The Sunday Oregonian., September 20, 1908, Magazine Section, Page 6, Image 54

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STOUNDIXG above all features con-
nrrtd with the uprising in Turkey.
Is tit coming to iife of the women
of the realm.
In Turkey's renturie of history the
women of the country may never be said
to have llve.l. Here was the confinement
of the harem. She never could appear In
puUJIc with her face exposed. Laws, both
of religion and of the state, compelled
the sex to regard Itself as the absolute
slave and possession of man, and for a
Turkish woman to have walked in public
without having her face covered in the
heavy swathing of tradition, would at
on time have been to Invite death, and In
later 3-cars imprisonment.
But in the coming; of the new era. the
Turkish woman has played a glorious
and important part.
They have torn off their veils, and
marched openly In the streets of Con
stantinople, shouting; the cry of the revo
lutionists, and bearing aloft banners In
scribed :
"Liberty, equality and fraternity."
When this sight first presented itself
to the public the sensation was tremen
dous, and it Is said that the Sultan and
his advisers on seeing it permitted, un
derstood that the world had moved on
for Turkey, and that the only act possible
was to concede a constitution and get in
touch with the new conditions.
Demand Kquallty.
Nor did the demonstrat'on started stop
at the nr-re abandoning of veils, the wav
ing of banners and shouting In the streets.
The new woman or Turkey has pre
sented to her brother this proposition:
That since she has been his companion
In the revolt, and has borne all the perils
of assisting in rebellion, and would, in the
event of failure, have been the victim of
the Sultan, she has a right to share fully
In the fruits of the victory.
Then, she asks that she be elevated to
a plane of complete equality, and be al
lowed to take part in politics and have
her vote.
The disposition of the young Turkish
party Is to grant this request. They un
derstand that the women of the nation
are bound to wieid a powerful influence
In the events of the next few years, and
that policy no less than justice would
dictate giving them a place of fullest
partnership in the great movement to
bring the country Into the fore rank of
progress.
Old Laws Nullified.
One Moslem priest, a man of great pow
er in Constantinople! has, after a search
through the records, decided there Is no
law of the Koran that compels woman to
wear a veil in the streets, and he thus
officially absolves them of the need. This
decision was the occasion for greatest Joy
on the streets, since the Turkish woman
Is naturally very religious, and even In
her real for political freedom would hard
ly wih to oppose those teachings which
hve been handed down to her from the
centuries.
Kvcn the Sheik-ul-Islam. the all power
ful head of the Moslems, has Indorsed
this decision, and has come forward with
the still more notable concession that
there Is no law to show that a man must
take more than one wife.
This at one stroke removes what has
always been a favorite plea of the licen
tious, that it was the law of his religion
that compelled a man to take to himself
more than one wife.
Had even this noted functionary dared
to utter such a radical opinion before the
success of the revolution was established,
he would have been summoned to the Yil
dtx Kiosk, and ordered to drink a cup of
coffee in which enough poison had first
been placed to Insure his speedy exit from
this vale of tears.
The bult&n Has Ke'ormcd.
But now such a deliverance has a far
different effect. It is said that the Sul
tan himself, who. instead of being "Abdul
the Damned," as heretofore, has now
proclaimed hiinseif to be a Liberal, and
President of "Committees of the Otto
man Union and Progress." Is actually con
sidering the abolition of his harem.
The Sultan has 0i wives. If he would
put them from him. and adopt the monog
amous practices of the other rulers of the
world. l)e would at a stroke free himself
from the odium of his past life as repre
sentative of all that was black, tyran
nical and ignoble to be the most enlight
ened and progressive ruler the country
ever knew.
Only the strong opposition of his cour
tiers, who. too. would be compelled to do
the same thing, in case Abdul set the
fashion. Is said to hold the ruler back
from the commission of an act which he
Is said to believe would restore bis popu
larity. Undoubtedly such an action would win
me approval of tne women, who are now
going around the streets dressed In the
fashions of Paris, going to the Mosques,
which previously was prohibited, visiting
the Christian churches and theaters, and
shaking hands with their Christian friends
on the streets, -
Not Roughly Treated. .
The men of the nation have taken no
rough advantage of this innovation. In
stead, they have either contented them
selves with cheerine groups of unveiled
women, or in case one chanced to be
encountered alone, of respectfully bowing
or lifting the hat.
How- astonishing a development this
Is can best be driven home by recalling
the fact that the Turkish woman of a
year ago dare -not go unveiled any
where in the world. Even when diplo
. macy took them with their husbands
Into other countries, the rules for their
conducted remained just as absolute as
when In Constantinople.
Thua the wife of Mehmed All. for
merly Minister to Washington, was
heavily veiled during her stay In this
country, and to an interviewer she ad
mitted that she had never really seen
the face of any man save that of her
husband.
