The Washington times., 1902-02-18

| audience She Logan with the statement,
This is the occasion long have sought,
and been SO unhappy because l found it
not" The way in which she used bits oi
up to date slang was too apropos and
/ altogether too naive not to reach the
I heart of au American audience.
You see" she said, you are respon-
! sible for all these Little South American
! Republics because when you began your
I trouble with England, you started the
! scrap"
The Chileans, rs she explained, are not
mixed race. but Spanish. with the ira
ditions of old Spain. Anglo-Saxon ideals.
however. have great influence, particular
ly in educational matters.
Women write for the papers," said
the speaker. but always under mans
name. so that they will be read. Why.
have sat at my own table and heard one
of The guests say, 4 wish l knew who this
man Carlos is who is writing such and
such articles, would wiring his neck"
And then Senorita Huidobro paused and
looked a the audience with an innocent
significance that started another laugh.
She retired amid hearty applause.
Her address was followed by violin
solo by Miss Minnie Heinrich, accompan-
led by Mr.. Edward H. Droop.
Womnn's Power in Turkey.
The next address was made by Miss
Florence Fensham. dean of the American
College for Girls in Constantinople Miss
ct,a, to
spoke for the women of Turkey. because
law forbids the Turkish woman to leave
her own land. She said in part:
1T needs but a short residence in the
country to convince one of the enormous
power women have in Turkey. The force
may be latent one. but it has to be
reckoned with on every hand
THE beginning of education for girls
among Moslem women was made by the
Valide Sultana in the reign of Abdul
Medied, 1S39-1s61. Being interested in
education, she gathered the slave girls
of the palace about her and taught them.
There are three grades of schools for
Mussulman girls-primary, secondary,
and the high school. In 1895 there were
hioie tLs.u loo,VcU girls III primary SCHOOLS,
5000 in secondary and go in the Dar ul
Monalimat tgate TO knowledge), a high
school for teachers in Stamboul
"One other influence upon the intellec-
tual future OF women in Turkey remains
to be spoken of-and that is the system
of schools for girls which has been es-
tablished by America throughout the En-
pire, at the head of which stands the
American College for Girls at Constanti-
nople. This college, chartered by the Leg
islature OF Massachusetts and empowered
to grant degrees as any American institu-
ticn, aims to give to women of the
East a liberal education.
Turkish Women Not Timid.
ga Turkish woman, thoagh she goes
about yeiled. IS not quite as timid as she
IS supposed to be. A Turkish woman. on
being told that she could not so aboard
a steamer without ticket, pulled off her
slipper aid beat the ofcial frst On one
side of the face and then on the other.
Formerly, a polygamous Turk could
keep all his wives in the same house;
now he must keep a separate establish
ment for each wife,
Miss Fensham, after describing the con-
dition of Mohammedan women in Turkey.
defended the Mohammedan religion from
misconceptions current in this country.
She asserted that the evils in Turkish life
were due not so much TO religious as to