Women of all nations; a record of their characteristics, habits, manners, customs and influence . els, jealousies, oc-casional visits, dress, jewellery,occupy her mind in the gosha of a woman is hergod. Every action has to beconsidered from that point ofview. Only if she is very poorcan she disregard it. With somesects the rule is relaxed whenold age has deprived her of everyattraction. Even then the tooth-less old hag from force of habitwill shrink from public gaze asthough she were endowed withtranscendental beauty, and everygazer were an ardent admirer. The breaking of gosha i
Women of all nations; a record of their characteristics, habits, manners, customs and influence . els, jealousies, oc-casional visits, dress, jewellery,occupy her mind in the gosha of a woman is hergod. Every action has to beconsidered from that point ofview. Only if she is very poorcan she disregard it. With somesects the rule is relaxed whenold age has deprived her of everyattraction. Even then the tooth-less old hag from force of habitwill shrink from public gaze asthough she were endowed withtranscendental beauty, and everygazer were an ardent admirer. The breaking of gosha is notonly a disgrace but it serves asa sufficient excuse for divorce. Thea rich Mohammedan in the Southlost her temper with one of her servants andcaused her to be beaten with unusual woman threatened to revenge herselfby bringing an action for assault. Thehusband heard of it and was very said to his wife :— You have done foolishly to put yourselfin the power of this woman. If you areobliged to appear in court and break yourgosha, I shall certainly divorce you. wife of. E 3 c O v C * V - u £ =S|S c . o ^ g Quo Z .2 M E3 < ^J ?j O5 £ < 77 6io WOMEN OF ALL NATIONS AloslemMarriages It is a breach of gosha to be photographedso that a strange man may be able to lookupon the presentment of the face thatshould be veiled. For this reason it isextremely difficult to obtain a picture forpublication of a Mohammedan lady of goodbirth and position. The most important event in the haremis marriage. The prophet allowed his fol-lowers four wives, a privilegethat is not claimed by allMoslems. As a rule the firstmarriage takes place when the man iseighteen and the girl fourteen. It is fre-quently brought about through the goodoffices of an old woman, who combines thecalling of matchmaking with that of pedlarand gossip. She is eagerly welcomed in theharem, professedly to sell her wares, butshe finds it profitable to carry messagesand suggest alliances which often r
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