| Show 4 1 t 11110 Ontllit roll ISLAH Father Hyacinth or Charles Las lon attracted much attention many rears ago btcauso his glonlne cIa quince and liberal views the latter finally causing him to be suspected ot serious heresy lie w as first censured hYj the Catholic press for acknowledges acknowl-edges Ihe existence ot three great ieulocs of civilized people the Jewish Jew-ish Ihe Catholic and the Protestant alii Inter for fraternizing with various uicu In I the United States and Great Britain Tlnally ho I was released from hi menatlc vow and made n eCII hut priest with the tttla of abbe fttppeire that Mr Loon wlfo Is I no less 1 liberal In 1 her views nor less r4cagtooo I in expressing them than hrf I celebrated husband During thsl rear aojourn among Mohnmme d4aie north Africa Palestine andS and-S HH she mingled with the natives I and made their modes of life a special eWj Some of her Impressions are lltwtothe Westminster Gazette The I logy lake a decidedly favorable view and Pro Guncs many ot the Ideas pIltlob among Christians to bo pr ludloes The fact deserves notice In I the Merest of falrnesa and truth me Los son does not Justify tho iueres the elckenlng details or so lob or BUIIlclenlly well known to to TOW but the maintains that not wi bIMlng the oceurren no Wih Is more tolerant of other monO tll all kMtly thun she Mohamme da Idolatry the itUBsulme hnte It Is I h Idolater that must bo convrted e n at IhA nnlnt nI Ihe swoo1 A M Ianwndoso aocelIs the belief In G I lad a tuture jUdgment os the er oce of religion and cares but little fu tautla differences as a proof ot th i I > mentioned that the Moham m have itlll maintain with reverence th holy repulchro and permit Cluls tI 5 i in worship thero nnd erect their c1 rchejhi the vicinity If the Moham m Isn I were left to tlKinsclvta they w Iliot persecute nnyonoj they be II In I gotrnment by Clod but are In < < erent to the Incidental forms It Om the qu lon of the status of Mo h lords womn Slice layton has nl hen an opinion not generally lob L These women the distinguished mif ho sass aio satlsfled with their 10 lion and on no condition accept the f dom of their Christian sisters T JMnt siuluslon This Is esson II 10 theIr hunplniea It Is In fact to odd upon a lofty nppreUation oft tIxj of-t e ot hastily To the Mohan mlIaa woman thi > harem Is I n sacred plwlih5 ChI linn conception of It as loll cnn e ot II lao I > hory Is I absurd To qujIs Xrtnthn b hJ tiled loony toareme sad cajllaurp Ibot loll COlOY nohIoto rem I hajnmid re-m w it asonoo coo i I tolerated rno hood nnd by 5011cc Ito I pr iUtea dutt not Involve that dent 1 J nllznllon or abasement ot the wife which we commonly nttrlbutu to It rite poIIIGn nf women In Christian eountrlea i Is I in many respects horrible to thorn They nny We have n legal and Itmllod polnnmy with Iba It Is Illicit and promlseuou nmember however that the harem amonl tho middle and tippet elas dmost al wnys itnlnn only one wile And what m iterlal devotion and domestics liupplleoo we fverswhete foundl I The r ri aouihs are as shy and as chaste LS the maidens Aa to flirtation that Is absolutely abso-lutely unknown A man seldom tees the face of his wife until after his mar rlige Wo have an Idea that Mussul women are merely pretty pliythlngs ravlshlngly benullful they often are but they are also Intelligent knowing the Ioran by heart nod the most ex quWerembroIderyr In tho world comes from the burom A otellolngeiaear trllle of the women Os I their com Iilito freedom from curiosity rvena Inltlor Is seldom found In tho women npnrtmonts Mme 7oron Is no ennert to Islam Sloe ndmlla that the Christian religion as It should bo Is I perfect but she add J ° we are apostates we do not live our faith and wo cannot as things Ptand claim any great superiority in proelleal norals ovr the Moslem world |
