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. & | 3 v b £ : ’/"’w?? / . { &}/ !' ' ff/ I? 3 \\’ - ;:}/ N,‘ A\;"\ \ '\‘\ AR o ” * ’ N ~y “ 75TH YEAR. THE ST. CROIX AVIS is printed and published daily (Sundays, and Holidays excepted) Qy G. Johamsen at the Avis Office. - "ERMS---50 cents monthly wn advancs, ; 2 cents per single copy. intered as second-class matter May 26th 1917 at the Post Office at Christian- ted, St. Crote, V. L of the U. S. A.. un- der the Act of March 3. 1879 Contribution to this paper will be glad- ly recetved when the syme deals with mat: ters of general interest, and is accompa- nied with the author’s name, 4s a quar- antee of good faith. The editor cannot be responsible for the views of his correspon- dents nor does he necessarily endorsethem. HIGH COSI OF LIVING HAS NOT HIT THE HAREM. The cost of living in Turkey may b~ going up. but so long as wives continue to be plentitul and a Turkish man has $1.35 in his leather wallet he can keep a couple of laps ahead of the game. This is the-gist of the report recently made by Professor J. b, Xenides, an official of an Asia Minor relief commis sion, when asked regarding the condi- sions which now prevail in that locality, Professor Xenid s recently returned from Consiantiiople. he professor weat on tos v .hat no Turk will be furced to go to work so long as polygamy conrinu2 in the Kingddmeof the star and cresent. We may set ali our anxie des at rest; the true Moslem has no fear that he must hunta job. The market value of wives—good, strong hus- ky ones -is only $1.35, and they are a )great deal ¢ eaper and better to keep / than mules. ¢ So the poorer classes of Mohammedans are dispensing with their mules, donkeys and ather beasts of burden, says the pro- fessor. in preference for wives. Dr. Xenides has spent years iln the Orient and has studied social conditions there. TURKS INCREASE HAREMS. *The Turks are not relinquisking their narems,’”’ he says. ‘‘lf anything, the number of harems is increasing. In many quarters expensive draft animals are being replaced with wives wino are expected to do the work and may be had for a mere song in the matrim ‘nial mar- ket. ' . : He then added that in the agricultural regions of the Ottoman Empire the ecost CHRISTIANSTED. V. 1. U.S. A., TUESDAY. 3rp FEBRUARY 1920. | of donkeys, horses and oxen is so high that the Turks have found it far more economical to stock up with brides. l Notwithstanfling this, Dr. Xenides ex- ' pdains that polygamy is decnpasing. “Figures sliow, he said, ''that the averagerweal'hy Moslem finds his domes- . tic happiness varies in inverse rates ' with the number of women in his household. The high cost of liv- . ing does not cause a Turk to cut . down his harem. Quite the . opposite. | The weli-to-do furks are espousing mo- ' nozamy. The poorer ones, who feel the . pineh of hard times and the need for | economy augment their harems. } “Those who are wealthy enough and . crave happiness have but one wife. { WAR CAUSED SURPLUS OF WOMEN | The war has caused a great surplus of ' women in Turkey. A man may buy one for less thar he can a hat. Women not of the Mohammedan faith may be . had cheaper th?sn ary others. Thls has | served iv keep ghe price low : ' When the prices of commcdities soar- ~ ed, explained he professor the Turk . iaced a crisis. e feared that he could not be supported in the luxury to which he had been accustomed. Work wumed perilously near. Turkish officiais solved the difficulty by seizing thousands of Armenians and Sy- ~ rian women, whose husbands or male re- latives hec been killed in the massacres. * The women were put on the atction block and many harems were filled at prices ranging from 15to 80 cents,”” Dr. Xemides continues, '‘some attractive wo- men brought as much as SL. The money weut 1o the officia.s who had been jastru- merta' in obtainining the commbdf@«.” The professor than said that™“women who are not of the Moslem faith d?"g?ot make as good wives as those of theirown ~ pationality, owing to the tact that they rebel at harem life, refuse to become Mohammedans, and attempt to escape al the least opportunity. The Turks favor thern snlely bezause they dre good work- | ers. . | When the commanders of the allied troops ordered pon-'furkish women re- leas>d, hundreds were turned out, wit .- out i‘ood or clothing to starve. The near est Reli f Commitcee at 1 Madison Ave- nue, is now giving relief to these. —Buarbados Ad?ate. ' between Christiansted and ' LOST Est. La Gr. Princesse A . CARRIAGE. RUG AND | WHIP. Finder will be rewarded on ' leaving same at this office. No. 27. xecutive Braer No. J. THE follo ing additional Regulations 2overning the sale of bay rum pro- muizated in pursuance of law. will be effective within the Virgin Islands ofsthe United States on andyafter February 1, 1920: Bay Rum shall be sold only on deliv- | ey of a permit issued by the Po- lice Nepartment. : | -~ Applicants for permit must satisfy the Police Department that the applicant will not use the bay rum for beverage purposes. Section 4 of Executive Order No. 2, dated July 7th, 1919, wherein such sales were authorized upon the buyer’s orior delivery to the ‘seller of an application to purchase, is hereby amended accord- ingly. e S A Governor b "\ 4.sAi): .kek& . St. Croix Sukkerfabrik. THE Factory’s sca'es will be tested bv the Company together with two Cane-deliverers or THURSDAY THE STH INST. as follows: Adjustment of the weights at the Cus- to House 2 ¢’clock p.m. Testing of the secale at the Factory Sta- tion 2% o’clock p.m. Testirg of the scale at the Peter’s Rest Sration 3 o’clock p.m. Testing of ‘the seale at the Sion Farm Statiowo’clock p.m. Cane-deliv@ers are invited tu be pre- sent at the testing. : | Chri tiansted, Ist February 1920. | AXEL BERLAND. i THI& Northside road at Col juhoun Mt. Pleasant Bridge in King’s I1 Quarter is now open tfor Public T raf- | For the Road Commission o . F.oILUNNEY. : St. Croix, 23th Jan. 1320. K