The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1905-08-11

realm, end dad satd the sultan c0uldu't
turn bile stomach with no cream Of
the harem. only they must keep their
hands on him. and the sultan promised
he should be - safe a. = unique"
whatever that 10.
Dad and ] had hired Knee breechcs
and things Of . masquerade ball store.
and We didn't look half bad when the
crowd Of shioks and things formed q
crescent around the sultan, who sat In
q e Of BARRIERS chair with an avn
Ing over Il. and they sounded a hew-
gag or something. and about . dozen
pretty fine looking femalcs. dressed like
the ballet In q vaudeville show. came
In and began TO dance before the sui
tan.
Dat stood II FIRST rate until n girl got
on the carpet b~arefooted and began
one Of those willowy sort Of dances
that nearly broke up the Chicago fair.
when people left the buildings filled
with the work Of the worlds artists.
In all lines Of progress. and vent 10
b Midway In a body TO see Little
Egypt" but when this dancer wait,ed
up 10 dad and wiegled In n foreign Ian
guase. dad sashaycd up to her and I
couldn't hold him back.
He was Just getting warmed up to
balance TO partners" when n frown
came over the suItan's face. and he
looked cross at dad. and then the
hewgag sounded. and the girls scat.
tered out Of : side door. and dad want
ed TO follow, but | held him by the
coat. and II was over. I think those
girls were the only oncs In the whole
harcm that wcrc good looking.
Dad breathed hard n little from his
exercise, and said he was rcAdy to In.
spcct the stock. and the sultan de-
tailed a tall negro. with n face dried
up like n mummy, and We started out
through the barem. dad pulling the
long hair on the side OF his head over
his bald spot. and throwing his shoul.
dcrs back and drawing In his stomach,
TO make him look young.
Well. say, there Ia nothing about Q
harem, much different from keeping
house ut home. except hat there Ia
more OF H. The idea people re, Of
harems Is that the om. are all
young and beautiful. aud that they sit
around n swimming tank aud play
guitars and Keep tho lies on the mar
Who owns the place. while he smokes
the Vile Turkish tobacco burning In n
jardinicrc. through n 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 neeks and arms.
have seen alleged limitations ~ n
Turkish harcm OF tho stage. with
American glrls doing the acting. and
II would make you feel M though you
would Invest In n harcm when you got
old enough. but. gee. when you SEQ n
regular harcm. run by an up.to.daic
Turk. you think OF the Mormon apostle
who has 10 wives OF nil ages. from 10
down 10 n ~iG.year-old hired girl. with
n h,irllp and warts on her thumbs.
This harem was like n big stock barn
In the states. with n big room 10 sx-
ercisc the colts. and box stalls for the
different wives and their families to
live In and do their " cooking and
washing.
Instead OF sitting by n bath playing
n harp, the poor old wives stand by n
wnshtub and play tunes On the wash
board. and scrub, aud take sarc OF
children. I thought the custom of
spanking children was m American In.
stltn,ion. but II Is as old M thu ages.
for ! saw a Turkish mother grab up a
child that had lifted a kitten by the
tail. and tako II across her knee and
give II a few with n red hand covered
with s~oapsnds. and tho young Turk
yelled bloody murder, Just like an
American Kid. and then vat down on
Its knees, 40 the spanking wouldn't
hurt. and called It's mother anne In
n language ! couldn't understand. but
knew what the child said. by instinct.
Dad started TO interfere. because he 10
a member Of the humane society. but