The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-08-15

/ would not marry r1ch man!
/ do not like that kind;
For an heir is always spoiled
And somewhat hard 20 ina.
would not marry a foolish man!
No giddy butterfly;
No man with a ceaseless laush'
No scohol-boy need apply.
In fact. seem condemned by fate
An old maid TO be;
For when I find the man | want
Perhaps-he won't want me
An American woman who has lived some
wears IN the east shared with the writer
one day last spring, her invitation to
bieh-class marriage festival in CAIRO
saws the New York Tribune. Driving as
soon as dusk fell, through the narrow
crowded streets of the native quarter the
carriage stopped under arches or hags
and coIored lanterns. A coal-black negro
moro than six feet tall received the roses
and orange blossoms that had been
broueht for the bride and escorted the
guests through a hall where nalf dozen
other gigantic blacks We're sitting ana up
a badly lighted stairway TO the door OF
the harem.
About a hundred women were already
assembled in the salon, large, high room
decorated in a bad imitation Of the French
STYLE. with gilded cornice and mirrors,
and with wall and ceiling paintings Of Gu
pids nymphs and rose garlands The tur-
nishings mixed east and west with impair
tial fraternity, gilded stands and tapes
tried chairs fraternizing in conscious aWk-
wardness with divans and floor CUSHIONS
As the guest entered three dancing wo-
men were amusing the company. The in
vited ones made a great circle, some IN
chairs. the rest cross-legged or equatting
on the floor leaving an open space LOT the
dancers At the foot of the room were
the tom-tom heaters. At the head OF the
room was the first wife of the prospective
bridegroom, throned In an armchair, her
elipDered feet thrust forward on an otto
man Supporting her. on either SIDE SAT
two other members Of the bridegroom
family. mentally appraising the cost ana
the merits of the entertainment, Tor inns
was the first night of the wedding, ana the
festivities were at the house of the bride.
The next day the bride would be taken IN
state to the bridegroom's house, ana 'he
feast at his expense would be expected TO
surpass hers.
THE air was full Of smoke. for three or
four little negro girls were busy passing
cigarettes and coffee The cigarettes were
held In silver baskets whose handles were
tvined with orange buds. The most e1-
acting duty of an attendant was TO hold
the match properly while a woman sol HeI
cigarette under way.
The dresses of the women were of the
most beautiful silks, in delicate evening
colors. and trimmed with lace ana en-
broidery. Some of them were cut after
Paris patterns. but as worn, without
stavs and over the unwieldy figures pro-
duced by many generations of the cult OF
of fat as identical with the cult OF beau
". they gave many of those excellent Cal
renes the look of having escaped from a
Bowery dime show. The effect or carica-
ture was enhanced by the multiplication
of broad gold belts, massey anklets and
bracelets, necklaces Of gold chains wound
many times about the person. and heavy
earrings and mangles, together with cir
clets binding the hair. There We're few
Jewels. but the weight OF gold was extra
ordinary The lack of any air OF self
consciousness lent almost as much grace
rs the clumsy dress took away. There was
nothing of the primping and plumlng Kept
up by western birds of society. ON the
contrary. the naive politeness Of our re-
our part in return.
The bride looked on from the outside Of
the circle, a girl OF 10 or thereabouts, with
large dark eyes. She had a bright, intel
ligent face and. like many of the better
class Egyptian women, was Of lighter
skin than the men. Her wedding gown
was of pink satin trimmed with white
lace. She had crescent of large da-
monds in her hair She did not seem to
be at all necessary to the reioicings. for.
after a time. she went into another room
with her French teacher.
The guest Of most importance was an
aunt OF the khedve q stout person Of
middle age whose brown race looked
grotesque under its coating OF powder
and rouge. and whose hair was blondined.
She wore yellow satin and some yards OF
necklace. II might or might not be fair
TO take her as a sample Of the Euro
peanized Egyptian.
The bridegroom's first wife was all IN
pink. like the bride. She had n headdress
of white muslin and roses. She was
good-looking woman in "a large. well-fed
way. 30 years old, perhaps, and able TO
take a surprising interest IN the dancing,
all circumstance considered.
The dancing girls were undttractive but
not repulsive. like the women who dance
In public In Cairo. They wore white silk
dresses OF the nightgown order with
gold belts and profusion of gold chains.
Their hair hung loose, and was twined
with orange blossoms. These flowers by
the way. seemed to be i'm order for every
body but the bride. The girls did various
dances with very curious and elaborate.
but ungraceful variations, and as they
danced they sang through their noses
The love songs they were supposed 10
be rendering sounded more Ike monoto-
nous wanings. They smoked Ia the inter-
walls Of singing.
Nobody least OF ali the dancers. paid
any attention 10 the huddled group Of mu-
sicaius on the floor Two or three OF
these p.ayed one-stringed violins. others
shook tambourinos ana beat tom-toms.
After two or three hours OF coffee ana
dancing. supper began 10 come upstairs
on the heads OF the tall blacks. Tho food