The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1859-06-03
The Dnsger Of Looking at Mo-
iammednn Beauty.

One othe editors of the Utica Herald,
travelling in the East, has been "looking
love to ees that loved again" under very
provokin. drawbacks, which he thus de-
scribes. The letter is from Tunis:
"a pltue on these jealous Mussulmon!
II is almst worth ones life to look into
the face 4 woman; and as only the most
hopeiessl ugly go unveiled, you may inn
agine hoy precious a glimpse or 5os''ty
becomeso a stranger. You must know
that wallng in the streets is quite out Of
question } these eternally raining days;|
the few vhose necessities call them out,
90 mountd upon mud-shoes, which raise
the weapr some four inches from terra
firma. ny only promenade, therefore, is
the housdtop, which, as you are aware, is
fat in allMohammedan towns. Now, im-
mediatebin the rear of the little hotel at
which | In domiciled, is a Moorish house
of some Tetension, into the court Of which
| can loo, down from the place where |
take my Rening walk. Yesterday was
taking unusual bit ofexercise, when look
ing dowi into the court aforementioned,
! found lpair Of black eyes looking into
mine. The eyes belonged TO oyoung and
rather prtty face. The figure was rath-
or richlylressed, and in the --latest fash
ion Of lib Eastern costume, continued
my walka and the black eyes continued to
stare. low isn't Il human nature, when
a pretty woman looks at one, not TO pay
her the compliment of looking back again.
didn't cherish amorous designs upon the
dusky beauty, but as she insisted on feast
ing he eyes upon the sight Of an uncaged
Christian, paid her back in her own coin.
Whilethis very innocent Irritation was GO
ing OF there darted out an old hag, black
as theace Of spades, and as ugly as an
ogre, yho shook her horny fist in my facce,
and hurled up at me tornado of the most
diabolcal and voluble abuse that ever
shockd the ears Of mortal. have heard
something Of feminine slang in my day
havebeen in Post street, when that clas-
sic thooughfare was in high ferment !
have hturd apple women swear until the
air wal blue around them; have heard
the nymphs Of the Five Points making
night hiaeous,' as excited policemen were
bearing their disheyeled sisters TO the
Tom5s; have heard the fish-women Of
Lower Thames street payingtheir compli-
mems 10 nlHRdfu Cubtotitiei Dhb AHpy WbAI
meldlious as cooling doves compared with
this oul imp of Erebus, who paid her res
Ipects to me on this occasion. j couldn't
recirocate her compliments, as / did not
Understand a word she said; so content
ed myself with laughing in her tattoed old
face, In the meantime the dark eyes hat
disappeared, and / was about TO retire
when a Villainous old fellow, with a long
beard, mounted upon the house-top, howl
ling and screaming, aad shaking his fist in
my face, and making towards me as fasi
as he could waddle. (Youwill understand
ihe roofs Of the two houses joined on onG
side Of the court.) Iretreated few steps
10 make sure stood in Christian territory
and then defied the jealous old fool q
come on. He stopped short; grinned hor
Inbly; trembled, screamed, stamped hi
feet several times; gnashed his teeth; mad
q feint Of splitting at me; shook his FIST By
way Of valedietory; and retired TO his ken
nei. The old savage p