Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-10-30

Table Etiquette at an Imperial
Dinner Party.
A Correspondent Who Doss Not Hanker
After Second Neal

WItchcTaft prevails IA Morocco and
sewing-machine mans dare not APP
pear IN the empire. writss correspon-
dent of the Baltimore SIM As a
horseshoe is m agent oflgood omen in
England, so wooden or. painted hand
is put on or over every aoor in Moroc-
co to keep away evil You will see
Moor Of aristocratic mieIs sedately and
stately arise from crosslegged pose,
look up at this hand, an then return
to his tea and toast. This tea and
toast. or Moorish "kettledrum" is in
teresting. The four o'clock salon is
carpeted richly. The doors are done
in arabesque designs. The tray is of
polished inlaid metal. The teapot is
of superb proportions and capacity.
The tea is of that pungent green color,
and of full flavor before being boiled.
1t is boiled with compound like mo-
lasses, and is served up like decoction
of honey favored with tea. This is
pioneer cup. A second cup (and, by
the way, the china cups are all glass
saucers, to speak HIberniaiiy) is made
of tea and a peculiar herb which
gives the taste of boiled mini julep.
Then you smoke tiny cigar made of
a tobacco that resembles the perique
of Louisiana, only not so pure. Then
comes another cup of tea, and compos-
ed this time of the green, pure herb
itself, with mixture OF Tonquin
beans and lemon verbena, or little
prepared snuff. More smoke follows,
then another cup of tea; and this time
you have nux vomica, anbergris and
NORWOOD mixed in the cup that
cheers not but is likely to inebriate. In
Difference to our princely hosts. we
had to do all these teasings things.
More smoke. Yet it is mere puffs, as
the Moor is not given strongly to tho
solace of man. A Moorish dinner ex-
GELS the tea. IF you can imagine all
the cosmetics, pomades, jujube pastes,
hair oil. lamar indien ana cocoanut
fibre patties being relied into one, you
can fancy the first dinner dish of
Moorish prince. am grateful that 1
survive to record this feature of an i'm
perial Morocco menu. May I never
live to witness or taste another. What
followed the first dish my ndEd waivers
to remember. An easy chair in the
open air is the last recollect. re-
call the opening scene as the.tall prince
lifted his hands heavenward. and turn
ed his large black eyes down and said:
"In the name of God and his prophet
that being the entire grace. He dare
not add, make us grateful, etc." af-
ter the repast. as that would be sheer
satire, at least from lny point of view
and feeling. A six-foot-high stranger
sitting cross-legged on biliors-color-
ed carpet to such dinner is terrible
sight, and beggars description. Then
behold him trying to feed himself, la
mode, by grabbing the aforesaid POI
matum out of the big dish inthe center
of the carpet. and making force balls
of the imperial hash, and then deftly
pitching them down his throat as in
valid experts swallow pills without
water. / admired the dexteriev of the
prince but spoiled my s15 vest.
hailed the relays of napkins and wash
bowls. washed my face .aad hands
seven times during the dinner, and,
though the room was reeking with the
odors of incense, to this day carry the
fumes of that repast with my best
clothes. The pale green and blue
complexion / presented before half the
banquet was over would have delight
ed Mr.. James Whistler for sweet
little study of ahoctuine or symphony
done in ol9margarine Ard all this
time the ladies of the prince1s harem
were .invisibly looking or at my
spasms
Let sunshine in all rooms; Il is bets
erthan medicine.