| Show g r t r i iS S f t 1 t 1 i a 1 S r I h Ii iJ n r ry q t tJ y J J I I A Af Q t i y f pA k kr c r t Zy a S1 t. t r 1 r K Si cr v r S Y r tA 4 1 i f 1 If I MH Ic Y V WHITE ITE sOIl uttering music music mu mu- Cr 1 A ATT sic with a compelling charm came Y loathe harem of oC l i the Sultan of or Java Ja and the 30 wives es b behind the four foul o or palace walls wall Ir listened n with curious curi C ous olis Jl j pad tind o thell ma made le ther tlc the r bird a 1 comfortable o golden cage cago in fu their midst Ono wilt read the terse busing burning tribute of nr Gautier r regarding these hh brown liko like doll cr creatures cren- cren tun tures s and turn with a keen Keenly Impatient impatient tient Interest to th the tho experiences of a charming young youn woman of or the same name tho though gh spelled differently Miss hiss Eya Iva Gauthier who Gauthier-who who spent ment r four 1 r wonderful years ears in hi and out of r the Ilia p palace I y r But ut not not being a novelist no to wh whom m love lo Is at Lt t all all ald times limes an obsession expressing ex ex- pr pressing itself in hu music and color and ando o s Imagery Imager MI Miss s Gauthier docs dots TT not hero supplement what hat the great romantic master Hai said t. t nut Hut sho tells enough no sh from a a. fresh modern point of or orie view ie v. ie to make I the cold fact seem multi colored I Indeed kc l. l what tra tragedy Cl could be he moro more mysterious q and terrible than the beautiful beautiful beau beau- Javanese Ja who bavins come condo into I the light in ip Europe Europ and nd filled tilled with the thed d desire sire to bring reform Into Into the absolute lute Jute Ignorance and blissful idleness of the harem suddenly nl had her voice hushed b by death in a land where poiSon poison poison poi poi- son is swift and md deadly The plaintive plain plain- 1 tive livo pathos of the tho t typical Javanese strange Fong ong strange e. e j yearning earning mystical 1 and t 0 misted with Ith tears it t seems to west- west ers ml might s sto ht aply be he fitl fitted l. l i to lo such sucil a n story stor r 1 1 rd k r r The secret t lives s of the hidden women worn worn- om omen en n of or the harems always s havo held a powerful Interest for foi the Uw peoples people of oC the iho the west Closely veiled Jealously guarded presumably beautiful these women possess till nil the elements of m mystery ster Something more than the tin lure of this mystery induced the hero heroine ro ine Inc of this narrative to an extraordinary venture Entering the Harem Miss Gauthier a French Canadian niece of ot Sir Sit Wilfrid Laurier Canadas Canada's former premier r r and C of po powerful powerful power power- ver- ver ful CuI L Ld rd Str Strathcona has done what no other white whIto woman oman before h her r dared to do She has lived in and visited visited visited vis vis- during a period of or four Cour years ears the seraglio of ot the Sultan of or Java Ja with full liberty to do 10 just ns sho she cho chose e While travelling in the far east Miss Gauthier found in do Java an unknown mown Storo store of or musical beauty Her Ives femInine feminine fem fem- interest was piqued as the in interest In- In terest of An any western tt woman might well be he he piqued b by tho the strange differ differ- J f tl Pa L' L i tt yX 4 ij f N. 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I r rr l r Remarkable Research Research Adventure of o Beautiful Eva Gauthier Niece o of Sir tr Wilfred ire Laurier easier o of Canada ana a Who o During Four Years Visited r an and Chummed umme with i the e Women women o of the e Sultan i o of Java Javas Java's s Seraglio an and Found Them Not o to o Be Pitied Iti f f r Fl r I Miss Eva Gauthier C VJ f Wearing a r Richly 1 f 1 r t Embroidered Embroidered Javanese f Harem Robe tT t- t Y T r. r s Y I r re e c s rr Alices of or this life but hut above c all t ho sho show w was ties s fascinated b by th the tho opportunity of studying the tho music of or these peoples of or the th east cast Under the pi protection election of oC the Dutch government o which y but hut willingly as In iii making her plan IIan feasible Miss Gauthier was soon installed In the Sultans Sultan's harem haren among his COO 00 wives wl with all the official safeguards essential to her comfort rt and and contentment ont r 1 In tho the potentates potentate's palace she found herself welcomed h by a thron throng of Ma ta women They had never ne se seen seena n na a white while woman so close to them before before be bo- fore tore and were a trifle suspicious so 80 that It was al some somo time before they trusted huster her lIer enough h to help her stud study th