The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-07-02

Of the Turkish women The order coming
from such a source the father felt compelled
to comply, as he belonged to the diplo-
matte service. After the Sultan's or
ders they weEescs utterly miserable,
seeing nothing OF their foreign friends
and living almost as prisoners in their
fathers house, so closely were they watched
by government spies TO see that the sultan's
orders were carried out. No man ever saw
their faces unveiled; they had to associate
entirely with the childish and ignorant
women of their own country. who only
helped to make their misery greater by re-
minding them of the depth of ignorance
and darkness to which they must descend
year by year if they wished to make life
bearable. They had to attend the Turkish
mosques-formerly they had been men,
bers Of the Greek church-and pray
apart in the gallery devoted TO women
and screened off from the rest of the
worshipers, women being considered 80
far inferior TO men that they ara not even
allowed to pray together or in public. The
two girls felt their restrictions so keenly
that their health and spirits entirely gave
way. Their father, after much trouble, re-
ceiVed permission, which was afterward
withdrawn, to allow them TO walk with
their goverpess once a week in the public
gardens at Pera in western clothes and I'M
VelleQ. lucy IL QuS COui66 VI
time and continued to live in their
fathers house, their husbands being in
their fathers employ. One of the strangeSt
facts of their lives was that the husband
had never seen more than the eyes of his
sister-in-law's face. though they had lived
in the same house for seven years. The
women of family eat together and Sit
together, seeing nothing of the men of the
house, however nearly connected; there is
~ ha hOuca m ort
for the women Of the family where the men
never enter.
What change had taken place in a few
years. My friend pointed out her old high
spirited pupils to me one day, as they were
stepping into private cabin on one of the
pleasure boats which ply up aud down the
sweet waters of Europe "a river running
into the Golden Horn. They we're then
two detected, unhappy women. They had
on the native dress, one of the most inartis-
tic eastern costumes | have ever seen, con-
sisting of two full round skirts of some
0trocious color. the one reaching about the
ankle, the other turned up and flung over
the head, with the yashmak of either gray
black or white entirely covering the haiI
and face as far as the eyes.
AFTER DEATH.
Even after death the women Of this un-
| gallant country are treated with marked
inferiority to the stronger sex. Their hus-
bands pet dog or horse would be given {
more conspicuous tomb to mark its last
resting place. A tombstone for man il
| Turkey is & truly magnificent thing. 1t il
often thick round pillar of marble with {
| fez cap exquisitely carved set jauntily OF
| top with q liberal amount Of gold inscrip
| tions on it. a woman's is merely a stone
slab roughly hewn, minus a hat or inscrip
ton, though it sometimes has a basket o.
flowers carved on the top.
The monument OF the great Sultan Ar
murath IFS. fsvorite horse is perfect worl
Of art and one of the handsomest in the
cemetery at Scutari. 1t is something like
kiosk with an exquisitely light cupola
whilst his wife's IL somewh here. but one can
| not find it. In Constantinople one neYel
sees women doing hard work even amongs
| the very poorest classes; they are not mad
\ the ordinary beasts of burden which is thu
common lot of the average Asiatic women
They are not even employed as sales womel
in the bazaars, and j never saw Turksl
woman engaged in any household duty
truly the doors Of their houses are KEEP
jealouslv shut and their lives secret to al
foreigners.
Nor were all mems lives enviable ones il
the loveliess OF all European cities. The sui
tan's doctors life sis not happy one" TO
each one appointed is supposed to have
particular wish to poison his majesty, 1
most foolish wish, for as long as the docto
continues to be in favor the sultan is a mos
profitable patent. The one | knew was
Greek by birth and very clever in his pre-
fession. With wonderful tact he had beel
in favor with his hypochondriacal majest,
for two years and had worked up larg
practice. Never day passed but he wa
loaded with presents of all description from
a newly imported barrel organ to a sack full
of freshly coined gold or precious stones
Nothing was too good for the one faithful
one who had never tried. to poison him
Wives galore were showered upon him, bu
1 heard few years after that for him. too
came the day of reckoning. This time tn
sultan really was i'll. and water in blu
bottle ceased to do good. A slight opera
ton had 10 be performed. The docto
called in consulting physician, who agreed
to the necessity Of an operation. Hi
majesty's wrath was almighty. Every on
was faithless. The doctors were excommu
nicated, and forbidden on the pain Of dealt
ever to set foot on Turkish soil again, bu
their goods did not 60 with them.