New-York tribune., 1899-03-12

CROPPED his way down the open line b.,,
dancers and musicians ~ tha other s,a,..,
This man held in one hand iarge cloth a..
with pieces Of broken glass. one Of these h. -,
out and held in his right hand at arms ls,y,
The ecstatic as be approached glared say,,-|
at the glass. gnashed his teeth and sire,1
out his head, but he drew back. the relg,
intOxicatiOn was not quite complete and -
glimmeringS Of cOmmOn-sense standards -
struggled in his dsOrdered brain He r,,,.
back to the first steward was again enb,,-,
by him and again crept back along the I,'
Still the jagged shining glass vas too ;e-,a,
Backward and forward boo went. some,i~.
cropping along slowly. sometimes with =.
stealthy rush Of a tiger stalking its prey a.
last. when the eager gesture ~ his Outstre,esl /
neck made il clear that no testlge II reucfs.,
remained the steward clapp.l the glass in,o b.
mouth and held his hand oyer IL for a sec,,i
The deyotee rushed back a- 10 we're for Cons.
latiOn To the first steward. and held him n
tight embrace For some time ha remained
making strange incOherent gestures with 4,
arms while the steward, gradually lifting ,
his head proceeded 10 massage his face al
throat; when his head was raised the man a,
still chewing and swallowing the horn, !,
mOuthful After he had recovered himself son.
what his turban was wound round his head a,l
he was lifted and showed back into the linz :
dancers. where he went on jgging up and tog,
his head falling now on one shoulder nOg 10
the other with a blank nStlc~s look in his a.,
After this first example of frenzed deyot.,
the spell Of fear seemed 20 Doe broken and o.,
after another the dancers left the line (the dan,
never ceasng for an instant. and the mus
keeping up its maddening diu) ana rushed 1,
the steward who held the glass and deal, O..
piece after piece. Soon even the boys took paH
in it. and one handsome fellow Il sixteen can
up and stretched out toward ne jagged m0rs
as though ii was for him the bread Of life 2,
swallow it with increasing ease, and the hn
steward had little 10 DO but wind on their To-,
bans and put them back into the line ~ dancei
Then the man who had first eaten. and who hi
meanwhile recovered his tone came back fNl
second. and a little while after f0r a thr.
mouthful. but the frenzy vas increasing upr
him. and he had 10 be held by three " o.
Arabs, who rushed up from the sides TO h.
the steward. 1t became a football scrlmmag
and the four men had 10 put out all tn
strength to collar and throw him. Finally J
was held down on the floor in q sort u epilepz
fit throwing his limbs about wildly. and ltI
ally barking like a huge dog The divine esl
Sy was too much Tor MN ana ne hd1 become
savage beast.
Nor was he the only one who became urmai
ageabe under the intoxicating influences 4
dance and music. Sometimes. IL IS true Ehel
a devOtee Was exceeding the usual bounds bis
growing excitement could be Instantly assaase a
Dy rev WOTuS from the NiilliEH OI ur sah'
whispered into his ear by the steward. bur a
spite OF this several broke loose and one I,
especial alarmed us by making his way round
the mosque toward our party Fortunately ,
was thrown and sat upon by assistants bel q
he reached us. as it is supposed that an lsawiyi'
Will tear women i'm pieces when too power'g4
worked upon by the divine influence. When o
service was over and the mosque graduail
emptied we saw three or four Of these victim
Of the divine frenzy lying about On the floor ;
that time quite calm and exhausted. and On,
grOaning and barking fitfully
Finally the glass-eating came 10 an abrui
end. and in a curious way A peculiar
tierce-looking and athletic Arab who had q
some time been developing more and more n
ligous frenzy. and had eaten glass once or t"H
without diminishing his desire for II in the lea'
sprang at the STEWARDSHIP resisted In ya:n
seized the cloth in both hands buried ms ia
in it. and munched up the remainder.