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society because she was forbidden to
go where men were, and when ladies
of the diplomatic corps wished to ex
tend her courtesies they could only do
It by confining their parties strictly
to women, and by banishing for the
time all their male servants.
In Turkey the woman of the harem
never sees any man save her husband,
father and brother.
Her liberty was most completely re
stricted, yet barring this fact, the treat
ment was not unkindly.
The day began with a cigarette and
coffee, then followed a period In which
the wife waited on her husband, bring
ing him slippers, pelisse and chlbook.
Not by any means was all of the day
passed In singing and dancing. Al
ways has a fair portion of the time
been devoted to housework, and the
care of children.
ew Marriage Customs.
The Turkish girl comes into wedlock
early, and the youth of the oppostts
sexes never see each other before wed
lock. Photographs are exchanged and
professional matchmakers take care of
the negotiations.
The new women of Turkey object to
this programme. They say that the
method of the Occident is better. In
Turkey It has mattered little whether
or not the man was satisfied with the
helpmeet who came to him in this
way. If he did not like her he could
speedily forget her by getting another
wife. But for the woman the marriage
was absolute. Never dared she so much
aa look at another men. Hence, the
argument of the women of the new
Ideas that the gentler sex should be
permitted some option In the choice of
a helpmeet.
The bath Is the club of the Turkish
women. Here they gather to discuss
the gossip and to be Introduced to new
acquaintances of their own sex.
Here the ladles congregate and often
they will spend the entire day gossiping,
chatting, laughing and adding to their
beauty by the applications of lotions, etc..
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With the spirit of reform in the air,
with thousands of women united to fight;
for the cause, and aided by their hus
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ated by motives of progress, it is more
than a possibility of the next decade that
one of the annual sessions of the Wom
an's Rights Congress will be held in Con
stantinople, once the darkest of all terri
tory for the weaker sex.
Up-to-Date Lingerie and Findings
A FEW years ago when we Invested
In material to make a dress, we
had likewise to Invest In quantities of
"flndmgs- and finishings. Whalebones
were no small Item. Dress braids, vel
veteen bindings. Inside beltings, etc,
were among some of the many little
things which went to make a dress
complete. But today, we need few of
them. Granting that when the dress
maker'i bill comes home, you will find
the usual charge for "flndlngs.7 you
will see no heavy whalebones and other
old-fashioned finishings.
Owing to the fact that all clothes
will be sheath fitting, the linings are
soft In texture and must cling to the
figure. Haircloth and buckram have
no place in the gowns of today.
Starchy taffetas, have given away to
clinging silks without dressing of any
kind, such as louislne or liberty. A
year or so ago. they gave weight and
body to a dress, but now they must
cling to the finger and atand out as
little as possible. If silk linings are
beyond the limit of your purse, then do
not buy heavy cotton linings with
highly glossed finish, but turn your
attention to mulls, lawns or other soft
finish goods, which are found at lining
counters under various fancy names.
As the waist line is getting higher
and higher now . It Is almost Imme
diately under the bust there 18 no
need for whalebones to keep the bod
Ice close Into the waist. The new even
ing gowns fail loose from this high
waist line, and bones are seldom used
at all and If any not the heavy vhale
bone, but rather some supple manu
factured article.
Tha heavy velveteen binding, ones
used for skirts, finds no sale today. It
made a skirt stand out around the
bottom, but now your, . dress should
slink"' rather than stand out. For
street wear skirts are hemmed, or faced
with the same material and finished
off with a mohair braid matching ex
actly in color. This braid should be
put on by hand, showing about a quar
ter of an inch below the skirt Just
enough to protect It from cutting.
House dresses are finished simply with
a hem.
L)o not Invest in ready-made collar
forms. You can 'readily understand
that no one shape will fit thousands
of different necks. Many women in
vest In these collar foundations, and
then complain that the dress '.s not
comfortable about the throat. The col
lar must be made to order for every
Individual neck. Chiffon or moussellne
de sole should be fitted to the neck,
and then boned, after which the ma
terial can be put on this foundation.
All dresses still open down the back,
and this calls for innumerable hooks
and eyes. Cheap ones are a bad Invest
ment. Get those which are warranted
not to rust. More than one good even
ing gown has been ruined by hooks
which have rusted from the perspira
tion of the wearer. Then too. the war
ranted kind will not break nearly so
easily as the cheaper grade. Eyes
should only be sewn on where they
will never be seen such places as the
Inner lining, etc If necessary for the
outside of a dress, then little loops
should be made with silk twist.
Narrow inside belts are always ad
visable, as they keep a gown In place.
But they need not be tight and bind
the wearer. Make them Just a com
fortable fit so as not t allow the
gown to slip crooked about the waist
line. MART DEAN
On the Way.
Byron Williams.
