The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1916-10-03
TURKS 'SANCTUM'
-c~ T-E HAFEM FIGURES iN
LIFE OF TIE ORIENT.
cer-zr Writer Arrer1E Trzt NeF-err
Trzsslers rave Gives c1t a. ~
trsiy Wrsr9 irp-eszian cf
tire k~Eta1frn.


he Wes< troExkt rs clrai1a-i1n
70 f1e East- bur cae rtlzr me western
fs@esie weye unAhza ~ trsFe AWAY frs
f1e f'rsenE w1s me A4-e-a- Tsse lrsra-
rai VII stlrk ~ ID hzFe-A r. ore--
furz rkls r1d insrlrurlr1 wogid rake
a1 end "a tuitnre ln me Qrisnt
Tie k4rern = 4 home sor wrnan
Eaeuorrk q -hs family. us6oWe5 ua.sfzi-
ers. cd msid aunts and Others cf the
family AraleA- Eren old serr1urx. zn-
ti tcr further serries. are taken into
fhe hare-n-
I1e npr1 hzrem means -shoiy plaea
4 prgtecrs1 homc. and not wtsar is
falsely understood a Place where rleh
Orie1r2is tide and zaalntain fhslr
Eaaly w1wHs. The ctEdran bora ia
AerAns are kept rhere and carefully
nurse1 ty their mothers. Therefore
ne deash rate il these refeges ls
yeTy smzll
c.0nrersz lions fn fhe harFrs are car
rsei % 80 that the children d n0t IN
desstsud what Is said Il 1helr pres
ence. and a. the ctildren are alWAys
under TIE tr14al care 0f their moth
err. servants hare no opportunity to
teach sseh children things they shOnld
not know.
Married life "a one of trast. love ana
nyedieree. The middle classes live fn
homes according 10 their means. the
wives with their children On the second
foOr. where a mans eye cannot reach
Suifans ard khediyes generally have
for their wives separate palaces. some
~ them Decorated ia the best Western
styles the rooms are darkened through
Venetian blinds. which gives them
gloomy appearance. Where several
wives live in one house each one has
her separate household. The wives
meet often By special invitation: they
live in harmony together; there Is no
petty jealousy, each knows that the Law
allows the husband d certain number
of wives. II IL wrong TO think that
bridegroom and Drde-t0-be have 10
marry each other by the viii of the
parents The parents certainly make
the proposal. but the young people are
allowed tte final word.
Western people have accused the
Turks of polygamy. which "a denied
By the Oriental and the accusation re-
turned with the remark, the Western
men are worse for they fee from flow
er 10 flower. bur no one brings any II
these flowers home to make her his
wife.
Reforms and Western modes have
brought much unhappiness into the
harems. and often when too late Mos
lem women have found out that they
were wrong.
The Oriental. rich or poor. does not I
allow his wife 10 do laborious work
she has 70 live for her husband and 4
children only. He wants her to live 1
in ease and comfort, and 10 accom-
piish this, the husband deprives him
self Of many things. to give his wife 4
and children all the comfort possible.
The Oriental works and is thrifty.
while his wife sits at home on the car
pet and dreams.
The strict marriage law gives the
Oriental wife security and happiness,
while Western laws do not give wives
that security.
Turkish men seldom are rude to the
female population. but many Euro-
peans who don't know the laws and
customs Of the Orientals. are the cause
of the harem ladies being compelled
70 yeil.-Impression Of Institution.