The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1901-06-20
AFR1cANseAr HOME.
-, and Arabian Interiors. What to
aud How to Eat "A La Africane.

A when you are in Turkey do
,o Tnrkevs do" and-at least in the
~ If There was never truer
for the guidance of globe trotters.
y.',s.v who stick to the small colonies
s.sir own race wherever found, de-
ding the food and habits of home,
half the delights of travelling in
s.,en lands. 1t is far better to adapt
,sslf to the ways of the people one
,onans to be with, to eat and sleep
,t,v do-to be one of them, as far
.,,.sible and if the life seems rude
MI Hapl, to console oneself with the
'.,rht that if whole nations exist in
in. 3,ldon from the cradle to the
pue can afford to endure it
r me. and then. by contrast, to
...e-.. apreciate the comforts of home
.-.uucd to them. Certainly that
-....l, way to get the best out of
... Ice now thoroughly cosmopoli-
A.. eie,- You may live exactly as you
Tlruchy as in Paris, as German
-. B...u. as English as i'll London
..F.r<., rs i'll Boston-there being
-,IHd1 colonies of every civilized
.. .. with its distinctive hotels,
.r.-u ates. For my own party, we
.v8.~ on the principle that one
-.....- -u So far to find what may be
..s..s.A day at home; and therefore
....fuc ourselves religiously to the !
.....,I ,te things of the countries |
r..-- g-,tng, In pursuance of this
-5.a,are wing in the Upper Town."
{ruUuuter of Algiers, i'll the great, |
.a ,li5oWy inn which was once the !
.J..at the sultan Abau-Tachhn. with /!
-.r,a'y carved horseshoe arches, its
,..H rheaustic tiles, slender columns
yellow marble and doors of cedar |
ra5 B1ught with arabesque devices
"a. umed by time but marvelously |
apsfo.. Its inner court, open over
.eH .' t-f EluNlllS <AlllSdll ohx, ID eli
aeJ ny graceful arcades, supporting
. above, into which all the cham |
IT,, us. The court below, with its
mMug fountain III the middle its |
g.lt- ralms and rare exotic plants,
All, doubtless the resort of the harem
80. au days: and the whole scene |
u.Ul recalls the poets picture:
Tl- Hryen cedar doors,
.Qn- inward over Spangled floors,
suu based flights of marble stairs
ts, up with golden balustrade.
Tile solemn palms We're ranged
WuoNed of summer wind
lovely time,
fe was in the golden prime
-uui llaroun Alraschid.
'su-ure to assert that few Ameri- |
a5r ever seen the inside of this
I,-. uIcu less lived in it. Yet it is
ut. ike any other inn, and its |
-- re about one-third those of
Ug common place crowded
~r. of the Lower Town. Here
II - VI NlNttli, boOl. ult
4y. Ul life goes on sleepily, like a
a1. # # the Arabian Nights En-
uents, If you desire attend
l-. tep into the corridor and
sands softly together: present
Dltfies along a sandalled fol
Nohammed, enveloped from
foot i'll flowing white, like a
s..- ST. who salaams till his nose
- 'IHcheS the marble floor to re-
l order for a mug of water.
the coveted drink may not
dI hour or two, and when it
4o. I've luke warm but it comes
lI-J jug, brought from the moss
H contain under the shadow of
'.4a4ct. on the shoulders of the
a@i ugre which salaams again in
gHcI silence and then assumes an
H DE- winch serve as the model for
as'e'u- ui jUnius Brutus. No apology
W trlNass need be expected here,
.4elf sulA thing as haste or prompti-
-4r was never heard of. The patrons
@ .ar Iare are Moors and Arabs, their
eHa lac RS and black boards accentuat-
by TIDE White bernouse, with an occa-
'0aa Unframed Turk and Jewish mer-
't-' llom the interior, come down to
Ae port TO trade The latter, though
L" httueSquely costumed than the
4'sems are yet spectacular objects,
""Il' Of attention in the dress of their /
"a''-LIe ehechi and gray-blue jacket
'I SILVER buttons, embroidered vest,
'AHiSon sash and full trousers. There
aft @Cmei IN the house, many of them
A uount the numerous wives of the
urvlants aforesaid; but they remain
%'7aed behind. the latticed doors and
'd11F curtains, which admit the air and
t'l'' those behind to look out freely,
"F themselves completely hidden.
'"lrh never a glimpse of them, ex-
"f' I'll morning or evening, when yelled
-s'-fN glide to and from the adjacent
'"s4de ike white dominoes in a mas
i''i"Qe. each closely followed by stall
Fi' Aegrtss who in this twentieth
''Ny nils the place of the epnich of
' hd'a day. The adjar, or veil,
.'FD covers the face of every Moslem
Ni1iI is so diSDOSed that one dark eve