The Cordova daily times., 1922-11-09

| hepTeSeNldtlVe OI tHe LHOuoTnlZeu emaneipated, intelligent, cultured Turkish women, she made friends as l we'll as admirers among all those she met.
 l Then, in 1920, she fell under sus- l picion because of her advanced views and the remarkable variety of na. l tionalities comprised in her circle of friends. Next she was condemned to death
 Efudes Police v
 Eluding the police, with the aid of an American film operator, she flew from Constantinople direct to Angora and threw in her lot with the Turkish lNationalists.
 l The escape was made in broad day flight.
 Renal hailed Madame Halid as a new and valuable influence and aided the efforts she made on behalf of the < unemancipated women of tho district. In his first Ministry she was allotted the post of Minister of Education. l Very shortly after she became deep in the counsels of the Nationalist Header. In spite of his religious pre- l judfces Mustapha Kemal began to be- lieve in her with trust almost 5anati- cal He take no political step without her advice.
 l Western sympathies Old men of the party grumble and I whisper in angry asides, but Kemal pays them no heed. When Kemal es- 1 tablishes the National Assembly in Constantinople Madame Halid will have very important portfolio in his administration.
 l At the same time all her sympathies are Western. Turkey will never be reunited without the help of freed wo- men, is the text of the discourse she l breaches. She speaks and reads Eng fish perfectly, and, although her mother was pure-blooded French woman. all her real sympathies are with English ideals. 2if% | Nevertheless, born in a harem and married under the ordinary Turkish custom, Madame Halid knows every detail of the cloistered lite of the Turkish daughter and wife.
 q was brought up to Turkish housekeeping" she says, "and I could, Hike any other good Turkish wife. pick out a useful female slave for the house and know the exact price to pay for her.
 T have spent many morning in the slave markets, for the choice and man agelnent of the women slaves is the first accomplishment of the Turkish housewife.
 l Knows Home Arts
 And, for Ihat matter, ] could go to an English butchers shop and pick out the proper joint of beef or mutton for an Englishman's dinner, for have studied housekeeping from the Occi- dental point of view as well as from that of the secluded Oriental.
 "I could, after seeing her perform, name the maximum price which should be paid for Circassian dancing girl, whose grace and beauty might charm the lord of the harem.
 l After concluding bargain in the slave market could assume English dress and play tennis, dance ill the l Western fashion, or amuse my English and French friends at the piano, or sing the latest songs from New York, London or Paris"
 These half-jesting remarks hardly convey the romance and wonder of the life of this strange woman. A better idea can be obtained from her book, "Fetters Broken by Strength" which gives an account of Turkish women's struggle for freedom It is fierce attack upon polygamy. l As Minister of Education at Angora Madame Halid has acted both as teacher and organizer.
 She insisted upon the laying aside of the veil and organized nursing corps of women from among those who had been brought up to hide their faces from the sight of man.
 Those who know the Near Fast best hesitate to put any limit to the posi- ton this woman may attain.