The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-04-08

overfod nina Than like a human being. some
body rot her To her feet, We shook a lifeless hand
into which We forcibly stuffed our bouquets and
then beat q retreat 10 q corner from which We
c0uld walch proceedings, The bride was u great,
shhprIesS mass Of white brocaded hAun. Sho
must have been almos. slx feet Tall and was even
more remarkable for her horizontal proportions.
Her gown was OF n large figure and was made
IN TWO parts a waist, gathered amply al tho neck
and the belt and a skirt which was also gener'
olsly ana impaflAiy gathered INTO the beit'
SIC was powdered 10 a dead Wilderness, winch.
added 10 her stoiid features, made her lace about
as expressive as a ~white"ashed fence She
wore icw because she was a Widow
~ ntuo lster We were thken 70 see ,he othcI
phlc VINO hhu been reported 70 us OCCASIONALLY
as s'tll dressing We did not doubt !. when We
one corner was n great bed entirely covered Win
climb into il all were q bngh! pink satin with
SS,Ta i.anse anu stnoiHiae,y ~ oouomu 49,
oiNhn ran nreunu me tiucs VI ,ho room anu uncIc
was a table In the centre, There was no other
furniture except me DIde Inns Oelhs hei
nISt uhtlmohia venture sne "as more Eviseou.iy
afiayed 'hah ;,un,uei vhe. ,Ien MAY Hnu nh
N,Vsmnmd . Z urona s, h ~ l,'t , u"W u her nncn
" ana she wore on het henu htI a'ounu hrt nc'a
u nloat 10y Oh si, unael m Wy NV 'h'o A.,
Mih mLien we uecolh." na ncI., ..nmtt
ENC wa zen nIte luz, "''u snaphtaeHTs m nra
more s'oiid ihah we mrs. one, AS 10, ,hc lrmaIo
nirIus o. tnn priuo1 ,ney "u.e siIn' "
n,io y, LII w~n..'e, ~, nu.uo az az. al
ioinio,S i1'iiou; ". o. Tn 'hn,n .ii.d l.,
" NV oeauaiu 'nH""N'' "s' 'N -
a'ordupois. ,u,.,. ..r uh,o, ,oope,
VIC otUpnu Mn ~ :, 81, NJ, IL Dr., ono
tbere was q ryoSd 81 native women and their
"s' .nrntliny "a Iutnnenn women
~ IA am "a naI
"vha ,h. h,iI.1' demanded ma American
woman ~ our Syrisn cha prTone.
"Wbich brideoS
.yWrhhnh ' 'l, ,ho,. no,. ,b,, o,e,-
"Thn,. ,. ,uo" N
~rwn' IN thcse greedy men, Think Of COM
%ri,,ing uatrtmony nv " hGlesalo"
"ims ,hs,s are Two husbands, Madame"
"ob'" Win .xiJ.nt disapnnintment Thought
,b., ~ r. . " Sm nni q one and Thai he wns taking several
brides AT once 10 save time and expense. Well.
when VIII # beT'
-Wbv IN. veddinp"
hisisit
rs this ali? What about the ceremony"
"Ther. ia no ceremony"
"No cercmonvi Sufe ring Mosesl" burst forth
the American woman" Is this all we have come
to see%'
But inst then bnli . dozen native women, who
were sizing cross legged in one corner Of the room,
began healing rude tambounne, and chanting a
Midway refrain A gin with a green dress,
,nu u 81, y ~ wnne, g.,men, and mo,ioned The ser.
wants 10 clear a circle in the middle Of the room.
Iier eyebrows wcre blackened To a width Of over
,n = n au rs here ~ uere Oil, spsngles glued here
and there On her face. When the space bad been
cleared She gave a fifteen. minute danse du ventre
and then passed The ,ambounne TO all the foreign
women nresrn, All the time the she " AS dancing
IN, TS" Arab p,es servants punctua,ed the performance
MIN e ,,udspnendingl eTplained was merely
n n I'm the domes,ics"
" When wa asked how long this double upstairs
md dnwns,air. reception would continue, Ne
Were told that IL would last most q the night
We went down 10 the balcony overlooking the
cov,, aud pSsreI though the wooden screens
,Tba,s was a crowd Of lie native women peering
IL T%e Court Vas crowded, but the band and
r. s,orv sngets scanned 10 make most Of the
n%.e I'm S,idevrooms we're tall, rather good
ihnnLinc ynvng men in irock coats, black trousers,
nnbbEH,a"n sVaunf ,ed fs1 They went about among
w., Nm" u.s. Il" apne,eniiv doing lie hopors with
wi. uv 1855 fsnd a certain graceful courtesy.
W III wa Graiiy ieft the confusion Of the
nnstnirs anartmeuts and descended to the
Gu, wa wsre presented TO the Underground,
auut' va ~ u.rsl nNNie remarks in fren Ch,
" WIZ ah a' nsrSornIv escnrted us across the little
i nama mm ~ :" ano,heT house where an inviting
h Mn H s hsen Installed. and where we were asked
r,n uJairbeS cnld meat. sweetnen,s beer.
uipe ubioLsv and cher eatablrs and drinkables
I'm I'm ,ha WAY home Said Ali, the dragoman,
..tad ne Mai We thought Of IL, and We confced
90 bir ,hat We fell sorry for tie brdegrooms