, 1876-06-12
Patronage Of the Hotels at the
Exhibition Grounds.
Among the Observation-Disclosures and
Pipes d In TurIuc.
How Oriental Coffee is Made..-The
Nargileh and Chibook.
Tho Tunisian Cafe - Dancing
After the Moorish Manner.
The Sponge Trade aud FIsllery...Otiye.
Wood from Jcrusnlem...
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PHI.ADELp1ItA, June b,-Ou my way TO the
Exhibition ts morning, ! dropped Into the
ulobc Elotcl and Interviewed the manager, Mr..
':icr, on tllo hntsl question In connection With
the Centennial. lie Kays that The house il dDIng
gptni business, aud that the population changes
almost completely every three days That Is to
say, aout our-thIrl nf their patnJns ~ away
every day, ana u fresh third take thu places "
the parting guests. The aatnc Is Tho caee NJ the
Trans-Cuntlnental; in fact, the statements VI
tho nlaflAgtrs Uf tho two houses
nre al1lott identical In the two
points have mclltioncd,-the amount
III business, untl e,Iangu Of n third Of tu pat
ronuEe uvrry day. THESE hotels arc directly at
the gates OF the Exhibition, and are lrst-elnss
in everything fpritcs i,lcrlcd), 50 that tcy may
h. taken ns an in1ex of the wcll-to-t1n VISITORS
stay. Of course, cuch llotcl fus many patro1,s
who stay much longer time; and, OH the other
lland, they entertain many flying travellers who
can spare but twenty-four hours. hr even less
time than taat. But you may put 1t down Us a
rule, that grrat many persons hare detc1niin-
cd that three days will be sufficient tor doing
the Exhibition; aud, II they give their whole
Vlintls to it, they chi certainly Zee great deal
!n tlat time. hnyc met several New Workers
whu t,uk three days oil from their business,
left by III carly trdn Munsiay morning, und re-
turned by Il late one nn Wednesday aftcrnoun.
They tuok supper iii New York, slept with tint
sunndncss which comes from mitch fatigue md
II clear. ;, Conscience, and went to business OH
Thursday su,x peur Il sans rtprocAe.
A RUN TO THE ORIENT.
which ono can run from onc country
10 another in these Exhibition grounds,
and that II single half hour ,lAy put you iu
South Africa, Spain, Sorwuy, Egypt, Tunls, the
Sandwich Islands, England, Japal., aud a 'luxcn
other countries, without any disbursement Of
money. But, In MI these casca, ynu could only
look about and Bcu; n,ld, If you nrc like many
nf Uur euuntrylncn, you would soil or spell
things by handling them, Or by poktng with
care or umbrella. A new entertainment las
been offered recently by tho opening Of somc
Oriental cafes near tie eastern end ol the lake,
md liut ilr from Machinery HILL 4 TnnfHinh
cafe was opened week ngp, nnl Turkish one
tu-tny: both of thcn attrael many visitors, and
are quite Il feature Of tic Exhibition. Al the
Tunfsian cafe you pay 2j ccnts ut the door, and
aru admitted tu mi octaugulur hall, with rush
cnrprtns, and with disana extending around
the edge of the apartment. band of Moor
!sh musicians is kept In constant opera
Tunfslal and dressed III the costume OF that
country, Indulge IN dante ID -Hdure The
'nusic Is low ind n'onotono,'s, md rather
Ii quite like that to whie.! VIC arr accustomed iii
Anltrfea and Western Europe, The women
glide about with q sort uf unuulAttng motion,
Which French la,laeIlse would linsl very hard
to Initiate. Nearly uil the motion IL below tl,r
waist, and Il sometimes takes the form Ut vio-
Lent wEiggling Of the lower liMbs, while 'so
upper portion OF the b.'1y is stationary. Tile
dancing here Is no better, amt no wurte, than
one sccs In the cAfes Of Algiers or 7ilnia. IN
the latter city l otlce Witnessed o dance which
had been specially arranged for Il party III us,
nn'l which threw quite IN the satlc anything
have seen here. 1'hc wnlnen wcru tho prettcat
that tic city contained, and they lalIced In u
w,.y that showed perfect knowledge Of thu
rcrpsjehorcan art rs It is unt!crstotA! by the
Alu6rH. The coffee and the cigarettes wrrG Just
Hike what one finds here, but We sut un wi'le d.
yuns, a,id reclinrd asAlnst lcavy stone walls,
heru.
ORIENTAL COFFEE
liz curiosity to the grtat majority Of tho visit
nrs hsrs, ;..,l 1t Z % amusing to observe then
put In small cup, and with it l. spoonful Of
freshly bruised coffee. Hut water is poured over
this, anu the cup-w.,!ch is Of brass or copper
Is placed on tlle trs, aud kept ticretill ttu!nes
| cup tn which II Is serycl to tho customer, and
he has It quito Ms hot NJ he ra,i possibly wish.
It. Is thicker anu stronger tlla We ure urcstu,n-
rl to lsaye It, and very often the bottom Of tle
a.nong III M those wiio lrhk colice in lie Oriental
establishments llsrc, qnlte s.s much rs they Do
nollIlre c.,lfcc LIS thu Arabs scrvu It delicious
In the extreme, a'tl cxhnus. Ills vucabu-
! larry Of supcrlutiyc adjcctvcs In describing It 3;
wtc another will declare ii disgusting MIcsa,
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