The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1874-02-01
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NIESNA, October /,
The golden days Of Autumn are
here, aud with thicr balmy air and
brilliant sunshine Nro cnticing the
sighl-soors out of doors, and en-.
couWging them TO improve the
last moments Of this wOudrous siX
months old child of nations, the
Welt Ausstcllung, still so full Of
life and beauty, although so near
ITS death, 1t gives ono u feeling
of sadness to think Of the coming
desolRtion when these beautiful
buildings shall be torn down these
works Of art removed when these
turbaned Turks and white ROBBED
Arabs shall havo returned 10 their
homes and native deserts, and thc,o
comical looking japanese no longer
he seen shipping of the grass on
the borders Of their miniature lake
around those outandiSh japanese
stone animals. Then these houses
| illustrative Of tho dwellings Of the
peasants Of different countries shall
be RACED to the ground, and the
pavillions Of royalty shall have
shared the same fate.
In anticipation Of that day, let
MS make n visit among the palaces
of the kings, that we may bo able
to preserve at least the memory OF
their loneliness when they no long
4 or exist.
With these thoughts in my mind
stationed myselfot the end Of a
long line OF impatient people, all
DESTROYS of obtaining 0dmittuncc to
the little Morocco palace, but kept
within bounds between two stout
fences and by the active efforts Of
two policemen who admitted only
six alta time. Tho name Morocco
palace gives II person quite n
correct impression of the building
u dainty little pocket piece, jewel
casket or handkerchief box. 1t is
intended TO illustrate residence in
Morocco, and is u very small wood
en- building, one story high and
having small octagonal towers at
each corner As we await our turn
to enter we sean the exterior. The
windows are placed very high in
the wall and arc evidently more for
ornament than use, being about ten
by twenty inches, and the lower
haIfcloSrd by II lattice work of wood
painted green and white. The
blinds, now standing open, are Of
one piece the rize and form of the
window which is urchcd, and are
also painted in bright coIors when
closed they would etfcctually shut
ont both light and air just within
the Moorish archcd doorway stands
Il native, whose complexion might
indicate to an ingenious mind the
reason why Morocco leather was
so named. His attire is unique
to say the least He has slippers
on his feet which Justify their right
to tho title by slipping off at every
stcp, and he proves that he might
with PROPHECY bear the Same title
by his ability in slipping into them
again. His legs are clothed only
in their native dirt His head
bears an enormous turban, origin
ally white, and his remaining gar
ment is u long loose robe with
arms which he does not wear on
his arms but which hang empty from
the shoulders. This robe was also
once white but looks now as though
it might have served as sackcloth
during numberloss times Of repent
ance in ashes. The neck is not
fastened together, but half way
down the breast is u fastening.
| However, this does not prevent a
tendency toward sliding off back
ward, which is overcome by certain
shrugs of the shoulders and witches
of the invisible hands underneath.
A man asks him Il question and he
cndcavors to bring one of those
invisible hands to his aid in reply
ing, and after repeated efforts he
succeeded in raising the robe sulti-
cicnt to got one hand from under
the bottom of it and using il for q
moment as an indicator, then the
robe falls and the hand disappears
Tho small vcstibnle in which he
stands affords n limited theatre OF
action, but he succeeds in getting
considerable exercise in its narrow
boundaries, and his queer tignrt
and oriental face add an additional
attraction to the tiny Moorish
villa" of which he is a part. Bu'
now the long awaited moment ar
rives, and with five other happy
ones | enter the tiny box Of
palace. We step past the Moorish
door keeper, who seats himself on
little tiled shelf in the vestlbult
and holds up his feet to let us pass
The floor of this vestibule is Sc
with bright coIored tiles, as also thu
walls, and the dome above is formed
of brilliant mosaics. A small tanI
ut one side receives a stream o
water from faucet and lets it OF
through an opening in the bottom
Over tho door leading from tn
vestibulc to the court beyond, is
sentence imploring the blessing Q
Allah upon the house.
The centre room or court Is per