the tho music of or the countr country Life LICo is utterly different in a Javanese Jay Jav anese harem from that of or a Turkish seraglio says sas Miss Gauthier No Xo A Young Javanese Girl in Characteristic Dress eunuchs guard Juard tho harem and the women women ma may go SO find and come as the they please This fact made mado m my stR stay more tolerable I want to tell you ou something something some Mme thing thin of tho the little brown people ot of Java Jaya The They are the most lovable of or nIl all the colored races The They arc a cleanly people The They are about as tall tallas tallas tallas as tho the Japanese both sexes are plump and well shaped and exceedingly straight The women are arc not as arule a arule rule a as asgood good looking as tho the men though thou some somo of the younger women are quite beautiful They arc re particular lar as to matt matters rs of oC etiquette and ar are ar 9 universally polite and well ed Those These harem wom wOmen n form a so- so society dely apart from the rest of the POI pop popes illation and constitute a peculiar feminine feminine fem fem- court which lives lI its own life has hns Its own traditions manners customary customary cus cus- tomary tomar laws and md etiquette Lar Large e asIs as asIs asis is the tho number of ot women brought to together together to- to gether so absolute 10 is the discipline that there is not th the sll slightest confusion confusion sion slon or disorder Life Lire is quiet and monotonous A disgusting thing about the women women women wom wom- en of Java Ja is their custom of or chewing the betel nut It discolors the teeth giving s them thern the look l of black varnish It also makes the tongue black and tho the saliva sativa blood red Collecting Their Songs Song After I had gained the confidence ne neof of the tile young oung oun women of oC the harem they ther sang for me and I ork worked ll with them dall dally daily learning their songs which have ha a plaintive quality an nu appealing pathos which is not unlike the Russian folk on s. s The These Thee e songs sons were arranged for me h by a cn half caste t whose father was 1 a European and who whose whore e mother was a Jay Jav- anese Jno Knowing the work worle of both hoth civilizations intimately he has arran arranged them in a wonderfully wonderfully wonder wonder- fully accurate wa way I soon learned all about the brass bras instrument that is employed 1 in their orchestra which looks like a gargoyle and I Is played like liko a xylophone x Tho The Javanese In their music u use e the tho quartertone tone ter-tone tone the tho pentatonic scale When I san sang Debussy to them continued Miss Gauthier tho they understood and enjoyed the melody for he ho has tried to Introduce Into his music the ter My Iy coloratura efforts were met with quiet disapproval al and no little concern concern they they thought tho the high tones hideous and told me afterward that lint the they feared I would burst Idle Ignorant Lives These women of the seraglio scra dwell in absolute I ignorance norance and blissful idleness idle ness fleas The They aTe are taught to dance and and ting t T They ey munch the betel hetel nuts and and daughters o of the tho rich do conditions and life in the tho harem Is Js still nothing The lowest class women do remembered In Java Ja She told of or her herall all Ill the heavy Y work worle Th They y make maleo a n plans of or reformation to a n. few fo men coon batik cloth and go o through the pro pro- and women n. Then sho she was poisoned ce cess s of or dyeing tho the cotton materials in Miss i Gauthier has returned ver very ery fine designs Tho The women are arc not notto notto to be pitied or deplored r They are aro much happier as the they arc aio than they I. I could possibly be ho I IAn in An any other state I did e enot M not tr try to teach them x the ways of the iho women women w of or the we west t. t The fate tale of or orone one one high class Javanese Ja woman who ho went to ta Holland and returned with t the desire to change chanso i ii i fio o fi y r r I II I r Cr 0 M T f t W t tOri Ori Miss fiss Gauthier Illustrating y One of the Typical Javanese Dances t Y She Learned 1 Y i r to in the Harem polish 11 Weir tooth wi with th big pieces 0 of wood and cat eat Tho wives conS cony con- con l S y u Two Javanese r Harem em Dancing Girls 1 r ra a I y t tt t 1 AI AIt j t r rf I t 1 Ij a f t tit l a ty y y s a 4 s Q lea with examples of oC melodies that t havo have never lIe been tal taken cn out of or sultans sultans' courts and noted musicians and classicists here think she has I brought a a. priceless gift Ift in do her music of or th the women of ot tho the harem I |
