October 20. 1001.
THE ILLUSTRATED BEE.
Princess After the Sultan
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HE secrets of the harem" nro to
rcmnln secrets no longer. Simul
taneously with the publication of
M. George Dony's new book, "The
Prlvnto Llfo of the Sultcn," a
Turkish lady of high degree has Just como
London to tnnko a further expose.
Sho proposes to begin a crusado
ngnlnst the degradation of her country
women, and after she has created a movo
mcnt of reform to cmannto from England,
sho will go to tho United States.
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HAIRIE BEN AYAD, THE TURKISH PRINCESS WHO IS TELLING TALES ON THE
SULTAN.
days Is tho Princess Halrlo Ben Ayad,
the wife of a former Turkish consul at
Rotterdam, who has espoused the cause
of the "Legitimist" party In Turkey and
has, In consequence, been condemned to
prison for ten years. Ho escaped to
Kngland and his wlfo has Just Joined
him after numerous exciting experiences.
Tho party of tho "Legitimists" Is In favor
of tho deposed sultan, Murad, the elder
brother of tho reigning monarch, Abdul
Hamtd. Murad has been In prison at Con
stantinople for over twenty-flvo years and
Ruth the Gleaner and
HEY are so sweet, so tender, and bo
grave theso women of tho cast.
Thero Is a thrill of mnglc In their
very names. True, tho holy
mother, Isolated by her glory and
her, grief, Is too sacrod to approach savo
on our knees, but the other Marys, Martha,
Ruth, Naomi, Esther, nnd tho rest, truly
they form n gracious and a lovely group.
"No, I do not love them; they are too far
awny!" a young lass petulantly cried to me.
"Ah!" I said, "you must go to them, ap
proach them gently nnd with reverence.
You may not rise la the busy marts of men
today and call upon them loudly to stand
forth they will not obey. Thoy were creat
ures who sought the shadows of tho gate
ways, tho colonnades, tho vines: women
who walked veiled nnd wero over silent In
public places. Therefore, sook you the
shadows, too, and in some quiet place call
upon them with tender Insistence, and these
dear bible women will raise their broad lids
heavy with dark lashes and on their erave
Hps may dawn the slow mysterious smile,
the riddle of whoso meaning each of us
must solve as conscious power, patient
grlefxr tender love. Before long each woman
develop a personality and wo will feel
as sure of the haughty and Imperial lovoll
ess of Esther as we are of the sunburned.
Hebe beauty of Ruth, or the willowy, wide
eyed Mary, sister of that active, anxious
Martha, who was so tenderly rebuked br
tho blessed Master."
"For whlthoi thou gocst, I will go, and
where thou lodgest, I will lodgo. Thy peo
ple shall be my peoplo and thy God my
God."
If reaching us across tho ages and
through tho cold medium of type, these
words still have power to movo the heart,
what must havo been their effect when thov
sprang warmly from the loyal heart and
his party claims that nil evils In Turkey
would be righted If ho wero restored to
power.
Tho Princess Halrlo bids fair to become
tho latest London fad and her movements
ore chronicled as If sho were a pcrsonago
of extraordinary Importance. Sho possesses
great beauty, having a faco of unusual re
finement for tho somewhat heavy brunctto
typo of tho east, nnd sho carries herself
In n regal way. Sho drives out with her
husband frequently, but always veiled, wear
ing n long black satin cloak and hood,
from which tho veil hangs to tho throat.
In tho houso she loves to wear tho closo
flttlng garments of tho European.
She Is a daughter of tho lato Mahomond
Pasha Ben Ayad of Tunis, who represented
his country at tho court of Franco during
the tlmo of Napoleon III nnd received sev
eral marks of honor from tho emperor. Ho
kept a magnificent harem of over 500, in
cluding his wives and femalo slaves, so
that his daughter knows of things whereof
she speaks, although her own husband has
not indulged In tho luxury of so many
lovely lips of that fair Ruth most human
and most approachable of all blblo women?
"Tho Lord do so to me and moro also. It
aught but death part theo and me." And
theso world-moving protestations wero not
addressed to a lovor or a husband, but to an
old and sorrowing woman. Can vou not nee
the group standing outside tho walls, bv
tho dusty roadsldo? Naomi, tall and lean
and strong, gray hair banding her caro
lined forehead, a burning light In her flcrco
dark eyes, for thero Is bitterness In her
grief, and her lips aro pressed hard to keen
back lamentation and wild cries since sho.
a widow, has lost both her sons, and now
stricken with sorrow, takes her sad wav
back to her own land from which famine
had driven her years before. But bv her
side stand two Moabltlsh women, both
young, both widowed, slnco thev wero tho
wives of Naomi's dead Bons. Both aro tear
ful, both have followed eo for tho mothor-In-law
whom they love. But sho has en
treated them to return, each to her mother,
till they may find rest in a husband's homo.
And one, a little too full and loose of lit),
somewhat wavering of eye, hesitates, while
the other supple, straight and strong, hesi
tates not nt all. Her veil falls away tin
draped, almost to her feet. Sho weeps but
with her head well up and resolution
stamped upon every feature of her beau
tiful young face, whose flashing eyes and
rich coloring of Hp nnd cheeks mnke her
look like a Damask tobo. And to we recotr
nlro these women nt once, "for Ornha klsssd
her mother-in-law (and left her), but Ruth
clnvo to her."
