The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-04-29
CLIPPED WITH AN ARAB HOS
.,rJ,L TREAT or SOME ANERi'
w UOHEN ~ EGYPT.
,., No Dishrs. No Chairs. No Lights
No ,., thu Moon An Acroba,'e Goat Over
vs,-The Fare Good. N Not Quite Com
..,.,hI,-Ou One Of Eg, pts Present Plaques

nEaheuslu'
- I'm. If the most curious recol.
'NIho, m,,,ccsn carry away from Egypt
Iecu"hN ,.h .urt.r Not mn Invitation
Is lha' " ,h.,e every thing from the
Euf'I"n" u,s ~, your hostess is a Door copy
%"d Y. u" a,,cIe hut n really, truly native
OLA ~, .a,-e there are bound to I've some
n'a' n,,, ~ foreign guests, but even the
sNt' ""' ~ 81. ,otye pnt,ern,
hw' , mere man cannot aspire 10 this
n,,,.pce Egypt is n place where
p""' ,,.,n, woman, that is, has some extra
'""'., supplnr in the bosom Of an Arab
P''' ,.t ,h,m II The tourist is on good
h""' r. c. d,,yoman and is " illing To loosen
WIN" .,,,,,s -, little, she ought 10 manage
h' l,.,o, IN one Of these little suppers without
hm',u, Taxa The advice Of one Nho has
NV" houeyer. and make your excursion
W." " a. far A. POSSIBLE from Cairo. We
I'd" ,,., ,o miles ND the Nile and tasted
W." ,,.r ,,hcr even more unfamiliar iiavors
F'" n. tm, none the worse for il, either.
w." ,,,,ors , stiffness OF the knees, none
WV ru,, hoe, brought up To II ta~ilorwise.
-. hid.,Is Arab village squatt,d on q
n,a,, ID, the site # ancient Thebes, There
t"',' r., h, STAY there weeks at a time,
na, e,es and having their clothes brushed.
-, ,ra,.. -, accounting for taste. The plague
r,,sr hated at Luxor. In fact, 4 there
...,,,,, IN the plague line which can't be
- ava, i, ,s because even a plague will
', ,,., h., 20 i, vill STAY a, such a SPOT. The
" -, ,.ooe,S. rambling huts q Nile mud,
-.r ,,,.., ,,und tlrr4,s for the storing Of grain.
n,,, ruuJ ,urr.,s hay, a roof with a turned.
aud bcre the master of the house Curls
~, ~, .rd lo.ps an no, summer nights
n",. n. inhabitants are souahd and dirty.
,.,s,,, .,urd inviting and we defy contra
aL,, 40 s,v thai |, doesn't look inviting
.,r,,n,. IN. ,l,rs ve selected for orr social
n, rhis vos DIM. In circumstances in
,rI = J,,r,n,, Who combined two virtues
ng.L ,,,s a. rcd hair in Evyp, Cleanli.
.nt b,os.,v are occasionally found separ.
W., ln, ,no,r combtn,,,on. IN n single person.
',. .cop,h :, she'd , glory even over Luxor
'"' ..n,an ohom ws viii cali Uass,n he.
No., nas No, his name vos shou, 20
"'" '',la sno.r r,,,nsh hoyiry lsa, med
a., ,s American Mission II. was the sole
n,ala r,or,he, -, ex,snsiys family
-, ., v.s ,bs head M, The family even
o'D''D "'', ~ ,r,.as, n,or,ho,
",''-' a,.an,sd IN cors ar On , cor
.nI .h.n, q n,cL,cL Itoss.r rilo,ad
W., a,I ,I,.,,.h . labr,ir,h a la,ss IN
~ unasnt md ruo ,hs ,os,. most n, /,
H.. ,ha .asr .nJ ,bo a., n,,Is cou,,
".b,h no s,oorod uo. occu,,od hv tho goat.
