and they eat and steam. plum e
and splash, and play pranks upon each
other in the widest giee the Wnoie day
long.
No fear of an angry husband haunts
their minds, for they ar. not expected
to do anything. and their husbands very
rarely enter the harems before o, clock.
BY this time they are all back, rosy
and sweet from their hath.
At the baths there Is often an old
woman who has the faculty OF relating
stories. ana she is eagerly listened t" by
the growu-up children. ana the stories
are generally of the ARABIAN NightS"
order. full of geniI, beautiful ladies, ana
charming youths and
Jealous husbands.
Many a lesson is given as 10 how to
outwit the most jealous of m-n through
these stories-a lesson they are neither
slow to learn nor practice.
KN,3i0 al
fined always made me tank OF the
woman who cautioned her innocent
children not to put blue beans II thelr
noses while she was ont The magic
lantern entertainments amuSe these =
nOrant Gagged birds. Dancing girls,
singing and playing the lutte, pii ying
with the babies and occasionally quar-
Teling with each other. lake up SOME of
their time; the weekly haZars. and
once in while a visit TO the laren OF
some other Turk. still leave much time
on their hands that the rare calls OF
their husbands, the eating OF sweet
meats or the smoking ut garetteS can
not I'LL, and so they give their poor lit
tie minds TO fancy work. They very
seldom learn how to read, or books
would help them through, and they
never make their own clothes. thou h
they do sometimes decorate them elaOo-
ratcly after others have made them.
They have frames made on which
Broussa embroidery is worked; and on
velvet, satin. or that beautiful and dura-
bile gauZe they embrOlder With exquisite
fineHess and taste. The most Of their
embroidery is done in durable and adj
mirably arranged colOrs, III subdued
tones, which seem TO me remarkable i'll
women who are so fond of brilliant
n
They have no patterns, but work out
graceful and
Beautiful Fantasies,
and all done with the most extreme
care and finenesS. requiring patie
and extra good el ,ignt.
They work in gold and silver threads
to great extent: an they make cuSh-
ions for their divanS, which are stiff
with the finest of gold and silver needle.
work. Their jackets are worked Sc
thickly over with gold and silver ara
beS0ueS and other patterns that they
are almost as stiff a. our cOrsets.
Their slippers are OTnamented as well
with gold and silver embroidery over
velvet or satin, and seed pearls and fine
coral and torQuuisp beads arr laviShly
used with beautiful effect. They alSC
work gold borders to their bathing
wraps. I his is done in outline work in
chain-stitch. The little BruuSSa neck,
ties are worked in the same manner
only that the tOurah, or natural coat oil
arms. is ALWAYS placed at the end with &
verse from the Koran worked in gold
thread at the bottom.
They make a very beautiful and dur
able lace out of silk thread. which re-
sembleS no lace | ever saw. The mesh
70 thictr I,,f pOt EAnNv and djfTnrnn
flowers are frequently made i'll reliet
upon it. | have seen "A piece OF this
lace three Yards in length quarter
of yard deep. On it ran a rose nranch
every leaf. bud and flower being made
separate, aud laid in relief upor
il. Joined firmly and yet loose
The roses were perfect fac-simile!
of roses with perhaps a hundred petals
Another woman a made i'll this lace
work little garden about fifteen inches
square. There were the little tree
about three inches high, flowers of diff
ferpnt kinds and two or three birds, al
made of this lace and set in relief, tin!
wires being run through the stems o
the flowers and trunks of the trees t
keep them upright. The soft and dur
able
Grape Undersh rts,
or pemhaZars. as they are called. al
have, around the bottom, on the bottoms
of the long. loose sit ewes and ar6unt
the neck. an edging of the finest work
ever saw and which renders the edg
iudestrurtiule. i h 81 garments ar
left unfinished when manufactured TO
each to finish according to her owl
taste.
The Turkish women wear no Othe
under garments, aud the jacket sleeve
only reach the elbow, so that these t1oy
loose below like undPrsleeves. The
are delicately soft and SPm-tranSpareni
The feridjeeS or outdoor wraps look
as far as shape is concerned, about a
graceful as waterproof cloak; they ar
Shaped like a big. loose nightgowr
with loose sleeves and long flap hang
ing from the shoulders to the heels
These are usually made of black a
paca or farmers satin, hut you ofte
see them of the most brilliant colOre
silk OF satin. They ore maze withOu
trimming for the most part. and ar
simply hemmed; but these ladies max
narrow trimmings to go around tn
edges of the most exquisite daintines
in the shape of shells, diamond braid
and many other ingenious shapes out {
the same material as the feridjees, an
not over half an inch wide. I remen
her noticing one which had a trimmin
made of miniature pears and leave:
which was extremely pretty. Anothe
resembled flight of swallows done i
dark blue satin.
We might suppose that these wome
would take pleasure in making and ell
broiderng their baby's clothes as d
other women; but as babies are simpl
sWathed in endless rollers, like mum
my. until they are six months old, orn;
ment is unnecessary. At the end of 81
months boy babies are put into panti
IOOnS aud girls into