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You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of -the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at -www.gutenberg.org. If you are not located in the United States, you'll have -to check the laws of the country where you are located before using this ebook. - -Title: The Secrets of the Harem - -Author: Anonymous - -Release Date: June 11, 2017 [EBook #54893] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: UTF-8 - -*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE SECRETS OF THE HAREM *** - - - - -Produced by Craig Kirkwood, Demian Katz and the Online -Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (Images -courtesy of the Digital Library@Villanova University -(http://digital.library.villanova.edu/)) - - - - - - -</pre> - - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 630px;"> -<img id="coverpage" src="images/i_001.jpg" width="630" height="850" alt="Cover and title page" /> -</div> - -<div style="padding-top:4em"> - -<div class="transnote"> -<h2 style="margin-top: 0em">Transcriber’s Note:</h2> - -<p>The Table of Contents was created by the transcriber and placed -in the public domain.</p> - -</div></div> - -<div class="boxcontents"> -<p class="xlargefont center boldfont">CONTENTS</p> - -<p> - -<a href="#In_the_Harem">In the Harem.</a><br /> -<a href="#Secrets_of_the_Harem">Secrets of the Harem.</a><br /> -<a href="#The_Sultans_Seraglio">The Sultan’s Seraglio.</a><br /> -<a href="#Dervishes">Dervishes.</a><br /> -<a href="#The_Life_of_Popular_Songs">The Life of Popular Songs.</a><br /> -<a href="#Opportunity">Opportunity.</a><br /> -<a href="#What_He_Did">What He Did.</a><br /> - -</p> - -</div> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<div class="chapter"></div><!--Page break for ePub--> - -<div class="boxittitlepage"> -<p class="center xxlargefont sansseriffont">Multum in Parvo<br /> -Library.</p> - -<p class="center" style="margin-bottom:1em"><em>Entered at <span style="padding-left:2em">Post Office as Second-Class matter.</span></em></p> - -<div class="doublerule"></div> - -<p class="center xlargefont">Vol. I. <span style="padding-left:2em; padding-right:2em"> <span class="smcap">September</span>, 1894.</span> No. 9.</p> - -<p class="center" style="margin-top:-0.5em"><em>Published Monthly.</em></p> - -<div class="doublerule"></div> - - -<h1>The Secrets of<br /> -The Harem.</h1> - - -<p class="center xlargefont boldfont">By one who has been there.</p> - -<p class="center" style="margin-top:2em"><em>Smallest Magazine in the World. Subscription -price, 50 cts. per year. Single copies, 5 cents each.</em></p> - -<p class="center" style="margin-top:1em; line-height:1.5">PUBLISHED BY<br /> -<span class="largefont sansseriffont">A. B. COURTNEY, Boston.</span> -</p> -</div> -<hr class="chap" /> - -<div class="chapter"></div><!--Page break for ePub--> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_2" id="Page_2">[2]</a></span></p> - - - - -<h2><a name="In_the_Harem" id="In_the_Harem"></a>In the Harem.</h2> - - -<p>Many people have an idea that Turkish -women absolutely do nothing that is either -useful or ornamental aside from the decoration -of their own persons, but that is not altogether -true, as my residence of over a year in their -country taught me, for they are really dextrous -with the needle and do work which is as fine as -that done by the sisters in the convents, or that -of the wives of the feudal noblemen of olden -times.</p> - -<p>The favorite pastime of the Turkish women -is the bath, which brings together the wives -and slaves of all the well-to-do Turks, and it is -like a picnic of school children.</p> - -<p>These wives, most of them very young—some, -indeed, not over twelve or fourteen years -old—take their lunch along, and they eat and -steam, plunge and splash, and play pranks -upon each other in the wildest glee the whole -day long. No fear of an angry husband -haunts their minds, for they are not expected -to do anything, and their husbands very rarely -enter the harems before six o’clock. By this -time they are all back, rosy and sweet from -their bath.