NV .h,',.aa ,n, ,,ho, t,,,l,. r,e stool r,or,
wv ~. .,.ra ,ano ,ha lin, % ricoors
..u. Lna IL. ,-aau oo,.s ,,;,b d,y
-, ,,o hol,s uo, ,bs doyas NAV
r..n a,,stdo ,oos,inc rlscs
nm, .hi.h -. ar,.,oJ ,,o, ,bs s,s, cou,,
."oo,ss Tho,o u.,s orIy ,,,as ACROSS
-, H., i, ,,inh, ho ,h.,chad i, dssi,.hl.
rh., a. i, . ., o,,,b and the mud walls were
49,, ,I.s,o,od nj, roip,ad But rugs were sprend
- ~, c,n,ra and a ,e,v were hung on the walls
,ha, ,ha ,oo,, b.d a ,,the, attractive look
suh ia .ra,i,a s,or glo,iouslv hriyh, morning in
,h,.,rh ,ho ,ar.,s uossan summoned his ,e.
ia ,oI.,,.s CONSISTING ~ oui,e n collection q,
,.,,,. ss,ers in law and an aunt or two They
49,. uori.i and uni,,alIioibls. also mat.
,-o,,ivs hsiny all in black clothes which skunk in
,,,,rd ,bei, foo, I'm, we were relieved 10 see
,b., mona ~ ,bam had sora eves an affection
,i,h uhicb rrvp, is cursed throughout its entire
lo,rth and breadth.
,rb. twilight was dee pening and wa thought
chat the nex, move would b, for snmpbndv TO
hiring in lights and bang them from the rafterS
RIf the ATlDS pElIpltN tnlnk mat htlTS were
-, - LAM. r.,o, uhor ia. moon
ma'" pe"'e 'h"pN '"'i' WIZ" W. m'""
climbed up and looked over the mud wall AZ us,
NJ a "a, Glad thai tina lighting nf the feast had
s'l "', ~ 49, - :. ns
o"' WV W "n'u'' HS'."' W "'"s'"N :" W.
lamps which W" expected, HaNSan brought IN
en- immense brass tray which he placed on fold
- nu., hon IN, ,.., hi,h
lE N'PP''"' "a'n ' ""'' '"'" " " "e''
tht, dining table, but with considerable crack
ing NJ Joints we sat down ON the cushions which
tina IAN, ala ,sI,tiv.s nlor.d for M and that brouebt
'' IT"la'e '''a"''N p'H'e" - w anu Ha' o'"usn'
Us down 70 grade. one SISTER sat do"h win
us W. that we were five at the table. lIassan
,,i,,Ir an ,,.d III, v,r,o,s onto, ,,hes in .hi.h
III" \rab does himself up and stood revealed
insnnvy white garments which contrasted sharply
r,b hs h,ow, slim RI. fam al. ,el.,;n,s
VIZ" "S o'""h Sh"' " 'Ih"' ''n'.""N'
win the exception oil the sister VINO ATE win us.
retired to the kitchen to accomplish the supper.
la, ,1 -, hi. dn.,v ,rts, g.,ma,,s ss,v.a
~ =" ~ N'' '''' " ''
N" meal
First he brought napkins aud then he brought
4, IN. hand . h,.ss hui Il, tho o,b., . hrsss
" ~, "a'' " ""N' W. =" - Wv "
ptrhef ~ warm water We held our hands
IN turn over the bow and Hassan poured the
wall, ova, ,hor, ,r.r which ,e d,iaL ,b.m nj,
"'"' ''et '"'"' "'"' ""," W. u''e III
our napkins ana wondered What Would come
new What did come was 50 much like what
A. s.,l4 l.,, h,o, ~, n. ,h., a., L.d b.d
80 '"'' "' " va" $50" So
moment IL was a sort oi bouiilot' but was served
VI 3tay cups instead OF emma ones me re
semblance % souvenir luncheOns ended there.
After HaSsrn had taken the brass cups away
W. 'alked English to our hostess and she smiled
gu tHai' SoIuaDle remarks III ifaDlc 10 US ana
we OIasN hghfrS oil the lrmale relatives siUle
We up"f see no" we were settlhg On, he
Nhl the wall the pigeons were cooing ana now
ana then there came n sleepy cluck from the
'A!rsrnS IN til. outer COURTYARD
men one oi us screamed, fOr, a black animal
Itl suddenly lpdDpt 10 the TOD oil the Wall MhlCn