Napoleon, who crossed the Alpe and won
eternal fame. -And
Hannibal, who humbled Rome ana
made & lasting- name.
Each wore the laurel on his brow, each felt
the kiss of bay
But what was that compared to bliss along
the boyhood way?
The birds are elnKtifg- song of love, the tun
is Rohlen red;
Aurora bathed In matin Hsht arises from
her bed.
And where the pathway lilts along beneath
the sylvan shade.
The King of all the earth plods on in cotton
hirt arrayed!
He goes a-whistUng on his way, his heart
as light as air.
To where the sun Is gilding- waves in crests
beyond compare.
And In a still, secluded spot, some magic.
mirrored nook.
He stops to cut a crotched stick and bait
his trusty hook!
And while he sees the trembling cork bob up
and down with glee.
He knows a bullhead sucks the bait with
hungry ecstasy!
And he gives his pole a jerk and hooks the
flsh secure.
His heart leaps up with warbling birds that
sing an overture! J
I seek not Cromwell's thrills of heart, the
pride of Charlemagne,
I do not pine for Marathon nor Edward's
kingly reign.
I only ask that I may be a patched and
freckled boy
The ruler of a bullhead pole, upon a throne
During the Summer season the fcnrough of
Ku-hmonH. New York dry, doubles its pop
ulation on every pleasant Sunday, but only
for that one da.y.
Mrs. Rubberlno and Those Vacation Trips
One Real Lady Who Doesn't Believe All That Her Friends Tell Her.
"W
EL.L, of all the wild. Improb
able, blowy-braggy stories
ever heard of, these folks
coming back from their vacations now
do tell the worst." said Mrs. Rubberino
to her caller. "Only day belore yester
day that creasy-faced little snip, Mrs.
Shuwln, came panting ove. to tell me
and as if she really expected me to
believe It, too! that she shook hands
with the Prince of Wales at the Que
oec celebration. Likely, wasn't it?
But then I believe I did read that the
Prince of Wales did have to shake
hands with half the ragtag and bob
tall up there.
"And so you're Just back from Europe,
are you. my dear? You returned by
one of the ten or twelve day boats, I
presume from Glasgow or some place
like that? No? Oh, you came on the
Mauretania.? Odd I didn't see your
name mentioned among the arrivals
on the Mauretania.
"I suppose you had a gorgeous time.
How long were you gone? A couple
of weeks, I presume. No? Really,
have you been away more than two
months? How perfectly astonishing!
The way time does fly!
"I suppose you were on the go every
minute of the time following the
Cook's courier around and How?
Oh, you didn't make one of the Cook's
tours then? Just you and your hus
band together, eh?
"I don't know how I came to Imagine
that of course you- went with one of
those parties of schoolteachers or
something on a Cook's tour. Perhaps
I thought that as it seemed as if you
had been away such a short time.
You know how those personally con
ducted parties have to gallop around
with u guide book always In front of
their noses and see things on the Jump,
and
"Oh, talking about Jumping, that
glddylddy, Mrs. Cutadash, was here a
.couple of days ago, and she told me
that she saw some of the Olympic
games in London, and the way she did
brag about having been for a minute
in the same lnclosure with Mrs. George
Keppel. and she thought I was believ
ing every word she said, like all the
rest that come running over .here to
tell me a lot of fairy stories about
what they did on their vacations.
"Why, she even had the Impudence
to tell me right to my face thac for a
little while she was in the royal enclo
sure at the races at Epsom Salts
Downs, is it? well that's what I said
Epsom Downs.
"Yes, she did. positively! I couldn't
help for the life of me but ask her If
the bobby who promptly put her out
had been rude, but she pretended to
take that as a great Joke, which Is a
way she has for turning matters off
when she knows she is stung.
"You know thac frumpy, frowsy Mrs.
Dressindark. don't you? Well, she was
here, too, the other day with a long,
long story of how she had been spend
ing several months at the Italian lakes,
and she had the funniest collection
of Junky looking; earrings and brace
lets and things on her, and what
do you suppose she told me abouc the
brassy looking stuff? Why. she said
now don't laugh that she had bought
the stuff from the Queen of Italy!
"Here I am telling you not to laugh.
but positively I myself had to laugh
out loud right in che woman's face; It
was so perfectly ridiculous. Then she
went on to say that the Queen of Italy
had charge of a jewelry booth at a
charity fair somewhere on Lake Mao
gulre Maggiore, is it?
"That's what I said on Lake Mag
glore and that was how she came to
buy the hideous assortment of trinkets
from the queen. Of course, she made
that up as she went along when she
saw how I wasn't swallowing lier yarn,
and she was just as peevish as she
could be when I broke out laughing.
"Did you get that hat in Paris, dar
ling? No? Well, now, to tell the
truth, dear, I really didn't think it
looked like a Paris hat, but I thought
it would please you if I asked you
that.
