Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-05-21

tinguished for his aristocra,Ic, indie
pendent and noble character He had
a sister who was strlkingly bhuutuL
and was staying at the imperial harem
as guest, Abdul Hamid found her to
his taste and made advances TO her'
The proud Tsherkess maiden, however,
thrust him back very onergetically ana
made complaints 70 her brother
Chemseddin swallowed his anger for
the moment and asked some courtiers IN
high positions to plead with Abdul Ha-
mid. They however, did not venture 20
NIX in the affair At last he besought
the famous Chazl Osman Pasha, the
hero OF Plevna, TO advise him what 70
do. The latter told him simply to write
to his majesty and promised, In ms
character OF court marshal TO mana
In his misslye to the sultan,
Chemseddin Immediately sat down
and wrote letter to the sultan which,
In regard 10 distinctiveness left noth-
ing to be wished for. The purport OF
the letter was as follows:
Il take the liberty Of reminding your
majesty that my sister is a free born
woman, and that In this character she
VIII not be treated as a slave, IL your
majesty thinks her worthy Of looking
the laws Of the Almighty but one way
open, and that is that II my sister con-
sents, your majesty should marry her
These lines address to your maies-
ty as the Calf, whose sacred duty II Is
TO respect the commandments Of our
religion, 10 protect the weak ana guard
the virtue OF our wives, daughters and
sisters from low designs"
That struck home. Abdul Hamid,
Wild with fury, had Chemseddln Bey
arrested-but he had TO send the youns
girl home. Jmmedia tely afterward she
was married 10 protect her from fur7
Their persecution on the part OF the sui
tan Her brother was keptsa prisoner
two years and badly treated, but finally
Abdul Hand, TO get him out OF the
country, gave him foreign post
MADE THEM GROW Boards.
one day the sultan. was most atten-
tive to a young Tsherkess girl HIS
passionate counting seemed 10 make no
impression upon her, and he wanted to
know the reason for her ooolness'
II do not like bearded men, was the
curt reply
The sultan bit his lip. but said moth
ing.
A short while after this the Tsherkess
maiden married a beardless secretary
OF the privy Office. on the morning after
their wedding an order WAS Issued 10
the effect that all secretaries Of that Of
fee must let their boards grow, the
young wife Was highly amused at this
peculiar wedding present from her re-
jected lover, and on the next opportunl-
ty she said to the monarch, with her
sweetest smile;
Thanks, your majesty, for your KIND
intention. Your majesty has reconciled
me completely TO the boards OF our men,
l think his beard is exceedingly becom-
ing TO my husband
This aneodote is personally known to
me TO be true,
10 speak OF rights In a place where
the mans viii holds a woman's fate
in his grasp seems nonsensical indeed,
and yet Turkish women venture TO hope
for a change.
When | succeeded in eludlng the
watchfulness Of the spies, surrounding
me by the sultans order, and escaped
with my children to Europe, where my
husband was staying, | resolved TO give
| the civilized western countries an IN
sight into the domestic conditions OF
| Turkish people and awaken their SYM
| pathies for our just ndeavors-perhaps
| even TO gain their moral help.
The Turkish woman at tast is pinlne
| for a wider horizon. We should like
to Introduce as much Of II as harmon
ICES with our views, all that can add tC
| real progress and improvement. Oul
desire goes no further. For we, too
| in the land OF the east possess mucl
that IL good, and with that we do no
wish TO part.
PRINCESS HAIRIE BENAIAD.