The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1872-07-28
VICEREGAL MAGNIFICENCE.
LUXURIEs OF THE ROYAL HOUSE oil
EGYPT.
From the Galaxy for Aunust,1

EGIPT.
From the Galaxy for Augusta
In the palaces OF the viceroy, or khediye
as he is now called, are seen the signs of
eastern luxury and the material civiliza-
tion of France delicately carved and gild-
ed chairs, covered with the finest silk /; soft
tspestried divans running around the walls
beds of solid silver, coveied with glttering
satin, costing as much as $4,000 each
long eastern pipes with moutb-pieces of
lightest colored amber, set with diamonds
aud precious stones, some OF them valued
ut $30, 900 piece gold trays, plates, and
goblets OF gold, trimmed with gems-even
diamonds silver basins TO wash the hands
in before the repast low, round silver
tables, foot high for dining; magnif-
cent cushions to recline on in smoking or
eating little cotieecups OF solid clusters of
of diamonds, rubies, or emeralds hundreds
of slaves in each establishment, eunichs,
waiting-women in flowing costumes i'm
mense rooms decorated in white and gold,
azure and silver, rose and lily floors OF in
laid marble, porphyry and alabaster con-
stantly playing fountains, whose trickling
sounds fall so agreeably on the ear in u
warm country; masses of gorgeously-f
ed mirrors. Ono sees in ali this thu French
upholsterer has been at work trying his
best to blend Paris and Cairo. In the east,
where everything in the household is low
and flowing, the assimilation has been
difficult in spite Of which the French art
list achieved II certain measure Of success.
There is vceregal magnfcence within.
Within, again, is seen the French super
structure over the oriental foundation, by
which this ruler is governed in all his
tastes. There is French theatre and u
company OF French comedians, who play
the style of comedy usually in vogue at the
Varieties on the boulevard Montmartre.
In the theatre are two loges griitees for his
four wives, where they keep the visor Of
the box up and looks through its latticed
mask, like Gagged birds. The place is much
frequented by the higher officers of the
court. who are usually well up in the
French language. The ruler has forty
gray Perchcron horses, sent to him from
France, where they were collected for him
by one of the strikers of the coup detot
well known for his horse proclivites. On
the Shubra, which is the Tour d. Lac, or
the Central park of Cairo, some of these
horses may be seen almost any afternoon,
under the saddle or hitched TO calashes,
broughams, or other vehicles common to
the Bots do Boulogne, and occasionally
four of them to char-a banc, with postil-
ions in crimson satin, fringed with gold,
prec eded by French outrider. There is
a race-course, constructed after the French
pattern, in which the so-called reformers
take II lively interest. If the khedve
gave the masses cauiare in establishing the
( theatre, he presented them with plat in
making home institution Of the circus.
The sprangled tumbles the bare faced
woman going through balloon hoops on
horseback, the fierce savage whirling his
war club on the naked steed, the cunning
jugger keeping aloft his knives and or
anges, the grimmacing man in white and
red playing tricks on the ringmaster--
these things aresdear to the Egyptian heart
and men and women, spell-bound, watch
the performance from the grand entry to
the riding of the tricky mule.