The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-09-29

,ribut.d among the harems 81 suspected
r-r-ons and charged with the ~wretched
.iuty of spying n II happens that III"
woman i-tomer attached To her new mas
tel and does not carry out her in-iructloin.
she loses the rish, ~ re-enier the imirris'
hscm. To IL sbi- To return into IiF'
Garden of Felicity and L. In favor th"rr
she must render -'rNice- This. ~ ~"
slang ~ the haferns. '- caile'i' '''r'''hg
your passport
Sometimes ABDUL HaIHid discover for
himself what h- desires TO know. for
INSTANCE. having notic-d one day a young
slave who was washing the haitdk"rcltiei-
81 her mistress, n kadin.. i- tooh 10 sudden
fancy to l,-r and had her brought - W.
presence. He promised ier III" rana 81
Princ-s- on condition that -iH' reveal ,p
him What ~. ladies ~ the haf"m lhouHhi
81 him. Thus encouraged the new %faNorii'
did not DELAY Ia satisfying her master =
curiosity and told hin. that ID" kadin"
her mistress. thought him old aud fo"tiSll
Edited. AL-iul hamid played the younr
slave alove her mistress, now diSs'""h'
saving;
Thus will | at toward all tho-e VINO
have not la their hearts What they have
on their lip-
Tn. -raslio Of the sultan NcJid ~a-
TOT n-fly the theatre If ndc-cfihahie orsler
IA. women ,-,ing hadly hooked after AMI
la wing no hand 10 restrain ih"in MS
sucySs-or. Aisiul AEz. tralous ~ a tlsei'
int r,st,sS.d reform. hat the imperial llaf-ni
has never l--n conducted 80 NnctlN' -
exclusively or - re-pe'tablN, - 4" Spas
AZ under the present sultan Al lh'fign'
in the lildiz ~ III" present. lith" l. an iih-
FEASIBILITY Imprisoned within a dou''t'
row uf high anG thick Wals "a, women Hi,
the -rraglio live ia All extraordinary "'thi
81 their own 10 whirh nu man. except lh'
Grand Turk, has ever acSsss
Abdul Hauiid prefers pretty AMI grace
81 u.pNau O.. fI.A.s sI TsynlNF AND NfTk H
ing u3auty In.'his hi- tazt" difrr- from
that OF most Ori.ntai-. ~ho have a ptr-
dil-ction fur m~sycStic anu heavy iSiihs
Tl.s sultan IL feared rather than lpNri
by hi- odali-qIe- Tie is, however, klni
and attentive 10 them when his mud l.
Temporarily FIRES from it, usual anhietie-
and worries aud al such times le has even
succeeded In inspiring some 81 them Win
fr.lings 81 Affection.
Al times he conde-csudF 80 enter nv"
conversation with his faN"rtes. VAN "h"il
he has mo dinirtIltN IN passing Tor a man
OF great brillianCN. They arr all d.ns'lv
Ignorant women. and tn 'up"rticial -du-
cation they have received U'ndSf~ ihtm
childi-hly naive He ~enicrfains them wili
tls. political news and gossip Of h. day hnd
tell them anecdotes of foreign ouurte' OF
which he ~ very fond himself. AMI this l.
the Only iira ~ history they pos-'-s
pancing. in all the forn- that II assume
In ~. Onrn u very popular ~ IN" hatrhl
aud j. IN" principal mode ~ amusement
Turkish dances 20 ID" accompaniment
a.. timbrels, 'ambouriner. ct a chorus of
l~ansuDrpu- Voices and CrraSsiau. tgyItian
and Arabian danC..s. i" fsvoni-- often
fnd am,i-smpnf Ia the dancing OF fh~ir
ala Ves. Dfh.rwt-' they -Isnd Their iitn''
~ childish pursuit playing WITH mechanical
dnlis or 'htV ANUS themselves hN iht'Ht
ing live crirs uf snimRlr, pr 'ls' they vii
.Imrsr the faces ~ The mex r~- attendants
with ruur. and put them uI iu all k'Gu- 81
tricks or rxcii, them ~ quarrel among
themselves.
They all love -wr-tmsats. tobacco, nov
err. perfume. especially imu-h' ahd Ni"Fl
of which thu Sultan - particularly f"n'.
They ador' Augora cats. parrots. dove,
cuns-. cards and suggestive stories they
cravr two thing. ling ON trcau~'
tl.v are prohibited wine u mFi. an
ori.utai brandy mad from IA" graIr,
which the kindness ~ "a cunuCh -oin"'i'n"-
BROCHURES for tl'm
ON, NAV imavin. the rivslri-s and tral-
o,,,.- of all kinds and IA. complicated
int rigus- hat usCtlr among lh"-' nv
women. all young, art"H' - AMBITIOUS
They form little cl'gue- each having ~
secrets. it, -vmpaihi-s. it, hatrcdS. Ib'
Different clans wag' Gu inceSsan' w%artan'
which often gives ri~r 70 hand 10 hand
fights, neC, s-ii atiug ~. intervention OF
~. eunuchs. In face, Il requires all ~"
q Majority Of Abdul GAM Agha. IA" Grand
Eluch, ~ enforce discipline and keep
ia. FESTIVE fock In check.
Tn. w-si.m.r. who. by n miracle. sue
cy-i~d In entering the sragio of the great
lord without knowing whcr he was. wouhi
think al fr-' that he had tstor- hi- ewes
rich Furopran adde's assembled in a frrui-
mn. cungress ~ tsauty and "~"gancr In
fac; the t~oile,,s- Of D.. Otiai-dis~ tend NOR"
and more 10 follow the tyrannicsl fashions al
a iris. 1his evolution. morroVrr. II lnor
general ~ modern harms, and h" tim" II
sss, npproschins when the Old and pic
tu,su,s. costume of the Turkish hanuufns
ain rxi-, oniv a- "A memory A. iildi1 w"
oiai-que- wear cotton or cl"tn dresses,
scsoring to th- time 81 wear, ami ih"
princ.--s and fsvurites wear mou~- line
or siN,.