WOMEN NOT ADMITTED.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2208, 30 May 1891, Page 1

WOMEN NOT ADMITTED.

; The Mosque of St Sophia is one of the moat interesting buildings in Constantinople, to Tiaitors." - It is the form of a Greek cross,, andhaa a,central dome 100 ft. above the jloor ; it was doubtless once much higher, as the gilded oupola could l]e seen 100 miles at sea, and was a landmark for ships coming up the harbour. The Inside,is.very beautiful, with its 60 eolums of marble, and granite and poVphery, some brought from Heliopolis, genre frsm Baalbac,' some from Athens, and others from the temple of Diana at Ephesus. ' It was built 531*638 A.D., and is one of theifinpst specimens of Byzantine slrcbiteoture,; But a}l, ,tha grandeur and ill the beapty of this uasgnipoent Mosque is for male eyes alone. The peculiar rsligoh of, the Koran, as proclaimed by the ' priests, hai set a rule of inhibition against (he Mohamlnedan women visiting the Jtfosqtie sif permitted to enter oh any espaeial j ecoasion, i they i must ait fin the. galleries, with, their -facesi closely ~ yelled. This ia the (intolerance of a superstitious religion, . but It , will not do for the descendants of those who hung old women iis ; witches' 'at Salem to denounce this Jilbhatnmydah'discrimination, too loudly. We are growing more tolerantas we grow more iatelligent. but ■. there are still phyiioans . who. will not personhe, - , but torosoribe,; Warnstl*. ,safa - icure, solely because it is. a proprietary rsinady, though (they know it is' the qnly known specific got kidney trouble - . The moiointelligent,•following the true inspirations of the jhealing urt, knowing its virtues, do not hesitate to use it in their own practice, 'however,; and recommend it to (those sfflctod, The, proprietors ofSWarner’a 'safe .cure has published tnany physicians’ ■testimonials during the past five or sit !vears, and Dr J. M. Card, of St Mary’s, /Pa., writes'June 24, : 1890 “ I have jusod Warner’s safe cure now frar the last three months for own and. am pleased ito certify that.it has done, me 'more good thaq any,medicine 1 have.tried for kidney trouble, and I.am recommending it to all my pstients. ”