The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, January 16, 1920, Image 6
WOMEN IN TURKEY
) to Class Them as
of the Harem."
Coder the Law They Have AL.Juie
Control of Their Own Property,
Which All Western Women
Have Not.
extremely modern >oung
women, who mistake symptuips for *he
cuuses of woman's Independence,
should make a tour of Tilrkoy. sug
gests a bulletin from Iho WlliJMUlltOtt
headquarters of Hie National <<?'h
graphic society. VTIwrt wqroatt
Miioki*. Imvo had properly right# f?r
oentuiles, niul divorcers easy, but who
???ln nil respects?wants to bo a 'lurk?
The 'toys of the Turkish harfcm* were
to bo pitied In many ways, It In true,
but considerable pity for the#a has
been misdirected, For example, the
Turkish wo.mon who now are to l>o
'emancipated' have had absolute con
trol of their own property for hun
dreds of yours, whereas the German
wives cried lu vain for such 'emanci
pation' under the kaiser."
Tho bulletin quotes from a commun
ication by Mnry Mills Patrick, which
gives a vivid picture of tho condition
of Turkish women beforo tho world
war, aa follows:
"It Is a well-known fact that Homan
law regarded the rights of the Indi
vidual without consideration of sex;
a man or a woman was alike a citizen
of tho Roman world. This met the re
quirements of .Mohammedan life,
whero no woman ever necessarily sus
tained a lasting relation with any man.
"Therefore, during all the -centuries
of Mohammedan history, women have
legally controlled their own property.
They have been free to buy, sell, or
Bllenato It without consulting any
wale relative. This has given them in
dependence of thought and an Influ
ence In business affairs that seems
wholly Inconsistent with their life of
comparative personal slavery.
'?Enter a harem and there yon s^e a
Circassian beauty, who has been newly
Acquired by the tall, handsome pasha
who has Just passed you In tho street.
The air Is heavy with the odor of
eastern perfume, and the black eunuch
stand!* by the door to watch all who
come~and go. The beauty herself Is
thickly powdered, with an elaborate
coiffure erected by her numerous
maids. Jewels half, cover her arms,
and /she wears a beautifully embroi
dered negligee. There Is a languorous
expression In her black eyes,? as she
sits Idly smoking a cigarette and Hp
ping Turkish coffee.
"Would you think, to look at her,
that when she draws her money from
the bapk that Hhe must sign her own
cheek? These two sides of life have
been wholly at variance with each
other; but, as years have gone by, the
thoughtful .side has predominated
among the more Intellectual Moham
medan women, until now they are
ready to enter Into the affairs of today
with an understanding and vigor
which the world has never accredited
to them. '
"It has been on the social side that
Mphammedan women have, suffered
most under the oppression of the past,
especially from .the frequency of di
vorce. A mauv-tftuld legally divorce
Ms wife at any minute, the only con
dition being the payment of the dowry
which was settlld upon her by the
husband at the time of her marriage.
"In the last attempt to keep the sex
In the role assigned to them by the life
of the harem, very strict laws have
heon innde to prevent all possible prog
ress among them. Laws have been
proclaimed over and over again for
bidding Mohammedan women to at
tend foreign schools. In this emer
gency they engaged governesses. Most
of these governesses were aliens, and
mauy of them were Inefficient, and bad
moral guides to so large a portion of
the population beginning to think and
question. The governes? system ob
tained so much Influence after a short
time that laws were made forbidding
women to have governesses. Yet they
struggled on In an effort for mental
Illumination, reading, writing, talking
thing* over among themselves, and
eometlmes getting help from their hus
bands and brothers. They have ac
complished much, with so heavy h han
dicap. In literature, science, com
merce end politics."
He Knew Her.
Sli? wa? h most charming little per
?on at n Hod Cross canteen In
?n army cnmp. Everyone coiled her
Peggy and-her conquests among the
soldiers from the rest camps were
many.
