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Corpus Christi caller and daily herald. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1911-1917, 1912-08-16
HEAVY OIL SHIPMENTS
Tesas coeroag Reports a Hspialy h.
oFsasire Demand esr,oA rhrsoBh
Corpus CHRIST

Thr Grsaf tli suminni fepfiF b
faridh nff,aalng dcinaaa too ol
hruarh 'ofpus CHRISTI rhefe has
ne.n consldHranl, ifsubis m sscufinF
ptaper rsiiipsd fsfinticr, iasa rare
nsing hsfa ip pfofns vhea fedci
rhla condition hse n..fn fn lafsf "a.
ieul rsiisfcd aua fseia ppN ai cafpuf
eAi ffue in HmIsmian.a aar diatfihlir
inF ccnirf Tho ius ef,ih. pis lnnge
ID neat, siotl nargs hes 10 hands "a
tr,pinf ihs ias mufape ianA un Water
street. property stu.krd ~itn fuN DAD
which Dol tbf onif sofi hriuf naudie,f
81 $50 there haH strn ao efHFf fof
Hmpiaini u runn,a iinn qiin uit si.a
ars iaus Too rfeufise- afs f,til 0iona
and no rsc.ss on ls allowed ia iiap ih
a. enc naief of nn iur Rfonnl Ihe
Caiiaf apposed ibe ef,s iion nf tho
.iank nui g se.inr th, opposition war
uniuuioei ettfif Yeteipii iu ans
oven, 40 rfs
Corpus Christi caller and daily herald. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1911-1917, 1912-08-16
pOSTOFFICE IMPROVEMENT
larger flosr space Bsieo Taken w.
and segtion % Steel Drawers
VIII De Installed.

improvements are noN hsine mad
in che Corras christi poaiaffirs Cor
prnfers and wofkm.n prfe huss au
dis,i YESTERDAYS rnlifains ihs unigs r.,om
far the handiinr ~ ihg mais pstnarrs
and fhf lhrfrassd business VI fhs lsfaI
sffloe rns inbhs ~ the rortori,s 10
helng mtdt SMALLER AL ihr spare eaf
nefdra an tho insl4r ~ tb, OFFICE
fne ~ ths mufot emrnfs sil hr
tho Installation of anufHrf scftnn ~
steel man drawers Theses frs uofs are
fho sen latest approved designs ~ thf
government snd ff, Hf fi.s teilsft ar
tamaft combination saft Anoihr
eindos viu b. eI.sued 81 ihe conren.
lrnre uf hsndhna packages and az tna
tnsimnniefs Windows
We nsfdfl mufr noon ant had A.
have r7 said Postmaster Crsbne fes.
ferias "fhs business ~ thc Corpus
childish office 10 increasing rrrrf dal
We hafo not bad rnnueh bosos ~ puf
patrons ia SEVERAL months Tho ngw
drawers ~iil hrlr suppiy ths present
dfmspd hut win rof be- sniitleut"
Corpus Christi caller and daily herald. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1911-1917, 1912-08-16
CITY SANITATION
ORDINANCES WILL
ALL Be ENFORCED
PINES IMPOSED YESTERDAY roa
VIOLATIONS
saritaF, ccramiss,ersr Res NiH.,
sasss sssss-srs a. asestt 70
Cets Clsanhr.ee

