The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1898-02-28

glasses, which contain brandy or
whisky, colored with some strip, and
finally drinks water from one Of the
large glasses. Does any one fail to do
all this, the hostess comes in person
and insists upon her eating and drink
ing, and with circle of ladies to be
supplied, this operation takes about ten
minutes.
Perhaps a quarter of an hour later
the caller starts again to withdraw,
but the hostess protests vehemently
and while they are pleasantly arguing
the point another tray is brought in
with large glasses of Sherbet, which
are passed around as before 1t is the
proper thing to drink only half the con-
tents of a glass and then set it down.
when the hostess is sure to insist that
it be finished. AS each lady drinks she
says: Peace TO the household" and
the other replied: May it be to your
health"
After the glasses have thus made
the complete circle the general CONVEX
sation begins again, and whenever
there is a pause (as often happens)
someone is sure to say for the tenth
time .'Nasel sinners" which means
How are you?" And the person in
varably replies: Il am feeling better
since / have seen you" Finally, at the
third attempt to go away, the coffee
appears, and after this the caller may
really go with propriety if she so de-
sireS. But she never goes without say
ing: With your permission
Occasionally it will happen that a
Turkish lady will feel called upon to
say her prayers in the midst of a call,
and the method of doing this is quite
remarkable. An American lady de-
scribed to me what happened in one
such instance when she was present.
What time is it?" asked the Turk
ish lady, who was the Wife of rich
man and had the seat of honor in the
divans.
lady.
Dear me, did not think it was as
late. 1 must say my prayers"
Then, with much elaboration and
with the assistance of the other Turk
ish ladies who were present, she began
her preparations. First she unbound
the coverings of her head, which were
about a dozen yashmakS, or cOlored
handkerchiefs, wound over her little
fez Last of all she took the little fez
off, and her head was bare. Then she
took off three padded urlined jack
cts, then two silk dresses, very full,
and that left her clad in a long antare,
or fore and aft apron, hanging from
her shoulders, and underneath this
were her flowing trousers. Next she
took off her slippers and socks (Turk-
ish women never wear long st0ckings),
and held out her pretty white feet to
be washed. A basin was brought in
and one of the attending women poured
water over her feet, while the other
stood ready with towel to rub them.
| This same operation was repeated for
| the hands, and last of all the lady
washed her mouth. Then she was
ready to pray, and, putting a rug in
| position, she turned to the east and
Frustrated herself, forehead to the
| floor nine times in succession, saying
| to herself meantime the ninetynine
| names of God. When this was done she
put on her clothes again and went on
with her call as if nothing had hap
pened. Needless to say that the lady
would not have been so particular
about her devotions had she not been
able to satisfy her vanity at the same
time and arouse the envy of the wo-
men less bundled up than herself in
costly acknowledgement Leader.