The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1889-08-08

great leather Shoes and with a fancy kerchief
covering the head and back Of his mock, is a
Bcdeuin. His face Ii brown and his features
are kindly, and around his headdress you nete
two thick strands Of black rope which are tiad
around it like n crown. lie has long hair and
he looks about him with wonder. Beside him
10 q shepherd from Bethlehem IN a coat of
shcepAkin and with q gown showing out be-
low this to his feet. 10 has n Bethlehem
girl with him, and you agree wills mo as you
iook that tho fresh. fair faces Of these Bethle-
hem girls are the prcttjest in the East. and
that In refinement and beauty they compare
with the best Ancfiean product. You note
the contrast between the sheepslsin dress Of
tho shepherd and the gay silk of red and green
which makes mp tho girls holiday dress. and
you arc surprised 10 zee that the front of her
head Is covered with row after row of gold
coins strung on n string and tied so that they
stand upon end. forming bounet-like frontis-
piece for her rosy forehead.
Here comes Russian pilgrim with his peas
ant wife beside him The two are not unlike
some Of the emigrants.which We land every dry
GroHI Earepe, and beh Ind them como two Turk
ish soldiers with guns In their hands aud with
swords ut their sides. They wear blue European
uniforms. and their black -mustached faces arc
crowned with rcd fez caps Beside them walk
two fiuo-looking men with eliva-hued faces aud
with long, silky black boards. They are dressed
In black gowns. and their heads are covered
with fine black cloth caps as straight rs stove
pipe and fully as high as the faabiDnabln tile Of
America. The caps have no brims they dt close
round the head, aud from their tops juts out a
thin little edge like that which comes out over
thu lid of "A tin bucket They are talking in
Greek. and you see that they belong to tho army
OF Greek priests who are here 10 worship for
Easter. aud to take part in the great ceremonies
Of the Greek Christian Church. Near them IN
"A Franciscan monk with n eoal. You sea the
garb of the Jesuit and the Dominican and the
smooth.sbaveu faces Of the Catholic priests
from all parts Of the world.
Here arc Arabs on donkeyS, and there coming
down from the Jaiia Gate is iIedonin ridinRa
camel. lt ia hard 20 tell which are the Ma
h0metana and which are tho Christians aud
the drcss gives you little Of the seetz OF the poo-
pie. There are, however. two people whom
you could never mistake. They ara tall men,
with olive.brawa faces, noses inciined to the
Roman, and with long enrls OF hair extending
down on each side Of the face In front of tho
ears. They wear fur caps cEowned with cloth,
which sit fat on tho head and the fur OF which
stands out ia q ring round the head like the
qaills Of q mad porcupine. These are Polish
Jews, and their garb is that which all of tho
10000 Jews Of Jerusalem wear. Beside them
take. She has velvet band round her fore
head. The skirts OF her dress arc cut In plain
lengths, aud she wears q fowered whte.and-
red shawl over her shoulders Behind her
walk along, with heads down. two Mahometan
women, who are wrapped up in sheet~like
gowns Of white, and over the faces Of whom ara
walls OF red flowers upon yellow gauze ground,
so made that you cannot sec the faces OF the
women at all. and that they eau hardly SEQ you.
Here is a Greek with wide skirts. There is q
Pasha in black clothes and fez cap, and there
Is an Ethiopian as black AZ Jet. wl.o In rod fez
cap and long gown, has a face which world not
look strange among our colored people In any
part OF the Sonth.. Here are peddlers by the
dozens, both women and men. and priests by
the hundreds from all parts OF the world. The
scene is one OF the strangest on the face of the
earth, and nowhere else in the world will you
find as many different types representing so
many different countries, religions aud creeds.
FRANK q. CARPENTER.