ths saFsirfsfrsft'n 20 ths newly
sestvi ssnilsfs oonamtssione4 e l.sen
nlrs Oh stes rtsuas Yesterday morn
lns sete.ai nnrt wssf iuil,u.oi in tns
tefroraisn court luaes Is..s wnfht
lftslsieF o. ih1 tlalsii..1 ~ if.s .an
Ham afiiHaugrs af fhe siff
TOE ft.es Nhhh esmt tffoft faitl
Nfthl .n rtEtrt a. slunau tIaftttsis
orrt those a1ainsi waI iie-se ftt ilis
niafeA rcstaerani and ,he Nsnh,i
eco frsfaufani ~ $3.50 rtarFss tts 0f
f,iil.is l.frsd rrHi1 nnt urrf fIuoi To-
fssi thai fhe ssnuars ordinance has nni
tflu lrfaftti horfInf.if. fs fhe extent
ef inrrsiue f'uss BE- prahsais 1a. ta lhf
,tets ~ yesterday rht ufiendors v oft
eafrri ~ eietr pp iheir premises taf
.n. nalttf eAs n0f hrc.Ira with thf
aialts rssuii
in cnurtfian auh thf msiisr nus
NlIlef strHHrf 0'tnin 'esfnnrr who haf
i.fen n .nts hHi fsw wtsh-. sapi
'in frFrai io thr funs Imposed B.,
ihe cefi afaiiiH v0uri thls mrfnns b
am ss, ttH H s tte policy "a ihs
nilHif triHrfWfrf in 49, that iht
.li, ordinances be- lhls ,,untriIon af.
boz ,lnlairi ~, announced onr in
icuiious ara hays gissn faif ~arnIoF
and thtrr Nll ne ro fssar shown ln
thf matter bot an eha arr tnasn
tiui4iHfs 10 thf s,UHait oriiuanri Nia
ho fnts W. musi hatra riosnrr ruf
ani this is imperative fer soc foof af
au ine prtpie rhs law VIII BEL urf
n rnfnfrrt lnsToI ftrs have nren n
nrl,ied o. rls complaints aesinsi aii
affendefa
"n D. ihr rupHsr nf ihr sanitary S.
rsrimfui to tld iht hdirs af Cofna.
CHRISTI in the present ulaan.up cam
ralrn AFTER tho fsmralfn be- cioset
thsn ihe MORA eii eo rleht ahosa With
nni heinF f0ifeea"
Corpus Christi caller and daily herald. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1911-1917, 1912-08-16
WRITES OF CORPUS CHRISTI
Ar,cis ilius,rstso WIN Views VIII A.
pear in an Gasis Issue 81
Farm snd Hanch

NNf0n Et,uft representing thf
rarm and RANCH H' neNr nss hen
n ihv lfl fyf srlnr dns esthruns
data frum vhi.H m uflf. sn ar,i,is
.n iH, development oi Corpus CHRISTI
lie a.s .r,ureI DO information. arii-
usn tNe artistic snd So upn h kinH
.liD laf ihe parfust TOE H1D "a
Cnuus ChHsi. nin apprI .n an etfN
issur nf fto fafm and Eanrh and wu
Dt Illustrated With tgm 10 tirsa H
the oin snf nunir
Nr Ettfru In hiH STORY has iRRcr
thc etrlnuHlfai Development 81 tnii
- iiOn ns enc frtf1rf several irau
aeo he waH tir4ns hofo when tnefs
Nas tsu Htls farntinE bcins done and
iFacusals un attention h.d Boon pail
iu ihe ifufA business
Anaug tho feature which ar Efef
GO hes nait And ~bi.h be- dtsetlbes aI
ain stofi b. she iatssihilliisa "a ihis
s.Dilan as "a trlfs esanirf and fhs prp
4ls.an that should hr made te fstf
oafe " fht ahanaani eltIss unirh CON
81 rraiulad Me nisAsa s asll,st sns.
afaton ilai Caap,s shri-u ~.--l- y
annsfs ~lth isrrs capacity ana q
pIc.iing pinnf iiis nusFesiiof. n fa.
low,d out nnud no dnuhi frfaans
80 ihe eruehiur ~ ihe irufE rfaWsts
- this se,tiau 90 Considerable 81.
ient
Corpus Christi caller and daily herald. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1911-1917, 1912-08-16
Col. VlSSCaER TELLS
OF AN EXPERIENCE
INNFWSpAPR GAME
CT, ors~ ,s pepsissser ~ itoco ~
So Ne~shs sra Ne~ rss o~sF
ANN sundsa 1880

