New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-10-02
A GAME OF BACKGAMMON.

Let n be I'm the afternoon. when the sun, striking
slantwise through the window panes. fills the whole
inferior with a food Of soft. yellow Hight. You turn
70 look at something which has attracted your at
tention and low soft voice whose words you do not
understand causes you turn back again. In place
OF the pile OF dusty boxes you see and are turned
away FROM your eyes are dazzled by great square
of yellow satin covered with delicate racery OF SILVER
wire fine as a spiders web. and elinting IN the sun
light ms If of FURNISHED steel One corner is turned
over and the other side shows only sihoe CAREER
but the same tangled web of silver network and
guttering color is there out from drawer with
sweeping throw. is tossed great heecy cloud "hich
finally resolves itself into Arabian hurnous OF sou
white SILK with blue stripes and settles down over
the golden square If trying TO hide 1t from 100
curious eyes silks and satins. lacework. embroid
cries follow each oiher In rapid succession until tile
ives are revealing a bewilderng maze OF gorgeous
fantastic and beautiful colos. and your fingers begin
10 itch and your purScstrings to loosen. while the
alert kcen-eyed dealer assures you that all these won
derful combinations Of pari coored threads are the
work OF hands rs brown as his own. ana iar more
slender and piable. In that far of land where lived
the fertile brain that gave !" the word the hiaod"
Nights Entertainments
p,cp nm a flmy rossamer web OF sken lace with
limo from the Koran running around its border. and
I'm your ear is whispered the magic word " baeoad''
Shade OF Haroun.al Raschid Has this swarthy traf-
fcker got the enchanted carpet we read about so
long ago slowed away In one OF those boxes under the
conn,er7 Hardly but he has rugs there which
ore a delight ~ the eye and benson 10 weary feet
Here Is one which from Mecca and Is more than
q hundred wears old OF soft. tawny brown color.
with a pattern showing the straight arrow markings
and geometrica figures so dear to the Eastern ahcy'
It's rich warm tints undlmmed by age and use u
seems almost as II 1t were more tit TO be hung upon
a wall than 10 be trodden under foot And the quaint
snec,mens OF Oriental carving the marquetry work.
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~ inlaid pearl with which 1t is adorned, the long
.rrrod sword OF Damascus steel. whose edge Is as
Leen AS a razor and which has that marvellous tenn
nor which has made It's name famous Wherever s"orus
are known all are here, And In the midst OF all
this riot OF the beautiful and odd stands the dealer
tbe natural gravity Of his features relaxed Into a
smile OF satisfaction at the wonder and delight eA-
ssad nv his American visitor But the vision ends.
md With many parting "salaams'' one goes back
10 the dust and dirt. the noise and hustle OF the
street. ,,
These wholesale dealers. who Will do retail
trade II opportunity offers. are OF great hep 10 'he
,oo,er cmntrymen often advancing 10 them NOT
onlv goods but money with which 10 trade. ana
,houph there are large sums outstanding at times.
80 ,,an goods of much value on hand the SYRIAN
ro,orv has vet TO furnish case OF bankruptcy ana
tho credit OF the tradesnen IS hrstcisss. But IN"
others the rank and file. what OF them ihey are
"a O rule Door: and the question Maturity ar'ses
wbv did they leave their native iand ana now o'a
they get the means to come TO this country Inc
same reasons which have impelled thousahos oil
people of other nationaies. to make for themselves
xx.s ;ncomes and fortunes In the western III
Dorooo started the Syrian immigrant on his journey
.. r,oks which he. fin some cases, morgaged DIS
,,,,,a farm TO Turkish money-lender. but Ear more
often borrowed the money from some accommodating
trssnd The result Of this handicap OF debt Is seen
IN the feverish anxiety with which the newcomer
reebs to master the English language 10 &c. mo
.~A. and begin making money. Debt once cleared