The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-12-17
LEYANTINE WOMEN
The End and Aim of Their
Existence to Initiate
the Parisienne.
TRAINING SCHOOL FOR WIVES
What Dr.. Mary Walker Will Do
With Her Farm-White Fur
as a Trimming-A Re-
markabie Woman.
TRAINING SCHOOL FOR WIVES

Markabfe Woman.
Ruiz against a Russian and you find
a Tartar. Touch a Levantine woman
ever SO lightly and you find a Partisan,
says the Philadelphia Times From
the time she toddles to the Municipal
Gardens to play. under the care of her
peasant nurse, till she enters society,
| polished by the education of the Eng
lish High School-only the Turkish
families have private teachers-she en-
ulates the Partisan daily and hourly.
No less Gallie are the young men who
lounge along the Grande Rue de Pera,
flirting alternately with their fair COM
patriots and the yelled Turkish women;
the latter are equally ready to return
admiring glances.
The Levantine woman Is seen In her
natural condition at home. Rap with
the heavy knocker at the strong wood
en- door, gudItless of stoop or steps,
pass UP the spiral stairway and enter
the drawing-room, which Is always sec
| ond story front. The first sight is be-
wildering. Divans. cushions and cur
tains, made of native cotton cloth, an
open fire for warmth and a piano for
elegance: d pieces of china, New
Years gifts and eotilion favors decor
ate the room, while beautiful scarfs of
Turkish embroidery drape the walls.
A basket of flowers graces every home,
however humble-for flowers are plenti-
full in Constantinople-and a tray of
| black coffee. Turkish style, thick as
molasses, stands on the tabouret.
Madame and her daughters greet you
outstretched hands, shrill cries and
peale of laughter. They are very hos
pitable. these dark-eyed Levantines.
They are all in a state of negligee, be-
witching and unconventional during the
morning. You receive the latest piece
of gossip. the cup of steaming coffee,
a cigarette, and the kisses of the pre-
| cocious children of the house to make
you feel at home. They are so lively,
| these dusky, little impish creatures,
babbling Greek, French OF the Turk
| ish patois of their maid in one breath.
Have you been to Selamlik? Good!
Was 1t not a grand sight? The Sui
tan so handsome, the soldiers so fne!1
in rapture, 'and to the bath? No
well. we will go tomorrow
And the girls explain with Jest what
to bring-a rug to wrap around you. a
| change of linen and your own towels.
| For the magnificent sum of five plas-
t tsordSrS BATH sen and a eood R RsNs q
Turkish ladies' without. the veil: You
must take q Sedan chair. borne by two
separate the high horses Of. Constanti-
a AHgsrSan a0H %istticsss su almost I'M touch tog;etS-
Madame, your hostess, h 8 i, 2 brother es E
Sultan. From him she has obtained the
latest news at Court. The illness OF the
f narlas and honorable er order q the = Med eas
to please. his Majesty-the marriage Of
lated in French, the language Of Pera.
the European quarter. as you sip your
f Gacn o aad pe gna o y0u the sl eaper c s5garea ase
Resent and the royal autograph.
IL aaalf h!s and nafs price sa' The cheapest has
the. mark in red instead Of gold; t Is
ys The eldest ieDas aaa,gh Ssry laughs swss' "a i little. n and
shows you a real Narghile. or Turk
ish water Y PIPE; Which " Sar sa 3end so nsgaRa
lives s n : Sag s1iia on N the r sosphorus.
rd Msw.ng r sssn sae a sisht One ING eol ssxsn
Treasury and the bazaars in STAMFORD
to see the Social side Of the city. Take
a trip up the, beautiful Bosphorus.
M a4eass r, the sse asis ss@et sa9ss and Ind ths ihys
dervashes. and the far-famed sweet
waters, where you can watch the Turk
IN T Earopea IN 'a aiae w are the Dau Gimme ng
villas of the embassies. the towns of
g aaosspe ska and mi nrinsaIDiG e The hee sea a9v Ssynea ~.
shard R'a and feld Is e j poppissl mIng1e with
ras req t. Sc f HMgothpga . iofiA s'sls
What mystery lies behind the doors
Ct bhe IA hare blan W WaI1a If 5fag fSay s e ahsps
Behind the wooden lattice, are the IL
quid eyes and wistfua smiles of those
The Embassy ladies. attended by their
apart on DECK nsxsr IL pee naughty Sgaa i sg eel s9'l.
Wen they know the Affairs q his ser.
sew aEll0' IS o fSe b snadfi oq d : Which asa Fioren :
Nightingale nursed the wounded sol
diers-they still show you. these talk
The. ladies Of the embassies do their
sasisPRiing IT It fes ' iFsnas i Huf he ae canm sTf,
Tia. or at .sThe Sign Of the Rose be-
meath which smoothct 6ns French saoa1
bbttandtl prices. They select with dainty
taste knowing thai mons but r,l the WYE
q e. th he r Hsvanti ns's mas gen ean giv Speaking king
must eke out their slim purse 10 grace
Their children are doubtless at the
t Meh' Eli listening to the Punch and
Jstser sh psnes "a p tse w saT' e lpi sye 81 "a 4
French governess or Turkish maid In
gorgeous peasant dress. They celebrate
| New Years Day with q decorated tree
and exchange gifts, In fashionable Pera;
! they go to church at Easter in the
Greek church with rejoicing; The tail
lighted tapers and quaint flat cakes
.'tcheureks'-are seen in every house,
the Turkish women Of ali grades
stay in doors during Ramadan their
/ Lent. which ends in a movable feast
about June l. Stniboui Is swung. with
lanterns. the mosques are decorated with
LIGHTS. and shrill voices unite with ma
tive music to turn night into day.
About the same time the ladies' of the
Legations leave their. palatial homes to
spend the hot months on the Bos-
| phortps, and vie in tennis parties and
ulcnics during the afternoons. The
Young people meet in the. large gardens
where roses render the air fragrant and
sweet. The great pink strawberries
from Broussa, ripe figs from smyrna,
and cakes from LIE Bon, the Sultan's pas
try cook, are offered with tea fresh from
the samovar, over which a charming nos
tess presides. When a man-of-War from
foreign ports anchors at the Golden Horn.
the officers are greatly feted. Be they
English or Chinese, they are equally well
come, and they find the pretty vivacious
I Levantines just as cordial.
To attend early mass at the Greek
Church, then lounge away the mornings.