Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-07-21

nuSpdnu loI oelHd- Sne knew M -
personally-Turllish women kn1,-
one but those Of their own =.
she made inquiries among her g..
for a manageable young man
Leila also took a hand in the pss
and quite naturally called on 0rs..ss
mother, Mfkri, to ask IL a matcs -
be arranged between Orkhan a. =
ma. MKT said she would see ss,.'.
One day Selma overheard her =.
and her aunt talking about gettir,s
a husband.
"Mikri says" said Leila. 'tbs, =
proposed to Orkhan to get a VII.
him, but he will not marry: III.
is looking for girl he has seen = =
bank Of the Bosporus and agal, :
steamer. II he can find her !. =
marry her, but no one else"
This was very narrowing to Sd.
The man she desired wanted ber :.
she wanted him, but could nor =.
her. He must not be Informed WI,
where she was, because Turk -.
his brides face for the first time ri.
he lifts her veil Immediately afte, =.
wedding ceremony. An American y
would have found a dozen vau !.
make herself known without anna,
ing to have anything to do with 4,
matter. But Turkish women, especial
ly the girls, are very helpless.
But Aunt Leila was a woman ,u,
even a Turkish woman likes IA h,,.
her own way. She knew NOTHING 4
the meeting between her niece ~
Orkhan, but his mother was the an, |
woman she knew who had a M.
riageable son, and she determines !, |
get him for Selma. Leila was wealth.
and she offered Mikri a large down
for Selma If her marriage with Or
han could be brought about Mn
told her son that he must stop dream
ing about the girl he had seen an
like a dutiful son, marry the wour
she had provided for him. he pror.
tsed to think about It and at last ar, /
In because he need not be restricts |
to one wife and If he ever found IT,
girl with whom he had fallen in lov,
he could marry her as well
One day Gulistan told her dauxbts
that she had found a husband for hg
and that they must begin to msss
preparations for the wedding. OF lah
years there Is not always an objss
ton to letting the bride know some
thing Of the appearance of the nn
she is to marry. Gulistan, not dream |
ing that Selma had ever seen Orkhar
showed her his picture, telling her thg
he was to be her husband. Selma
who had been almost crazed at TIE |
thought Of marrying any one exec. |
the man she loved, on seeing the photo
graph was like one reprieved Just Be
fore an expected execution. How shs
ever concealed her emotion she mere
knew herself.
Meanwhile Orkhan continued to lcok
for the girl on whom he had set BIZ
heart, for the expense of living BIS
risen in Turkey as well as elsewhsfs
and only wealthy men can afford mus
than one wife. The young man was
very miserable, for he wished to Cad
the girl he loved In time to break VIII
the wife his mother had provided TO-
him. But since he was permitted
look upon the face Of no woman e.
,ept his wife how could he find hal
He had passed her three times withor
her, she being yelled.
The wedding day came, and be d.
not found her. The women were sea-
I'd, most of them smoking cigarers \
and eating sweetmeats. Then ne
we're taken to inspect the apartmnr
% be occupied by the bride and groon
n which were the wedding pgesenr
ind the trousseau, the latter tnciudB
articles of apparel belonging to ns
groom. Then the guests were seafea
n a large room to await the enusnc
# the wedding party. The bride seF
ID, was brought to the door OF uT
iouse, where she was met by us
room. He led her into the house adv
,ast the guests, who were eiposil
ne another to get view OF the piia,'
,air, into a chamber, the door Of "n'Sl
vas closed behind them.
This is the moment when at iuls
sh weddings the groom nits
rides veil and for the first time ioA,
pom her face. Orkhan had proceeors
hus far like one going TO fuDel,
ather than a wedding. How the Oi~
ooked no one could tell, for ner LAY
vas covered. The two STOOD a'oI.
The groom, conforming TO wnat -
expected Of him, raised the veil !.
A pretty subject for an artist w0a.
e this incident-the mans race en4.s :
ng from indifference to surprise
eight at recognizing the girl DC
d. she looking up at him loyinss
Dying his surprise, mingling ner ~
mess with his. Then they were w.
In a long embrace.
Curiousiy enough, there Is no 49,
marriage ceremony in Turkey -
his. though there is always toi.
etrothai some time before NO ~
lous ceremony corresponding 70 ~,
I European peoples is required
with the Moslem Is siA'f'
liking possession OF his wife