The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-12-31

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bly, preserved in all matters, and the re-
| Spouse 10 an Introduction may be ac-
counted amors the graces which inspired
| the phrase oriental politeness.' intro
duced a woman bows low, so low that her
right hand nearly touches the carpet,
then tossing her figure to erectness, she
| touches her bosom, lips and brow with
her finger tips, signifying Il bow to your
dignity, 1 cherish you in my heart l
speak your name with honor, I remember
YOU with fidelity"
Before sitting down to table, each Of the
women, except the one of highest rank,
is served by slaves with the requisites for
toilet making, but the woman most highly
placed makes her ablutions at the table.
Mrs. Keep observed in the course of her
residence among Mohammedans, she had
seen only two drunken women, aud they
were English She spoke of the veil and
IT'S significance, Of the respect which il
was invariably accorded. She said that
girls receive the veil at years of age,
and that the daughter of the poorest
peasants, going our for the most mental
service goes yelled, and no man dare
raise the veil to see her face.
Never Was Church Member.
Mrs. Keep said she never had joined
any of the religious organizations in tie
United States. simply for the reason that
parents died when she was young, and
she entered the family Of her uncle, in the
members of which several creeds We rep
acknowledgements not much TO their adj
vantage. either according to her, for she
examined each of them and found 1t want
ing She says that when at last influences
was brought to bear with the idea Of in
ducing her TO join a church. the reasons
given her for taking the step We're wcrld
ly ones-social considerations and the ike
TIL she would have none of it. She tried
the Swendenborgian Church in her hunt
for faith which satisfied, but turned
away from It, too. IL was after her hus-
band died that she took 10 newspaper
work. BY nature Mrs Keep is poetic, ana
her speech is filled with quotations ana
rhetorical flights. She said, go many
times have a sown and seen others reap
my harvest, that now. should the Lord PUT
sickle into my hand and bid me reap.
l should hardly know how 10 improve my
| opportunity!
The Hedaya OF which Mrs. Keep
speaks, is Of course, the series of COM
mentarles on the Koran-aimed to shed
| light upon the teachings of that somewhat
! confused record. As for the KoYan itself
| this advocate of the Isamic doctrine re-
| cites somewhat eloquently the OH story
| of the boy Mohammed, child. 50 true
1 and holy that he was known as "the
! Faithful" but, withal illiterate and una
] Die TO ftlt or Wflies uIU OF ms intercourse
/ with the angel Gabriel whose revelations
! he in turn, revealed to his more learned
1 associates, who wrote them on palm
! leaves, on skins and on the shoulder
blades OF animals. tumblng al these rec
/ ords into one sacred chest from which they
were not removed until a generation had
/ passed away. OF how they were fina ly
brought to light by Hanifa, Mohammed'3
descendant and doled out to scribes fer
/ transcription by the nob,e's beautiful ana
| cultivated wife, so that at last they were
| gathered into a volume which, by the pun
| ishment which IL specifies for certain sins
/ is the most truthful picture which VIC pos
| sess of the time in which Mohammed liv-
| ed, and of It's customs. The He1aya came
! long afterward, a mammoth coll ct on Of
! remarks on the sacred words OF he
prophet first translated into English by
order Of The then governor general OF BEN
/ gal by Charfa Hamilton Ct London, ami
dedicated 10 warren Has ings his patron
Mrs. Keeps Muslin Enemy.
But al, IL seems, is not as well as could
be wished In the A1ohammedan camp.
/ Mrs. Keep limited darby at influences
which worked against her when first she
| came TO England. and she said that when
she went TO Egypt It was reported in
England and in Egypt that she had died
| and been buried at sea. and that sooner
] or later, her rival threatened should she
/ dabbe too much In Mohammedan lore
she would be dumped into the Bosphorus
| She Whispered thar her mysterious antag-
onist was a woman. ''oue very high. yet
very low" she put il, and that there is
/ stin war between them
/ She said also that the only reason there
! IS the least difficulty in raising money
! among Mohammed9 ms for miss on work in
/ pagan America ana England was because
! they have so often been deceived with
snecious tales OF what was soon to bo
| accomplished. and gave iayishly 10 the
author of Che ialcs-only 10 find out later
on that their money was used for the
private enrichment OF their evangelism.
Mrs. Keep said that no. "a thousand mixes
from New York stands "A magnificent coun-
lry house built from the dolcs Of the Mo-
hammcden poor under the impression
that mat country house was % mosque 20
he devoted i0 The worship Of Allah
IL wns Illness thlt drove her from
Egypt Tor thc cholera visited tho district
in which rhe was living and she COM
trnetcd thc dlsoase. ard only escaped slice
eum1ius 20 "a uF returning 20 England
here she renewed Dor eiruerie FOR oxiai-
elce fHe hns continued hCr writings Zoe
che Indian naprfe aI1 haf contributed
also ~ enrifh mlNBs.urs on fho subject
~ her experience iu Egypt fhc made
HnpfhfF Fisif to fNai country. oniy ~.
esnNt and "a War there ihai shs ms
hadlc Dgglic ana thai ihey goiDed lorees