New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-06-05
QUEER NATIVES IN PARIS
VISIT TO SETTLEMENTS OF oRIENrAls
ATTACHED TO THE EXPOSITION.


ATTACHED TO THE EXPOSITION.
Paris. May q.
A rapid tour bewIldering and dazzling which
lasted only a few hours. during which. however,
II was possible 10 examine in their home life.
stripped OF all their festal show and parade at
.itudes the gracious bayaderes. the captivating
dancers, with their everyday splendid cavaliers.
who afford much delight TO the Partisan
population nightly In the Rue de Paris.
made yesterday by your correspondent in COM
pany with a small party Of Americans
II was a difficult task 10 accomplish Indeed,
10 penetrate the natives camps is almost
impossbiIity In the first place. the police
watch the entrance and vigorously forbid an
admission. Besides each camp has a responsible
chief who not TO be bribsd. violently. and some
times brutality opposes all attempts at entering
these inviolable retreats
What does It matter? There Is no real OBJ
stacle for American tourists. and in spite OF ali.
in spite Of watchwords. police. and even the
private guards. II was possible yesterday morn
ing at sunrise TO pay a visit 20 those people.
whose duty 1t is during six months 70 transport
In imagination the Exposition's visitors to
dreamland.
There are five or six important camps. not at
all In the Exposition grounds. might bs
thought, but quite the opposite, In ordinary
houses In the city hired for the occasion either
by the State by the managers OF paying
places of amusement.
To begin with. here Is No Is Rue De Petrarch.
behind the Trocadero. Here are some fifty ma
tives belonging to the Egyptian section. tall.
strong deeply bronzed fellows solid. gay. happy
with their Journey and enchanted at being IN
Paris. They all live In common, packed to-
gether in dornitories or rooms. each containing
four or five beds. No women, and consequently
no cooking. They keep TO themselves. Besides.
CT account OF some trouble. the Prefecture OF
Police has had nyrmidcn Of the law posted
at the door whose watchword is vigorously en-
forced-no one may enter
The merry men gayIy manage for them
selves. whether they be Syrians. Egyptians or
Nubians Each morning as soon the house
work is done and the beds-mattresses on the
ground-are taken UP, each goes his own way
until II O'Clock ut night the regulation hour for
getting back
Among the Noors the sight Is really curious
Imagine an entire house. private dwelling IN
the Rue Chardin. where. located in ten vast
apartments whose doors remain open, is an
exuberant population OF Moors Egyptians and
natives of Morocco There also some beau
tifuI AndaIusians. They all live together as IN
a family. Young girls. dancing women, ANA
IONS and female musicians have brought their
mothers or their children II is a medley Of
language and hubbub
1t was just in the morning when this strange
camp was visited Many OF the artists were
still sleeping. carefully covered up. A strong
smell Of boiling fat comes up the staircase and
pervades the entire house.
All languages-or rather. all idioms-are
spoken in the house and 1t is usually the
nadres who reply. The general answer is that
they are content.
The men, of whom some fifteen live there
calmly and quietly in the light of day among
some fifty or sixty women. are more laxative
They explain that the senoras are making
money. that they are all happy. and that every
one is enjoying good time
And the day grows older the inmates 60
to and fro freely. occupied with the mornings
toilet. Many of the young persons seen there
are without being altogether marvellous, ae
least passable. Some are even pretty. For ex-
ample. here are some Spaniards and Andalu-
SLAMS who xnerit the notice OF some clever
painter. OIL group Of Morocco women is espe-
ciaIly remarkable. There Is nothing 10 be said
Of the two Egyptian women living there, for
upon entering the guide was indiscreet enough
to make movement which seemed to offend
them for they rolled their eyes so fercely and
gave vent to such horrible imprecations that
nothing else could be done but to make bolt
for the door The way out. down the six flights
Of stairs. was running Of the gantlet OF cas-
cades of laughter from the young bayaderes. re-
marks from the mothers and explanations rom
the rnen-au in Spanish. in Arabian and IN ten
different Ianguages-a horrible cacophony-
At No. 80 Rue de la Tour live the Chinese and
Russians. AS they rise early. they had already
started for the Exposition. The only persons
left behind were two girls Of sixteen and sew
enteen years Old stretched out on their bed like
two corpses. They dreaming, and near them
is the opium pipe. 1t is positively painful 10
look at those pale green faces, ecstatic In ex-
preston when the eyelids unclose in a slow,
weary, panied effort. VIII they ever be able TO
go TO the Exposition for their work to-day?
Yes. in about two hours they will awake and
disappear until nightfan
About a hundred Egyptian women and some
twenty-five men are camped at Nos. and 10
Rue Raynouard- They have the same appear
ance as those at Rue Chardin only they all
speak the same language. They eat and sleep
IN common Many dancers. fire eaters. wrestIers
and sword swallower3 are there.
Last of all in the Rue Docteur Blanche are
the Annamites. Tonk,nese md Canoodians.
Their dwellings new recently built by the
French authorities in TIE most commonplace
style. closely resembling barracks. where
some two hundred persons lodge either in rooms
or IN dormitOries.
People who tired with studies inside the
Exposition would do well to Pay a curious visit
early in the morning TO the extraordinary exotic
mixture in the camps at its gates GLIB.
URCGU4TAN MINISTER ON HIS WAY HERE
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