Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-05-27
NO TROUSERS FOR THIN.
Chicago Girls Object to Wearing the Real
Turkish Garb.


Turkish Garb.
Julian Ralph in the New York Sun.
But these Turks here in Chicago viii find ont
that however peculiar fashions may seem
they follow our convictions. The great Levy.
the suzerain OF the sultan, seems about TO give
himself peck Of trouble by falling to respect
our ways. As the Sun has pointed out, he has
the most considerable foreign village in the
Midway Plaisance, the Bowery of the fair-a
whole town, in fact, of shops, theaters, drink
ing booths. a temple and latticed domiciles for
the seclusion Of the Turkish women. These
women are not employed, but in their place
sahib Levy has engaged a lot of young
Cnicago girls. He has seen. as we shall, that in
Snchgo, more than anywhere else, IL is honor
aoie and admirable for women to work and
70 De independent Of the men. but not even
MS master, the sultan. can introduce the small
est wedge toward making Turks of them These
Si.ls sen she soft drinks tamarinda and vio-
ietta. lhe candies called dreams Of delight"
and the caudy silks and still gaudier kuick-
hnaoAs OF metal and pottery which the Turks
MAKE ana sell. This the American girls are en-
gagged to do because they speak English. but
.ney wear their accustomed Chicago clothes. It
Is true that their dresses lar upon the Turkish
enect winch Sahib Levy desires to produce and
tne girls eid not protest when he animated the
other day that he meant to provide Turkish
goods Tor their worksday frocks
In fact, II Is no secret that the girls Rugged
each other with delight over the prospect
They could scarcely credit their good luck
To wear those soft-hued cloths. those daintily
striped sIlks-perhaps even the slippers OF
golden warp and wool that they saw around
| them. 1t seemed too good to believe. Lew. the
right eye OF the sun. was pleased He tod his
acquaintance that the American girls were AZ
tractable as the children Of the harems at home
and far more easy TO please II will dress them
like my masters favorites," he said. Their
trousers shall be wider and finer than those OF
Mohammed's beloved"
The acquaintance Of the right bower OF the
sublime ruler Of the faithful repeated his words
to the maidens who sold violetta. to the virgins
who bartered altar Of roses for shekels TO the
moon-faced daughters of the other bazaars
"Wha-a-a-t?" screamed the who frst
found her voice. I'VE wear trou-. he put
as in things that go only TO our knees! Those
horrid bags that are worn by the cattle he calls
women? Well, he'd better never breach that
subject where any OF us girls can hear him"
Ben Ali Levy would not be the apple OF the
eve OF the king of kings if he was not shrewd
man. That goes. as they say here. lie be-
thought him and be jollied the girls, as is also
the language of this prairie folk. He said to
his acquaintance that he had seen portraits Of
doye-eyed prophecies, by name Mabel Jen-
ness. houri among damsels. Her face resem-
bled peach in the orchard Of the sultan, and
she was clad in Turkish trousers. Nay, more,
she scatters printed leaves extolling the neither
garb Of thu Turks and commanding il among
women. But when bis words were repeated to
the girls in the bazaars they simply clenched
their teeth and said: "We1l strike. We can
strike as well as the walters, and il he hires
Mabel Jenness or any other reformer in bloom
| ers We hold her down and tie q skirt around
her and send her back where she belcngs."
IL the girls set their teeth, 80 did the shrewd
SAID Ibrabim Levy, saying. They need not
he Turks, but they must look like EN-" and
the end is not yet. 1t will be interesting when
1t comes nearer. Already . sullen manper dis
tnguishes the girls who work for him Their
FAIR faces are forever clouded. When they
siop out the Ia larinds aud the violetta they
remark: .'ch. it's nothing but sugar and water.
/ 1t won't hurt you You won't drink enough Of
( II to hurt fy. To the women who buy the
stuff the girls say: "lou might ss well taste il,
but you won't like il The only ones that like
az are The Turkeys wives-those things that
wear two mealbsgs instead Of dress."
In word. as they say on the prairie, The
dove-eyed hours are said 10 be queering ths
soft drinks Of the faithful.