Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-06-02

the Bos. even though they ere IN
carriage, are covered with white sheath
Ing rom head TO foot Not even thei
eyes are distinctly visible. The whit
lMrapplngs wero drawn so tight acros
/ Their noses as 90 make The sharp out
lines OF them look Ike the noses OF plas
Ter Images How all the world doe
stare at thom' / wonder what they arr
thinking about, or u they think at ALL
] II Is merry go round OF humanity
mppopotamus. grade. goat camel am,
antelope. Turn on the steam music
strike up the tune Here we go rouut
and round Creek ana jew and gentle
Mohammedan. saint ana sinner Arab
and Egyptians squat upon the ground
Eastern peoples age more rapidly thar
the western races and their faces an,
The oldest looking possible as wrinklet
as the fIsacos Of their own mummles
Al what would Doe mere middle az,
with us Egyptians wear the pathetic
melancholy CountennnCes OF old wo-
men who seem 10 have endured the
burdens and grlafs Of a thousand years
a shadow as of the sunset and going
out of race ls over them.
Here we are again. gentlemen Whlrl
wheel and strike up the calllopel Back
country Greeks and Herzgoyinians
waddle past in the awfulest looking
trousers mortal nightmare could con-
ceive swathed like mummles as TO the
waist and body skmpIng the cloth
skin tight around the calves and ankles
The women OF them wear skirts con-
taining some le yards OF light calico.
huged out around the waist 10 destroy
an outline OF figure and drawn IN like
trousers around the feet Are the ladies
handsome? We'll not exactly There
ls no one OF the sex as handsome as a
freeborn, civilized white woman. Here.
TO the sound on a dance Jig, appear In
the human merry go round two Moham-
medan negroes. laughing and showing
their teeth They are close shaver un-
der their white turbans, are thick lip
ped and wear white, short gowns. Their
naked legs shine IN the sun ike a black
enameled bedstead
Grind out another tune on the steam
organ, this time a slow and not heart
some one A squad OF Arab servants
and laborers hle past YEARLY They
are searching FOR the quarters allotted
them. The day Is q cold one to people
from their country. and they shiver.
Their garments suggest that they We're
wrapped IN sheets a long time ago and
that the sheets have never been chang
ed. In their own country their dress
would be vastly more comfortable and
even better looking than ours. But
what Of that? The common people here
throng after them and openly jeer and
sneer at them, Even the better man
nered stop and stare them out OF coun-
tenance, They look so queer, poor
wretches, they are plainly so anxious
and distressed. They carry their world
~ goods IN burlap bags upon their
backs, and that IS an additional source
OF amusement for their woTrlers. They
have been tuuibed as from the clouds
into a cold world. Of whose language
they know not a word. hapless, dumb
things. Faith. ! have been there my
self and ] know how Il Is; bad enough
even when you travel first cabin and
lodge comfortably
Why is there in human nature that
cruel tendency % rdlcule and insult
those whose ways are not our ways,
even though their ways may often be
better than ours? AT any rate Jet us
never jeer at strangers. We don't know
when we may be strangers ourselves
The merry go round has stopped The
steam organ ceases 20 grind.
ELIZABETH ARCHARD.
Paris, France.