One afternoon a .voting officer came
1n and luked for Sho was out
?nd I undertook to entertain him.
Hitherto Peggy had not counted offi
cers among her adorers, or at least
not In our sight. Hoping to mnke hlin
feel more at ease l talked of Peggy,
her iK?pu!*f-:ty, her charms, her shame
le?* fllrt;<!t?ns; he was silent.
??Hi ve you known her long?" I
asked.
He stammered, blushed, and replied:
??Welt. yo>. 111>0111 thvee years; you ne?
?he's my wife,"?Chlcngo Tribune.
The Coming Thing.
??What ii beautiful night! The place
M#mn to distill beauty."
"If you eome a little further yofll)
find vlierc it distills moonshine."
Fine Outlook.
MOor Imports and eximrts are keep
tag *.p, 7 see."
"Km, end our d?i>orts are frtng ta
ItCHi, too.**?Boston Ti an script.
ASK PA ASK.TT; HE KNOW*
just far Instance, Me Tslla Utti#T)Tem
my All Abeut ths Deal*
of Julius Cimr. v
0
?'||a. who waa Julitia OaesarF aaka?!
Tommy Askltt.
"Oh, Julius. As fur aa I know. Thorn
UK of course. I'm not nearly as learn
ed am your father?but I am very sure
Julius Caesa* wan ? IWOttlff or uncle
to N'oro?maybe his son. Anyway, aa
Hm-.v both ruled ovr Bom*, 'bey must
have been some relation. Julius was a
gl'Otlt flglltor. lie.?"
"Dead wrong, Mrs. Askltt." Inter'
ruptfil pa. who bad been quietly read
ing before, but couldn't let a chance
pawn without lording his superior
!- in?\\ ledge over his wife nnd son. since
home was the only place he could get
away with It.
"Yes. you're dead wrong. Why
didn't you ask me, Thomaa? You come
to me hereafter, when you want to
know anything difficult and particular.
Your mother says that Julius wa? a
relation of Nero's. Why, Julius never
saw Nero and?"
"Hut couldn't he bo a relation with
out seeing him? I nevor saw grand
father, but Tn> a?'*
"No, ho couldn't I" snapped pa. "Fur
thermore. Julius was not a great fight
er. Ho was Woman-craay, that's what
he was.
"Julius was a?er-?a great?er?
Roman senator until he met, like alt
good men do" (there he glanced mean
ingly at* nia) "a woman on whew he
showers Jewels, gold, ailver, eau de
cologne, rocks, blows?r-everythlng 1 And
then she treats hltn like a dog In the
end. They're all alike, and poor Julie,
although a senator, was no different
from the rest. v
"One day his good friend Hrutns
whispered, \Jule, beware Of Id*
.March!' (That was tpe woman'*
name.) Hut Julie dldn't^y any at*
tentlon 10 BrlUus* warning nnd fchat
night they both went to Ida* house.
They had some dumplings; he fell over
In a flt. Hrutus Jumped over to him
and Just heard his ias^worfla: 'Et two,
Rrute!' and then he expired.
?Tin glnd 1 didn't eat nny." said
Hrutus.
"Hut pa,-what did Juljus call hi in a
?brute' for?" asked Tommy.
"I don't know, Thomas. lie died be
fore he could explain."?Detroit Free
Presi*.
Japanese Shrewdness.
An Interesting illustration of Jap
anese shrewdness, which a Connecti
cut Yankee might euvy, wns given in
a deal In copper. The .war caused an
extraordlnury demand for this metal,
and sent the price soaring. The coin
still In common circulation in China is
the copper "cash," about the size of an
English penny, and so small in vatne
that a gold dollar will buy anywhere
from 1,500 to 2,000 of them, according
to the rate of exchange. In thy trav
els In the Interior of China I had to
have an extra donkey to carry the
cash needed for my party. The cop
per cash lu the province of Shantung
alone would weigh nearly 50,000 tons.