"All of these folk Just getting back
from Europe and some that only say
they're just getting back from Europe
get all swelly and puffy and preeny
and plumy when folks ask them If
they got the things they were wear
ing while they were abroad. Of course,
I know that you're not like that, dear
ie, but
"By the way, did you see many sheath
gowns while you were abroad, dear?
Don't you think they are the vulgarest
things? I wouldn't wear one of the
things to a dog-fight, and If
"How's that? They're not meant for
extremely thin people. Oh, is that so?
By the way, you did gain a lot of flesh
while you were away, didn't you, dear?
You'll have to watch that, you know.
I know, or at least I have heard, of a
fat-reducing system that you ought to
investigate. Some Danish woman I
can get her address for you is intro
ducing It here. The thing you'd like
about It Is that it allows you to Just
eat and eat and eat and gorge yourself
all you want while you're taking the
treatment.
"The Danish woman was, I heard, a
perfect pig for weight herself before
she discovered this system of hers In
deed. I heard that she weighed 178
pounds. Er you don't weigh much
more than 190, do you, darling? A
hundred and sixty-nine? My, what a
dreadfuUy poor guesser I am!
"But to get back to sheath gowns,
you've met that er well, yes, I will
say It, for she is doubtful you've met
that doubtful Mrs. Gitbye. that lives
right above us here? Well, she got
hold of a Paris model of a sheath
gown, goodness knows where, and she
put It on the other evening and came
traipsing down here to show me how
she looked in It. That is. she pretend
ed that she wanted to show me, but
she timed It so that she knew she'd
find my husband at home.
"She sailed up and down trying to
make out as if she was unconscious of
how roof-gardeny and outrageous she
looked, and my husband's eyes almost
popping out of his head, the silly
creature, and I Just guess maybe I
didn't send her spinning when I told
her that she looked like something I d
seen on an amateuer night at a movin g
plcture show, and, of course, we don t
speak aa we pass by now and If she
ever dares to show her face in this
apartment again I shall certainly -
By the war, my dear, I quite forgot,
'deed I did, that you are a second cous
in of Mrs. Gitbye's. Why In the world
didn't you remind me of It before?
Well, well! Of course, I shouldn t
have mentioned this matter to you If
I had remembered your relationship.
"Did your husband enjoy the trip?
Poor man, I fear he sadly needed it.
for the last time I saw him he looked
perfectly dreadful. He was walking
along as If he didn't have a particle of
ambition In life.
"Didn't you meet anybody you knew
while abroad? Not. of course, that
that was likely, for you do go about so
very little here in New York, don" you,
dearie? 'Deed one hardly ever meets
you anywhere. It's a shame, really,
that you and your husband don't en
deavor to er well. I mean to say
that you'd have so much better, times
If you were to seek to establish, your
selves thoroughly, don't you under
stand? "Because life does become dreadfully
dull when one sticks around one's
apartment all the time. That, my dear,
is what makes you so fat. too. If you
make a genuine effort you know you
surely will not lack for invitations, and
you and your poor dear husband would
be so much better off mingling more in
social affairs, don't you really think?
"Surely you are not going already?
Well, really, I am perfectly charmed,
dear, to think that you thought enough
of me to come right over and tell me
about your delightful fortnight abroad
I mean, about the nice time you had
while you were in Europe.
"Your first trip, was it not, to the
other side? Oh, dear, no, my husband
and I have quite got over our former
inclination for European travel. We
used to go quite often, -you know, but
now everybody, or nearly everybody,
goes, you kuow, and one does meet
such terrible Americans in Europe,
don't you think?
"Now, my darling, you musn t fail
to come and see me often, and oh,
yes, here is the address of that fat re
ducing Danish woman and don't for
get what I told you about at least
making an effort to bo asked out oft-
ener. and Good-bye. dearie. Be
sure and come again soon!"
After caller's departure:
"Well, I guess I put the bee on her,
as my husband says! Fat old creature,
coming waddling over here to gloat
over me about her miserable old Euro
pean trip! Well, she had a fine time
trying to gloat over me, yes, indeed,
and her face looked as long as a win
dow when she went out, and I m glad
dy, gladdy. gladdy!"
A Tale From the Jungle.
A short and ugly monkey while sitting in
Beheld "mighty hunter shoot bullets one.
All at"" paslsng elephant, which, winking
at the monk,
Remarked: "He never touched me, and
toted off his trunk.
Then np spake Nimrod Junior: "O father,
You railed to hit an elephant?" "I did not
shoot." said he.
Then spake the square deal monkey: . "For
shame! I saw you Are."
"You- are." replied the hunter, "a short
and ugly liar."
"It's Just the same In Africa." remarked
th trusting youth.
is the only person wno aiwan
the truth."
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