New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-11-27


your sins may u" His psysnpon words are continual
" He who goes shopping IN Cairo goes hoppng-with
rage-uotil he gets used to It," OF whipping a donkey
be writes" they yertebrated him til he rcverberated
"a thing OF beauty is jaw forever, an American
husband said of his handsome, scolding wife," is
OF his Illustrations A lady OF the highest
rank Ia =" quite a knee1piushuitra individual" "The
eighth plague Of Egypt is the Customhouse at Aexan
drain which include oil the customary infections
those who land and the who nflict them" All
this is rather cheap wit but there IS to cOunerbaance
it, great deal that Is really bright and sparkling; aud
there are many vivid and striking pictures OF life
and in Egypt No else has described the dane
ing-gIrls with afectionate appreciation The great
desire OF gentlemen who come TO Egypt IL the dancing
girl ~ IL were put to the vote most OF them would
prefer her the pyramids II the Nile Even the
moral and pous. the oldest aud coolest cannot forego
this bit Of temptations they get themselves earnestly
assured by their dra or better, by gentle
man Of acknowledged high character - il possible
from Boston--that there IL really nothing in
her performance which would call blush.
&C. IL is better still If Mr.. High
Character gravely assures them that he
has found IT very stupid and the Ghawazl very ugly.
All this is most thankfully accepted for admitting It in
full the dancers still improper which has charm
beyond beauty or grace and however good man may
be- he is seldom willing admit that heid not all
there TO be seem. The dancing girls. Ghawazi,
obliged by law to remain ut one or two places
the Nile; ana 1t appears that their dancing Is often
very Indifferent. for Mr!tLeland says:
I only once saw Gbawazi dancing. which was. in the
opinion Of native gentlemen. and OF Europeans who had
been many years In the country and had full opportu
mites of Judging OF really superior and artistic char
acter. This at Girgeh. There were two girls.
n @ qs b 6a yoaS tnc To Music s
Of an orchestra OF iCur or I'VE men IAN, ana
Of tamborines the mai or reed-lute. aud the
rdbab violin. The dancers themselves play invari-
which appear little trouble by getting
tied displaced Before the regular dancing COM
mences. yet while unduating about the room. the
GhawaH generally slug with constant repetition
two verses i'll which it is not unli key The most
ndhboobe or " beloved" --v-r' - -. -
The first dancing of GhaU T., is simply moving about
tne music ana undulaung the body. Then waves OF
motion are made to run from head TO foot, aud over
these waves pass with Incredible rapdity the nipples
ana lnrus as you nave seen great pillow ~ breeze
ook IKE smaller sea ribbed with thousand wayelcs
All Is done IN perfect time with the music. Then the
ar changes and there is variation in the dance. The
glri stops-she becomes immovaDle below the waist,
and moves only the body above, rocking and swaying
expressive of suffering from intense passion At times
ana In time with the music convulsion thrills the
waist arms, and head, and sometimes the muscles. She
m62t passion anu exerton are not less intense and the
breasts continue to if vitality remained in them
alone; perhaps only one throbs violently.
There is another change, ana the dancer sinks slowly
almost TO her knees, as n oyerpowered with passion
while the sweep in singular but graceful gestures
ing the lower part Of her body forward and more
with vigorous Guiyering and once in 10 seconds
starting with a CONFUSION, Wmch gradually becomes
more frequent until she apparently Yields ana expires
There are Ghawaz aud Ghawaz. Some are mere
peasant girls work by day and dance by night aud
others low caste, and dance ccarselv, with male
jester taking occasional part in the performances, as
at Luxor. am told that the best are to DO seen III
Caro- in the grand harems on great festival OCCASIONS
with variations, all over the East, ana the
great difference between II and that OF the
West is simply that the one consists principally of eH
pressive movement and pantomme Of the body, while
the latter is c fly jumping with the legs There Is Just
the difference in their dancing and ours tat tnore
is in the musc aud the Oriental Is physically qdite AS
difficult the other.
name "Wayers,' as expressive of tueir movements.
Long may they wave!
When Mr Leland lays aside his motley. there is much
force and picturesqueness in hs STYLE. We sec him,
perhaps, at his best his delightful chapters on
Gothic and saraceuic Art"chapters well worth the
perusal OF oil artists and artoven. lie says:
Gothic art full Of craven images-in fact, It was
all grayon mages-and what they wanted Ia beauty aud
nenf; just as the little lame boy crippled grille ia the
family generally has more qqaintnes ana y more en-
tee beauties Nay the s1snshd often has Ihe
hrst finds the brownie IN the cellar; nnd 90
it was with TeutonIc slavonian or Celtic fancy, as
compared Greek. Gothic art never so happy as
when elves peeped ont OF s leaves. and bears and mon
keys studied books and hdded on the vines aud meek
saints melted In glory on gold or granlo WILLOWS ana
ali heaven one merry Christmas fary-and
where the dear, sweet Lord himself was Christ
taught to call IT., and Santa Claus
accurate Ana luis larry nc got 80
Thoroughly into Of the Middle Ages that even
when there were figures faces Introduce the de-
signer and carver sill gave organic living ex-
men can whose skill Influenced by yitaized forms
We always feel like chdrcn that the little men are IN
there p! -, l., a.. ..,, -. r, o.h,o
Now saracenic art Is beautiful IN It's way as Gotnlc
Ru the Way to its artists the way or tho stars III
heaven the the flowers to the botanst,
as CRYSTALS TO mneralogist. Who look through
kaeidoscope though IL contain only angular bits OF
coored glass without pleasure. Children love IT, even
with the Grimm-iothc fairy-book IN their laps WAC
does not study with pleasure the lovely forms OF frost
work although there suggestion OF life in themf
IL NAV be objected both Gothic aud Moorish
workers coincide in using Kaleidoscope ana frostiike
fances but reply, that whom they employ almost
ldeniically the forms, there Is wide, wde diner
ence in expression and manner.
On the whole despite the laborious frskness OF style
which Is think to be regretted, Mr. Leland has given
us an interesting volume IN his Egyptian Sketch Book.
He has not seen the natives through the rosecOored
specaces so many travellers put GU; for after long
ouaintance with them he comes TO the conclusion that
a more aggravating set Of wreches than the common
natives does not exist and the tenderesheared
missionary must feel the temptation to kill few Occa
sionalIy Until he went TO Egypt he had always been
puzzled because Moses, the meekest Of men, slew an
Egyptian in an easy ohand way and the Bible seemed
TO say nothing against but, after lie had himself So
iourned there O while. he understood. T.. C. n.
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