NJ sNpsrirnrr~ la tHe newsissi,,s
sauiy have i~eu sstie,l- sa,a C,A WI.
isin l.iebii,,ss Nls-..hsf scri~s.ia,.
setsfaH ln ghe leurnhllsiic o,ad ~hs h
new ki,sndins stt.s~l dsss W leAs sts.
hasiot uaSs tAs ifip fr.se chic4eo ~.
ssntt wilh David alAfkss.n and othcie
n Az Ciefkson's tis seven parsenstI
ffsHlef tHuftnt oAf . have sttitet
g daus parst n %. i.fisle,al i,.t~~i
10 Westminster when there ~as noi
teass On sish, cat DOWN me ness AMI
haW e,, ogn,s 30 the stumg- aua
have sccn spienda slN 1r.~ ur
sfuund ths sla,i ,,nlinec4 cod Niss
ehrs
,'oi Nise,hcf n amvns ihs csunifi .
fov sreat hum.alsts h ghe sushot -
stsf ta,nu h..iAs 10 ss,s ~ has
i... ,.,.r s...sia..t.-i .. ,.~rv. ,hf,-',
sna al.s ,ho nlaes No has o. fund II
nislvaflns st,aies a. reialr amoue
tnein tsins ghs slets a Emo newspaper
started neiunsham washinstun
feieffsd a. ans,e
iisiiinsham vas founacd h 1850
"fIN AHf tnH' NNf. NNNtN ~ NNNNfitN
bad rcaghed porulaiin "A itppo aua
has now erown H. lhs foar,h eity A
tHe rtAt, " Washington Win y ispuls
tIan of a,ff sareN 10, nfst nuildlna
'n tho risrg who're ths snA how stands
sas nS pIlrtiaE Nfnot tfep ~hi,h ~as
.ssqsi aain iaaei iasfoio ih, is-,pit
trFan &. arrive Ihs plaDe ~ts iE hs
asflf tate ssued fsf nsttn anu the
iafri use ihf fau iiatcn itsfald a
wts nn lnfrfrsiirr fhprfitnrf tn eailh
iie tlit sfa~ ar fa.i ss tte ttess ~srs
rut avsf io refmu tuliiinka A. Ns
Constructed a. nfsf thet rfrine
ieeui' hfti wifps amaug ihe lrps.
nut Within Tea mnntnH stsft ihlng
hindpfp ,amr ihlnnfDam via event
sailf hr iAr sf,atsst slli ~ enc vtsi
aast fuaoeoa as b h. snh aeer va
irr natural advantages snd fnanai ia
aii'n As paft sn inr han "a as,
lrH,lo vuh ihf iri,nt'
Cot Ni~schef ana Mf ciafhsor ~ul
fsmaih iH ihs eli, ~ ssSrfal aa4s fei
heirfs rsturnlnK ~ chicaFu
Corpus Christi caller and daily herald. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1911-1917, 1912-08-16
WOULD BRING AEROplANFS
y Raishs Interested IN ths rsiabi,sn
Tusns ~ az AsiA'lpn seheei IL
Corpus Chris,h

Nrrfriarr ~ q iiists - tss rain
nef' ial ciah. Ia la receipt - o.
frcm u naishs ~ chiragn sell tnpun
is INC world ~ hAiaihis in feaafd a.
sne establishment ~ q sfl,uoi - afis
'ion in inls ely ref some ,lns+ rer
reiarl blake has been H. correspond
enes with Iieiph plEglas WIN d a.
soelatsd fiih ~ iiaiehe eanNsfRlps he
sch"ol Ns itaicse hss bccons ioisf
ssis.a IN iis feporis - yenssn ctris,l
80 desirable ieestien 30 anrh q
sehnoi and is aatlna 10 asfpus W.
formation concsrplnn propsslfion
~ H~ichs s,aies that he eoai1 feu
scrf td come ~ rarEaa c8isu sAd
ifiDF thf As,sss-fl aefepienes ard
equipment ~ an atiafion srhfnl ~
some mall indgesmeni csaih f,r sat
cured frasn ths elty The plan rsrErri
"a ~ provide ne fhe netsssssy a.
rrnse - having an stiaiihn sfilpa
tsfs Il eHe ~hleh u is iisiseTri wii
appeal ia ~ pesple A u1ml,ef ~
hsnfnts arr outlined That mag sotn,
from an sviaiiyn afhpei in Corpus
christi cllsf amnns ibss, bslus tbs
sdseriislns feature
NJ nsirhs ~ouid ~ accompanied ~
hls pfff ihs nfsi AmsficsB avisifess.
Mr. iiinEins ana others 30 states haas
30 snuia ns.f 10 apen fss ghe g,fsg~,si.
fion - establishing 8 sfiiesl bffs until
sf'rs ihr hsr Orraon iisnnsff races.
shich ~in ~ consulted l,eglsaine Fcp
srmhsr 2 heefesafY Blake eln iahs
ne mattel ~ NIfn thc Sommsrsial
cish,
Corpus Christi caller and daily herald. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1911-1917, 1912-08-16
NAY ACCEPT CALL HERE