To buy these cash of the Chinese and
sell them to tho Europeans, who need
ed tho copper for shells, would yield
a handsome profit. The Japanese
proceeded to do it The "Manchuria
Dally News reported that In a single
year the purchases amounted to 25,000
tons and that the transaction was com
pleted at a profit of 2.107,000 yen (H,
083,500).?Asia Magazine.
Says "Shimmy" la- Old Dance.
The shimmy Is 400 years old, thia
"modern" dance hnvlng been done
back In the sixteenth century^saya
Prof. X-ouls Kretlow of Chicago, who
has taught dancing for 63 years. He
says many other of the modern dances
haven't really changed since the monk.
Tholnot Arbeau, wrote a book about
them in 1588. They, were the same
and.the positions of the dancers Iden
tical with those of the present day.
Arbeau knew tho shimmy, but called
it "The Death Dance."
Professor Kretlow, who wns born in,
1845, was teaching the latest fjteps
when Milwaukee was a trading post>x
It was mostly the reel and the Jig at
that time, and In the most exciting
sets the gentleman touched only his
partner's linger tips. It was the day
of the pantalette and hoopsklrt.
Made London Laugh.
I was working In American head
quarters In London In March, 1019. Aa
we were quartered on the opposite side
of the city, we had quite a little ride
or walk to where we worked. I arose
one morning rather late and rushed off
half cocked to work. On the way I
noticed that every one around mo was
smiling, some actually laughing. Im
agine my chagrin when In the busiest
street, at Trafalgar-square,- 4o~have a
major touch me on the shoulder and
call my attention to the fact that I kfd
neglected to put on my leather leg
gings, which left about two Inches of
white sock and two Inches of equally
white underclothes between the shoes
and trouser legs.
Believe me, It did not take me long
to climb In n taxi and got back to my
lodging bouse.?Exchange.
The Caee Stated.
"The .voung heiress Is tnklng a
course of domestic science. And yet
with all her money she doesn't have
to be * good bread maker."
"No, she doesn't have to, but she
kneads to be."
Started W
"Ycur daughter. Mrs. Oomenp, has a
cryptic way of talking."
"I rrn?*a that Ip because she was
tongue-tied when she was UlUe."?1
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The Southern Pines.
(?rovo? of majestic Southern 1'lneft I
Straight oh the arrow leaves the bow
There splendid long loaf giant* grow
Fm.u bods of tangled weeds and viuo^.
Above the Ifoaven kissing trees.
Magnificent against tflio _
Tlu y lift their gwceifuf leaves on high
To whisper wjth the jpassing breeze.
Their cqhos must fall a hundred loot!
If over oil the war-swept Main
(Vwnmerce unfurls her anils again
Here are the spars to speed our Fleet!
?Oscar Laighton.
IIoKkirk Inn, Camdou, 8. O.
Newspaper Changes.
Captain. W. R. Bradford, of York, who
has boon state news editor of The State
for the fast two years, Ailing that Im
portant post with excellent ekill and
judtfinent, to the tifttinfaction of his ew
HloyorH, ha? reigned and' la conduction
the Fort Mill Times, wlitoh ho has ac
quired from bis brother, Mar. B. W.
Bradford.' The Times hns long been *
good newspaper, one distinctly above the
average In merit ot 'those .publjtfoed. in
other than the large towns, and its new
owner and editor witt enlarge its influence
<\tkl make it increasingly a factor con
tributing to the welfare and growth of
Fort /Mill and York county.
Samuel L. Latimer has been promoted
to the desk vacated by Oaptnln Brad
ford. Mr. T/atimer has been reporter
of The State a number of years. When
the United States entered the World War
he volunteered for t;he first training camp
at Oj?lefhorpp, obtained a- Heuteuaucy^of
artMlcry and was--**ssigned t? the 81st
Division, w&bh which he served in France*
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FORECLOSURE SALE
State of South Carolina*,
, Couuty of Kershaw.
