New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-10-15
MODERN Egyptian FLESHPOTS.

From, a Letter 10 The London Telegraph
What is heshpOt This IS no conundrum. but
only the humble cropping OF an earnest searcIer
alter Truth. l. il merely a pOt-more or less Orna-
mental according to- taste of designer or to Do
desirable and thing Tor non p9ssess1Ts 10 ee en,
yious of must IL be a cOrnucopla OF good tnngsI mo
condition of the hotels here inst now suggests TINS
abstruse question, Is hotel Of necessity place
TO dine IN or place where you can procure pea
and nothing more : Instead of dine should say
feed for no ono lines just now except successful
commanders in-chef and their lucky guests. we
fill our vacuum when we can and are thankiLI,
INDEPENDENT Of quality. We are raYenOusy
hungry. and dip cur noses III the manger put
what If that mauger contains brickbats or priceless
Egyptian curlosltleo manufactured at DlfmllSnaln'
or any other utterly useless and munitions oDect.
Shepherds Hotel Is closed-liKe the shops. which
are enjoying n prolonged Bank Holiday. Inc
ROYAL IL 80 crfnued with officers of high degree
gentlemen who, quiet and courteous anu hOspitaole
in their own familiar Rag are awful despots here'
The New HOtel-vast barracks hopelessiy uI-
comfortable nothing remains but the oriental,
whittier we have all learned 10 cOngregare. lhht
does not mean, however that we are taken 10 and
done for" Fresh from the tender mercles OF the
British cOmmlsoarat we are lot dlulcOt 10 please;
but. reaching our haven at last, We uiu nope I'd
give up the munching OF hard biscuits the scrSpng
Of empty pOtted- meat tins. We have reached tte
promised land. but tue grapes OF Eschol nave not
yet arrived. such sceAe OF CONFUSION AS inns car
avanssrai presents at what the proprietor IS
pleased to call dinner time Won ld require the taGe
pencil OF a Firth to depict. The dining hall -
spacious lofty, decorated with taste. Inc long
tables by the glitter of their cloths aud cutlery III
yite the hungry guest but the pOmp0us show Is
akin TO the wilderness OF the sepulclre. Happily,
there are no dead mems bones under the tables-wo
have had a surtelt of them lately Oh tile Held
neither is there more uncleanneSs than We can we'll
put up with; but, alas, there Is instead nothing
ness-a non-exIstence OF the importAnt-whlch
Iouses the british Lion. Ii is" Hamlet without tue
prncely Dane. The plates are there, and exc THO
knives and forks. but where is the dInnerf
smooth faced little man assures MS or the proxl-
mate arrival of the decacIes OF the season II our
Excellencies will walt two little minutes We
wait thirty a whole long hour. still no signs or
aught to place upon these plates We storm we
rage the little man appears with sweeter Smiles
than ever. " IL their EXceences VIII nave littie
patience But the fifty guests or so with their
unshUrn chins and convict hair and oespattefen
and stained red coats are young English Warriors,
who stood without benching under that whitening
fire nc Tel-el- kebir. They are ravenous as Young
HAWKS; they are lion " helps WHOM mamma-kind
Mother Commissariat-has left to wean them
selves They have driven before them tue ridicu-
lous Arab-will they submit 10 Dad practical Jokes
On the mart of this plausible snerf No. With
one accord they bowl him over and advance pas
De chargs over his PROSTATE FORM They escalade
the lobby take the kitchen with rush. and fall To
searching for the spoil. All, me- Ibe practical
loke is tolerably complete and well managed Two
or three small fowls half roasted. about the size or
q thrush pot containing beans, another Win
curious compound IN Il that might be meant Tor
dark curry or pallld hash Add that is all; al,
that the smier has provided for the lion whelpsi
This is worse than the tender mercles OF the Com.
missariat. for We expected nothing from her, anu
were not therefore, disappointed; bnt In OaitVII
the splendid city so magnlhcently llaussmanized
by the ex- hedlye lsmai-it ~ very very painful
Oh for Spiers and Pond, or Bertram and Roberts;
Oh Tor modest sandwich. a humble hard,Oouen
egg But 40; IN this city Of palaces, of metal WORK
from Damascus OF textile maryels from the lOot4s
of Tor we are reduced 10 anxious searehni ID our
discarded haversacks for fragments oil han1ey anu
Palmer scraps of Peak x Frean, hair gnawep
KNOTS of chOcolato-we will tenderiy draw .uo 'o,i
for the su piect is unspeakabiy painlui. nns nSo
pots are delusions and snares; the shiiet .nouss
he Processes TO be German, must DC In seeieA
league with Arab.