The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1905-08-11

realm. and dad said .he sultan couldn't
turn his stomach with no cream o
the harem. Cnly they must keep theil
hands on him and the sultan promised
he should be as safe as a unique.
whatever that is
Dad and ! had hired knee breeche'
and things OF a masquerade ball store
and we didn't look half bad when thg
Y crowd OF shieks and things formed d
crescent around the sultan. who sat in
a sort OF BARRIERS chair with an avn
ing over il. and they sounded hew
gag or something and about dozen
pretty fine looking females. dressed like
the ballet in a vaudeville show. came
n and began 10 dance before the sui
tan.
Dat stood il first rate until a girl got
on the carpet barefootcd and began
one OF those willowy sort OF dances
That nearly broke up the Chicago fair,
when people left the buildings filed
with the work Of the worlds artists.
in all lines OF progress. and went 70
the Midway in body 20 see Little
Egypt" but when this dancer Waited
up 70 dad and wiggled in a foreign Ian
guage. dad sashayed UP 10 her and
couldn't hold him back.
tie was just getting warmed up 10
balance TO partners" when a frown
came over the sultans face. and he
looked cross at dad. and then the
hewgag sounded. and the girls scat
tered our 81 side door, and dad want
cd 70 follow, but I held him BY the
coat, and it was over think those
girls were the only ones in the whole
harem that Were good looking
Dad breathed hard little from his
exercise, and said he was ready 10 in
spect the stock and the sultan de-
tailed a tall negro. with face dried
up like a mummy and we started out
through the harem. dad pulling the
long hair on the side OF his head over
his bald spot. and throwing his shout
ders back and drawing in his stomach,
10 make him look young
Wen say. there is nothing about a
harem. much different from keeping
house at home, except that there is
more OF il. The idea people get OF
harems is that the women are all
young and beautiful. and that they sit
around swimming tank and play
guitars aud keep the flies of the mar
who owns the place. while he smokes
the vile Turkish tobacco burning in
jardiniere through a section OF rubber
hose, and goes to sleep like a China
man smoking opium. and that they
drink rare wines and dance with ban
giles on their legs and ropes Of pearls
on their necks and arms
l have seen alleged limitations Of a
Turkish harem on the stage. with
American girls doing the acting. and
il would make you feel as though you
would invest in harem when you got
old enough. bat, gee. when You see a
regular harem run by an up-to-date
Turk you think OF the Mormon apostle
who has 80 wives OF all ages. from 20
down 70 16-year-old hired girl. with
q hairlip and warts on her thumbs
This harem was like a bic stock barn
in the states. with a big room 70 ex-
crcise the colts, and box stalls for the
different wives and their families to
live in and do their own cooking and
washing
Instead Of sitting BY a bath playing
a harp. the poor old wives stand by
washtub and play tunes on the wash
board and scrub and take care Of
children. thought the custom OF
spanking children was an American in
atitution. but it is as old as the ages.
for saw a Turkish mother grab up
child that had lifted a kitten by the
tail and take it across her knee and
give il few with a red hand covered
with soapsuds. and the young Turk
yelled bloody murder just like an
American kid. and then sat down on
its knees. SO the spanking wouldn't
hurt, and called IT'S mother names ia
a language couldn't understand, but
I knew what the child said. by instinct.
Dac started TO interfere. because ne is
member Of the humane society. but