Show WOMEN SLAVES IN PALESTINE gentle sex nothing but part of the household chattels in palestine the mother of men is the servant of men being a part of the household chattels she Is sold tor as large a sum as her father can ex tort from the prospective bridegroom she is a thing a piece of goods the father of a farat born son proudly calls himself after the boys name but his garl babe is not reckoned among his children her infant shoulders learn to bear the burdens her little feet pat ter their way to the fountain even from the moment their tiny strength can support the weight of a jar her whole life is one of grinding baking fetching water waiting upon others at twelve she Is sold into married service growing old in middle life she may see herself supplanted by a younger wife often being robbed ot her sons by the military conscription and finally she is put away as the last breath Is leaving her body cor win hoapp linson in the Metro poll tan magazine |