fsoY Earnest , iifadisr - i4smf.aers.
u 10 mo cify cnbfefFinE villa shF
church i,oara - me ccnirai fnfifissn
Tai,sfnaeie ~ Ferafd 90 aeetpflnK ne
past~ra,e ~ that rhsfrh IA thls cry
~. VAS called % tbs woft ~ a bpsiAess
session ~ fhs fhorch board hsid hst
nunaay 80 - hiwhly plsasra vim
carpns christl snd wili render nj d..
clslon aurinT ms weet 10 REGARD -
ihe rnn
Hst bradley is foups nan y spien
"a fraininf n shs worf and hsk btfn
fmineollY saeressfui ns pinlsirr -
ths cislsiisn trothefhoa sines his
graduation ffyso Tes@s rhfiFsisn TINT
yersliy - wsfo ~ ites rines thai
hme ~ har taker s6siliensi ~qrs q
tcfitr prepare hhn ~ Ms prtfrssi1a
lie kns beer ffif pastor n f'.e chrissias
obarrh ~ i.ampanas fw me vast NJ
geara.
Corpus Christi caller and daily herald. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1911-1917, 1912-08-16

ufiss - iniise Baldwin snn"sscsn
thst nefsafirg az anirfs pill ~ p,n
tion,d constantly I'd heeaaYaaess. az
anf ulTtt thoss usnsinf "a mas
airaSH nna a ht rl,aulfs as ~.
au'ntl, in The past y h.s been le,l.s
ilhi' io n,atf En aGrsF phtn m"si
needed hui chief HsidNn .i,s 49, -
determined la lnaie $40 ca.pps asvsii.
ig. 90 s,sona 90 u'n. sIst &C u.e cas-
rfns cred
Corpus Christi caller and daily herald. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1911-1917, 1912-08-16

~ VI 'fU'fmnte. wa Wss injured in
a nrtth oa iiso rsaas Msskah rsnfoaa
htfwren IRIS riiy and i.4foao 90 Jail
%. so oar Hr tho sirrris yesterday ~
ihs fret ilIas nihfs 100 eutinrni otsuf
rca Ne Sustained Injuries in tbe nsfh
and shnuiasf and b. f4esd io us.
raos in reiilrs s,sput
40 crstmpre r. q msii otssl on tA'
TssHs- HsAiran read ~ sisted zee
ifranF That this Ia ii.e flfsi tims hi
Ss years thli hf nln hoen canfihsd a. hl.
Ius.iii fssi nssi. isan f.ar aaY at time
iic etpeeis o. o. ahis 10 RETURN % bir
daiiea iu To- daEs
Corpus Christi caller and daily herald. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1911-1917, 1912-08-16
Seaside Theatre
EXCLUSIVE MOTION PICTURE
HOUSE

'canscirnror ttaaafaphl a picture
<pf genuine urirnalil anh up ie ihe
DE. standard a. an Nnirfsph piffarcs
poWu Isittils waY" ii.-sannl i
, Two country hlys arc in lntt Wifh
\ prct,y Tib KING TINS oanuo decide
Kshich the loves the bert and iahcr
81 matter up sltn het father. and
VA arAa him to sh iu ladsment ga .s
\ dinraiiy farmer King astc.s o. d.
,hs rest man have her tui la lh.1 are
tpth gAia s..1 "a ,sei ihsits -
ssts thet la 81 10 stamped saiu 81
fhirks ~ hatiue race faf ths mas.
gi.Ke ls.n-. Nhiis they afe rutis
Hinf hecomrs snnton wiih tns minis.
icg aud T0m and Ieul sei bsd.Y
sfunr
fhs Alan lnslas faieuesl raafo-
drama
= CENTS ADMISSION 70 AL
Sssvenir couper Cissn with Each
kdr,ission.
- Coupons for Tea spoon
I 40 Coupons ser Table Spoon
NJ Csupsus for tsnis Fert
No Coupons fsr Table Kate
Corpus Christi caller and daily herald. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1911-1917, 1912-08-16