Poor Naomi was forgetting for tho mo
ment the lovely daughter who had followed
her and who, finding tbnt tho bnrlov harvest
was beginning, went forth to glean In the
Holds, that she and Naomi might have somu
grain to parch and eat. It Is very easy to
sit In a cushioned seat and read of glean
wives. She Is tho first Turkish lady who
has ever set foot in Kuropo with tho mis
sion of making known the social condition
of her native land, but sho says that there
nro many other women In Turkey who
would come forth In like manner If they
dared, nnd that they are keenly conscious
of their miseries.
The sultan hlmnclf seems to bo tho great
est polygamlst. Although a law exists
which permits a man to havo only four
wives at tho samo tlmo nnd another which
prohibits slavery, tho sultan disdains to be
bound by cither law. But his greediness
to ncqutre so many wives brings him no
end of trouble, for each ono becomes the
center of n political faction ns soon ns she
enters the royal palnce. Many of them are
very shrewd nnd ambitious, and sometimes
not overly fond of his Imperial tnnjosty.
Ono of his wives was accused of consplrncy
against him about n month ago, nnd the
sultan shot her with his own hand. An
other ono was sent Into exllo ns Into ns
Inst week, being suspected of setting Un
to his majesty's bedroom. Sho was only
saved from death because sho had been a
favorite wlfo for over fifteen years nnd be
eauso sho had n brother high In political
power.
Tho sultan seldom condescends to marry
legally any of his wives, according to the
princess, unlevs ho takes n fancy to tho wlfo
of ono of his subjects who Is powerful
enough to refuse to glvo her up. Tho sultan
then decrees her divorced and goes through
tho form of marrying her. If ho becomes
tired of n wife, ono of his royal ministers
receives her ns n present whether tho min
ister wants her or not. Another way of dis
posing of these wives Is to present them to
his political enemies, who daro not refuse
them, nnd who thus take n spy Into their
own household In constant communication
with tho throne.
Tho women of Turkey could bo well cd
ucatcd if tho sultan nnd tho rellgtoiu
teachers who aro his tools would permit,
Hut they havo recently banished the Eng
lish governesses from Turkish homes and
they oppose tho foreign schools, Catholic
nnd Protestant, which hnvo been estab
lished nmong them. Tho princess speaks
very highly of tho American school for
girls nt Constantinople, which, alio snys,
Is liberally patronized by tho daughters
of advanced Mussulmans, notwithstanding
tho opposition of tho sultan, Tho priests
try to keep tho people, especially tho
women, In Ignorance. Theso priests are
In tho employ of tho government; they are
tho ofllclnl surveyors of tho wards and dele
gated by tho municipality to nrrango the
marriage contracts. But tho priest nets In
this respect moro as n magistrate than ns
nn ofllclnl of tho church and tho marriage
Is merely a business contract. If tho pa
ronts pay him nn extra sum ho will deliver
a long prayer at tho end, but otherwise
not. Tho brldo and bridegroom hold sep
arnto fetes In honor of their marriage If
either family has a largo houso tho fctos
aro celebrated on tho samo day In different
apartments, but If not they occur on differ
ent days.
The only thing In which tho women score
In Turkey Is In tho "dot." Tho husband
must glvo a dowry to his wlfo If ho mar
ries her by law but what tho wlfo brings
remains still her own. Her husband has
no legal right to appropriate It. It Is prob
able, however, that tho poor Turkish woman
as a general thing falls to enjoy this right,
as well ns so many others which aro hers
In law, but not In reality.
REBECCA A. INSLEY.
Naomi
ing, but try It for Just fifteen llttlo minutes.
Crouch or kneel In tho open field bencnth
the blazing sun. Reach out nnd gather
from tho stubble with smarting wounded
fingers the few scattered heads of grain the
rtnpors havo left in their wake, nnd after
that you will bettor appreciate Ruth's labor
In tho Held of Naomi's mighty kinsman.
Bonz hotter appreciate tho quality of tho
beauty that could survlvo under such cir
cumstances, and In a crowd of damsels nt
once attract tbo oyo of tho master, coming
to overlook the harvesting. And what a
pretty touch of sentiment Is In that order
of Boaz's, to his young men reapers: "Let
her glean oven among tho sheaves and re
proach her not, and let fall also somo of
tho handfuls of purposo for her. that she
may glean thorn."
Ho cautioned her, too, against going to
any other field than his, and advised her
to koep closo to his damsels as sho worked,
So when the day was over Ruth bent out
the grain from her gleaning, nnd, tying It
In an end of drapery, returned weary but
triumphant to tho city nnd Naomi.
And when the latter had learned that
chanco had led Ruth Into tho Held of Boar,
her powerful kinsman, who had taken
knowledge of tho stranger, too, tho match
making spirit awoko In bor and a great
hope sprang up In her heart. And when
Hoaz has takon lovely Ruth to wife, what
a moment camo to Naomi, when with tower
ing prldo and oxqulslto tenderness, sho lavs
In her own bereft bosom, thnt tlnv Obed
who Is Ruth's son. and proclaims horself
his nurse! Obed of whom tho neighbors
say to Naomi: "Ho shall bo unto theo a
restorer of thy life and a nourlsher of thine
old ago, for thy daughter-in-law. which
lovoth thee which is bettor to theo than
seven sons-hath borno html"
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