Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-02-02

:,Ehe- Shefkh, W1ffc not QUHUtfu8 truC
crime could be detected by similar means II
employed by man OF holy life, was OF
opinion that the falkir was an impestor. Al
the same time. he did not consider that ne
should be punished. He repeated Wen
known story of man who died at his
friends house Immediately after EATING
some honey Grave suspicion fell upon the.
friend, who escaped punishment only by
the discovery of dead serpent cofie0 up q.
the bottom OF the pot. The sheikh con-
Guided that. in this case. possibly snake
might have spat into the inkpot
Kindness to Animals.
All Arabs are kind to animals. 1t Is
mart of their religion. You remember the
stories that are told in school readers about
the Bedouins and the horses which always
share their tents The Koran teaches that
animals go to paradise. although women
are not allowed there. and Mohammedans
are exposed to the danger OF having some
horse or dog or mouse or mosquito CONFRONT
them before the prophets throne ana ac
ouse them of cruelty to one OF Gods efea-
lures But the only erueltfes they are
guilty of are from Ignorance. Otherwise
they are actually affectionate in their treat
nnent of all kinds of animals ana nave
great influence over them. NO other race
furnishes such clever trainers for horses,
MONKEYS or wild beasts and their control
over the feathered portion of creation IS
equally noticeable.
For example, In Cairo turkeys are sold
con the hoOf'' so to speak. and farmer
bow drives a flock of from ten to twenty
into town just as he would drive IN sheep
and cattle, and sells them at the doors or
the houses, instead Of In the market place
He has a shriil cry that denotes ms trace
and is understood by native cooks and but
lers just as your cook knows the knock OF
the garbage collector or the milk man. But
this boy will conduct his drove or turkeys
through the most crowded streets or cairo,
IL, ~ ar-x.a and n l.
buses, amidst all the confusion you can
imagine, which. of course. Is new and
strange to the unSOphiSticated turkey, with
out the slightest difficulty. He has long
bamboo wand, like fishpote, in his hand.
and an affectionate cooling tone in hts voice.
which assures the birds that they have a
competent chaperon and needn't be scared.
And from one end of the town to another,
through the busiest business streets the
turkeys will allow themselves to be driven
They are accustomed to do as they are told.
They know their masters voice and obey
orders, even on their way to the execution
er's block
The turkey is not an American bird 1t
was known in Egypt from the earliest
times. You see it pictured on the walls of
temples and tombs in all kinds of connec-
tons; even driven in droves, as they are IN
the streets of Cairo today.
And the donkey was contemporaneouS.
You are perfectly safe in assuming that
Moses and Aaron and their sister Miriam
had turkey for dinner and rode around on
donkeys. haven't the slightest doubt that
when Moses was working up the Exodus
scheme and had to travel over the country
to confer with the leading members of the
different tribes of Israel he sat in saddle
precisely like those we used yesterday, ana
was carried by similar donkey. The rea-
sons for this belief are found in pictured
histories that the ancient Egyptians have
left U.S. We read them upon walls 1000
and 5000 years old. The Israelites had tur-
keys, donkeys. camels and cows. as well
as chickens and incubatOrS.
Make Their Toes Useful:
And they used their feet just as present
day Egyptians do in all kinds of industries.
Down at Atlantic City 1 once saw man
painting with his toes. He was compelled
to do so or suppress his artistic aspirations,
because he had no hands. The Egyptians
use their feet as a sort of annex to their
hands. All of them go barefooted in their
houses and shops. Stockings are unknown.
As soon as an Egyptian reaches his front
door he kicks of his sandals in the vesd-
bule and goes around in his bare feet as
long as he remains indoors, and long eX
perience has trained his toes to be almost
as useful as his fingers. Instead Of using
a wise a carpenter holds with his feet the
board that he is planning or the piece of
wood in which he is boring hole. A shoe
maker holds his shoe between his feet
when he is driving the pegs or sewing the
seams, and when he twists his thread he
puts 1T around his big toe. Az tailor holds
his cloth between his toes instead of PIN
ming 1t to something.
There are, however, disappointments in
store for everybody who visits Egypt.
There are no crocodileS in the Nile. You
can sail as far southwark as boat can go
without getting a single shot at one, al
though am told that they are quite plenti-
fu} in the jungieS of central Africa. Nor
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the paintings and engravings in the tenn
pies and the tombs. They seem to be en-
drely extinct. You can see more lotus In
the fountain basins of the parks in Wash
ington in single walk than you can find
in Egypt all winter, and outside of the
botanical gardens there Is not a single stalk
Of the papyrus plant. which furnished to
the Egyptians their writing paper from
one end of Egypt to the other. 1t seems to
have entirely vanished.
The Sais, or Footmen.
The most beautiful objects in Egypt are
the sails. or foOtmen. who run down the
streets and clear the way for the carriages
of the Egyptian nobility and high officials.
There is nothing to prevent anybody from
employing a sails. but, like eoekades on the
hats of coachmen. they seem to be limited
to families of high rank and two of them
usually precede a carriage. They are lean,
sinewy Arabs, with bare legs and bare feet,
who run with a long, swinging stride like
a greyhound and can outpace any ordinary
coach horse. They are dressed in brilliant
colors-red turbans on the top of their
heads, short jackets. red blue, violet yell
low or other conspicuous velvet or broad
cloth. covered with embroidery in silver or
gold and edged with braid. Under these
are shirts and short trousers of white cot
ton, tied around the waist with grdle
like Joseph's coat of many colors. Over
the jacket, thrown back upon the shoulders.
is. a gauZy scarf also of the brightest
colors possible, and in the hand a long
wand or staff of chased silver or bamboo
with tips of gold The value of the wand
varies with the wealth of the employer but
1t is just as necessary as the baton of a.
drum major
To see these beautiful objects racing
through the streets in advance of a spIen-
did pair of Arabian horses and a carria pe
load of Egyptians in bright native costumes
is always a delight.
Carbon Basis of Products.