Women of all nations; a record of their characteristics, habits, manners, customs and influence . hief amuse-ments of women of allranks ; and going to thepublic, baths is made an occasion ofgreat festivity and ceremony. Osmanliwomen are also passionately fond ofcountry excursions, and the numberof charming resorts within easy reach Recreationsof TurkishWomen. of every considerable town, as well as ofthe capital, added to a magnificent climate,offer every facility for the indulgence of thistaste. Curiously carved and gilded springlesscarts, drawn by a pair of oxen decoratedwith multi-coloured t
Women of all nations; a record of their characteristics, habits, manners, customs and influence . hief amuse-ments of women of allranks ; and going to thepublic, baths is made an occasion ofgreat festivity and ceremony. Osmanliwomen are also passionately fond ofcountry excursions, and the numberof charming resorts within easy reach Recreationsof TurkishWomen. of every considerable town, as well as ofthe capital, added to a magnificent climate,offer every facility for the indulgence of thistaste. Curiously carved and gilded springlesscarts, drawn by a pair of oxen decoratedwith multi-coloured tassels and fringes, arethe favourite mode of conveyance for thesepicnics ; and it is almost impossible tovisit any of the favourite rural resorts inthe vicinity of Constantinople without find-ing there one or more groups of Turkishwomen and children taking their kaif. The average Turkish matron, however,by no means spends all her time in thesediversions, and in eating sweets andplaying with her jewels, as is oftenassumed. She is, on the contrary, verydomesticated, and her days are, as a rule,. TURKISH WOMAN IN THE CEMETERYEYOUT, pointed stones mark the graves of women. OF 668 WOMEN OF ALL NATIONS quite as profitably occupied as those ofher sisters in Western Europe. Domestic pursuits are, however, nowadaysbeing mure and more abandoned by the
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