The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-11-19

| fui. vet women have so much influence
| over men there that more than one wire
| is an exception. The Mohammedan lacy
governs her own home; the whole INTERNAL
management is hers. and the members
! OF Mohammedan families are obedient'
foreiving. not selfish--are overfcwing
with hospitality. They are consulted on
all matters OF business. politics and social
questions. and they own their own prop
| eriy and manage II as pleases them our
! ing life, and dispose of 10 as they Nlhh
at death. Their movements are Iftt'
| going about yelled. When they VISIT teI'
dead AT the cemeteries they form PIC
turesque crOwd. every Friday twhich j.
! their Sunday, and 1t would be hafd W
! think these women were unhappy
Lady DuTerin has told how, when III
India she visited the harems and fouhu
| happiness and deep domestic love thete'
| and she would be sorry TO see theh
! privacy invaded or their harems inter
/ fered with. This would he the Veraict Oh
] every unpreJudiced visitor J myseit Vac
] cordially received In the grandest anu
| Ioveliest harems. dDed there On FAMINE
many time i was confided In and mace
"A sympathetic home friend.
~ great Maharajah and his ltanah
/ wife ia Calcutta were announced IN the
! daily papers as patrons OF my mesmerlc
institute there. Their equipage and at
tendants were seen daily at my gates,
and the M8harajah not only had lessons,
but came on the platform and operated
on subjects. Through his family ] knew
many others. and / can safely assure you
that all the stories OF the abject condition
OF midas women and their cruel treat
ment are lies. The Italian wife Of this
Prince told me story after story OF the
placid and loving contentment that filled
Eastern harems, and although there was
a native wife in the s: me palace with her. |
she had no Jealousy; for look YOU she |
said. IT is their religion. and habit makes |
IL dear and true to them And clothing |
marriages. outcasts and drunkenness are |
ali as much savage to them. Speaking t
further Of the native wife, the italian |
lady said: Since my last child was born |
1 have suffered and could only be my
husbands companion Intellectually, but |
our love and friendship is so true ] could |
never dream of depriving him or his |
other wife. sac ana ! are friends seldom |
OF attendants and rooms, separate tasks
and occupations; she surrounded by one
set Of relatives. j have others to thi-k Of"
do these women desire freedom, as we
understand it,"
No replied Madame Parker. "Ihey
pity us. Walking about the gardens and |
grounds one day with the chief who had
dtltultu Oh me Whllc 1 lunCne0 ana mad |
coffee in the different ladies' saloons. ( |
looked up and saw bright female eyes
looking out on MS. Are these ladies' not
enyious of me 10 be free and walk about
with their male friends and relatives. |
ana enjoying the intellectual treat OF
your conversation" SO far from that
one OF the husbands said they pity YOU
greatly and have just proposed. in their
own language, in your very presence, that
we should take you into the palace and
prevent the awful Ito them need Of your
earning a living. They said if you came
-hey would make you happy
The worst OF the low-caste Arabs are
huch better of than are the Iaborers
uhder Christian civilization. In short
Is respects women. the Mohammedar
avs are the wisest in the world ana the
my IA"s that VIII ever mitigate. If not
otally stop. prostitution, because thev
e i.C me necessity and the temptation"
-Moslem World.