The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-04-22

noise than whole Wanamakcr estab-
lshment. The most commonplace ond
| everyday form of dialogue calls for flash
| ticulntions.
In front OF cafe in Naples. Mr. Peas
| ley became deeply Interested I'm conver-
! sation between two well-dresscd men at a
| table near ours. AZ first We thought they
were going to "clnch' and fight II out.
| put then we saw that there was no real
| anger exhibited, but that apparently one
was was describing TO the other somo very
sntrralihs experience. He waved his arms,
| struck nj Imaginary objects made pin
! wheel movements with his fingers and
carried on generally In most hysterical
nun n,"uher. Mr.. Pe1slcy. all worked up. beck
oned TO the head waiter who had boen
taking to us In English.
,. LOOK here, he said, confldentially. II
Ssmn,,.S ILL you TO listen and tell mo wnat those
LeIoWs are talking about. | cant catch
Il word they say, but as near ns 7 can
| make out from the way they act that foI
new l"in3 wo3 ~ the soatee is describing some
~" hnu OF torpedo boat. 1t goes through
| Se Stme water at about thirty miles an hour
WnaSlns three or four screw propeIIers'
I ot ''m tbe IL % comes within striking distance
VI 'nS enemy-bang! they cut her loose
| nnd the proJectilc goes whizzing TO tho
niinrk, and when it meets with any re-
4 er,tbID, bGo mere IS a big explosion and ev-
pioWh TO hindereens. Now. that's tho
piot pist as near as l can follow 1t from
| Won Yo,o'in iIn,t that short guy make motions
' right" 'S' me IL m
The head walter listened and then trans
| lated TO US as follows: "Ho Is sovins 70
| his friend that he slept very weiI last
evening and got up feeling good bnt
M1s somewhat annoyed at breakfast time
| him" S' W SUIT
How about all these gymnastics9"
SSSso dos bo cnS Sos SURPRISED r Mr. PeasIey. why
| teint and wIggle his fingers and ali thar
| monkey business" '''Nt
quite SO" replied the head waiter. "He
| IS describing the egg"
What people-to take cents worth
| OF cheap Information and garland II with
twenty dollars worth OF Delsarte and
Talk Is one Of the few things OF which
| mere Is a Superabund0ncc in the Levant
IN nearly all particulars the Arub is eco
loInlcal ana abstcmiouS He eats spar
| lngly and cheaply. wears lust enough
| CiothinS TO keep from violating the mu-
nlclpai ordinances, smokes conservativeIy,
| so as TO get the fun value OF his tobacco
anu lives In house which Is furnished
Win three or four primitive utensils. But
rlS,I', mnSh II comes to language he Is the most
! up large bales of conversation
suppose that three portcrs Mt n roilua,y
station are to take a trunk from n car
and put II on truck and wheel IL ont
10 cab. The talk made necessary by this
! simple operation would Ill several naros
IN m the Congressional Record All three
| what To do and finding fault because they
don't do IL his way. One seems 10 be sii
RerlntGndent. the second foreman and the
Endless disputes of a most Vivid char
| acter rage among the donkey bows md
peddlers who assemble near the hotels and
| n' IN wait Tor victims. What do thew
| ma TO tax about?' Is the question that
| comes 10 one every time he hears tho
babel of excited voices. And while we nre
are splitting their sides over neW storloa
| relating to that strange being from tbe
enupodes, the barbarian with the mush-
| MI
| pore who keeps himself bundled in nm
necessary clothes and rides out to the
desert Svery day to stand In the baking
| sun and solemnly contemplnte "A hroLnSS
column and a heap of runDish. Truly #
| al depends on the point OF View
W. ned BACK our visit To the pyra-
| visit 10 them the cap Sheaf of tho sfay
In Cairo. AS for sightseeing. most of tbc
tllne we Just ramblcd up ono street and
| down another, looking in shop windows
watching the workmen kill time with tbeIr
| prehistoric Implements smelling tho ba
Iars. lodging dog carts. Gonkcys and cam
CTS ana having fine time generally.
Aimless excursions are tho best after
| all, III Is more fun to drift around A new
| toWn and rub up against the people than
| To guide. In Egypt the guide ia called
| dragoman. He puts on airs and bna
an inside pocket buiging with testimonials
| OF his clutches that they willingly per
! 1ured themselves by giving him half
neaitcu ccrtlhcatcs of good character
While you are In the hands OF the draeo.
man you feel like o dumb driven c6U,
You follow the nuttering nghtshIrt and
the tall red fez OF this arch villain Tor
hours nt Il time, not knowing where you
are going or why. He takos absolute
charge OF you. either by making specjous
representations or boldly assuming au1
thority and when you start out TO visit
the famous mosque of old MiduIlah Oh
longatha or some other defunct colebrify
you finish up In junk shop for the salo
wh fob
guaranteed by the dragomon because he
is a silent partner In the business.
In many countries, especially at tInoes
when the traveller must conGense his itin-
erary the guide Is a necessary CIVIL and
IN Egypt he Is supposed to be sort of
ornamental body guard We found tbot
we could wander about without bejnS
battered and led so we spent pleasant
hours in the Mouskl. which is the native
race meeting and saw native horses and
ponies, carrying 1+0 to leo pounds each
snunter around a half-nIle track while a
large number of EnglIshmen in MardI
Grns costumes drank gallons of tea ma
simulated polite interest
one afternoon we wandered into n mar
ket and man tried TO sell me n camel
Wherever We go II man has something
he doesn't want he tries to sell it to me
and sometimes he does It. But I refused
TO take the camel did not see how I
could fold IT UP and secrete 1t so as TO
get II through the custom-house.
Caneis 60, IN ,tn, the Gero market are now
CARDS their value. good terra Gotta
camel, Is To co hands high and broken TO
. single-foot Will fetch IA high ms $50
The older ones-spavinod, hairless or
pigeoDt oed-can he bought for ns low rs
S50 each. Tho oomrnou OF garden camel
trained TO fold IN like n pocket camera
md carry from three TO eight tons of
cGrSo can usually be bought at from sl0O
to sI25.
we looked In at the bowling dervishcs
These devout priests or tho Mohammedan
persuasion get much enjoyment out Of
their religious services as II theY wore
renl Christians and lived In the back woods
Of America. Like some of our pious coun-
trYmen. thev seem 10 think that an c~hi-
bitlon OF religious frcrzv is sure proof OF
a sanctihcd spirit. AS Mr.. Peasey put IT.
they CON givo our shouters at home cards
and spades
They bend themselves backward and
forward in jack-knife attitudes hoarsely
repeating over and over again the namc
of "Allah." Thcy froth Mt the mouth
spin around Ike tons. shrek like dellrous
Coyotes and usually conclude by falling
over In ON cpilepuc convulsion and being