</p> - -<p>At the baths there is often an old woman -who has the faculty of relating stories, and she -is eagerly listened to by the grown-up children; -the stories are generally of the Arabian nights -order, full of genii, beautiful ladies, and -charming youths and jealous husbands. Many<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_3" id="Page_3">[3]</a></span> -a lesson is given as how to outwit the most -jealous of men through these stories—a lesson -they are neither slow to learn nor practise.</p> - -<p>The way they are watched and confined always -made me think of the woman who cautioned -her innocent children not to put blue -beans in their noses while she was out. The -magic lantern entertainments amuse these ignorant -caged birds. Dancing girls, singing and -playing the lute, playing with the babies and -occasionally quarrelling with each other take -up some of their time; a weekly tour of the -bazaars and once in a while a visit to the -harem of some other Turk, still leave much -time on their hands that the rare calls of their -husbands, the eating of sweetmeats or smoking -of cigarettes cannot fill, and so they give -their poor little minds to fancy work. They -very seldom learn how to read, or perhaps -books would help them through, and they -never make their own clothes, though they do -sometimes decorate them very elaborately after -others have made them.</p> - -<p>They have frames made on which their embroidery -is worked, and on velvet, satin or that -beautiful and durable Broussa gauze they embroider -with exquisite fineness and taste. -The most of their embroidery is done in durable -and admirably-arranged colors, in subdued -tones, which seem to me remarkable in -women who are so fond of brilliant primary -colors and ill-assorted contrasts. They have -no patterns, but work out graceful and beautiful<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_4" id="Page_4">[4]</a></span> -fantasies, and all done with the most extreme -care and fineness, requiring patience and -extra good eyesight.</p> - -<p>We might suppose that these women would -take pleasure in making and embroidering -their babies’ clothes as do other women, but as -babies are simply swathed in endless rollers, -like a mummy, until they are six months old, -ornament is unnecessary. At the end of six -months boy babies are put into pantaloons and -girls into loose trousers, both being usually -made of large flowered chintz.</p> - -<p>About the only thing I ever noticed the -Turkish women do for their little children was -to make toys for them, and they make the -most grotesque-looking dogs, lions, cows, rabbits, -elephants, camels and doll babies out of -rags for their amusement. They never nurse -their babies for fear of spoiling the shape of -the bust. They are very poor mothers, as they -are too ignorant themselves to understand their -responsibilities or to teach their children. -They alternately slap them or caress and indulge -them just as their own humor happens to -be good or bad.</p> - -<p>The little girls are taught to sew and embroider, -how to walk gracefully, and recline in -the most negligent manner upon the divans, -how to play by ear a little on the lute, and to -sing their interminable love songs. Their -songs are like Barbara Allen, Lovely Young -Caroline of Edinboro Town, the Brown Girl,<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_5" id="Page_5">[5]</a></span> -or Gipsy Dave—all long, and telling a whole -romance to a plaintive chant.</p> - -<p>I never learned to speak Turkish, but I got -so that I could seize upon the meaning of these -songs. The singer always puts all the life and -sentiment she can into her music, and often -sheds tears as she sings, as do her listeners. I -have even seen one or two of them faint away -at the most pathetic part. This is a very common -trait among Turkish women, and I have -not yet been able to decide whether it is the -result of a weak will or extreme sensibility, but -they faint on every possible occasion.</p> - -<p>The Turkish women love music passionately, -and nearly all of them can play some instrument -with taste and feeling, though almost -always by ear. Their native music is always -sad and plaintive, and often full of such a -piercing sorrow that it is no wonder it brings -tears. They love flowers, too, and you rarely -see one without a flower in her hand when it is -possible to get them, and they are fond of -birds, and raise a great many themselves. -Many of the Turkish women show considerable -talent in drawing and painting, though the -poor things never have any chance to learn. -They simply “pick it up.”