The Penn's Grove record., 1900-08-10

American Privileges.
After hearing Dr.. William s. Vanne-
mans address lest week DR.. Lippincott
remarked 1.-THE American people little
think Of the privileges they enioy.o
Ne fall to notice them until ON priv
|ileGes and eDjoyments are brought into
contraet with the restrictions on citi.
zens IN other countries, The manner
ana customs Of Persia, as told by DR..
Vanneman in bis lecture and In person
q interview bring out great enjoy
ments to view. These enjoyments are
even seer IN early childhood. by his
three daughters, aged 4, 6 and 8 years,
VINO. after living in this country four
teen months, attending school with our
improved methods, and playing with
cousins and other children express a
desire to stay and live in this country,
Children in Persia are in slavery.
They have no childhood because the
boys at the ago Of 7 and 8 years are put
z work weaving rugs, at which they
toll Tor . few cents a day and work
mouths to make one rug. The girls
are held in small esteem. At the age
OF from 8 to 10 years the girl is engaged
~ their parents and takes her home
with the boys parents. They then
wear 9 muslin cloth over their face the
balance OF their life SO that no boy mol
man q see their face except their hus.
band. Is it any wonder that children
OF 50 young an age care not to go back
to such 3 country. Missionary children
OF course. are not under such restric-
ti0ns.
Even the cows Of Persia are pecul-
lar. They will never give down their
milk until 9 calf's head butts their bag.
Or. Vanneman's COW. which they kept
while their children were infants, had
it's cali to die. To get their COW to
give down milk they stuffed the calf's
skin and butted it against the COW. So
It wal q Calls head dead or alive she
gave down the milk.
The calves are usually killed after
the COW has MIXED for some months
and the veal is the best meat the Per-
SLAMS have. They have sheep, and but
little best which is tough, owing to
their being no green pasture in sum-
mer. the earth being burned brown by
the bot sun, and the scarcity Of water.
Wheat and clover hay are raised in Per.
sia, but barley is the grain fed to ami
mails. Unbolted flour has to be used
altogethers Grapes are plentiful be-
canse the grape can stand the dry
weather. Musk melons grow there,
but they are better than the American
musk melon. The water melons are
yellow in side when ripe.
When . person makes a call be is al
ways treated to grapes, nuts and tea.
Persians are 9 o slow that they do not
value time like the Americans. They
are usually an hour late in making a
cal. at an engaged time.
II n asked . Persian why he does a
thing, the only reason given is that sit
is our CUSTOM II a Persian asked
one Why any thing is done they are
satisfied with the reply ssit is our GUS
tOm.n
Persians are clannish, because they
have no railroads to mix up the popu-.
lation. Travel is difficult on camels or
mules. An empty wagon could scarcely
DO pulled along the road. In fact there
IRE few roads or bridges and streams
have to be forded. There is no nation
81 sentiment nor enterprise. The mass
es OF the people are poor and Cypress
BY the upper class, many Of whom are
quite intelligent, although with little
education. All live in mud-house vii
lagos and 60 to the surrounding country
to farm.
There are only three papers published
In oil Persia with eight million inhabi.
tants, aud one of those is by the mis-
sionaries. Few a read, 5 or 6 in as
many hundred, and then the autocratic
government does not allow anything
published concerning the government
or officials, excepting a praisworthy
compliment. Every editor in America
would be whipped or put into jail if
they were in Persia. One editor who
called attention to the failure Of the
officials to stop some bad acts was
whipped and his Office closed. Many Of
the most intelligent read the Constanti-
nople papers which avoid criticising the
Persian government to aid their circu.
latiOn.
DR.. Vanneman usually gets clothing
at Wanamaker's, Philadelphia, by or
deriDg q year ahead. The most difficult
to get there are children's shoes. The
most expensive article of use is fire
wood which costs him $50 q year, ow-
ing to its scarcity. Most of the citizens
use the dried dung OF animals for fuel
which is very offensive. Some put a
pan Of charcoal under q platform cover
Cd with cloth, sleep with their clothes
on and keep warm BY sticking their feet
under next to the fire. The poor sleep
in the same Dol with the cows, mules
and chickens to keep warm with the
animal heat.
The Persians have introduced a few
English words such as Doctor, tele-
phone, and electric. for telegraph. The
natives call Dr. Vanneman, Hakeem
6ahib, which means lord of wisdom;
and Mrs. Yanneman, who isa trained
nurse, Is Hakeem Khanum, lady Of
wiad0m