The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-29
New Woman In Turkey Very l
 Different

ltn tue pdSSlHS OI tisc koultdH anu the beginning of the new Republic with President Renal at the head of things the Turkish women are beginning to lift their ancestral veils and peek forth ' into life. In fact the new Turkish woman is going to appear in public and do everything her American and English sisters do with the exception
 of showing her hair. Even though she throws her veil back from her face she will still wear a toque or some cloth binding over her still sacred hair. She will be just as particular about this as New York girls are about keep ing their ears covered.
 All this is happening to the new woman in Turkey, according to Miss Grace Ellison, the delightful, blond haired. blue-eyed English woman who has just arrived in this country from Turkey and is probably the best in formed woman in the world about a : people with whom she has lived and visited many years. Miss Ellison is the author of ''An English Woman in Turkish Harem" and "An English Woman in Angora," a new book just published by E. F. Dutton.
 Ever since Angora has become the capital of Turkey and the Sultan has been abolished the new republic and President Renal have been working miracles for the country" said Miss Ellison. '"To begin with, kamel is man with very mod ] ern ideas. Instead of picking bride who was a Princess he recently mar ried the daughter of merchant. She, too, is believer in modern ideas. She has thrown aside her veil and is ire quently seen in public with her hus- ] band"
 "Are all the women of Turkey will ling to discard their veils?" Miss FL lison was asked.
 That is one point upon which President Renal and I disagreed" ad- rnitted the pretty English authoress. in getting your Turkish ladies to give up their veils! They are far too be- coming and softening to their fea- lures. But in many cases he has succeeded and I think the fact that his own wife has taken the lead has been q great inspiration to the other women. But they will never display their hair! That would be almost inn modest according to old Turkish cus- tinas. The women who have left off their veils wear toque or tight fit ting band completely hiding every lock of their hair.
 But whether Turkish women still wear the veil or not is only a small matter as far as their advancement is concerned. President Renal believes firmly in the equality of women and men. At present he is trying to get Halide Hanoum, the Turkish woman writer, patriot and feminist leader, to form part of the new parliament. And his next step will be to help other well educated Turkish women to have their say in the Government. Many of the Turkish girls have been sent to the American college in Constan- tlnople and there are many clever Turkish women writers who have their voice in all public matters"
 As far as the Turkish harem and two or three wives, in fact, sometimes forty for man, that is a thing of the past, according to Miss Ellison.
 T m afraid people have a wrong idea of the harem,' she said. When a man keeps harem that does not mean they are his wives, it simply means the house is divided into quarters for the women and quarters for the men. The place where the men are duartereJ IS called the selamik. The average Turk has but one wife and is very much insulted if any one intimates that he has more. His harem merely means the side of the house where his mother, sisters, aunts or female ser wants are quartered."
 In describing President Kemars democracy Miss Ellison said: "The President and his young wife (she is but nineteen and he is about forty two) live very hnmbly in the noun tains. They have modest little