Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-05-20
BUYING WIVES,
The Matrimonial Methods of
the Moslems.
ne Women Of Damascus and Their
Lot in Life.
ms Dealers in Human Flesh viii not
Sell to Christians.

''''i' 1loSc OF tOnEtantiDoul.
,'''' olhef eastern cities, because. tn,
! l.'ile mere are more tenacious III INV
E"L4te on the ancient customs 81
- race and the requirements Of
fclSion writes William II. Curtis
~ enc Chicago Record Herald. The
Wis are thicker also, and cover tb4
eItlie lace. some of them are figured
T" mat the concealmeut is even more
complete. Greeks, Jews ana Ar
il,hlahS 10 not Wear wells, ana some
n lhen are very handsome. rartir1IIar-
~ the Jewish women. Their ewes. com
lh2NIon and hair are sunrrh. The
! types Of oriental loneliness remind yoI,
| OF Solomon's Songs. A great many
women go about the streets wrapped
III white sheets. This WAS formerly \
pddSe OF the Jews, bur is now universe
among the poor people No women ARE
employed about the hotels Or rpstlu-
rants. All the domestic" WORK Il
done by mon. In the shops and manu-
factories Of Damascus thousands Of
women ana girls ARE EMPLOYED. hit
tney are exclusively Greeks ana Jews
N" Moslem would permit his wife.
daughter o. sister to appear i'll Y SHOP
or any other place where men arc en-
ployed
You frequently fnd yvor,n,, ,1of,,,. ~.
hardest kind Of manuel 1abor II. III
hernia and Hungary The. ,,,.r,, 10
nod they dig bitches. thev haul carts
ana are employed i'll The most mental
labor. In Damascus factories. where
BRASS works. pottery, inlaid furniture.
embroldertca ana other characteristic
M nIic4 r. ha
ouced, women artists work side by side
WIN men producing similar results,
Dul receiving only half as much wages.
Such as the rule the world over. No
>intter whether woman works in
chicago or Damascus, in Fan River or
ohstahuh"plr' IN Sweden or in Spain.
II Japan "f EoIlEla, she IS never paid
more than halt rs much as men receive
Tor the same KIND Of work and the
same degree Of skill. The injustice is
universal.
The children empIovad IN tba ma
mascus factories hammering brass
carving wood, making the inlaid furni-
lure ana other Things intended for eN-
poLt snow remarkable degree Of
Skill You see little boys and girls or
$ years old, who ought to be in the kim
dergartens or the primary departments,
with engraving tools in their hands in
stead OF primers, ana showing skill
ana accuracy that is marvellous. Lit
tie girls sit at mOnstrous looms max
ing rugs ANA weaving silk Of the rich
est texture without patterns ana with
a speed and skill that is almost mi
raculous. Ana tine wages they receive
are only a small percentage Of what q
bootplack or a nrWshoy would pick up
III liie slIee.7 II. \ I'loaEo 3hy ady'
sums illau ~ PioNiur tntiH
proper 1000 ana ciolhihe' ohiy lew
coppers valued perhaps At ., or 10
cents in our money
Girls ara usually married in their
twelfth or thirteenth year, sometimes
when they are only 10 years old, The
DJmascene in search for "a bride en-
ploEs the services ol m interim ~
a Il III HI '.,'t''i 4 .'o
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women Erheid.4y lIH""i''s anu nurses
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