The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-05-24
PoLYGAMY DYING
AMONG THE TIN,

liz TUpo.
| 'Polygamy is fast dying ,,,.
| the Turks, and not on accom-. anolz
change in moral standaras VI alj
| cause of the attitude of Fla ''I De-,
| themselves. Formerly MAN.. women
five wives dWelt amicahrv NM .'ug OF
| roof. but now every wife ~. ola
| home of her own, and TIM. trrr.I,.'aal5,.l
Of supporting so many home. '0ig
polling the average Turk t1 I.,... oc-
harem to one wife" "-y bis
| THE new proof of The f.-sr7-.
| fluence of woman Was given IL
| day by Miss Florence s.. F.rsr,.tt 'S.e-,
| OF the American College for guea0
! ConstantinOple. in talk 5af,, q,
! League for Political Education ia, l1s
| York on The Outlook for fba M view
4 of the Orient" WOMAN
| Another statement that seemed
| to many in the audience vs. ~ 'y
Turks as race are of fair aor7,r.-!i ans
| with blue eyes. and are daffrr-Frr .'oR
| pie to know. They are truhf,I pe''
| est, and hOspitable in a h-6 In, -oa'
| In these respects the mass of the ,r s'ge'
those Of the upper middle class LAY yt.
fer greatly from the government. t',
a nation must be judged nor A.. w
highest nor its lowest. but b, rho .- "
class between them. 7'sa'
WOMEN YELLED But FRFF
There is a general impression s5...,
that Turkish women are snu- u,. tA
hind the lattice windows of the -
and have little freedom t9 go Ill
This IS far form correct. tn, 10 u
phorus steamers are crowded VII.
them; they jOstle you ON every hand y.
the narrow streets of C1DstartiDo-I.
Yelled they must be. bur yelled tb.,.
go about with a freedom greater tEsy
that assured any European woman t,5
to modest a Moslem woman ne.
death to Turk, and serious rons.
quences to a foreigner.
1t is an acknowledged fact that III,
women Of Turkey control most of tLs
government appointments To ono
from a work recently published bv o,s
long resident of the country IT,
women hold ultimate sway over tbs
conduct of the men. The tangled in
trigues for place and power III ich con.
ter in the harem form the key To- r7ary
vicissitudes of Turkish history
CHANGES IN THEIR DRESS.
Even the dress of the women of t1,
harem, said Miss FenshaW. shows their
growing independence. A few wears
ago every woman wrapped herself he
fore going out in an upper carmen.
that completely enshrOuded her head
and was not to be removed until She
was again in the house Now all tba
younger women have adopted a loosar
head covering, that they drop at will
when on the BosphOrus steamers for a
pleasure trip or resting elsewhere. Sew
eral edicts were issued by the sultan
against the innovation, but after
few months of obedience the women
would quietly resume their new head
dress until another edict banished all
for time. At last he became wearied
of the struggle. and the modern fashion
mas become a settled thing-Chfcago
Tribune.
Morning in a Passionist Cloister.
(Pittsburg Catholic1
The founder of the Passionists pro.
vided for his sons souls when formu-
lating the rules of the order. hence
their rigorous inner life. that OF the
contemplative. Here is a bit of this
life not generally known to Catholics
If the reader is fond of poetry and
the stars, let him imagine himself in
the great industrial city of the west
Pittsburg. The clock on the city hall
is striking the midnight hour: along
the water front the great workshops
have thrown open their massive doors,
lighting up the waters and the hills
beyond. Here big men with we'll de-
veloped muscles are drawing mighty
molds through a forest of flame. shap-
ing iron and steel for the markets OF
the world. Clustered between two
great mountains, above the flow of two
great rivers, and distant from the eter-
nal grind of industry is the mother
house of the Passionists in this coun-
try. From this height one commands
a magnificent view of a milliOned-peO-
pied city and it's great industries that
dot the water fronts for miles and
miles, stretching out into peaceful
country fields. Here is peace and rest:
no hum but that of the sacred song. no
stir but that of the silent monks de-
voting their time to work and prayer.
At this particular hour. midnight,
everything is as still as some forest
chapel. 1t may be a winters night,
with the hills above whitened by the
first SHOWS and a great kindly moon
at its full. penetrating even the win
lows of the untenanted chapel. At
such an hour the hill districts of the
ron city are wrapped in sleep. yea,
wen the men of whom l am writing are
all the blessings of that de-
ightful companion.
Let the dreamer stand on the whit
med hills and dream dreams of his own
land. Half an hour before
he town clock strikes ? he will be
poetry his imagination couldp icture
awakened by the. most exhilarating
poetry his imagination could picture.
suddenly, from where he cannot quite
Irvine. a gush Of sweetest melody
bursts upon him. arousing every fac
llty of the soul to action. Instinc-
lively the dreamer turns to the dreary
monastery on the mountain side, his
yes fall upon a lighted chapel, through
he lighted windows of which he may
lee the gray hairs of some aged man
# God standing erect, his eyes riveted
N the Word of God which he chants
7he music he has heard is the Pas
ionist's greeting to the new born day.
r word, it is the beginning Of the
ay's work in the monastery Of St.
'aul of the Cross. Precisely at the
anne hour in every Passionist mOnas-
cry in the world the same solemn GER
mOny is being performed. For near
: two hours students and priests stand
rect and chant the praises of their
reator. This first ceremony is known
S Mathis, taken from the Latin
ord ''Matutina, meaning morning
ence morning prayers or praise. The
latins are made up of nine psalms ana
inc lessons, taken from the scriptures
nd conclude with the chanting Ton
1lemn festivals. the singing Of the
Benedictus." Blessed be the Lord God
Israel. The time intervening be-
yeen the conclusion of the service ana
alf after is spent in silent prayer.
he moment the clock strikes haf-past
lis hour, if the dreamer looks about
2 can see through the windows dark
cures passing quickly along the mo-
astic corridors. The monks are re-
Irning tO their cells