The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-12-22

the use OIL the nOSeplece IMAM are tle
aides Of high degree. Inherited ira
dition may account for this The
ugliest and blackest negress from
Nubia is very scrupulouS in observing
he requirements OF her religion.
have seen Arab ladies in their car
riages, and ever in some Of the shops,
who were Indifferent to the veil and
the nOsepiece, but never a Nubian
Washerwoman in the streets who
would allow herself to be seen with
out 1t. Unfortunately. it does not
screen usliness, though it may assure
the Nublan negress that she is not
tempting one Of the male sex.
Not all the native population of
Egypt is MOhalnmedan, and this ac-
counts for the abSence Of either veil
or ~noScpleCe. which observers some
times mistakenly suppos is evidence
that the custom has fallen into disuse.
The real Egyptians are the CcDts, and
the COptlc women Sarb themselves as
other women.
British Concession.
British administration in Egypt, in
II instance at least, has made a con-
cession TO woman's rights similar to
that made by the Austrian govern
ment in Bosnia. It is baseds on the
same principle-that of property.
English respect for property is so
profound that by working on it this
concession was obtained. 1t consist
ed IN the recognition of a native lad
named Mabrou11a as the political boss
OF the village OF DamallO.
MabrOuka was the heaviest taxpay-
eli in the district. She applied for the
pest Of CmGeh, or village mayor. She
was held IN great respect, bur the
local councillors feared TO violate ira
dltIon by establishing 4 precedent Of
naming a woman as omdeh.
The Oindeu is really he 4tfia rc1,a1
ruler or governor Of the district, and
Is a good deal more than ar ordinary
village mayOr With oriental courtesy
the councillors explained that the non
OF would SO Overwhelln them that they
would be unable to eXist if they were
TO make Mabrouka y They also
explained the practical difficulties
which a lady of her quality would
nave IN carrying out some reSponSi-
bilities OF the position. since these
could only be discharged by d man.
Mabrouka met this difficulty by pro-
posing 4 man as SubOlndeIi. or deputy
mayor.
t The councillors again showed their
oriental nature. Not to be d in
{ pOltenesS, they made the man she
l suggested for the subordinate position
/ oindeh. MabrOuka, according TO the
reports current in Cairo. was entirely
4 satisfied with his arrangements, and
NAAA obSi III AAOO OIlS SOSGTllS IIS
. little community on the Nile with the
S approval Of the British administration
higher up.
. 1t is not only the Mohamnledan w0.
men Of the Ottoman empire whose
S status may be altered by the results
OF the war, or who weep While it is il
progress.
e Armenian women have had SO man,
/ occasions TO weep oven husbands ant
sons and brothers maSSacred by The
y Turks that wars horrors can have
T nothing new for them in their sor
rows. There is a difference in thu
present situation, however. since in
stead OF being unresisting victims tn
y ArTnenianS are reported to be organ
g ling TO aid the Russians. They ar,
not q warrior race. but they may d,
q some aggressive fighting, now tina
IS they have an opportunity to ally them
selves with a powerful belliSerent.
q The women OF Syria also hav,
:, known suffering; but since the power
!, regulated the Turkish control in tn,
Holy Land. and assured protection t,
> the Christians, they have felt les
keenly the Turkish rule.
. Palestine, with it's numberleSS Chris
d tan Sects, has been free from mas
Z. sacres and from ilideous outrages per
~ petrate.i in the name Of the prophet
- The Syrian women nave shown lit
tie interest iii the move
10 inent. possibly because they could no
. see that it meant anything for then
r under a Mohamnledan regime. Or
may have been that the status the
~ maintained for themselves in thei
&c households was sufficient to satisf
IN them.
P~atriarchal life prevails among tn
70 SyrianS, but the Woman'S position i
n. not hat OF conscious inferiority. Tn
e, Syrian man is not arrogant il assert
g ing the assumed rights Of his sex. r
IL, a casual observer he appears a yer
tractable creature, easily managad.
There is q SOdouln pOpulauiO
k. which IS LARGELY Mohan1natan an
II, the Sodouin WOMEN Of the desert hay
e. not yet felt any quickening infuenc
FIX Of wonlan's emancipation. The trad
ne tons Of centuries OF desert life ma
g. be broken, but hardly in the prese1
Re. o.o1arafioD M. as IN Ourcone af an