The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-07-19

"buhl'' to the most hashy Of modern vtI+
hideoslties. sHt
Clocks of many shapes and designs tick
against the walls, while the floors Of mar
Die ana tiles are strewn with antique car
pts of the country and modern brussels
OF suicidal hues; the candelabra on the ta-
Die or inferior pewter; the forks and
spoons OF handsome silver gilt. everv-
where the same strange mixture OF orien-
talism and civilization, OF wealth and
shoddness. Nor was the company less d.
verse, for next to her majesty's minister
IN evening dress and decorations sat a tall
ngure swathed in white wool and silk:
While behind a young officer in the mess kit
OF the Grenadiers stood a group Of Moorish
servants In scarlet and gold, black slaves.
ana soldiers in the crimson "fezzes." The
perplexity OF the British butler who was
SHOWN close upon a hundred dishes and
told to serve dinner was feature in the
entertainment but fortunately there is
no routine in Moorish feasts, and one eats
promlscuous!g OF spiced meats, young pig
cons richly stuffed fowls roasted with
lemon peel and "kooskoosoo," the national
dish, to mention but very few of the
many delicacies prepared. No wines are
ever given at these entertainments, and
one falls back upon ones own supplies
brought for the purpose. for the Moors
are by religion, and generally by practice,
stanch teetotallers, nor would those wro
do imbibe in secret venture to do 50 at
public feast, in the presence alike OF
Europeans and their own compatriots.
We did not do justice, 1t must be con-
fessed, to even n small proportion of the
repast prepared, excellent though the
dishes were; nor is one expected to do sos
for the number of cooked dishes
Is sign Of honor and hospitality,
and one tastes rarely Of those which ones
servants think most according to their
masters govt, the rest being carried away
to the different apartments in which the
vizier is entertaining hts fellow members
of the ministry and the court in general
for only the chancellor of the exchequer
and two Of the under secretaries of state
dined with us at table. lull in the mus
ic in the garden without tells US that tho
musicians have not been forgotten, but
are feasting apace.
Then back once more to the reception
room, to seat ourselves upon semt-circl6
of chairs arranged at equal distances from
one another, where We are sprinkled with
rose and orange water from long-necked
silver sprinklers, and refreshed with the
heavy scent Of incense. Trays of green
tea in minute cups and tumblers, such as
we would use for liquor, follow, tray af-
ter tray, until the three cups apiece pre-
scrlbed by Moorish etiquette are drunk.
Then the musicians approach and seat
themselves under the arcade without a
long row of men with inlaid guitars and
violins and strange instruments that have
no name in English. But the proximity
is too great, and what was music at a
distance becomes noise at close quarters.
Beyond them Is the garden, seen through
the arches, half lost in shady gloom, half
apparent in the bright moonlight and
brighter fash of numbers of lanterns
Again the white-robed figures come and
go, passing and repassing each other, like
ghosts among the trees, and the MEM
bers of the court and their attendant sol
dlers and slaves wander at will along the
tiled paths.
A move IS made, and, bidding our adieus
to our host, we mount once more and,
surrounded by soldiers and servants bear
ing lanterns, seek our home in the Mai
mounieh palace.