</p> - -<p>As I found the Turkish women—and I happened -to have obtained, by a fortunate circumstance, -a chance to know them in their homes -accorded to very few foreign women, and to -absolutely no foreign man—they are gentle, -submissive, loving, and with many natural<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_6" id="Page_6">[6]</a></span> -gifts in addition to their beauty. If they were -educated they would be the equal of any -women in Europe.</p> - -<p>It does not seem to me that they are unhappy -in their peculiar marriage relations. They reminded -me of a lot of irresponsible young girls -in a boarding-school, and the only jealousy -such as might be felt of the “teacher’s pet.” -Instead of the poisoned and vindictive murder -I supposed always ready to be inflicted upon -each other, the worst they ever do is to pull -each other’s hair occasionally or box each -other’s ears.</p> - -<p>Girls reach their majority at nine and are frequently -married a year later, though not usually -until fifteen. By that time all the education -they get is acquired. Instead of being -taught all the abstruse sciences she is taught -all the caressing words and gestures possible to -imagine—how to walk, sit, look and speak so as -to appear the most seductive in the eyes of the -husband who gets her.</p> - -<p>No Turkish wife of the better class is ever -expected to do any domestic labor whatever, -nor to make any of the household linen, nor -any garments for herself or members of the -household, nor to sew any buttons on, nor, -above all, to make her husband’s shirts; therefore -it can be seen at once that almost every -source of domestic disagreement is done away -with, and the Turkish husband never expects -his wife to get on her knees to hunt for his -collar button, nor scold her if the dinner is<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_7" id="Page_7">[7]</a></span> -badly cooked; so that in many respects life in -a harem is not so very bad after all, and one-tenth -of a good husband is better than the -whole of a bad one.</p> - - - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<div class="chapter"></div><!--Page break for ePub--> -<h2><a name="Secrets_of_the_Harem" id="Secrets_of_the_Harem"></a>Secrets of the Harem.</h2> - - -<p>The harem is that part of a polygamist’s -house which is set apart for the use of his -wives and their attendants; it also denotes this -collective body of women. In all Mohammedan -countries it is customary for wealthy men -to keep a harem; for, though four is the number -of wives to which the faithful are restricted -by the Koran, there is no limit to the number -of concubines a man may have, except his -ability to maintain them. The mention of a -harem naturally suggests to most people the -female portion of the royal households of Turkey -and Persia and Egypt. In the sultan’s -harem each wife—he alone can have seven—has -a separate suite of apartments, and a separate -troop of female slaves to wait upon her -and do her bidding.</p> - -<p>All the female slaves or odalisques throughout -the harem are, however, at the disposal of -their royal master. She who first gives birth -to an heir, whether wife or slave, is instantly -promoted to the rank of chief wife. The title -sultana is borne, not by the sultan’s wives, -but by his mother, sisters and daughters. The -real ruler of the harem is the sultan’s mother, -but under her is the lady superintendent of the -harem, usually an old and trusted favorite of<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_8" id="Page_8">[8]</a></span> -the sultan. The duties of guarding the harem -or seraglio, as it is sometimes called, are intrusted -to a small army of eunuchs, the chief -officer of whom generally enjoys considerable -political influence. The inmates of the harem -lead a very secluded life.</p> - - - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<div class="chapter"></div><!--Page break for ePub--> -<h2><a name="The_Sultans_Seraglio" id="The_Sultans_Seraglio"></a>The Sultan’s Seraglio.</h2> - - -<p>Seraglio is the palace of the sultan at Constantinople. -It stands in a beautiful situation -on a head of land projecting into the sea, -known as the Golden Horn, and is enclosed by -walls seven and one-half miles in circuit. -Within the walls are a variety of mosques, gardens -and large edifices, capable of containing -20,000 people, though the whole number of the -inhabitants scarcely ever reaches the half of -this.