The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-01-06

by several servants and one or two
 eunchs, to look after her comfort, and
 she drives in beautiful private car-
 riage drawn by Arabian horses, and
 has carte blanche in the shops to make
 as many purchases as she wishes of
 silks and satins and jewelry. When her
 blue eyes fade and her bright hair
 grows gray will her power wane and
 her place be given to another? Per
 haps not That will depend on the
 characters with which she has to deal,
 the number of sons that she has and
 her ability to keep the ascendency that
 her beauty has gained for her.
 The domestic Turkish woman pre-
 sents great contrast to the brilliant
 creature that we have just described
 She is rather large and stolid looking,
 careless as to her dress, and of a simple
 and amiable character. She has a very
 easy life compared with that of her
 American sisters. There Is not much
 housekeeping in Turkish house, and
 what there is is done by slaves and ser
 wants, who consider themselves perna-
 nent members of the family and real
 ize what is expected of them. Rooms furnished with rugs and divans are
 comparatively easy to keep in order
 There is a chef in the kitchen, who sends his best efforts to the dining room in the mems apartments, place seldom visited by the women of the household. Their own simple food is served to them at irregular intervals, when they feel hungry. There is perhaps a French governess to teach the children, who
 ok |, e 1f +l.n harem, and an exception is made in her favor and she dimes at the masters ta- ble, where the food is served more to her taste. Her apartments are, how ever in the side of the house belonging to the women, which is entirely separ- ate from the other half of the establish ment.
 NThe domestic Turkish woman does not look after the house particularly, nor have much care of the children. When things go wrong she is not held responsible, but the lord of the house. hold calls up the servant or slave in charge of that department of work and threatens him with unknown evils if he does not mend his ways. The lady of the house does not necessarily know how to sew or even to read and write, although that degree of ignorance is now quite rare in large cities. She spends her time in smoking, drinking coffee and overlooking the nurses who have the care of the children. Life to her is quiet and montonous, and the chief clements of her thought are items of local gossip. She especially enjoys gong to the Turkish bath, to spend the day there according to the custom, ac- companied by all the children and wo- men servants of the household. The paraphernalia of the bath is prepared early in the morning and sent to the public bathhouse by porter, and con- sist of suits of wearing apparel for all, rich sets of Turkish towels to wear in the bath, cigarettes, luncheon, cooked and prepared at home, and the neces- sary utensils for making coffee. Who in America can enjoy the luxury of a. bath that lasts all day, undisturbed by hurry or anxiety, or any thought of ne- glected duties?
 'On bright days the domestic Turk fsh woman takes all her family to some place of public resort, where they sit in the sunshine all the day long, buy sweets of the ever present street pedler. smoke their nervous system by trying to catch any particular steamer either in going or coming, but start when the
 spirit moves. and wait at the landing for a convenient steamer reaching home early or late, as 1t happens.
 Let us now turn to that product of modern the educated Mahometan wo- man. She may be found here and there, perhaps in the harems of prin- cess. or of pashas, or even sometimes in the middle classes of society, al- though she is not commonly found any where as vet. She reads English, French a' German readily, with a. good prom clation having the aptitude for language usually found with Turk fish women. She knows all about American life. She knows all about American life. She knows that there are four States in America where wo- men vote and often wonders when ther will ben any voting in Turkey, iether for men or women. She reads the daily paers and has decided opin- ions in regard to all political aars. The advanced Moslem woman has a prviate room, instead of living in the rooms with the other women and in this room are found some unusual article for a Turkish house, namely, writing desk, some bookshelves upon which stand many of the new books of the day, and on the wall hang some really fine en- cravings.
 "One Mahometan woman has even published several books herself, and is at present writing a series or articles for one of the daily papers, which are | of SO progressive nature that the cen sor of the press has obliged her to cut | out about half of what she has written. | She longs to travel, but that is not yet | allowed to a Turkish woman, at least | beyond the bounds of her own land She | has been to Egypt and Syria, but that | does satisfy her and she even dreams | of going to Paris and Berlin to work | in the libraries there. She scorns the | frivolites of ordinary society, and con- ! templates forming club, where kin | dred spirits may discuss congenial sub iects, but that has not yet been poss' 'ble Her influence in the press is already | felt, and one may foresee that she will | form one of the elements in the forces | that she will form one of the clements in the forces that are rapidly changing he conditions of Turkish life.
 Harlem life at court Is much more than elsewhere, for every-