The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-04-29

thick Turkish coffee, served In cups which hold
scarcely more than a ihimbleful. By this time The
goat, In his occasional overhead rambles, was
outlined S.I ne a. "ss,ns, the isll m moon on. which Headed ca, our n
the deep shadow. From this side came the muir.
mutngs Of the female relatives and an occasional
upward infection, We always took 1t for granted
that our opinion Of the supper was IN demand,
So We said Good" and Fine" and Very meet"
and nd ~ I'm, me other shor, words q praise ,hs' we
the officiating sister nodded hers and We could
vaguely make out the female relatives nodding
theirs back In the shadow. II was IAN awfully
lovely party"
Before we left Hassan and the congregation of
women took us through a passage and showed us
the sl.aping rooms for the women. There were
two OF these apartments, each one provided with
several raised platforms which served ~ couches,
There did not appear to be anything IN the way
81 mG,,rHss or cGyering Evidently the women
be any or~ning into either Of the chambers with
the exception Of the door. As iIassan shuts and
locks this at night II II not pleasant to think " hat
the state of the air In the rooms must be before
morning.
Perhaps it is not strictly correct to say that
We felt none the worse for our little social excur'
Gus pest In Egypt II you go into Arab houses
and sit around on ancient rugs you must expect
70 have a liyelier time than usual for the next
lew days In America IL isn't polite 10 talk about
feas, but when people have been over here a while
they get past delicate Determinations u that
sort vs. they come on down through Italy their
sensibilities become a good deal blunted and by
the time they get To Naples they are in a state
where the first sign Of approaching friendliness
Is a Willingness nay, an an !iety 70 exchange
notes on their suferings In Egypt 1t soon goes
further than that At first, when caught in
dulglng In a surreptitiOus scratch, people give
a forced laugh and jocularlv refer 10 their vac
cination. As II any sane being would have him
sell vaccinated in the middle Of his back But
before long they put aside all reserve and describ-
their individual cases with as much JUNCTION az
invalids display in stating their symptoms
II you SEE two women engaged in n particularly
earnest conversation the subject IL sure 10 Ire either
the prices Of embrnideries OF the efficacy II insect
powder. 4 New York woman. coll her Mrs. \,
who was stopping Al one Of the large hotels, pinned
her faith ON powder which she said had pre-
Mrs. b. who declared that her own mind WAS
lettering, owing 10 her sIi'erings. hadn't tried
powder. Mrs \ volunteered 10 send Mrs. Is
a sample package Immediately and both women
went Ia their respective rooms for the purpose Of
sending and receiving Mrs. \. put some Of the
powder in an inviting looking package. which,
after marking 1t: For Mrs Is from Mrs A.
Mrs Is In the hotel, known to Mrs 4. only by
sight With the IerSpicuity common To bell
boys, the package was delivered 10 the wrong
Mrs Is who armed herself in her wounded dignity
and hunted UP Mrs A
The bellboy bought ne = package from YOU"
she haughtly remarked, and when ! opened it
| found IL was lea powder
Mrs A. explained and WAS pardoned especially
when Mrs. Is confided 10 her the fact that she
would be glad to he allowed 10 keep ,me sample
package for experimental purposes Of her own
This only goes 10 show that any missionary
efforts in the line Of flea powder cannot fail 10 lind
"a shining mark in Egypt