Rensselaer Republican, Volume 19, Number 26, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 March 1887 — What the Persians Think of Her. [ARTICLE]

What the Persians Think of Her.

Among the Persians even mothers-in-law have an agreeable position, and are the objects of affectionate regard on the part of their daughters .and sons-in-law. A curious Old World custom is still kept up among the Christian Armenian subjects of the Shah, among whom, in strict households, no wife dare speak in the presence of her husband’s mother. The bride is regarded as the slave of her mother-in-law, and as such may only make use of signs to communicate her wants or make answers to queries, and she must, always stand in the augusi presence. A sad sign of the degeneracy of the times is to be found in the fact that the severity of this rule is becoming relaxed, and that it is reported that “many daughters-in-law now glare to whisper in the presence of their mothers-in-law.”—Saturday Review.