</p> - -<p>The principal entrance is a kind of pavilion, -which is constantly guarded by capidjis, or -officers of the seraglio, and consists of a group -of houses and gardens, one of each being possessed -by each of the sultan’s wives, and of the -habitations of the concubines and slaves.</p> - -<p>The harem is ruled by the Kiaja-Khatun, or -inspector of the women, who is under the sultan’s -authority alone, and is supplied with -what they require by the Kislar-aga or chief of -the black eunuchs, who form the principal or -inner guard of the harem. The second and -outer guard is given to the white eunuchs under -their chief the Kapu-agassy, or Kapu-oghlan.</p> - -<p>Other classes of household officers are the<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_9" id="Page_9">[9]</a></span> -mutes, who, till recently, were the executors of -the sultan’s orders, especially those in which -the utmost secrecy was required; the bostanjis, -or gardeners; the batajis, or clearers of wood; -and the itsh-oghlans, or attendants of the sultan. -The sultan’s mother always resides within -the seraglio, but his sisters do not. Access -may easily be had to the seraglio, with the exception -of the harem, which is scrupulously -guarded from even the eyes of strangers. The -English have improperly confounded the two -terms “seraglio” and “harem.”</p> - - - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<div class="chapter"></div><!--Page break for ePub--> -<h2><a name="Dervishes" id="Dervishes"></a>Dervishes.</h2> - - -<p>A Dervish, in Mohammedan countries, is a -class of people resembling in many respects -the monks of Christendom. The dervishes are -divided into many different brotherhoods and -orders. They live mostly in well endowed convents, -called Tekkije or Changah, and are under -a chief with the title of a Sheik. Some of the -monks are married, and allowed to live out of -the monastery, but must sleep there some -nights weekly. Their devotional exercises consist -in meetings for worship, prayers, religious -dances, and mortifications. As the convent -does not provide them with clothing, they are -obliged to work more or less.</p> - -<p>It is difficult to say when these religious -orders took their rise. From the earliest times, -pious persons in the East have held it to be -meritorious to renounce earthly joys, to free -themselves from the trammels of domestic and<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_10" id="Page_10">[10]</a></span> -social life, and to devote their thoughts in -poverty and retirement to the contemplation of -God. In this sense, poverty is recommended -by Mohammed in the Koran. Tradition refers -to the origin of these orders to the earliest times -of Islam, making the califs Abubekr and Ali -found such brotherhoods; but it is more probable -that they arose later.</p> - -<p>Many Mohammedan princes and Turkish -sultans have held dervishes in high respect, -and bestowed rich endowments on their establishments; -and they are still in high veneration -with the people. 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Some of -the songs of forty years ago—notably, “Swanee -River,” “Old Folks at Home,” and the “Mocking -Bird”—are still frequently heard, which -cannot be said of the popular songs of more -recent years.</p> - -<p>The war for the Union gave birth to quite a -number of good songs, and “Marching through -Georgia” will live as long as a soldier exists. -Soon after the war we had “Silver Threads -Among the Gold” and “Put Me in My Little -Bed,” which were in everybody’s mouth, and -put a great deal of money into the pocket of -their author. But they are seldom heard nowadays; -and the same may be said of “Captain -Jinks of the Hoss Marines,” who fed his horse -on corn and beans, and “Walkin’ Down Broadway.”</p> - -<p>It is now some years ago since our ears were -regaled with “Rock-a-Bye, Baby,” “Climbin’ -Up the Golden Stairs,” and “See-Saw.” These -were succeeded by “Maggie Murphy’s Home,” -“McGinty,” “Annie Rooney,” the famous -“Ta-ra-ra,” and “Monte Carlo,” which have -already been turned down for “My Sweetheart’s<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_15" id="Page_15">[15]</a></span> -the Man in the Moon,” “Daisy,” and the latest -rage—“After the Ball.” It is said, by the way, -that the author of the last-mentioned song is -deriving a fortune from it. He has already -cleared more than a popular novelist realizes -from a four hundred page book.