The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-06-12

, extremity Of poverty. II the khedive Is
not really an Egyptian he IS at least an
/ Egyptian IN his fondness for country life
and for filling the land II he should De
removed from the khedOviate he would
/ probably spend an active life as a wealthy
landed proprietor.
Being a Mohammedan. the khedlVe IL
pound Dy his religion not 10 indulge in IN
toxicants Unlike Mehemst All, VINO Is
said 10 have died from the effects Of
drinking three bottles Of champagne when
overheated, he lives up 10 the require
ments of the Koran in this respect IN
a country where not only men and Wo-
men, but also children of both sexes.
smoke cigarettes. he is a total abstalner
from tobacco. Although he might. with
out arousing criticism in his capital or
violating the rules Of conduct laid down
by the prophet. have four wives, he is
content with one.
When the announcement that the khe-
dive had married a slave was made III
/ the capitals of the western world MANY
readers Of Occidental papers believed that
a salty scandal had developed ~ Cairo.
Not only a difference IN the point of
view. but also a difference in definitions
OF the word slave explain the fact
that Egyptians considered the match emf
nently suitable. The slaves of an Egyp-
tan princess are not women Of low caste.
They are C1rCassian ladies-in- waiting. as
unlike real slaves as they are unlike tie
beautiful CirCassians' seen in Il circus
tent I'm the United States
In Egypt at present there are no zeal
slaves within the western meaning. The
hsrem slaves" are educated. after ORR
entail standards, as ladies. They speak
French and perhaps read light French
novels, aside from having the wOmanly
accomplishments priced in the east Be
cause she was born a princess, the
mother of the khedive takes rank over
her d6ughter-in-law as first lady Of the
land. But the fact that the consort of the
khediye was a slave does not lessen the
respect Of the court OF the common people
for the mother Of the half-dOzen children
of his highness.
Like the khediveh-mere. and all other
women of the palace, the wife of ADDds
Pasha lives I'm the strictest retirement
Women Of the diplomatic corps and
others entitled by rank or position to
social recognition by the royal family.
are welcomed In the "harem division Of
the palace. so-called in a homogeneous
domestic establishment in the east IS
well as where there are several wives,
but the visits cannot be returned. lest
the prOfaning eyes OF men should rest
upon the unveiled faces of women whose
religion strictly prohibits them from be
ing seen by men not Of their own family.
When the khedive gives ball, his wife
and mother and other women OF mis-
household, occupy a screened box from
which they witness the spectacle with
out being visible to persons In the ball
room.
Compared to official salaries in Amer
lea, allowances made to Oriental poten-
tates are large. While William II. Taft
draws $4,000 as the executive head of a
nation of $1,000 co., where he yields more
actual power than the king Of England,
the khedive Of Egypt, nominal ruler over
100000. and practically without power
except in minor internal affairs, has an
official salary of $4,000, and an addi-
tiOnal $4,000 for the support of other
members of the khedival family. Aside
from Abdin palace, his official winter ral-
ace in Cairo. and Ras-el-Teen. used for
similar purposes in summer when the
capital is moved to Alexandria, he has
Koubbeh. fine country seat near Cairo,
and MOntazah, a seat on the shores of
the Mediterranean sufficiently large TO
include handsome game preserve where
his highness may hunt African antelope
and other varieties Of game. He has also
a palace on the BosphoTus, a gift from
his majesty Sultan Abdul Hamid Of Tur-
which the ill-starred Ismaii departed from
his country when he was deposed, is more
than so feet long.
His official stipend is only a part Of
Abbas Pash3 s income From his qQricUI-
tural lands and business houses he draws
about 100000 year. and as he is a
long-headed business man his holdings
are rapidly increasing. Compared to Is
mail, who appropriated one-fifth of the
arabic area of Egypt to himself farmed
II with forced labor used the "courbash q"
the historic whip of Egypt to thresh
funds from the fallaheen to fill HIS cof-
ters and mortgaged the future of Eevpt
by borrowing millions in Europe. Abbas
Pasha is a light burden upon the shout
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