In The Court of Common Pleas
I>ul a McClester, HoraceBatts aud lien
Batta,
Plaintiffs
? Against v?
Frunk R.Butts, Tempo Xftrborough. 55et
tie Johnwon, Hector Caldwell, and The
Kershaw Miule Company,
Defendants
Vnd$r and ?>y virtue of a Decree of
the Hon. Rdward Mc|ver, Judfe presid
ing In the Fifth Circuit, of date Janu
uary 15, 1020, I wHl offer for sale In
front of tho Court House door In the
City of Camden, during the legal hours
of sale, on the first Monday iu Febru
ary, 1020, being tho 2nd day thereof*
the following described real estate:
? All that parcel or lot of land In Said
Couuty and State, containing forty-two
L jgtLiWrftft, apd fhogyxL JW--Tr?>t- No. 8,
on tho plat by A.TVMcLanrin, Survey
or, in the division oif the lands of the
estate of Ksokial Batts, bounded North
by laud of Smith,^"Hast by Tract No.
2. tas shown on said (plat, allotted to
Ho rate and Ben Batts, South by land
of Kstridfee, and West by Tract No. 4,
(hereinafter, described.) This tract is
that allotted to Settle Johnson in- <tbe
division of the lands of the estate of
Eaokicl Batts, in the above suit.
Also, All that parcel or lot of laud
In the sahl Oounfcy and Stato, containing
thirty-eight (38) acres, and shown as
Tract No. 4 on plat by A. B. McLaurin,
surveyor, and allotted to Tcmpfc Yarbor
ongh, in the division of the lauds of
the estate of Eaekiel Batts made in tbe
*-'???~
4bovt) ?ult, and bouuded North by |u
>t Hector Oakhvell. formerly lawfl
the estate of Kaekiel Hatts, Ka?t \
Tract No, 3* above described allotted!
Lottie Jofonnon, tic?jith by laud of a
nold, aud West by lot of Bethel ("1^3
and l?v tract No. 0, a* shown ?? nj
plat and allotted to Frank H; BattO
Terms of &ait?Cash. Purchnwj
pay for papers.
U A. WITTKO WSKY,
" aster #or Kershaw Counts
t 1QOA v
January 15. 1020.
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FORECLOSURE SALE
State of South Carol In as J;
f County of Kershaw.
I? The Court of Copwwn Plea*
J ? , Wi." I n.iM.I>|-- ? ^
James'Cook, individually, aud as Adinl
iatrator of ttbe estate of Peter Ooo
deceased,
? ? ? * ? PlalntH
Afcainst
Henrietta- MloMe, Hattie ltobiuMju, 0
inlUa Kelly, Lottie Cook, Peter Co#
Hununie Cook, William Cook, W*ll?
Cook, Ben Cook, James Cook, Chafl
Coo, Cleveland Cook aud John 4
' Nettles, : ?*.; ? , ? ;15
Vr
Under and by virtue of a Decrei (
the Hon: Judge Ed,ward Mclver, I'reii
ing Judge of tbe Fifth 'Circuit, of .ds
January 15, 1020, I will offer for n
in front of the Court House door
the City pf m the ffrst lft
day/ in February, 1020, tbe same beii
the 2nd day thereof, during the l?t
hours of sale, the following desertt
real estate.
All. that piece or parcel of land, wi
buUdiugs thereon, situate in the
and County aforesfeid, $ontainui# si*
(60) acres, more or Jess. and bound
North by the Bishopville Road, East I
lands of John Brown, South by Re?
Branch, and West by 'lands of Staphs
Lee,'the same being land of the esti
of Peter Cbok', deceased*
Terms of sale?Cash..^
pay for, papers.
L. A. WITTKOWSK^f
Master for Kershaw/ Cokni)
January 15, 1020. .
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