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 If he should De
removed from the khedoviate he would
probably spend an active life as a wealthy
landed proprietor.
Being a Mohammedan. the khedive is
bound By his religion not to indulge in in
toXicants- Unlike Mehemet Ali. who is
said TO have died from the effects Of
drinking three bottles Of champagne when
oVerheated, he lives up TO 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 abstalneT
from tobacco. Although he might. with
out arOusing criticism in his capital or
violating the rules Of conduct iaid 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 II
the capitals of the western world many
readers OF Occidental papers believed that
a salty scandal had developed iu Cairo.
Not only difference I'm the point OF
view. but also difference IN definitions
Of the word slave explain the fact
that Egyptians considered the match emil
nentiy suitable The slaves of an Egyp-
tan princess are not women Of low caste.
They are CirCassian ladies-in- waiting. as
unlike real slaves as they are unlike tie
beautiful Circassians' seen in q circus
tent in the United States.
In Egypt at present there are no real
slaves within the western meaning 'Ehe
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 daughter-in-law ss first lady OF the
land. But the fact that the consOrt Of the
khedive was a slave" does not lessen the
of
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 Abbas
Pssha lives in 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 "hsrem division Of
the palace so-called in a homogeneous
domestic establishment in the east as
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 a 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
tates are large. While William H Taft
draws $4,000 as the executive head of a
nation of 100000, where he yields more
actual power than the king OF England,
the khedive Of Egypt. nominal ruler over
100000, and practically without power
except I'm minor internal affairs. has an
official salary of 500 600 and an addi-
tiOnal 10000 for the support Of other
members Of the khedival family. Aside
from Abdin palace, his official winter PAL
ace in Cairo, and Ras-el-Teen, used for
similar purposes in summer when the
capital IS moved to Alexandria, he has
Koubbeh, a fine country seat near Cairo
and Montazah, q seat on the shores Of
the Mediterranean sufficiently large TO
include a handsome game preserve where
his highness may hunt African antelope
and other varieties Of game. He has also
a palace on the Bosphorus. a gift from
his majesty Sultan Abdul Hamid of Tur-
key. His yacht. the Mahroussa, IN
which the iil-starred Ismail departed from
than 80 feet long
His official stipend is only a part Of
Abbas Pasha's income From his agricul-
tural lands and business houses he draws
about 100000 year. and as he is
iong-headed business man his holdings
are rapidly increasing. Compared to Is
mail, who appropriated one-fifth of the
arabic area Of Egypt to himself. farmei
II with forced labor. used the "courbash"
the historic whip Of Egypt, to thresh
funds from the fallaheen to fill his cot
ters and mOrtgaged the future of Egvpt
by borrowing millions in Europe, Abbas
Fasha IS a light burden upon the shout
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