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Show WOMEN SLAVES IN PALESTINE. Gentle Sex Nothing but Part of the Household Chattel. In raltviim the mother of man Is tho servant i.t n.n. Being a ptirt of the. household. 1 mltels. she Is sold for a large a sum us her father can extort ex-tort from the prospective brldegrr-m She Is n thing, a piece of goods. Tho father of a first horn son proudl rails himself after tht bovs name, but his girl babe It not reckoned among his children Her Infant shoulders learn to bear the burdens, her little feet pat ter thelt way to the fountain even from the moment their tins strength can support Hi weight of a Jar Her whole life Is one of grinding, baking, fetching water, wulttng upon others, at twelve she l8 sold Into married service; growing old hi middle life Khe mas see hirself supplanted by a vounger wife, often being robbed of htr Mitts bs Ihe mllltarj lotiscilpllon. and finallj she Is put away 11s th last tirttath lh leaving her body. Cor win Knapp UiiKou In the Metropoll tan MagHylne |