The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-17
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Hives of rectified manhood and per- ifected womanhood; and then shall the lgreat parallel grace of forces-science and religion-no longer be figure of
 mathematical speech, but of ethics; all men living together in harmony and working joyfully for mutual hap piness-"
 l Of the mosques of the city of Tlemen Madame Loyson relates many interesting matters. Among the min arets and domes of one mosque there Is one minaret bearing both cross and crescent. The mosque beneath had
 been a church, when it fell into the hands of the Musselmen the cross was left out of respect for their fellow citizens and regard for their faith.
 Madame Loyson declares that every | where respect to Christians faith Is enjoyed. Some low fellows being
 punished by Moslem authorities for | speaking disrespectfully of Jesus.
 The Morgue Diana Kebin surpasses | all others of the city. It was built in I1S6, A. D.. by Moslem king. When asked by his subjects to inscribe his name thereon as it's builder he replied: | No. God knows it." The mosque 195 feet square, the court and walls Of onyx, the great center fountain made of transparent albaster. seyenty-two onyx colums support it's architecture.
 Of the mosque El-Eubbad with one 1 ruined minaret this legend is told. The Sultan eager for the rapid completion | of the building employed upon this 1 minaret Jews and Christians as well as Moslems. Allah being displeased that hands of infidels should be upon his temple smote that minaret as soon l as it was finished, while the other 1 IGfo neau- l tiful. Eastern lore is absorbing and easily absorbed Madame Loyson relates how being always a sufferer from sea sickness she voluntarily hypnotized herself free of it by fixing her atten- chain in the rigging, a melancholy yet musical sound.
 l Concentration, so rare power in the Western mind, can accomplish all | things.
 The writer 1auds the Moslem as a traveller. He is always content, never obtrusive, self possessed because of oblivious of self. given to meditation never to splitting on the floor" They never are encountered with bag and baggage All their belongings, and their necessities are few, arc wrapped in | their prayer-rug.
 The praying is oblong. ordi- | narily about six by four feet, and is almost invariably of Oriental texture. clean, as a sacred thing set apart for a holy purpose. This, carefully envel- oping their effects of travel, and tied l with a cord, serves them as a pillow, a bed. or a mosque. Thus the Mussul- man does not leave his religion at or structures. What royal liberty that | which makes the free men!'
 I That this land nffarG in6nceu1enf t0 | the emigrant Is a new idea Madame 1 Loyson suggests. For sterling people desirious of emigrating. I being Franco American could scarcely choose be- tween Tunis, Algeria, or the West in the United States. For those who Africa; for those who know Engish- America" Eager to visit Malta, to find there fitting indications of the landing of St. Paul out of the long fast, storm and shipwreck, the two Christian | travellers found on the little inn near est the cave in great letters: This is ' the last chance to get your grog." 1 Alas! for the Great Islam! Chris tian England! It were far easier for 1 St. Paul to shake off the viper that stung his hand in this little cave at | Malta, than for you to get rid of the viper which you carry into ever part where your ships cast auchor. | Ln0 hearts or The people throughout the earth; the venomous adder of alcohol"
 Sad that the simplicity of the East | cannot be brought to us with the ease that our complexity and our vices can be transmitted to the East:
 Life with them is certainly reduced to its preliminary principles. The fellah is not often hungry. though he Is often in need of food: but when he feels the gnawing, and has nothing to eat, he goes to the Nile and drinks; and if he is very hungry, he drinks a good deal, and takes bath; and then goes on with his work refreshed, sustained, content, remembering the Arab pro- verb: He who has tasted a crust of bread has tasted all the stars and all the heavens"
 Very interesting are the accounts of visits to Luxon and to Kawals. The call upon Shiek, Bicker Bey. is full of notable incidents.
 Madame Loyson rebukes the wesrern- er for spoilation of Egypt of those obelisks which adorn the cities, New York, London. Paris, the great monu- ments will soon crumble in the climates of those cities.
 In the great Desert our author had what were to her precious hours: oh so glad to be for once in my life ab- solutely alone outside of all human
  outside of every body: and oh. rarest and best of all-outside of myself!-| my poor miserable human self-my soul alone with the infinite-I had come in bitterness. After the long and holy communion, arise and I who was so weak now felt strong" l Great was the excitement of shoot 1 ing the Cataracts, the, boatman singing prayers and praises to Allah as they dashed through the rapids.
 Of the housekeeping of these people of humber class, Madame Loyson de- clares that it Is neither an art nor a science, 1t Is done principally by the men! The visitor to these homes I insisted that the women should do their part, thus striking a mean level be- tween them who do little and the poor American wife who does all''
 Nuber Pasha seeing this lady's eagerness for undertaking all sorts of missionary work asked her if she would not like to scatter cargoes of Bibles along the Nile" Yes" admit ted Madame Loyson. If they could be read, but first l would whitewash their houses in and out" "A good Ameri- can way" said the great Prime Minis ter. A visit to the great explorer. Monsieur Legrani was made doubly in- teresting by the announcement that just then had two long sought altars been discovered in the temple of Kar- nak.
 Awe inspiring was the visit to the Tombs of Kings, to the Classi.