New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-09-17
4 GLIMPSE or CAIRO.

C. +. Gordon Cumming IN The Ge,fie,aan's Magosoe.
Every few minutes yOu meet group ol native
ladies, closely yellcd With the wnlte muslin, OF
black silk ya3hmak; and group OF attend ints.
They ride astride-theu donkey dceked with
tassels and all manner OF gay traPpings and AS
they pass, every man Win a proper Scnsc OF deco
rum aYerts his face, lest rs eyes should rest on 70
much yelled loneliness. Even the wor king
drudgcs, who are often deliberately tattOoed. are
equally strict in keeping the face Sirtuously cove
cred, though the rest OF their drapcry may be
caugnt up or blown about In such stylc scarcely
suits notions OF decency.
The Same thing continually strikes one among
the Hindoo women, who would he ecrnally dis
graced by the talntest approach % ON ordinary
evening toilette, but who have no manner of obIec-
ton TO displaying a wide lucid Intery al between
the arm and the waist. and any amount OF unstock-
nged ankle. | remember n liindoo gentleman
Iemarking that on his first Visit 10 "A London
drawing room he wished lie could have hidden
himself anyW here, he felt 80 shocked AT the com
pany in which he found himself. "A somewha.
similar comment was made DY young hlRhland
lad at "A harvest home which was always attended
by the lands daughters On one occasion "A friend
accompanied them, very much DE- Oilttte; and as
she at the end of the room among the eyergreens
the lad gaZed in Open-mOUthed admiration, tai the
lady rose and when he saw that " IL wasna
waXen image. bnt real Teddy" he fairly left the
Sometimes you may hear the solemn invocation
to prayer, wheIeupOn, IN street or MAJ ket, the
faithful Will bow down and worship But at all
hours and seasons You will see men at their devo-
tons sometimes squatting ON IA square carpet or
sitting their counter. Nothing strikes new
at all times and in all places-all life seeming imhned
with n constant reference to the presence OF Col
In every greeting every gltt, every common action
of life, all acknOw ledge Hun.
Even in killing animals for food, certain cero-
monies must be observed; and the fatal blow y
struck A" In the name OF Cod who Is most great
sometimes with the addition OF such words rs " God
give thee patience 10 endure the pam which lie
hath allotted to thee W Some of the more ignorant
use the common formula which II forever on their
lips In The name of God, the compassionate. the
most merciiul. This IL. however forbidden IA
being inappropriate 10 the occasion. No MahOm-
etdn dare eat OF any creature which has Teen
killed without these formulas IL Is unlaw M food
For lhs reason, 10 Mahometan servant VIII ever
touch the preserved meats which come nom Eng
land as he can have TO proof OF their having been
lawfully slain. Neither Will he eat Of things shot,
unless he can run up in time to cut the throat aud
let the blood flow before the creature dies.
In TACT, the lie OF Il good MOscm seems all in-
terwoven with forms and ceremonies, and the law
of the Koran some such sacred words seem Tor
his lips mixing most freely with All secular
matters. No action however trivial, may be com
meuccd without commencing 1t t. Allah.
Mahometan Will not even lig1t a lamp without
blessing the name of the Prophet. Even the cries
OF the street haWkers bring u frequent illusions 10
"A spiritual market, a. when the poor water-carlier
offers cup of cool refreshing drink to all passers
Whatever bo the matter In hand. one of the cum
pany will certainly utter some such reminder as
SemmOO' and his friends will reply Blsmiliah,'
meaning III the name OF God.
SO faith or tataIsm seems well nigh TO merge ana
our own Scotch expression of " II was been 20 be"
seems tOleably akin to the kIsnct p OF the last.
/ remember an old hOusemaId being soTely per-
turbed at having Knocked over ana smashed a val
covered her equanInlity and exclaimed, Wee
weel, It had been lang the family, and II was
been to he broke" so laying this llattcnng JUNCTION
to her soul, she went calmly on with hcr dusung.