Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-12-21

tainment which goes by the name Of
circus" but which would hardly be
recognized as such by any promoter pf
Tie ring IN America, II takes place any
where In the opens generally I'm The
market-squaro, as af0rdlng more room
The audience forms In a largo circle
several rows deep, The first two rows
sQuatting on their heels, the rest stand.
ing In the open space within ara Two
performers, who first relate a history Of
themselves and their glorious achleve.
mcnts before crowned Sultans and ais
tlnRulshed audience elsewhere. com.
posed entirely Of Magi and other INNS.
trious persOnages II THEN statenle1,s
are 10 be relied upon. Then follow
various acrobntlc performances. stch
az turning somorsaults. standing unnn
thoir own heads aud upon each othsrs
playing tag, tripping one another and
constantly tumbling heels over head.
The spectators are never enthusiastic.
and the WHY performers watch for such
favorable moments TO pass me hat as
when some surprising tumble has tcm-
porarly dispoQed the reigulng melan-
choly OF the faces. Boys may some.
times laugh and applaud but the ut
most sign Of approval ON the part of
their elders Is distortion OF the foa-
lures into grim smiles,
The real center Of every town is IT'S
market place, whore caravans arrive
and whence they depart, where the peo-
pie meet and mingle and the great re-
ligious and political movements are
famed and fed which from dime TO
time have oonyused the empire. Cor.
tainly Il Is the most interesting place
TO strangers Bales of strange mer-
chandse are being moved, comes are
unoaded and donkoys loaded, green.
turhaned merchants make rounds of in
spectIon men on horseback. I'm yoIum-
inous white robes, with yellow sinners
dangling straight down on each side Of
the clumsy saddle, pick their way hlth-
er and thithcr through the crowd Here
and there are watcr-gcllers. carrying
upon their backs great leaky skins lab
billy bullying with water and ringing
small bells to attract attention shoe
makers squat cross-legged sewing aud
hammcrng upon slippers and sandals
only. BARRIERS ply their trade IN the
open air, growing rich ON market days
upon Country custom Their office 10
Of double nature, for / in the old
days, they bleed as well as shave They
use no lather, only water; and the GUS
toner sits on the ground, IN front,
while with razor more or less keen the
barber removes his halr--the head Of
tenor than the beard, being shorn In
bleeding they make an incision at the
base of the skull cutting to the bone.
Brcad-sellers crouch against walls and
door ways, Indifferent, as are their Gus
toners. to the trlning facts Of dust and
neas Funeral professions pass ON the
run-for the dead Moslem thus arrives
nj paradise more quickly Snake
charmers. with hideous cobras-
do-capellos around about their filthy
bodies saunter through the throng mo-
body paying any attention to the rep
tiles which wriggle about alarmlngly
and dart ont vicious tongues Necro-
mancers, who really eat Are, are COM
mon in these streets as patent medi-
cine fnklrs at home, Half-grown me-
groes from the Soudan are attircd IN
nothing but scant breech clouts of un-
tanned hyde, ia marked contrast 20 the
stately Moors and Arabs IN flowing
droperies. Perhaps the oldest Of all