TIE fait itg a rapeefes Tonight
Har trtues fuH earsa a misea rasf
rhaniiisd rausignei fo i0raf hanft
Tant sssen 81 eiFbi hundred bales a.
eeiion await shipment and j D.
ihoushi thf Fcssa Nin cieaf with
snnsiE inF hfitfr ihan poe hsits Their
Is seunf n.ea - an sedii.uai i-.si 50
the 0aivswap-cefFss service oWing ~
ihe hrafg rrftuu stImcnta nesklng
eaNff bf eaffr
Corpus Christi caller and daily herald. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1911-1917, 1912-08-16

a insrfins ras bsld issi nirhf - fhe
ufnccrH ~ fhs Corpus chrisfi Maste.
iriTa ln fbN inisfhallunsi Land Com
I.anf l.uH.lnV era retefri fnsffefr ~
hertHess ln connection uifh ERE admin
lssiraiion ~ fHs CnmpanF ihe isrfef
raner ara itf armuft nrfs distressed
Cspisln ffasliuf announces snnrlai
nreinF - the Nuasffeeff un nesf
raradaf nirhi si iho Commercial Ciub
fsf iha pafI ise ~ drilis and a. matf
ln announcement in REGARD Oh ths uni-
f'srns ~ sh- nrw onfurarr AZ nirr
lssfr are requested in br present
Corpus Christi caller and daily herald. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1911-1917, 1912-08-16

save fpuf eler ffufg enc bright NFfi
aiih tnc riEff Kind 30 cpiuFt1 eiassos
lht kind 90 hHtc Tho sfhrimF EFes
rsauIued NJ fuuf bead athaa aii the
time. Ne ,an ftup iL kIl o.
Corpus Christi caller and daily herald. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1911-1917, 1912-08-16

IisffY Archer representative ~ tn0
caainae Aufp cainf.as rupued 80.
iefaay the sale sad aeiitsff ~ 1873
noliel cas- "a ihai make ip Cos y r ssh
iiufi NJ Archer states thsi D. h -
paetirs % q fea DAYS To- ssosuae efntni
~ lhs ltia model caaiiisl aaina
Corpus Christi caller and daily herald. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1911-1917, 1912-08-16

the cheapest sait you can Bay 81 the
enc nhith uill Fiff goa tke most
Nersioe Ths famous "a v Frire a
Co. cioftsu made 90 IT. ars .aIthes
80 stand behind We sell cm and
wezr en-.
Corpus Christi caller and daily herald. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1911-1917, 1912-08-16

Nous enH Spoons a Iine io pisase yog
con ho found "a TIE eiamms sii Aes
quite a. 8-fI-c
Corpus Christi caller and daily herald. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1911-1917, 1912-08-16

Remsmhcr tho sani a. rarc Of the
Caller tomcfros siil De- nsesy with
!. ,rrains sn5 daily wants
Corpus Christi caller and daily herald. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1911-1917, 1912-08-16
BEETHOVEN SINGERS
FROM SAN ANTONIO
COMING TO CORPUS
Will RUsnes conctRr nEss on
SGPrEA aGR :.
ust~sea e. a~a ~ Nsr,bsss 81 nee
thssss asssrsrsees vii Csr.
pess tNs rafts.


fht i.e,il.,, .si. Nsnasf. naf "a Sen
Nutenla auslcai ofeaniraitn wsu
sru~r iu ihit se.i4.n 81 ihe siAta ~Hl
s.sii ihs "a, .m Ssptrmusf &c ibs
nesis,st rf tnto, ina an pusias and o.
1,niItf lfulfam srrrsiaff "a "a
iiiskf NJ tft tommtffisi tiam has a..
.tittl auHtanetnisni ~ tht coursfi
eai ih, 400, wsr ma doanusi, NATIVES,
itst matfct ne'nr i0r tn h.ai p..l.4
u 81 was rfoi.atis heeetsf ihai iha
dsts $50 o. ea iho sl,sst,-sn st sop
trmrr
rhsrc ain ts g.otastu 90 snd ca i,,.l.
rle htf ffem the Aiama Cfu a. rsf
uClpatr n ihe eunotsi The isectbo
tsn Nannrrt ai tas ten iu yofpns
chusu trff, and thr h,sh orisr 81
ibeu ver. u vel knoNn n ms siD
fhr Ysurfam ipf shs .ou..ii ~ia b.
ss fuila~s
proefs~a
o. fesi llimue lt.sinai Hymn
p Niim Tsle "y,anenef t.isor
sausaiD
Mf WIN NafN
b fal Ngf hamfindpn Wtnssft
$50 M.n il,sT lIndlaf
rrnof sain Nf st. % i.ea
q lfikortnnf ii1iaffms t'hUHus
fr.nl 1nunnsnr>fl a. Warner
Ia ial IasrfH issfepaarl Rsut,assl
500 NrHN Ii'lsesnut.l kfs.ai,i
Geo iIthrfhIf hflieit
NJ WIN NHft
q falrirh Weiss sin kllnus lisu
stIriu fsslf.if.f
600 PEI MHffsfNth taI uthr
lafiiens saia lirff e. "a vnfnri
a rftfano Hoio flhlf namlsf wii.
D., sullalsi o., l,.al islrnt
b "ashuuflfnfeesh t'onr II.
iitfthNfNH Naunrrh ni
Corpus Christi caller and daily herald. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1911-1917, 1912-08-16

