The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-08-17

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giris in a harem. The Circassian beauty
who has been sold as a slave is not an
AFFECT and servile creature. trembling
before a brutal master. She is an ambi-
tious and cunning beauty. constantly
plotting to rise in the social scale. Mar
riage brings her up in the world at once.
To this rapid change of position to
which all Circassians are liable, n
which fills Turkish harems with Circas-
sian aides as well as slaves, may be
traced the real cause of the want Of
power felt by the Turkish girls. Former
ly a Turk rarely married his country
woman. He would marry a Circassian
woman slave, and give his sister to a
Cireassian man slave, or to some penni-
less Circassian subaltern in the Turkish
army. A Turkish girl married to her
equal would, by the laws Of religion,
feel obliged to treat her husband with
nearly servile respect. while when mar
RED to one so decidedly her inferior she
would be mistress in her own home, and.
reisning supreme over her husband and
slaves. would never fear a rival.
The English have been careful to med
die as little as possible with this intri-
cate system of domestic slavery They
know that the opinion of the whole upper
class would be aroused against them if
they did more than announce the letter
Of the law. It will be a century before
the complete reform can be accomplished.
The terrible exposure made by Gordon
in 1879 of the crueities practiced in the
slave caravans aroused all Europe, and
compelled the dealers to be more circurl-
spect. Still, no year passes without the
entry of q great number of ebony
skinned slave girls into the harenls OF
Cairo and Alexandria. Once within the
Enclosure of the mysterious harem, they
ar secure from European eyes. No
English authority dare set foot On the
sacred threshold.
When a European doctor is admitted
and the case is rars-to see a sick wo-
man in the haren, he finds her covered
with a black sheet, so that only her
eyes n mouth are visible. Many Of
the beauties die because the doctor is
not allowed to diagnose their symptoms.
If a visitor calls on an Egyptian per-
sonage rich enough to have several
wives, he does not enter the inner apart
ments. He is shown into a little wooden
box of q drawing room, generally isolated
from the main structure, where coffee is
served. And no woman enters there.
To be healthful, says the Ladies'
Home Companion" the sleeping apart
ments should be the most aesthetic rooms
Of the house: the furniture should be
simple, the floor cover and the bed
comfortable. No rooms ON the sunny
side of the house can be kept cool with
out inside blinds, or sun-awnings outside.
Many housekeepers make the mistake of
excluding sunlight and air from the
house in order to keep it cool. windows
and doors should. be thrown open early
in the morning, so as to freely admit
sunshine and light, then they may be
closed to exclude the heat in the mid
die of the day. TO be again thrown open
in the cool of the evening. Management
and method must be exercised in order
to keep cool in summer. as in all else per-
tanning TO the family comfort, and will
be found TO produce good results in even
the warmest climates.
The ordinary headache which is so ex-
tremely common among the inhabitants
of our Atlantic seaboard towns is the
outcome of conditions affecting the nerves
through impoverished blood containing
poisonous matter absorbed from badly
digested food. So-called liver torpidity
and the catarrhal affections due to our
changeable climate also aid in effecting
its spread, says The Ladies' Home Jour
nal" Nervous exhaustion, due to irregu-
lar and fast living, plays an important
part in its causation. Nervous strain,
especially of the eyes, and infiamed It's
sues about the Internal bones of the
nose are special causes. Nerve irritation
which is but poorly understood by the
general reader, is a prolific cause of So
called nervous headache. I know of nc
more dangerous practice than to treat
headache pain blindly with drugs. OF
course, outdoor exercise is the best pos
sible thing for permanent cure. 1t is
very easy to relieve most forms of head
ache by means of the c~oal-tar derivatives
of which SO many are in the drug mar
ket. These form the basis of the many
headache cures found ON the druggists
shelves. Their use is not entirely with
out danger, for they are powerful heart
depressants if aiken in doses of any con
siderable size.
For a dainty promenade gown foulard
of any approved shade may be chosen
The bodice is of a pretty shape thai
might be taken as a model for a blouse
if only the plain skirt recommended fol-
foreign travel is Included in ones outfit
1t is in white, covered mousseline do
sole, gathered fun from neck and shout
der to waist. and crossed by wide white
insertion, forming a plaid back and front
OF course, the lace is cut away under
meath where it crosses. White satir
waistband and neck ribbon. White chr
hat trimmed with white tuIle and whit
wings. White tulle veil and large bow
under the chin. White gloves and sun
shade. The costume will require twelve
yards of silk, two yards of mousseline d.
sole and six yards of lace.
Tha next winter is to see our arms
tightly eneased IN saeathlike sleeves there
seems very little doubt. says Harper
Bazaar There is a marked shrinking
in size already, and the exaggeratedis
large sleeve already looks passe. Tht
new STYLES. though, are too extreme to be
come popular at once. and they are Ger,
tasnly most unbeeom.ng. Two sill
waists just finished to wear with duct
skirts are very odd. One of flame col
cred tadfeta. ~changeable from the deel
fame to yellow pale, has the fronts of ths