Turkish Female Costume.
tol 'IUCtJlwili[gr iiie lrjiLsII Ul it 'ranU 6eignor respecting the tolet of the Ttrrkish7 egn "Since the women iOti tdver, whg,n they go oat, deviate from the rules of decency.annhonour, it is e50ecia5ly, secessary to take care that none of thbeirctions be contrary to the holv law. " An Imperial firman has already been publislhe5 to hinder them from wearing embroideredfwedges and impropercolours. The duty of the officera to whom that firman was addregsed was to wee its exe- cutioni. They have not done so. In these latter times, therefore. certain womrci have been seen to clhanze the tone of decency and honour for nianners the least becoming in 1fussulmen. They have not feared to wear embroidered fler6dgeev, and condemnable colou;re, and go to the public walks with extraordinary 7eils, which sufFer their fces to be seen. " Such conduct is equally contrary to the divinle law, and to my supreme will. It is cident that the Governmnent must put a stop to such an irregularity, and that it is also theabsolaiteduty of husbands to take caTe that their wiven do nat go out in a dress which, being irreconeileable to decency and honour, cannot be suitable to 1liu5sul- man women. 1' Henceforward, therefore, the woman shall not wear embroidered 6redggs, nor condemnable colouTs, nor veils artfully contrived to show their faces; whoever be the husbandl or relations of all those who may be seen in such a dress, thev shall be made answer. able, and punished for the conduct of their women. " You, my Cadi, will transmit the present order to all the Imans, to he published in all the quarters. and you will employ the greatest diligence to hinder the women from going out in a costume which our imperial will has prohibited. "G Given in the month of Mltuharrem, the year 1240."(Septem- ber, 18924.) _ _ TCJRKISIIH FE G4E COSTUME. - - -- -CONSTANTINOPLE, OCT. 9.