, 1865-06-04

,hin The upper garment is the r!a9, or
enc or murr vests OF gny colers, ornanaented
with fnunmcrsble sugnr.loaf buttons. Rnunf
The waist .B ewa'hfd the foutn or Ensuy :bldcd
rash Of a,rpcd silk Add Rugs md ear.tiugs,
often Of diamonds md EN- EAlds very clum-
eiig cut; ueck1acts With side rows OF flne
pea Is strung on common string; bracel-ta
for the arms, called Da'aaft, and oAngl~5 for
the ankles trEmrd mtkats, and the Mauresqu
ID her ca. t< de xise or ind ror costume IL m
plete- Stay snr sonlt imta Wrars q KIND Of
or breas.-plnfe called d}lb1dol
curiorsly filarrred vita gold. knowing
F.cnehmsp. OF long. Mserina experience,
tells me that you may see tbs N3uttsquss Ia |
all Ills bravery Of drese and in actual reality
OF viesgc, If you Will on'y, stay At your vim
dow exc evening for au hour bctntc sunset
armed with powerful opera-etass. Then |
kwtetduE Ii. hor:1 a Of hnu3f zee, you may cspy
tho h,n.n~ens hhe- Mo rs. eorgeona ~ tue
Ques o. Shcf:a, come firth on th- III, rs,o's
OF iho-e cid ;enemcnts In the upper town
Fnuch improvements. Simple shc.alours!
Like tho "slr.ch which is said to hide its
head in the san1--bpt doesn't du anything ri
the sa1t---and f.ncles Itself invisible to the
hunter, the contldug Maur'squcs Ina .inc
that notNdy con see item whei1, glowing In
thsy take tEeir evening walk upon the house.
top. Another, informant tells me that sca &C.
II an evening passes without his seeing the
unveiled M.urtsh women crawling over the
tiles. vety much after the fashl n OF cats,
item rGoi to soof from house to house. and
qua1ttss Of tho town the ,h:roushtaecs gre,
& ssn ,aale ial fTas'pssis Tsmpss9ss of aaFF'esi I'D
Crolbonrn.alley. OF orc Of those queer
hack st,ests at Venice, and each story p:,-
j.cts 70 much above the other that nt the
- $1+1n $1nA 3taa
i thc orthodox way Of P,ylnK evening visits
The tiles are the stairs, the lat roots thc
drawlps-looms. II is precisely tie same at
Mtxic where the 0:D!tas arc the great sum
ner rendezyt US. sky.pa,lor is where the
Msu1esque woman must enjoys herself
4hither she comes t. gaEs!p with her neigh
bo's, to sing, to ca! s~eefmeats, to hang ont
Fer li1en, to beat her carpets and her chill
drcn. Life in q Moorish Town would be
drr0ry indeed without tho house-top. The
ALuse tcp! For b ~ many thousands of
years have these Interchangeable races hesn
walking On the house-tor! and the shee.
that Wns let aoSn before The e5es Of
cd canvas curtain they rig here
every night on 7beis roof, to temper the sea
bre. ze, and Afford shade from The latest a-.ce-
nees OF TIE SUMS rays. This Moorish
wcman's dress, which t,aro figured ht, By
Bit from a bundle of photographs, might
have be.n copied almost verbatim from Lady
Mary Wo,ileF Monta.ue's description Of the
dress Of a Turkish lady In the Sesaslio
hundred and tuty y-ar5 ago, and FOR ccntu-
Hes, perhaps. err that, no fashions IN the
ha,c,D bad changed. 5iaunch old Conscrra-
.isnl walks Aigitrs as proudly as Of yote, aud
for ali the Improve mems OF the innovatn!,
Fsauks, they cnpuot improve it out OF tha
land they oecuI ;, but have not conquered.
The poaitl< Il Il the AlAhometau woman n
A'gtria is theoretically much preferable t,
that Of her sex in Tunis and Morocco. Th.
strictly equitable nature Of the FfeIch rule
io1bids her being treated with hasshncss or
sold into slave =; but rrac ically she is not
| much better oil than III other Oriental coun-
| tries. She is the yietsn Of stupid and
| bru alizlpg social CT de, funded on and bound
! ul' IN o religion as stupid and brus,sIzins.
