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

| BulnB tnlougn even the fOrmallty Of
saying: well, we shall see; we may
| call agar"
a TURKISH WEDDING.
When the day of the wedding has
been hXed an authorized person and two
witnesses OF the sultor 80 to the resi-
dence OF the maidcn's parents, where an
attorney and two witnesses OF the
other party await them, and in the
presence Of the invited guests and rela.
tlyes the ceremony takes place
The chosen one Is placed in q room
IN which, besides herself there are gen
orally only her mother, sisters and near
relatives, The door is left ajar. The
man who acts as the attorney Of the
maiden then asks her in a loud voice
from the next room whether he is au-
thOrized by her to contract the mar
riege. 1t often happens that the girl
gives no answer Three times her rep
resentative repeats his question, and IL
the martyr remains obdurately silent.
her mother or some other relative, by
punching her cutting her and dragging
her by the hair, try 10 force her TO
answer II she stlll resists one of the
women often initiates her voice and
answers for her Yes" After this
doubtful yes the marriage contract
Is finally settled, The husband does
not consider himself the companion.
friend or protector Of his wife Has
he not the right II II so pleases him,
TO put her out Of doors the morning af-
ter the wedding?
II Is not seldom that girl Of IA Is
sacrificed TO a man Of 70. For this,
however, she has one compensation.
She Is held up as a splendid example to
other women. Coded on to despair,
some women try to lntimidate their
husbands by every means within their
reach, particularly when they are more
clever than the men. When Mavroyeni
Pasha, former body physician TO ABB
dul Hamid. wished TO leave his wife
she acquainted the sultan with the fact
that his physician and confident pos
sessed notes to which he daily added
observations made concerning his ma
jesty's sickness, There was n search
Ing of the house by the magistrates, the
papers were seized and the physician
himself, after 30 years of faithful SER
vice fell into disgrace.
The Wife OF another of the sultans
physicians. Emin Pasha, who was sus-
,pected by HIS wife of infidelity, notified
the sultan that her husband was IN
Solvod-ln a conspiracy against the life
OF the Padlshah. Emln Pasha was sent
into exile, and to this very day his
whereabouts are unknown.
THE sULTAN's ONE WIFE.
According TO law, slavery no longer
exists in Turkey. but IN reality II
flourishes there as much as Il ever did,
without any authority daring TO inter- |
pose And that IL not 80 surprising II |
one pOuginRrq fhut Ia
are sentiments OF slaves. The sultan's |
wives are all slaves--all, with the ex- |
ception OF one Legitimate wife, a wife |
who originally also had been a slave, |
but whom, however, he had to marry |
This young girl by name Of Can NAG, |
was like her two sisters. a slave of my /
father, Mahmoud Pasha Ben Ayad.
My father presented Safi Nae and one |
OF her sisters, Yildiz to the former sui |
tan Abdul Azlz. These human gifts |
were handed over with pomp and lux
ury, according to the wealth of the |
donor San Naz and Yidiz were |
dressed in silk and brocade, their brows
encircled by dadem, the stones OF |
which shone and sparkled in every coll /,
or of the rainbow. Their ears, fingers
and girdles were literally studded with
diamonds Their beaming beauty har-
well with the dazzling splen-
dor OF the gems. / think | may boldly
assert that nowhere, except I'm the or
lent could such splendor be imagined.
The two young maidens were handed
over In most ceremonious style by one
Of my fathers eunuchs under guidance
Of Gulrdi Ahmed Agha, al the time a
clerk at the notarial office IN Stambul
Abdul Azlz was so deeply affected by
The sight Of the slaves that he directly
inquired In what manner he might re-
turn the compliment. lie gave each
servant 500 Turkish pounds. about So
700, and begged my father to accept a
OF enormous value as to.
Ken of his deep gratitude. The girls
we're shown to the most elegant suite
If rooms I'm the serial and surrounded
~ STAFF Of female attendants. The
sultan conhded them 10 the special
ARE OF his mother the Valide Sultana.
md on the spur Of the moment he de-
dared his love 10 the older girl, Sal.
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