The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1925-12-02

j. rightly called the Frenchman Of tn
:. East.
= Persia has been a Mohammedal
q country from the time of its tongues
= by the Arabs in GAL; but some thou
4 sands Of Zoroastrians, the old fire
= worshipers still remain In the lani
!, and have been much prosecuted.
: Domestic Life.
!. In order to understand Persian do
nestle life at the present day, we must
carry ourselves back to the patrlarchal
: times. The Persian Is lord and mas
ter Of his house much as was Abra-
ham and Jacob. He has enormous
power over the persons of his wives,
children and dependents, all Of whom
he can treat much as he pleases.
When woman is handed over to
her husband with her dowry, he re-
CARDS her far more as chattel than
as wife. She may never show her
race to any man save her husband and
her near relatives, and owing to the
extreme seclusion In which she lives,
1t is most difficclt for her to get JUS
tice should she be ill-treated. There
are certain laws for her benefit In
such cases as that of divorce, but these
are only enforced when a man d.
vorces his wife, If the case be re-
versed and the woman carries her
slipper to the judge and demands sep
aration from her husband, the latter
is not obliged to refund the dowry that
he received with her.
Brutal husbands who wish to be rid
OF their wives and yet retain their
dowry sometimes ill-use them In or
DER to force them to sue for divorce
themselves.
II man Is angered with his wife
ana says three times, II divorce your
ne mas legally severed himself from
her, and, Should he desire to have
her back again, she will be obliged to
marry and then be divorced by an
otner man. The happiness and posi-
tlon OF a Persian woman USUALLY do
Ponds upon her children. Her great t
wish Is to present her lord with sons. Z
Inc strenuous life' finds no favor
u fersia. the idea Of a young Per- r
san Deing TO act as hanger-on at {
'ourt, or to be included in the suite
u some governor of a province or il
lien oncial, such sinecures being r.
poken of as doing service" C
Prayers and Food. 81
Inc weil-to-do Persian is reused no. ~
ore sunrise by the call of the mezzIn :.
ummoning all men to PRAYER Ho u
nrows aside the padded quilts that "
'rm his bed, hastily dons his gar. LII
'ents' ana exchanges the felt skull.
ap IN which he sleeps for the blacL W
ino s-wool hat. His servant tban "a
'urs water over his hands and bo ~
ashes his face, arms and feet before TN
'ostrating himself on his PRAYER car. sol
!. winch is turned In the direction
Mecca. 0' ee'ion
AFTER his devotions (Which ba 80
aus al noon and at sunset) are ac. oa'
lnpiished' he partakes again q, net
tea without milk and mi'
u l. eats thin cake of f1abby bread Gr;
u some sweetmeats. Tben ho Tol
,ls es.is kallan, or water-pipe, and the
~ fortified for the work of the dan fan
ateVer 1t may be. loci
a. n"on an ample repast ia servad the
!, ,eatner cloth laid on the ground
! lne standing dish win ha I'll
, consists of mound of beanti v
y :, cooked rice mixed with chonned autl
al and vegetables. Aoppeu in +
III Persians sit on their boo,s to s
eat with their fingers non,n. ~ hav,
:. '"e pilau most cleverly with tho the
:. "anu, II being a mark of m worl
'uing 10 use both hands whom 90.
ne meal Is eaten In tota, s,,o TIC
: > S wnen ali the greasy right hands H. s
: Ecu Ecu washed with rose water ,hn chri
q. y oe'ake themselves to slumha. e worl
ca ,iuit and sweetmeats oro died
G oro s lhe visits which Par years
evon,, "u Vi making, and often nacle
e o,e,i meal is not served J nnti1
,so, all going to rest Imm.s,
.co ,ney have flashed eating, '''sui' %,
,.oruihg to the MohammoG, Del
n. Persians are nor 'edan re- plish
'ge In alcohol and tho s. ",'.eu 70 many
:. themselves to sherbets , .on- terrier
dan nu, the wines of sh,ru throu
made fua Aslanan' or arrack tbs deich
trong a temn, grape refuse, prove struct
-tunately tba ps" TO many, and ton,
der that he NAV S only drinks blown
'eeome inebri. falls
Bavar