Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1895-09-07

would get up and. with a cigarette In
her mouth. begin TO dance.
What this dance Is Ike IT would be
difficult for me to describe. A series Of
wriggles Of the body to the time Of the
music, which begins slowly, gradually
getting faster and faster, TIL one is
ialrly dazed, when the dancer suddenly
throws herself on her back on a floor
cushion, all the while wriggllng to the
music, which gets slower and slower till
II stops The dance usually lasts about
mar an hour, but ! have seen one gha-
wazee who kept II up for an hour and
hait' only stopping to wipe the per-
SEPARATION from her face. one Of these
exhibitions is quite enough TO disgust
any American woman, no matter how
broad-minded, but whenever the dane
ing girls come to the harem it is one Of
the duties Of the goYerness to be present
with her pupils that the little girls may
learn to Initiate the movements.
Should one Of the ladies be indisposed
she remains in her room. A slave
places her ship-ship dhe satin slippers
worn in the house, outside her door.
Then we would all go into her room, sit
upon diyans or floor cushions, drink
the tiny cups OF black coffee and smoke
unlimited cigarettes and discuss the
good qualities Of the patient IN low
tones. II she were suffering pain one
OF the ladies' would say, God, who sent
II 10 you, help you 10 bear III when we
would all respond, "By the prophet.
your talk is good" Then another 81
lence would be broken by some one re-
marking, Suffering was made by God.
an praise to his name but il was meant
Tor giants. But God also made death.
Death is the finer work OF the two"
This latter saying was a very common
one and my pupils Of ten made use Of
II 10 me If had a toothache or head
acne II was always quoted as though
u were quite original The calm way
they would leave the sick room, after
assuring the occupant that III she died
the world would be a perfect blank to
them and then stolidly walk into the
next room and abuse her roundly and
with a ferceness which was horrible
rather astonished me and showed me
how little real sympathy they had one
with another. Their jealousy of one
another was fiendIsh in its intensity
ana ] sympathized with the pasha
when he said 10 me how happy Ameri-
cans must be with no wives 10 quarrel
over them
The great saving clause 10 the life in
the harem for a European IS the chill
dren. They are the most perfectly
charming and straightforward little
beings imaginable How can ] tell you
Of all their little tenGernesses and poe
Licensees? There was no acting or CO.
queiry with them-they simply did not
understand IL. From the youngest to
the oldest, too. their sense Of logic was
acute. Request one Of these little dar-
iings 70 do anything out Of the ordinary
routine and he win at once ask the
logic for t. II you can give him a logi-
cal reason you may rest assured that
that particular request viii be obeyed
always without further comment.
what strikes me Is, what could we
make Of these little men and women II
we had them from babyhood? How can
we expect great things OF a nation Of
men who are brought up and pass the
most impreFslonable time OF their lives
with these harem women and their in
terests? II is easier for a camel to
pass through the eye Of needle. lie;