A TURKISH HOUSEHOLD.

Inangahua Times, Volume IV, Issue 38, 6 July 1877, Page 3

A TURKISH HOUSEHOLD.

There ig no Tii^nsh hone life. Ey iioms life. • I uudersland Uic f-vqueut {jathcrin^ togolher uude; I\i-j wmeroof and in lhe same room of the m'embe'''3 of a family a!od all the influences a'ld aUe.i« tvirch Mich freqaeat gallisriiiß timply. The Turkish iioVse consists ortwo" parts, one for fie m>ti oalled'the'.Selamlifr, and <he ofbei 1 for women, called the haretu'ik. TJiese ore usually tlie Wo wi'i^s of (liohoi've, bod are commonly alto^e'ber se*w:v."e I f 'om o-ich/pther by a central Inll. 'Jims I lie men Ifave their part of Ihe house aiiil 'he women theirs. Ne'th^c is allowed, w'ilioufc {permission, (0 !en(er Ihe {pn'itovy of tbeotheri "In.a Turkish, iiouso jlie mea and VwdMPn do uofc lal:o their inoa^s together, do not sifc around a tnb'c, and 4*an liai'dly be said to fried deceiilly. It is quite possible for men and ivoroeu who do not know 1- lhe use of a fork fo be very ■clean, tabout their food, bat Iho use of a foric is a;&neat step towords cleai)l; ncss7u ; -eatingiii A Turk, holding a considerable |)ositioh>:in /ihe State will tn\ca a liukl'hl of boiled rice ffOJi the comuion disli, ami after'hnving;.xqneez^l all die u-flto • u.it by working it weli in 'tis h.Tn'. will put; the lump iuto the mouth of n v.tie-.fc, as a mark of -peculiar fnvor. There U a slovenliness; about Turks afc (iibic meals wliichrig)probably due to the foci t!ia/> men nod womeu do not take iliei.'nrra's & together* si The object off lie meat js solely r to" eat.*;' Small i table i(, usually w'^'.oiit clbthsj! Hie' ilislie* roady fo: eveyonc's fingers, and (heabge'ee o':'a nc::o ot'saisH conveniences wh'ch cve.y j'.ut'-ii'^a'i lible furnishes, could only be Her;.led by people -who c.ci: Mien* me.ih a-iyhow. Wlmtis said, of breakfj< an: Tes cqun'iy to Mie other' mea's dur'-u^ lli« itoy." Th 3 civilisiuj; elT^ct upon a JioiisclinM'of )e---quiring all the membe-s Io meet io -eilwr, tbe atteiitioii-i which bns to be^»veuto dress, and to: ceroaur projirie'i res of life, tlie conversation, wtiicii 'la'.es place, are all so many influences trliich (he Turkish bouse 1 'iajentireiy ■■without. Tiiolcotltis (hat the sepafatidn of tlie wotneiifrotn Hie men absolutely- destroy^everything worth speaking of as home life, and cause? the life of a Tu.-k in his own house fob© utterly wearisome find, slnpicl.—CoasLan* tinople, Corr, London Tiuies.