Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1907-06-06
WIVES AND SLAVES OF TURKISH
HAREM, HAPlpIEHST Nv TIE WORLD

The happiest woman in the world.
Where is she to he found? America
proudly lays claim TO possessing The
most beautiful and Intellectual OF wo,n-
en-, France points To the splendid VlvaC-
ity and daintiness of her gentle sex.
England boasts the British matvon. and
so IL goes; each nation p%atriotical!y
hoids its head alott i'm the insist,nent
that in all the world "our women" lead
all others in this particular character
istlC Or that particular virtue. Every
land that boasts a flag extols the virtue
OF its women folk. Blu the happiest of
women, Where are they to be found"
Demetra Nalla Grown. traveller, ssu-
dent, authOress and wife of the noted
iIte:ateur and editor. Kenneth Brown,
say The %happiest women i'll all the
world abide in Turkey-the land OF
flowers and dreams where love is all in
all. the lana where the life Of peace.
the thought OF purity, AND the appre-
citation OF ali that is beautiful in ma
'uie, has found, perhaps, its hgaest de-
yeiopment-the land OF the "unspeaka-
bic Turk"
A Woraan's Answer.
10 silly" said Mrs. Brown when
she heard the automatic characterized
tion. How slalloW-how little is
known of Turkey and its custonas-you
suppose the women of The harem are
uiIiuD,@lEt III lUe ilibytltSt women
in the world. l have talked and lived
with the wives o. Selim Pasha, four in
all. and discussed the very problems
that arise at once in the American mine
as soon as this question Of the Turkish
harc,N is ~mooted-they have told me
their stories. their hopes. their fears
and they are happy. very. very happy.
l have lived III other Turkish house
holds. and everywhere / hav found
that happiness Is The rule. not the eX-
ceitioh- IN America i nave hNed zen
years. aAa nave seen TWO happs
American "ohlen. lneY We're p
because their husbands We're passion
ateiy IN love with them. Women S nap
piness depends on love, you know. ana
ON love alone.
But, M,s. rown | asked. would
you be happy with quarter of a nus
band?'
SHOW me, she replied. the woman
who has the whole OF II husband"
She
brousht into play Il small array "f tiny
Wrinkles that lurrowed up her dainty
forehead when | asked if she thought
the Turkish mode of life would bring
happiness in the United States. She
seemed ~ a loss for az answer. She
shrugged her little shoulders. and
shook her head with half a yes and
half Il no and then she sighed rather
than said. perhaps not-no-pcrhaps
" nat 't'.' l1Iit Iiltiil y ti
don't Enthusiastically IS The point of
view. The mental process from which
then happiness springs. Perhaps you
must understand the reiieion of the
Turkish woman To conceive why she is
~happy-eyen then il; may be difficult.
1t should lie explained.'
E,e ;,.a j., ~. l-ro
.rvi,,. ,n sa,r M n-,n,-
ton. and especially from such n source.
For Mrs. Brown is y women OF s,ne,ior
intallect and With rreot povor Of OH
servatiou ana ANALYSIS. She has lived
ms a CUES, in the hare,n. S4ie has min
rled in the closes, ra)atin,shin ,vfth th,
highest types of Turkis, wives she
has heard their secrets. listened to tho;,
heart stories. and spent Years in closest
communion with the most iutelloct,,al
and lovable of these flowers of Allah.
If she said these women wore mo hon-
piest women I'm all tho world su,ely
there mus; be some reason Tor II.
"Remember" SHE said. in warming
81 do NOT indorse the hnrn,,: uo.lhe,
do i condemn IL. do no, rive an
opinion I sinnly tell YOU what hav,
seen-what krow-,,af Inc TurI;ish
women are equally as Intelligent ;s the
American women. indeed many IL taer,
FAR more so and that bonnjnees. rrent
hanniness is Tho inya-in5,a mic l.,
the articles have wr;ttan lhat NO am
pearing in Appleton'e Nixragine. / *