Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-10-04

rhe drama III iIN's 20 I,.a1 oano
~" one of the principal caus-
NUM- ',os tbe separation OF sexes when
Is u'p universal custom in Mohamme-
N =" ,ands There are, however, In the
GU ,orses many professional story
'y '"s,. who are listened to as we mign'
NN' IN favorlte comedian. The
h'' .. are generally Of two classes one
'a ,.,o often Of a sensuous order al
waugh in this respect the Turk does
noi offend as much as tales in Arab
'.os,itles and the other are usually the
.wsoures Of certain persons In which
u,t,,ure of smartness and simplicity
ne leading features, Many of
- stories have been handed down
va repeated for centuries, and al
s ,soneb Bke our circus jokes, they are
s0ary with age, they are listened to
rhen told by an expert, as We listen
ga MAY written generations ago, and
shlrh we have seen a number of times
previously 49, o,,,o,oo {. ~
,.n with Inc sharp scoundrel against
mo honest simpleton, provided he has
,ss wit to carry out his design sue
,Sssfnlly In an English theater when
mo shakespearian play OF "Othello' Is
sstAd. the villain lago, who by his In
Snuatons causes Othelo 10 murder his
saye and loving wife Is looked down
MON with the greatest amount Of
rsthng and disgust. This would
laraly be the case In some eastern
snds where the admiration of Iago
.martness in gaining his ends, would
r,ary eXalt him TO the hero of the
reoe, and Othello would be looked
d0vn upon with species of contempt
Ne must Judge many OF these eastern
tsles more or less from this stand
Joint
The following VIII also show the
gfeat respect that Is paid TO an oath
Where lying in matters Of business and
every day affairs, Is not by any means
regarded to be a fault of any great
magnitude
The story is about a Jew who de-
frauds a Turk OF an amount of money,
The Jew purchased of the Turk goods
10 be paid for in so many pieces Of
gOM, but on payment being due, the
Jew claimed ne had already paid 1t,
which he had not done. The dispute
vas left TO the judge where the Jew
,ealn made the same statement that
he had paid a certain number of pieces
Of god to the Turk, To merely make
false statement is looked upon as
trivial Offense, but to swear a false
oath would be one Of those crimes
which bring the heaviest punishment
On The offender. AS customary he was
asked to swear to making the pay
ment He did so unhesitatingly Civ
ing his staff TO the Turk to hold while
be- On the books Of the Pentateuchs
Rore that he had given the Turk so
many PIECES Of gold. paying them into
he Turks own hands. At the con-
ensOn Of the swearing the jew
reached out his hand, and took back his
tif from the Turk. The Judge gave
as decision In favor of the jew, as II
he Turk should have sworn that he
bad not received the money, one oath
would Offset the other
The Jew had not broke the letter Of
be oath II he had the spirit of IT. as
be had put the pieces of gold in the
Turks hand, before swearing to doing
%, they being contained In the staff
which he gave the Turk to hold dur
Ing the time OF the formality of the
cath taking.
Another story in which the spirit and
The letter Of the word are not quite the
sane thing and which has been hand
I'd down from Byzantine times, Is that
al NE building Of the great church
nov Mohammedan mosque) of San
sophia at Constantlnople, the emperor
ceslred a small piece of land to COM
pete the site, which the owner, an
extremely vain man, would on no ac-
count part with. After many confer
ehees the owner Of the piece of land,
made the proposition that he would
sell the land for its value, and provid-
"a also the emperor's guards and all
NE chief dignitaries of the empire
would publicly parade and salute him
on The hIppOdr0me and do homage to
hlln as they would to the emperor. No
o.ner terms being acceptable, the EN-
pelof agreed TO ii, and at the time ap-
pointed the chief officers OF state in
Uniform, and the guards and troops Of
me empire, marched past the grand
stand, where the vain owner of the
Nmall piece Of land was seated and
Sluted with all the homage demanded
w al eastern potentate He, how
ever dld not get the satisfaction he
Upected' and the procession did not
lesl lhe degradation Of giving the i'm
Ierlal salute they otherwise would
nave done as, although the owner OF
Ne small piece OF land was seated on
ne grand stand in the place Of the en-
p,lor ne was placed with his back 10
me procession during the time II
mstgned past and saluted, and he saw
hothlng Of H.
NoW Tor q story nm common ranks
~ me II Is about a shoemaker and
nN apprentice The shoemaker pur-
,nAsfd some bread ana honey. Honey
q great dtilcacy in a land where, AT
| present Time, many families will
roAe a pound Of sugar last them a
syat where the soldiers in the ratlons
y. sugar only on the ultan's birth
eil, ana where the purchase of sack
susar would 20 ire common people
sns NE idea Of ez.9eme wealth or
,nsgIsaVag7nco. After Bringing the bread
S.l money into the shop, ;he shoemaker
~. saHed away on business. He gave
,o y pread ana honey to the boy, and
", wy llm on no account to eat TIE honey
4, y Twas was p2Isonous and would certain
,. nll MIN After his masters de-
lure TIE apprentices longing for
s r.s sweet, obtained the mastery
,,s me Instructions he had received.
ny ne devoured the entire amount OF
uoney aud threw the bread away.
M we shoemaker's return. and on
100 n poSlng for the food the boy said,
,,n erected master after you left met
rA d very grievons misfortune: dog
AL ' gllo the shop while was idling
sia ssized AN the bread and ran on
H. knew you would be ex-