The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-08-20
2O.-Ameri ericanism,

Paris, Aug. 20.-Americanism, taught by the Yankee bluejackets and American colleges, has gently but finally unpinned the veil of extreme retirement which formerly obscured the comedy features of Turkish wo- men.
 They will never wear the veil again, so Dr. Mary Wills Patrick be- lieves, for having tasted and liked their sample of Occidental feminine freedom, the maid and wife of the Sultan's land want more of the same.
 pr. Patrick, who is president of the faculty of the American women's College of ConstantinOple, has ar rived here on her first visit in 30 years. Personally, she is so encour- aged by the feminist victories in Tur- key that she intends to return to Constantinople to continue the wo- mans war to abolish restrictions i'm posed by conventions hitherto re- garded by the Turks as almost sa- cred.
 Yankee gobs from the Scorpion, in- termed at Constantinople after the United States declared war on Ger many, found Turkish women so at tractive that several took advantage of their long immurement to tackle those same restrictions themselves. The ways of the gob are abrupt and impetuous. Some of the interned bluejackets trampled tradition un- derfoot, scaled the ramparts of age old custom and married Turkish brides.
 No wells for the faces of sailor brides; they were free to promenade the streets in the afternoon if they desired and the Navy men were too proud of their new helpmeets to per init their faces to be obscured by the veil of custom.
 Business, politics and journalism have opened new avenues for the de- veIopment of freedom. and the Tur- kish girls are taking advantage of their opportunities. Dr. Patrick has said.
 'The first concession was made when the war hospitals demaned that women venture from their seclu- sion and become nurses" she said. Many did so and emboldened by the tea chings of the American college laid aside their wells, which interferred with efficiency in the hospital wards.
 From that small victory the Sul- tan's daughters have gone forward step by step, until recently one bold modern maiden created a big stir by "scooping" the male reporters of the Constantinople newspapers on an important interview with an Ameri- can commission.
 ''It was her knowledge of English and her Occidental enterprise, learn ed at theAmerican school which enabled her to score the journalistic beat The mere men reporters were so startled that they called a meeting and protested against further en- croachment on their prerogatlves by women.
 Though the Turkish women al- ways have enjoyed greater rights In property than their Western sisters, they operated behind the scenes until a few years ago." said Dr. Patrick, Now they conduct business openly. For manpower purposes during the war they relieved mon from jobs as postal clerks, telegraph operators and ticket Balesmen, but did not quito reach the anticipated state of Eng lish. French and American girls who operated buses and drove motor truokH.
 ,"In their wartime occupations they envied the comfort of Western wo- men and soon won the right to work unveiled. From that concession 1t was short but inevitable step to the complete abandonment of the veil, Now very few Turkish women cover their faces, and those few are of the eEistoeraey,"