superstitions of turkish women the turkish woman is a fanatical eon Berva tiTe tive tho the world in chinh she lives is ig unmoved by tho the practical facts of the nineteenth century which make life a burden to her husband bno band no chinaman was ever more impervious to ideas of improvement she is fiercely intolerant in matters ot of religious belief the teachings of thu the koran horan have bare reached her bar by word of mouth and surrounded by a perfect Tod talmud ratia of tradition and theao shop abapo her view TIOW of the outside world in 0 bediones obedi bed ionea to them she bho commonly hates foreigners with passion As tho she passes you on the street she will pray with addible ani lible fervor that your eyes may become blind or that led may curse you she is superstitious in thu the extreme in sickness tho she will use tho the saliva of tin an old woman who has never cover been divorced or will inhale tho the fetid breath of an all odoriferous anil and saintly Jer bervish vish in in preference prefer onca to the choicest choi ceat tiona of if an ad educated licater she is is adoure aB Bureil I that satan in in person touches americans their skill in mooha anical arts sho she believes in charms she will not live in an hour bereft of her three cornered bit of loather leather which ino loo losea loses the mystic phrase ehg is potent to ward oil the evil eye she dis trusts tuesday as tho the of ill lacka luck and will not celo brato the birthday of 0 her children child ton nor even record the date lost como coma magician uso use it to cast a spell against the chill LU in 0 dwight JJ wight la in Ilar Harp pers cri magazine for march