Women of all nations; a record of their characteristics, habits, manners, customs and influence . the bride ! Two women jumpedin beside her and off she went, but ashout from the men soon stopped thecart. I now heard that, as only half themoney had been paid, she could not a man from the crowd stepped up tothe mother, and put a silver coin into herhand. She looked at it, and, being appar-ently satisfied, let the cart go on. That bride had to return to her parents after twenty days, for her full price had not then been paid. The Turkomans have a tradition that a mother must await th
Women of all nations; a record of their characteristics, habits, manners, customs and influence . the bride ! Two women jumpedin beside her and off she went, but ashout from the men soon stopped thecart. I now heard that, as only half themoney had been paid, she could not a man from the crowd stepped up tothe mother, and put a silver coin into herhand. She looked at it, and, being appar-ently satisfied, let the cart go on. That bride had to return to her parents after twenty days, for her full price had not then been paid. The Turkomans have a tradition that a mother must await the birth of her child standing, and nothing will in-Birth , ° b ., Customs °-uce an expectant mother to lie down ; her women friends stand round her and give her their support. A new-born child has its face immediately washed with a mixture of oil, mud, and native soap. The Turkomans are splendid riders, and essentially a war-like race, and when the Russians conquered Merv in 1884 there was a hard and bloody struggle. But now the Tsar can count the Turkomans among his most faithful MOHAMMEDAN PEASANT WOMEN. ?,./?: ij Lady Ramsay. ASIA MINOR By LADY RAMSAY A Land of Varying Climates -Diverse Races—A Land of Beautiful Women—Mohammedan Dress—The Dirty and Ugly Jewess—Beauty Destroyed by Hardship—Progress of Education amongMohammedans—Christian and Jewish Schools—Mohammedan Woman as the Handy Man — Seclusion of Women—Religious Duties of Mohammedan Women—Truth about the Harem—Mohammedan Marriage and Divorce—Turkish Household Arrangements—Domestic Slavery—Jewish and Christian Households—Birth Customs—Mourning and Funeral Customs ASIA MINOR, or Anatolia, or Rum,the most western part of thecontinent of Asia, is a great penin-sula stretching towards Europe betweenthe Black Sea and the Mediterranean ; itswestern shores are bounded byA Land of the ^prean Sea, the Straits of\arying r- i Climates. the Dardanelles, the Sea ol Marmora, and, f
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