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Show A TURKISH HOUSE. A Turkido hou.-e i divided iulo two parts tlie selamiik for the men and ' the harem for the women, aud tlie I latter have as many separata suites uf parluienta as Lin re are lui:es. A. Turk wLo ha but cue wife m iy require re-quire a large harcmilk it his mother ami aiotera live with him, lor each of these ladies must have her private set ofroomtand servants lor hei eeparrtto use. There must he nocrowdiug aud tio inising o( domeetice iu a well )rdt-rtil eht.tbiUhtuent, bo that if thtro be fuur wives Ihey ueed never see one -luoiher unless tliey please. The tirat wife) is C;illwl the hatuin, and takes precedeuiio over the -others all her iile. SIjh has a riuht to the best ruTnp, Hi;d to hxeri share of her btmband's income, which be must not reiluoe lu iUitiisUr ;o the caprice of his yount;T pnuirf. A3 these poiuU hiv.-tteijeraliy hiv.-tteijeraliy Wen eel tied through He ulemas or iirlests before the wiiii'nin;. a hit ii u n't) jomUire is aa sail' as t l ut ol a Frenchwoman who has had contract con-tract drawn up by a uoltiry. I);:r;ng the Isst twenty years motii'iMmy h become more and mora uie ru!i jtiinpiv. TnrL4ni tlio hifhfftt cI.isp. end even among (nose who hare two 3r three wives the hauuu has gradually come to he regard tl as having tlie same rank as the mistress of a Christian Christ-ian house She visit and entertains the hanunpo! other geutlemtn, but teeps aloof lrjm wives of the second and other degrees. These are not tq'iaiu in br-r s'fcht, being generally iridies of a lower social otalus. who have not brought any dower Ut their husband. Time whs when a pacha wouid take lour wiv?sof toiul Ot-gree. all being daughters ot older pachas or ot th Sultan, and all richly portioned, but manners have altered in this respect stall evente, in the European Euro-pean part of Turkey. It must not ba supposed, howeter. that a hiinun cherishes any such jealous hartt'd of her felluw wives as is fell by a Cnria-tian Cnria-tian wile who eeea her buslaud flirt with strange women. 8;ie is contented conten-ted witt the larpt-sl share ol her uusband'a re. pec t, without dtniand-mt dtniand-mt his exclusive devotion. Hfr pbi-liophy pbi-liophy often g;es the length of chn-ing chn-ing from among her own odaiika or ounpanions (Jrom oht, room), one whom she deema meet to he his morgaunjUc ep use, ami she will uo tr.i6 me more rt aidy if f he ikls taken a fancy to the girl and be unw.iiuig to see Der leave tljQ house. In soma hou:ee, not ot the iiignest c:aj?s, tLe lour wives are as friendly at home aa i it in p-x b e or wnmea to ie. thou ;h faohmaytuvt t 'ii!ennt set ot outdoor tnendf w tit mi ene wiii not iutroduco to the Glturs. In any Ca tne supreni vy of the I anuu is aiwuyg acsnow.t igil, and tne otliirfl will not intrude tr.cni'fives into her prep-.-nc-e un!rs uivitr.i. |