</p> - - - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<div class="chapter"></div><!--Page break for ePub--> -<h2><a name="Opportunity" id="Opportunity"></a>Opportunity.</h2> - - -<div class="poetry-container"> -<div class="poetry"> -<div class="stanza"> -<div class="indentbase">I do not know, if, climbing some steep hill</div> -<div class="indentbase">Through fragrant wooded pass, this glimpse I bought;</div> -<div class="indentbase">Or whether in some mid-day I was caught</div> -<div class="indentbase">To upper air, where visions of God’s will</div> -<div class="indentbase">In pictures to our quickened sense fulfil</div> -<div class="indentbase">His word. But this I saw:</div> -<div class="indentone">A path I sought</div> -<div class="indentbase">Through wall of rock. No human fingers wrought</div> -<div class="indentbase">The golden gates which opened, suddenly, still,</div> -<div class="indentbase">And wide. My fear was hushed by my delight.</div> -<div class="indentbase">Surpassing fair the lands; my path lay plain;</div> -<div class="indentbase">Alas! So spell-bound, feasting on the sight,</div> -<div class="indentbase">I paused, that I but reached the threshold bright,</div> -<div class="indentbase">When, swinging swift, the golden gates again</div> -<div class="indentbase">Were rocky walls, by which I wept in vain!</div> -<div class="indenttwo">H. H.</div> -</div></div></div> - - - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<div class="chapter"></div><!--Page break for ePub--> -<h2><a name="What_He_Did" id="What_He_Did"></a>What He Did.</h2> - - -<p>The idea of refusing water to fever patients -is, we are glad to say, nearly a thing of the -past. The following incident, related by a -sailor, serves as an illustration of the water -treatment. “Some years ago, when we were in<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_16" id="Page_16">[16]</a></span> -Jamaica, several of us were sick with the fever, -and among the rest the second mate. The -doctor had been giving him brandy to keep -him up, but I thought it was a queer kind of -‘keeping up.’ Why, you see, it stands to reason -that if you heap fuel on a fire, it will burn -the faster, and putting brandy to a fever is just -the same kind of thing.</p> - -<p>“Well, the doctor gave him up, and I was -sent to watch with him. No medicine was left, -for it was no use—nothing would help him; -and I had my directions what to do with the -body when he was dead. Toward midnight he -asked for some water. I got him the coolest I -could find, and all he wanted; and if you’ll -believe me, in less than three hours he drank -three gallons.</p> - -<p>“The sweat rolled from him like rain. Then -I thought sure he was gone; but he was sleeping, -and as sweetly as a child. In the morning -when the doctor came, he asked what time the -mate died.</p> - -<p>“‘Won’t you go in and look at him?’ I said.</p> - -<p>“He went in and took the mate’s hand.</p> - -<p>“‘Why,’ said he, ‘the man is not dead. He’s -alive and doing well. What have you been -giving him?’</p> - -<p>“‘Water, simply water, and all he wanted of -it,’ said I.</p> - -<p>“I don’t know as the doctor learned anything -from that, but I did.”</p> - - - - - - - - -<pre> - - - - - -End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of The Secrets of the Harem, by Anonymous - -*** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE SECRETS OF THE HAREM *** - -***** This file should be named 54893-h.htm or 54893-h.zip ***** -This and all associated files of various formats will be found in: - http://www.gutenberg.org/5/4/8/9/54893/ - -Produced by Craig Kirkwood, Demian Katz and the Online -Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (Images -courtesy of the Digital Library@Villanova University -(http://digital.library.villanova.edu/)) - -Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions will -be renamed. - -Creating the works from print editions not protected by U.S. copyright -law means that no one owns a United States copyright in these works, -so the Foundation (and you!) can copy and distribute it in the United -States without permission and without paying copyright -royalties. 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