The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-12-12

1 oruer means Qeatn, ana to disregard
 is to lose his head.
 As to evening amusements in Moroc
 CO., can tell you of them only by here
 say, as in these parts women must sta.
 in doors after nightfall The gentle
 man of our party have made the limited
 rounds Gall in one short evening" anc
 below is the result of their obserya
 tions; Conveyed by guide carrying z
 lantern, they set out at eight o'clock There is no twilight in these regions
 and by that time the narrow streets
 were pitch dark, not a ray of light | anywhere from the Windowless houses
 First they went to the principal cafe
 a dingy old place, in which are severa rooms, and music by the band" is the | order of every evening" The rooms | were tolerably filled with Mohamme-
 dams Gall sitting on the carpet, having l left their shoes to one side), drinking black coffee or tea with peppermint in
 it, smoking keef and playing chess, but
 grave as automatons and saying seldom
 word to one another To the left was
 the music room, where chairs were placed for the foreign visitors. The
 
 | Arabic ancestor of the violin, and two broad instruments. half guitar half | mandolin, while another man rattled castinets and third clapped his hands
 in time to the discord, All sang as they played, at first an apparently intermin- able repeating of the same phrase, very loud and monotonous; then suddenly
 bursting into indescribable fire and ami
 nation. The listeners were enraptured,
 and the guide said the musicians were singing about the good old times in
 Spain, which Moors and Arabs dream of
 night and day, always with the hope
 that Allah may return them to their
 heritage
 Another cafe concert was held in the court yard of a caravanserai over which a temporary roof of bamboo had been thrown. Divans were placed around the outside for the guests, while the musicians in Oriental costume sat cross-legged on the ground in the mid
 dle. Coffee and pipes filled with Tur- kish tobacco were served; and at inter- vals the band made hideous noises on their rude instruments, or sang with nasal twang a nonotonous refrain in the minor key; wind instruments were occasionally introduced. and the effect was like Chinese symphony, or cat concert on the back fence.
 The next place they visited seemed to require extraordinary caution, though why there was need of it our friends had no idea. The turbaned guide, in his white cotton robe and yell low slippers, daIted down street that was, if possible. narrower and darker than the others. Peering anXiously to right and left, he finally knocked at a door; shutter was cautiously opened, a brief barley ensued and the party were admitted the door being instantly shut and bolted behind them. Perhaps they were going to be robbed and mur- dered, and each of the Americans de- rived what comfort he could from thoughts of his trusty revolver Across a dark court yard and up a short flight of stairs they proceeded into a moderately sized room which had no furniture whatever except a pile of cushions at one end and two large lamps shaded with pink tissue paper suspended from the ceiling.> The gen tlemen had hardly time to settle them selves among the cushions when an el- 1erly Jewess appeared, which seemed to be the signal for the guide to retire, as he shuffled out in haste. Then at the far end of the room, through a door by rug on the wall, entered hree tall. magnificent Jewish girls, at tired in the costume of Bluebeard's | wives, according to the pictures. Their oose trousers were gathered at the an- i zles, their bare feet encased in retrousse l slippers, gauge kits extended to the 1 Snee, small close-fitting sleeveless jack 1 ats exposed the arms, and long silken ! put perfectly transparent veils covered | heir faces. They at once began slow | graceful dance, supplying themselves | with music by singing 3a sweet, waver- | ng Hebrew melody, the rhythm of | 'ound and motion accurately main aimed by the measured clapping of | heir hands. The transparent veils re- ! ,ealed sparkling, khol- darkened eyes, | and beautified by the pink ight The dance itself was merely | eres of rapid poses, all graceful and { oined together by the filmy floating tllS, lJltl W lllllS flbpNt anu ttibuli'i he dancers. Suddenly, to the amaze nent of the staid, middle-aged and trictly orthodox spectators, the gay utter garments of the girls began to fall ,ehind them like leaves from an over down rose: till at last they danced in he pink light, enveloped only in the LOW rapidly twirling veils, which cast blur over the figures, and in an in tant they had disappeared and the per was over.
 One more call completed this Arabi- n Nights entertainment, and that was 0 the house of some Moorish dancing irls. Public sentiment is so strong gainst Mohammedan females appear 1g unveiled before Christian dogs" hat there really was spice of danger I their excursion and the guide em- loved as much caution as if on a mis- ion of burglary. Passing through a ourt yard, several women were ob- arved squatting about he floor, all of | -hom instantly yelled their faces when 1e strangers passed through though 1 '
 was too dark to distinguish features. n old woman led them to an inner partment and shut them in, disappear lg with the guide. Presently two very , oung Moorish girls came in, yelled