The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-06-23

N when he goes to heaven, he
will receive in addition
seventy two black-eyed houris, ever
Beautiful and ever young. When there,
hc will have children or not. according
I'd his wish, and the offspring will
gov in an hour to the stature OF their
tp;rents. Mohammed himself is said to
hive had about twenty wives while on
'Srth, and, when he died. he left nine,
,eeIl of whom had her own house not
lr from the mosque at Medina. Mo-
hlmrned started out b. marrying
widow. Her name was Cadijah, and
4. was her money which gave him his
Est boost into prominence He was
bout % years old at the time. and
ftas one of the finest looking young
faux of Arabia cadijali was forty,
tc,d. II is alleged, that 1t was she who
.opped the question. He lived with her
pr twenty-five years. and, during that
line. took no other wife. A month after
sth died, however. he became be-
tr,tiaed to girl of seven, and he mar
6rtd her two or three years later This
ucord wife was the beautiful Ayesha,
,horn he preferred, above all others,
% the day of his death.
+ MOlumIl c00n W OInGns
i These facts form the basis OF the
atoflammedan's idea OF marriage. He
Selieves that the prophet had the right
o more wives than his followers be-
,,ause he was favored OF God; and
mere was chance that he might gen.
rate race of prophets to succeed
lin. This chance failtd; but neverthe-
hiss he still sticks to the limit of only
our wives. and tie Arab Judges of
runisia and Algeria Will not recognize
is legal any more han that number
Indeed. In Algeria the French are
now trying to cut down the size OF the
herem.s and they will not allow such
of the Arabs as lecome naturalized to
hive more than one legal helpmate.
heard of a youn, man in Oran, the son
.of shelk. whothought that 1t would
he fine to be as'rench citizen. He took
out his papers and shortly thereafter
wanted to mary. he nad aiready one
wife. and the license was therefore re-
fused. Uponthts he was disgusted,
and said he 1anted to be pure Arab
cnce more.
Down in Jguig. on the edge of Mo-
rocco. l watoid that III is the custom
for the MOI of that region TO marry
Mt eighteen or twenty years of age.
taking yfe OF thirteen or fourteen,
About teniears later he adds another
Young maen OF the same age to his
household When he gets to be forty
he takes third. and at.fifty a fourth;
SO that has always one young wife
to waitbpon him throughout his
earthly !reer. AS the new wives come
on, the der ones step back TO the rear
an9, acts their servants
At II present time. owing to the
adyandnent of modern civilization,
these fral marriases5are steadily de-
4 creasli in number. This is the rule
ar alhohammcdan cities. Here in
Tunishost OF the natives now have
but d wife; and such is the case In
all II cities of Algeria. The cost OF
4 il!vints steadily increasing, and the
won demand more and more. They
ire tternlng after the French ladies
II, ttr tastes, and 1t Is only the rich
Whtan keep up more than one house
hol
Seover, where several wives are
he'd together under the same roof
ann the same quarters, there is sure
toll discord, and 1t means both peace
areconomy to have only one The
q BAD load on their husbands, for
81 are seldom more than children in
csacter. They have no education tc
II of, and they must have servants
Slaves to walt upon them. The
Joand Is expected to furnish q dover
each Wire, ana II nc Is rich, he
1t give from $4,000 to $40 900 to &c,
This money goes to the girls
billy. and o quartet of wives SO PAID
requires a large sum. With people
rich, the dowries are less; but
by husband must pay something 70,
wife, even down to the porter, al
tugh the latter may, get a bride 70.
tor $40.
IL In the Womcn's Quarters.
las rule. the Mohammedan hus.
and makes his matrimonial invest.
)hnts after the old fashion of buying
Vpig In poke. He seldom sees his
Vide before he ia engaged to her, and
N5 he is young, the parents make al
~ contracts. There Ii no place upor
Nth where the women are SO muct
'luded; and there are now mlllions
"a, p who are never seen by any othel
/ than their husbands In the cit,
GiH Eunis the ladies never go out OF
street except In closed carriages
by know nothing about shopping
nevor Visit tho be2aare or stores
b carriages arc brought into tilt
irtyard OF their homes. and, afte
~ have been put In by their ser
hts and the doors tightly closed, TIN
boms come out and hitch up TIN
rises, Ifithey are calling upon a lad.
s@ lend. /. the carriage ia taken into tn
u VIZ h,rtya n ract trfa to tho