SUMPTUOUS TURKEY.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 613, 16 September 1909, Page 3

SUMPTUOUS TURKEY.

'. .The. extravagance and; luxury of, American [ wonien.are..often correlated.with their liberty, '■ but'the Hfo of the harem. ; 'proves that luxury ' thyiyes in seclusion as'much.as in the 'full light. ' .of'day.'' In' fact, 'the most highly-coloured ■'■ : pictures, of American extravagance' palq before ," the most conciso and barren accounts of Tur- '• -kish .'magnificence.. '-JWhat. charm would .-. the ' clumsy automobile have'for those who see life ; _'- ditiily. through a'.veil in comparison with the 1 slender. caique with . ten rowers', in ■ livery, 1 trained ■ to. perfect . form, going swiftly, and noiselessly, like sea birds? The caiques are builtof thin planks of tulip or beechwood, .and • are gilded, carved, and richly inlaid/with pre-' ;■■ oions woods..; The are curtained with.'shawls of '. finest .fabric, of ( exquisitoly. soft' hues, and in ' theni are gorgeous cushions and silken pillows, [ on which,their fair owner reclines. ; Never does " she ivalk'. save 'in her wondrous garden, whire r ' roses and • jasmino mingle, their. perfume and ", the oypress. tree gives shade. 7 .Her raiment is of finest texture embroidered in gold and'precious ' stones, and her Jewels are'marvellous. These „. are only a few of.the statements brought back ' to; America by a .wealthy woman recently .re-. _ turned from a trip to the Orient, with'influ- ', ;enco at her side, that proved an open sesame \ !even,.to the gates of the Imperial Treasury; ,■■ where there is more to be seen Of'.jewels and *. gold; than in any other: corner'.of; the earth. She now, declares that her own handsome gems 2 seem'so paltry and trifling. that 'she"■ cannot - .wear.them with any degree* of and y thati he rugs, of which she was' so proud/ap-pear-.as coarse: rags./ - ■.■•' ' ! .-.':. ■;'.. '