The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-02-19
LIFE IN CAIRO A HUMBUG.
4 TRATELEB FINDS THE CENTER
 OF IT AT SHEPHEARD'S.
The English Are in Egypt Despite the French Telling Them to Clear out-Cairo ia the Refuge of the Biggest Fools in the NNr...I.I I.Is...... ..r aI,.. M. Af..aa

ia the Refuge of the Biggest Fools in the
 World-Idiocy of the Natives.
 Cairo, Jan. 24, 1895.
 If an individual think his age, size,
 and dignified appearance entitle him to
 be treated with consideration, he had
 better not to go to Shepheard's hotel
 for treatment; especially if he have
 wired or written ahead for accommo-
 dations. The receipt of a telegram or
 letter indicates clearly to the managers
 of "Shepheard's" that the party is ap-
 preaching with the intent to stop and
 will consequently put up with anything
 offered. The unannounced party must
 be induced to remain. He comes with
 the independence intact which the oth-
 CT party injured by letters or telegrams.
 When the next morning the other party
 is leaving, having finally turned, worm
 offered him; and on the whole he had
 better pocket his mad" and accept it; for Shepheard's is the center of Cairo
 hum'bug life, and that is the thing peo- pie come to see and imag zine they enjoy. If a man have "Deiknumi" purse; not care rap for the price of things and enjoy getting portions reserved for oth- CTS, ShepheardFs. of all places in the world, is the one place to promote his happiness. An extra plaster will se- cure apartments reserved for a grand duke. They will come high. But what whit? A month from now, when it is really hot, the Gezireh Palace hotel, on the other side of the river, will be the place of places. Cairo is packed full, and the majority of the packers are Americans. There are some English a few French, fewer Germans and Swiss or two.
 To judge by the tone of French news papers published here and in Alexan- dria, the French are in a state of mind over the continual occupation of Egypt by the English. It isn't exactly clear to anybody why, or by what right, English troops remain. That they are here and in full control is evident. Whether the khedive and his Egyptian subjects are submitting of force or of free will. is not evident. They appear content, if not happy. The French are continually telling the English to clear out, but, just like F'renc'hmen, they give no reason why they should clear out, nor do they attempt to show how the Ia benefited by the clearing Things seem to be nagging along very comfor- tably. Taxes have been reduced. The country, certainly up to the first catar- act, is peaceful. The young khedive has plenty of time for his pleasures, and plenty of cash for their indulgence. There is shadow of some sort of a national government. The fellaheen are as content as they deserve to be. A man who can thrive on a piece of sugar. | cane is independent of the stock mark l ct. A chap whose one shirt lasts a year without washing can't be expected | to be "up" in diplomacy, or politics; or to care particularly whether his shirt | be manufactured in Rouen or in Man chester That the English are making | their occupation pay may be taken for | granted. What are Englishmen Eng l lishmen for unless they make it pay? | There are five thousand picked red l jackets in this city, every one of them | standing for so much sense of security. | If the French be in earnest they must | fight. The English are here to stay and | all civilization is prepared to back them ! up in their intent. To the philanthropy | ist it would appear an admirable deal, l if England and Russia were to cement | friendship by dividing the Turkish em- pire between them. Let Russia take | Turkey, England Egypt, and to keep | Austria quiet, let her have the remain ing Danubian provinces To the rour- ist nothing could be more delightful than to have Constantinople in the hands of a. clean, Christian police The student of ancient art follows thou sands of chef d'oeuvres of classic art to Constantinople. There they disappear; and are undoubtedly to-day hidden away beneath centuries of Mohamme- dan neglect and filth. Christianity and civilization are one. Races that cannot be Christianized cannot be civilized You may occasionally Christianize O. civilize an individuals as you may oc- caslonally lind white crow or a cei- bate tom cat; but, the exception does not effect the race. The Egyptians might possibly be civilized and Chris tianized with a stick: but it would re- quire big one and many applications. The ordinary mission might as we'll tackle the donkey, or the camel. Teach Ing Egyptians English but gives larger scope te" villainies. The more ignorant they are, the more simple and tracta- tic they are.
 One can't be in Cairo very long with ont concluding that it is the refuge of the biggest fools of all languages, Of all the utterly stupid creatures on the face of the earth, none can compare with the walters, porters, and other 'dienerschaft" of this paradise of fools. It does not make the slightest differ ence whether they be of English, French, German or Italian extraction; or whether they be addressed in their active language or in any other lan- suage. Some far away ancestors by ac- ,ident got an idea. All subsequent gem 3rations have acted upon it. Anything strictly in accordance with that idea