Prescription eufi q specially Ftee
aslisert a. any part * 80 rif8 mad
yfpmrtlg cts bfue Store f'aoHes so
lee "a. t10st
The Caller wants ads are read b.
tho neigh l,orx src their fri~nls
Corpus Christi caller and daily herald. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1911-1917, 1912-08-16

me Gamer vast a rsss is ,oa'
salvation
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1912-12-06
PRESERVATION OF BIRDS
HAS ECONOMIC REASONS
From the Indiananolis News

FROM the indianapolis News,
An appeal based not on sentimental,
but on urgent economical reasons, is
being made in behalf of preserving bird
life in America. Birds, it is pointed
out, are of immense value to a%gricul-
ture in the destruction of insects, and
it is not generally realized that bird
life is being decreased at u rate caus-
ing enormous losses in crops and con-
trlbutlng materially to the high cost
of living. A report on this subject
was made to the national conservation
congress i'm Indianapolis by a commit
tee headed by William Il. Hornaday,
of the New York Geological park. This
committee is now urging everybody to
Write to senator's and representatives
IN congress In favor OF national legis-
lation for the protection of migrating
birds. and that this be lone at once,
so tina the short session of congress
meeting next month. may take action.
The delay of another year on long pend
ing measures would. it is urged. do APP
preciably more damage. State laws, it
is contended, a not be relied on to
protect the life Of migrating birds, for
birds of great value to agriculture may
be protected by many states and yet
be slain by many thousands in a few.
Negro and poor white pot hunters Of
the south are particularly destructive.
The value Of the birds destroyed as
game and for food in America is not
equal" Mr.. Hornaday says, Ito one
thousandth Of the value they would
save to the national wealth II permits
ted to live. Regarding the slaughter
OF u birds. the increase of insect
pests. and the losses they infict upon
US, the g<eat mass Of the American
people are sound asleep. The situation
is Illogical. absurd and in%tolerable. AS
reasoning beings 1t is our duty to take
hold OF this subject like men," !.
An idea Of the normous annual
losses caused by insect pests against
which birds are a protection is given
In the year book of the United States
department Of agriculture for 1904,
when the department made a study of
this subject. Here are some of the
figures:
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1912-12-06
Naked Truth About
Haren of the Turk
Told by a Prominent English Woman Who Recently Came
Out of One.

