Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1882-07-14
street Scenes in Cairo.

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Ih. ,!p'~>..c j. the broadway at lh' 'I'\-
l. = a',,t., i!i:'N i''ri vide. ant i.a1-
I" an t'' ...:'n.h"tNah t'r park ana me
trrutA 'iG.u;'r ot tine rNN. Where are
thu tirjri~ .':;:'-. &C.. i" the N"Aalttni
E'.- !, j iuri with small shops
IL ~ I'll" v hjrh haven" VII '""1 hut
the >aD'rIr"n, stands open /" tr' -tr'"'.
.,,. aye. T., chaps. u dozen French
i.,>'iry -'..,.> lhtt haze ~iipH "i'id"">'
:Ui tt-D j. al. Ia tir busy h''rH 'n'
street - e.. lN,lrl. lat Yet not - m''i
Il q cr.,-. street; near ,h' farther end
Vii IA = ....ii i:aIlr ~jr-rI.a~ i'i'' i'aHar>
ar re- .rrGn IT, aud !, i "N''''iIn@IV
,iii.i.i., IL to .ct lhr ri4t1 n1m" Tor
all';t,mr .,;:luug the" Aral-. On Ger
I "a d:,} ~ ~jr',.l j, :. w.rir- lam. IL
j. l!..i will .iitlr ~linr-: th":r hundr'"N
Il rn44.l MA Vrilrtl f:,,''- viii >inal
u:3 -. 49, ,lis,i ;}nuj tnr,g. !r,i Ill front
9. a." ~,lp:, n'd display ~u,.i ~l"rh~ "i
greasy raAr,. pieces Of -9.'r-raE'. Il
irW p3i'~ q; -iu,pcr> and cher @o"'>.
Nf IT,. r:o,,d -.,lNlN moving IN opposite
uii,..'i,u~. There are many mrn anu
vn,nr,! c..rrt nv trays. Wat"r-larS or
o:lvr art IL on their heads and Ill the
vt!n,r who c"rrN their childrrn plar"
tl,ri.l a~ii, L. their lfl ~huuldrr. and til"
l;!t.r ur,, soon Learn, t. hang ON I"
ihr l,,uj or wrap covering their moth
en- heals Then Il man hrarin.r a GOAT
slim fnl ,l w;.r' occasionally >qnrrzrS
thr1Iiyh Ih. l4,l.,;:.c. and Il woman com
plir.l ,nyrIup,ri IN black silk. riding
a-;I;,!r .n ,!nnhr>. with feet drawn up
ir!ir:,:ii a. ii"h ~ Possible, Goes along.
Nc\i come, a rarr.a.c.. with Il sails. or
runner. in pirini,>ul... costume. who
our> ahead. carr, mo Il .r,ld-tpprd rod.
With which he urgently taps people who
fail Ia 80! u,.t If the wa, 1T his Strnto-
li!u ~i.uat Of Shrmaak :" left.
" .im.nak :" RIGHT. The crowd makes
way Tor IT,. carria~r Just about - water
,aaL.,> WI, Tor A boat CLOSING in t,,.l;iud il.
Ihn comes TWO or three camriS. bur
,;.,l.tl with hurr load, of green clover.
ti,.ir lnn.r r,.,.k> and >llprrcilulIs noses
r\.r,nl.,Ir u,cr the crowd. As all the
people ar, c.,,runrd in bright c,lors and
stra,in. IN icS. the lam seems t. us more
Iih. u grr;,nd ma-u,lrra,ir. especially rs
c,,,r, body j. 50 ,rnri uattIrd. and lost
l:n,r i. = matter of course.
Iiu ha1ar> are the most Interesting
places in Cairo. Tirre are sections for
lmn,, every variety of business gold
and silver work, slippers. RUG, and ear
pct. sa.ldl.-. pcritimrrv. spices. books.
r,uvh"r, and dry moo,l~-all have Il sep
ara,r ,i,,a.trr. You step out of the
crowded street. through an old ar,h-rate-
WAY. AMI find Yourself in the silver ha.
gar. where. the. workmrn are busy ham,
m,rinr ont all sort, of silver irwelry.
s,r.h y. bracelets. necklaces. etc. The
nol,l and Silver baz;,r consists of a dozen
| Short narrow nas,ar,s about six feet
| wide rlmujnr around corner, This WAY
and thai. and loo..Iv rooted over with
Stat, or matl;ur The space brtwrrn
the h,;lIinos j. orcupird for about
cioht,rn inches ON each side with
| , ni,tt,.r, ohou, ,s hiph rs an or
binary chair. which j, called the ma,ta-
bah. Ard !, an extension of the floor OF
The >En, This * for fin. customer, Ia
sit ON. The n,tiyr. ,lropnin~ their slipper,
,rL s;,t;rr nm their fr,I ,r,.nrlinI ia
iIr TurEi-h fashion. The space between
the rn<tabah, is only about three feet,
t,n. th, a,Ss,rc of the nublir. and in
nla,,, j, j. imnoSsible for two ner,ons te
VAL, .,hrr,s, Thu. oro,tnd i unn.,vcd
and uur,rn and bcinr wei down twir,
- day j. often Slinnrry. The ,Iusty. din.
rv l,uildiurs and the ,lilapidotcd ,,,nrar
~. oi the nar,i,I covering oiy,s I,
,h..n Etr,.. lane, =, very nasty look, I'm,
the impression is removed when yo,
lonl, at the Goods Ii>playe.l hy the S,iop
k.erers Their shops are about FIVE o
six fee; square and entirely open in tn,
front = part of ,hi. space i uc,,pir,
by y work man. who with u it'll. furnace
:, hammer small anvil. pair of plycr
and 4 few other fools. is WORKING silver
and cold into attractive shapes. IIisas
si~tai,, will open an old safe. an,
sh.w >ou yrr, beautiful rnld an,
SILVER ornaments. which they hay,
manufactured in III, same styl,.
g, were popular and fa,hionabl
lwo or three thousand wears a~o. u
uroycL by old jewclry or pictures fouu
il the ancient tomis. The mrrrhan
viii often order coffee 70 he, brouoh, an
yn, take = cup. shmcd like half an e~o
Shell and holding about three tail,
<poon-fuI. by way of pol,rnrss. Th
i,.v,.lrv lacks IN. fine finish we ar. y,
cl,to,nca 10 ,re ON such roods but IN
styl,. ar, most attractive and show VIII:
can b.. done by patient haud-labur nm
almost withouttnol The Goods are sol
very CHEAP. that is. when Won hay
rnnr through the REGULAR custom of ben
inn the asking price down to about ON,
half. |, sometime, requires twoor thr.
DAYS "a make the purchase of some go,
etrd article III the lowest price: I'm, rs
, n-olouo, orr visits totbe l,z.rs and II
. Endowment of sccinr the pconlo =, the
WORT, and he n,uorama that Is CONSTANT
| mo,;nr by, we do NOT consider il , M;
) fortune. while the hop-keeners 500,
also f., enjoy the time sncn, IN maxim
y h,rgaiu.
; tn. simmer bazar is about * p,rro
t rs that o1 the roid and Silyersmiths an
81. .;., ,'' , ~ rH ;, ,.| sa'" snp n
i"f sale he manufacture OF the Slll
1'riF goes on IN these little cubby-hoie
= One merchant noticed had space I
, only three itet WIDE anu eighteen nch'
, deep. ana Tins Is partly occupied by ma
row shelves Tor ms goods, lie has barel