Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-12-28

aside that by no possibility can their
garments tonoh, and if he has occa-
sion 10 enter the presence of any Offl-
eial, he must repeatedly salaam TIL his
forehead touches the ground kissing
the hem of the rulers bernous and
making other confessions of degreda-
ton. Yet the despIsed and hated He
breWs are such useful citizens that
laws have been passed forblddng them
90 leave the country. Nobody else can
build a house, make or mend a lock-
manufacture gold and silver trinkets.
weave silk and wooden cloth, all of
which occupation the lazy Moors ana
Arabs regard with supreme contempt.
inside their houses, when the days
work Is done and the gates OF the Mel
ian securely locked for the night, the
Hebrew gentleman Is altogether diff
terent character from the shabby and
cringlng creature to be met on the
street. He dons rich robe, long and
nowlng, q green and purple turban,
gold embroidered walscoat and sash
ample trousers caught with jeweled
bands below the knees, blue silk stock
ings and sandals Of red, green or yell
low Morocco. lie Is bOuntlful, hospl-
tally personifed as his nightly guests
partake Of good cheer, including raki,
or Jewish wine,
Speaking OF the sultan's leyies on his
compelled to-be- dutiful subjects--his
treasury Is located at Mequinez II Is
called Beit-el-me. (house Of fund.- and
Is believed to contain money, jewels,
bullion, etc. TO the amount OF fifty or
sixty millions. Nobody knows for GER
tain, however as the mysterious and
impenefable structure II guarded
night and day by two thousand blacks,
Besides the sultan has the uncomfort-
able habit Of putting to death imme-
diately afterwards, all the persons en-
ployed IN deposlting treasure In the
house of fund. No wonder that so
many people prefer the nomad life OF
the desert TO living In the towns Of
Morocco. To attract the sultan's no.
tice In any way Is generally fatal. He
sets about enquiring whether the man
Is likely 10 have any money. and II so,
Is bound To- get il out Of him, on one
preteXt or another, IL no more conyen-
lent means to the desired end suggests
Itself the man is ordered TO do some
thing, like conveying treasure-to obey
which order means death and to dis
regard It is to lose his head
AS to evening amusement In Morocco
i can tell you Of them only by hear
say, as In these parts women must
stay indoors after nightfall. The gen.
tlemen Of our party have made the linz
tied rounds, (all in one short EVENING",
and below Is the result OF their obser-
vations Conveyed by a guide carry
Ing a lantern, they set out at o'clock,
There Is no twilight IN these regions
and by that time the narrow streets are
pitch dark, not ray Of light any
where from the windOWless houses.
First they went to the principal cafe
a dingy old place, In which are several
rooms, and music by the band" is
the order every evening, The rooms
were toleraby filled with Mohamme-
dams, (all sitting on the carpet having
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 a word to one another To the
left was the music room where chairs
were placed for the foreign visitors.
The band included rebio, which is the
Arabic ancestor OF the violin, and two
broad instruments, half guitar, half
mandolin; while another man ratified
castinets and third clapped his hands
In time to the dlscord. All sang as they
played, at first an apparently
interminable repeating OF the same
phrase very loud and monotonous then
suddenly bursting into Undesirable fire
and animation. 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 by night and day, al
ways with the hope that Allah may
return them to their heritage,