The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-05-30

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s, /. &. 81 \ urIScs and MeS-
sico-The aIs.eri1.1, Bnr1, e. I,l isss HIS HIS
de U.5oa the sPublic Sidewalks
Antuzerp:s aliIIszaaaids.
IN tie street the traveller learns the
Characteristics of a race better than IN
lie. house III an is more artificial out
.SIae,rs ~ an In AViaether savage or
5as.irTIi zes.i he is prone to dress up
Z, he goes out. Whether. it be a
CIV m ore gfea theirs or a new ftocls coat,
ssfiIe principle Is the same. he IS mere
{, q son or "a father at lone. but in
the Street men call him a carpenter,
barber. "a gambler. miser. u judge,
colonel or whatever other name, MS
his artificial relations with tie outslae
Worid ~.
syVrIsen the native Of nstantioopie,
r1jI,le visits New York. he needs
III to walk up Broadway 10 discover
u .1uI,ys- widely different are the Turkish
~, M American civilizations i he Slsht
;s$f.f n, gang OF street cleaners at Wofh
) would Immediately claim has attention:
rnes spectacle would be novel &hc
3 strange to his eyes He SToCid VOL
Ger Why these men waste fhelf ulie
8 IN sweeping the cutters and IN i2iialnS
refuse into CONS Why all TINS Ia
Dor for nothing: he asks himself WY
does notstle America u, ff11e lt3c ! ush,
" Iet the dogs be the city ScaFsh sets
8sltons4, 4 tinoLie existed long centuries
IL, far. Manhattan Island had streets,
lie boasts, and yet the only street clean
s<.fs have been the hungry r:lrissl dogs.
When the American visits Mexico.
no stsas in the streets of such q City as
ssfSrers. Cruz q spectacle as strange 10
him as is q street cleaning bri&ads 10
"a Turk. He sees syu1tpres TcoSuaS on
3 fI1a house tops or slowly circiinE over
head with never q flap Of wing. anu
ny len some busy housewife ompties
B garbage out of the front TlnGoW lie
sbehoids the entire flock come sToop-
s$i ing down to the pavement and tight.
over the feast.
How different are the Am erican and
= the Algerian ideas of personal comfort
may be seen by a short walk through
the streets of Turis. Here one finds
Z the barber on the sidewalk instead OF
lin "a shop Should one desire Il shave
4 he is not invited with a bland welcome
to rec1ine at ease in plush uphol-
stored chair, nor are his senses soothed
with perfumes and Salves. On the
contrary, the barber takes one over
his knee, as If to draw and quarter
s I,5r,,i no sso,1o+s against a wall, where
an Tunis may watch him as it might
"a ~, blics executiouer. He squirts some
s5f1x-sttsr 5inti,s ones beard from a dirty
..ro,tsLing r,,Is the hair the wrong way
~ 81 few moments and then begins to
5ec,.o ,!-13e. steel Of his razor is sharp
ss5zj,,,43 1F,is Of WELDING it is relent
Sa5:IessS should n c1lt be SO deep that one
5rcorrur,Ia ins his simple explanation is:
s5ZZ5Sfs.Cs T1y5fi1e blood of a coward runs
Ss55I m *ISore:, the horseshoer like the
IS barber of Algeria. makes the street his
place of business Ills forge blazes
within his ttlatched. roof house and
Inn I,es one wonder why it does not set
ire. 10, he estalolisl,Tnent But no horse
tsfnd oors. When TIN, Korean
$sie,,1I fi1,ds q shoe off his beast of bur-
Us lfsI, he, leads it to the edge of the
erect where the horseshoer ties the
osa Of tI,a animal 4, one post and its
,.,I,,I1, another From Il crosspiece
IS s.,Ir,3,o,.fefl by the two posts he bangs
.,E4z,,,,f,s.. xybicl, he fits around the
i,,orse.s BELLY. means OF q few
,-is,,,,.l,,Is f1,.rs he lifts the beast almost
aitss feet and then completes his task
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