"-Ah. if only we We're understood!
All. if only the world understood!'
These We're the last burning words in
the diary of the beautiful and young
Assis. who blew out her brains on the
last day of the eason at the Sweet
Waters of Asia"
In these two sentences We I'VE the
whole clew to the untold miseries of
h Turkish harems. Who understands
at all? To the average European the
mere ord harem conjures up. what?
"a home of barbaric %splendor and soft
delights where clandestine orgies are
the rule. But it is h unutterable
dullness and degrading monotony that
has sent nan IL fair flower such as
Ass!s to an early grave.
De spite the incursion of modern Gull
ture the women remain as much a
component part of the ornamental
%draperies as the ancient odaliques. The
many refinements of the life only ac-
centuate the S%ervitude of the soul. The
expansion Of the intellects of the wom-
en- only render their chains the hard
err to bear.
Socially the country slumbers in arch
aic barbarity. Yet even previous to
h Young Turks revolution Partisan
tastes in furniture, dress, and manners
had strongly inoculated some of the
harems: modern volumes dealing with
social philosophy had come into the
hands of the harem inmates, and
steadily the "yashmak" (the becoming
white gauze) had been superseding the
hideous. enveloping, hoodlike "tchar-
chaf' as covering for women's faces
at open air functions. particularly dur
ing the summer season at the Sweet
Waters of Asia.
Veil Is Drawn More Tightly.
Now the dreaded reaction has come.
Tradition or male selfishness has
proved too much-not religion, be it
said, for Mohammed preached
the subsection of women as 1t is prac-
ticed in Turkey-and the decree has
gone forth that the cruel and crushing
~sway-the old paq veil has beer
drawn more tightly owe the mental
horrors of the harems.
Rut the serpent has entered and can
never more be driven forth. The wom-
en- now have knowledge.
md they win surely go to ex-
Today only the Turkish woman's
body is in leash; her mind revals to ex-
cess in its new found freedom of out
look. Daring modern books continue
to be smuggled into the harems, and
If suicide or flight has already been
too often the answer to the Turks
claim to control of his womenfolk.
what will the answer in the near flu
ture beo
Meanwhile mental torture has
reached its acutest pitch. The young
Turkish woman h has tasted the
sweets of comparative freedom. who
has filled her mind with the revolu-
tionary ideas Of modern writer's. who
is aware of woman's social and polit-
zeal advancement in other countries.
how is n to face the continued isola-
ton of the harem. the prohibition of all
male acquaintance, the disfiguring.
uncomfortable, and unflatterinn
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1912-12-06

"fereGjah" (Which entirely ~conceals the
figure like Il domino) n stc~harchaf,'
n the often arbitrary selection for
her of a husband whom she is not even
allowed to see before the actual mar
riage ceremony"
Even Home Selected BY Others.
All that is merely in accord with the
tradition hat denies to the Turkish
woman a brain. Even the house and
furniture that are to be hers on mar
riage are selected by others without
her knowledge. h must never SUBJ
init her features to the photographer,
for that would mean circulating her
picture for the profane gaze of others.
The men and women eat and live part.
the former in that part of the house
called the 'selamlilx" and the latter in
the harem. and in the older families
even husbands and wives spend the
DAY practically isolated from one an
other. All doors to the harems are
without locks and bolts. SO that tho
slaves (who have an astonishing
amount of freedom in all matters) NAV
walk In and out without at
any hour.
Is not such marriage closely akin TO
the bartering OF slaves? Is 1t mere
form to ask the woman's consent. A
photograph may be shown her of the
man anxious to be her future master.
but it gives no clew to his heart, and
mind. and morals. At first, stirred 20
rebellion by all she has read and ali
she fears, she refuses: and then the
elderly female relatives torment her
with their constant reproaches and
reasonings or scorn. why defer the
i~nevitable??' the kinder ones ask.
h ceremony is an ordeal hardly
conceivable to christian minds. The
journey IN the shattered hearselike car
l ri3Ya fO fha nri6ournoro,v I,o,,,o. xl>o
ceremonious meeting with the master
to be; the eXhausting submission,
perched like a museum freak on a ped-
estal. sometimes for six or seven hours,
to the cold inspection and impertinent
queries of relatives. friends, brazen and
Common women from the streets. while
the invited guests-all women, of
course-have for once DOTTED the
hideous 'tcharchaf" and glory in open
bodices N bare shoulders.
Bridegroom Sends for Her.
Follow games, music. and a gay sup
per. with the rarest fruit, flowers and
modern table decorations. for this
crowd of gorgeously dressed women.
upon whom the fairest circassian
slave wait with the costly foods.
And then?--it is getting late and the
bridegroom, having arrived from the
ceremonies held elsewhere in his honor,
sends word that he awaits the bride
and they go off in a carriage together.
But he is more solicitous of his
young brides wishes at first than is
customary i'm other countries. This is
one of the highest spots in Turkish
matrimonial affairs. Having practic-
ally commandment" his wife. the
Turk then is feverishly anxious that
she love him for himself alone. So at
the commencement of married life he is
content to court his brides affection by
gracious manner and generous gifts
and modern unobtrusiveness until stem
by step he has won his place as a
/ husband