She is either contctnn,d - maltrea'ed toy
10 the rich, beast Of burden I. :he ppor.
When a child il bosn - q Nn2r!sh woman,
she cries fit he bog, "it is h1essiu. - ii
It bt "a gi:1, ''it Is Il curse" Directly she
comes into the world she Is baptized In the
hane ot Fa' ma, which is that Of the mother
Of the Pn .pttt. 4 week afterwards auo:acr
name is given to her. Tue ch Ice Of ape1',l-
tvs les bttwecn -Aisha, Bedra, Djnlar,
Hhlimn, uasur:a, KtreloudEa, khr'-
ira,. Me'iem, Mimi, Mount, 10.
| sa, Saha, Yamiua, zi.a, ana Zolra. Some Of
thsse ntmes setlu 10 have characteristics:
eound. Woultn't you lisc to fall IN 1--we
with II young Indy named Monni and can't
you fancy bc1ne bless wi, b u mother-in-law
hy the nnme OF Khredoud,a:
1.-THE Moorish girls pArr1its are poor they
will regard her only As m incu1us. H-s
mother vas probably married at ten o,
twelve yta1s OF aye; she ayes early and
each acc.ss.tn . Of maternal cares is ouly t.
h,ru renewed wa-nlu~ TINT she Is no longer
fair 70 look upon. As Car the father, it Is as
much as he Knows that he has daughter till
some cne buys her OF him In marriage. The
! - $1 ~ k.,>&
worked, and deslissd; Cinderella without
! able as herself. The rich gil is neglected. by
her mother, and ia rrleg,tcd to q corner q
the balem and tic care Of an old neErcss
When she is old enough to b. su!d, shs i:
cou,Ec. very fond Of swcet.s.utf, very fond 0
the bath, very fond OF flowers, very tond o
smoking cigarettes. ..
This staltment Of life Is no doubt very plti
able. The Government can do very little t
ame:io'aie 1t, They hare guaranteed tn th'
natives tne possess on Of the civil law-whit1
Is The kor8E-apd the social code and TIL
civil Inv are cue. They nigh: Is well deere,
that the Mahametan women should 70 I'm
veslrd, OF that the Arabs shou'd lraye OF thet
: butLou>cs, us interfere With thr domestic at
ra,.gs mcn:s Of the slnotish gynccruua., !
has OF late gears tndcRyotcd 10 do that viii j
! | THE adm, ahTe Miss Whatcly attempted II
Cairo, though on a purely srculnr basia. Sh
has established school where nearly llun
<ired little Mn u;man girls, from four to te,
years Of age, receive very good education
ind I an t.lu ,lat the progress made b.
J some OF these young Payn ms. IN geography
arithmetic and bis.ory-bcsidcs the NOR
; ttmip'ne Accomplishments Of nced.cwos
: and flOwtI-palntn. - would hare don
NO dscretltt to ladies' college In Eurnp.
: But the civilization gir.n to these 70 " Hill
creatures !s. perforc@, superficial. The Lowe
. clnfst= are glad enough to send their chiIde
to this school Tor the teaching Is grAtultou:
aud the rartn's hrc even encouraged b
, t4ibes to end ihsm t,ut tho haif.rduc4tc
. cIt1 gccs back 10 all the dna1inc.s uu
trndgery Of Or;ertn life. She is married ar,
1seH 1nes mother when she should still
! lsnrnitg her lessons; and she very soon fo
:. gets the tcw she has Learnt. The Wives OF til
very rich Nortscos a1e said never to lca7
: The house, saw to visit the holy koa551s
pray that they may have men children and t
lrophinte the Musabouts with t,tf S. 1t Is a
; aniIl,nl kind Of existence altogether, nut cl
: be TO more altered or mcuded thnn the II
: anu. In the cf.ics there Ia a class Of Mature
qncs who call themselves "ciyulzcd," an
wear crlnolfne md rarfs bonutts. Etes T.
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