Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1905-10-14
JERUSALEM, THE HOLY CITY
ITS HABITS AND CUSTOMS ARE
GRAPHICALLY TOLD.
In Lecture At Maryland Avenue
M. E. Church Last Night.
By a Native.


| facts of Jerusalem, the HOLY Citv
were CLEANED from lecture last nigh
at Maryland Avenue NJ. r. Church,
IN the space of an hour and fifteen
minutes than in lifetime of sermons.
The lecturer is a native and portray.
ed in most graphic manner the Gus.
TOES, habits and provincialisms of the
natives. proving that by actual con-
tact one learns more than bv the read
ing of many books.
The lecturer is Mr.. Nicholas Shi.
hadeh, and was dressed in native cos
| tune. After an introduction by the
| pastor, the Rev. John L. Walsh, the
| lecturer gave the Jewish salutation
| which means peace Be With You. -
| The right hand touches the heart.
meaning peace, then il touches the
| mouth, significant that nothing but
good words shall be said of you and
then the hand touches the head, mean
ing that you shall be held in memory.
The lecturer then introduced sew
| eral ladies and gentlemen in charac.
teristic native costume. He demon
strated the salute of the men, how
they greet each other with kiss,
then fall upon the neck of each
other, the salutation lasting as long
oS q hnAA HOuE. II6 Sulu MBu IN the
Orient never kiss the women, they
therefore must kiss somebody, and so
kiss each other. The lecturer intro
duced the various native costumes.
which he described. At the age of 81
man wears sombre clothes as he is
supposed then to be a wise man. the
shepherd wears heavy tunic which
serves him as blanket, a macintosh
and as bed to lie upon. He also
wears girdle with silver rings and
clasps. This is very heavy and makes
him bend forward, but the bending
serves to protect him from the ston es
thrown about which, if they strike
the head, frequently kill
A woman's costume was exhibited,
showing a bridal gown. IL is white
cashmere handsomely embroidered by
the wearer indicative of her skill as a
needle woman. She wears about her
TX ten pieces of silver, of which the
Bible speaks, saying "if she lose one
she will search the house until she find
It, = These ten pieces of silver are
heirlooms, coming down from mother
to daughter for thousand years or
more. She also wears jewels, which
are 1000 years old A Semitic woman
in costume was shown. Her face is
veiled and no man except her brother
and husband ever sees her face af ter
she is Is years old. The costume of
the Mohammedan woman and the
shepherdess were exhibited. one of
which was identical with the dress
worn by Ruth when she cleaned in
the field.
The costume of judge in Jerusa.
lem Vas shown. The jadge never
smiles and his dignity is characteristic
of his office. A costume of Joseph's S
coat of many colors was an interest
ing exhibit. The lecturer said while
the natives of the Orient like color
they never wear combination of
more than three or four, and the coat
of many oolors was not what we un-
derstood it to be. 1t is given to the
favorite son, or pet of the family, also
to the Oldest son, and no man gets
married without wearing the ''coat
of many colors, -,
Mr.. Shihadeh described the city of
Jerusalem which is built ON four hills.
1t is surrounded by a wall with eight
gates and the gates are closed at sun
set. Outside the gates there are nc
places of habitation and a desperate
effort is made to enter if one is late.
The Svriptural phrase ''It is easier for
the camel to enter needles eye than
for the rich man to enter the kingdom
Of heaven" literally means the diff.
Guilty in entering one of the gates of
Jerusalem after sunset. There is
small opening known as the Needles
Eye. A man has difficulty in enter
ing, but if he wishes to enter his
camel it requires eight men to push
and eight men to pull the camel
through.
The Biblical reference to Golgotha
(the place of the sknll) is traditional
On Mount Calvary, where Our Sa-
viour hung upon the cross, there is
rock which was rent in twain at the
Crucifixion. Tradition says when the
blood of Christ ran down this rock
near the cross, the rock being over
Adams grave, it touched the skull of
Adam and he arose from the dead
Another tradition as to how the cross
of Christ was discovered is that in
digging for the handsome cathedral on
Mount Calvary three crosses were
found. A sick man appeared on the
scene and each of the crosses was
laid upon him. When one of the
crosses touched him the sick man was
immediately made whole and this was
known by the miracle to be the cross
of Christ. and the other Two the cross.
es on whicn the thieves were oruci-
fed
The lecture was full of interesting
incidents in the life of the orientals
aud it contained fund of wisdom.
The lecturer has a fine vocabulary
and a wonderful command of the
English language. Although he speaks
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