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Show WOMEN SLAVES IN PALESTINE. Osntle Set Nothing but Part of the Household Chattsls. In l'ateatln. the mother of men It the servant of men being a part of the household chattela, abe la sold for as large a sum a her father can extort ex-tort from the pruspoctlte bridegroom. Shu Is a thing, a pluru of good The father of a first boru sun proudly calls himself after the boy's name, but his girl babe la not reckoned among bla children Her Infant aboulders learn to bear the burdens, hrr little !et patter pat-ter their way to the fountain even from the inuraeut their tiny strength can support the weight of a Jar llcr whole life la one of grinding baking, fetching water, waiting upon othera, at twelve sho Is sold Into married service, growing old In middle life, she may sea herself supplant,! by u youugor wife, often being robbed of bar sons by the military conscription, aud finally sh Is put away aa the last breath Is leaving her body Cor-win Cor-win Kt.app Uusou In the Metropolitan Metropoli-tan Alagaxlno. |