The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-03-11

snow you cheap. Abraham mas Duii-
dies of letters of recommendation.
They all have
GUIDES ARE A NUISANCE.
From Suez to Nagasaki the thou
sands of raScals who lay in wait for
the gentle tourist, use the testimonial
as effectively as the patent medicine
fakir in America. Il employed Anna
Mas and found him truthful in the ex-
treme' says Miss Bird of Plovervtlle,
Iowa, while Mr.. Tight of Squeegeburg.
Ohio, informs all who read that Mo
manned saved me money" Mr.. Tight is
either lying or else he is an easy
mark, for the Oriental guide can no
more be depended upon TO tell the
truth and be honest than a wolf can
be expected to defend a stray lamb.
Hire your guide if you want to, but
make up your mind that you are going
to get trimmed, and for heavens sake
don't expose the pockets of the UNI
suspecting to this guild of brigands
by writing letters about their honesty.
At the Pyramids the gudts are SIM
ply a pest. They make themselves 50
obnoxious by their persistence that 1t
half spOilS the pleasure of the trip.
The government should clean out these
brazen rowdies and put uniformed at
tendants in charge The Oriental ped
dler has no sense of congruity, and
won't take no for an answer The
news boy will follow after a man try
ing to talk him into buying a paper
though he may have a copy of the
same edition in his hand. The vendor
seems to think that he can sell any
thing if he argues long enough. One
Gh
lizard: another expounds on your
need of mouse trap; and still an
other is ready TO complete your edu-
cation by giving you course in sleight
of hand. What, don't want to do
tricks! Why, everyone should do
tricks. They are diverting." Then
the willy CRATER proceeds to divert.
When you move off he gathers up his
greasy traps with a sad air as if grfev-
ing over your lack of appreciation
HOW BEGGARS ARE MADE.
The tourists have scattered money
right and left among the people of
Egypt until they have created a class
of professional mendicants. This prac-
tice is corrupting in the extreme. Even
the dance of the derviShes, an old
religious rite. is only given now for the
to see the exhibition. Residents along
the Nile found they could make more
money by logging the footsteps of
sight seers than by attending TO their
work. Consequently many Of them
who We're formerly industrious have
become worthless vagab bonds. The
Egyptian government has posted notices
everywhere requiring travellers to re-
frain from giving money to anyone.
Persons will frequently throw pennies
to children just for the fun of seeing
them scra nbIe. but even this innocent
practice if INDUCED in regularly viii
create the beggar instinct and cause
degrading results
one Of the most picturesque sights
that even picturesque Egypt has 10
offer is the procession that is formed
uncn the Holy Carpet is dispatched
10 Mecca. Thousands Of devOut fol-
lovers of the prophet assemble in front
II the citadel 20 participate in the cere-
,ucry that takes place before the pill |
grim caravan starts across the desert. |
This richly woven carpet is gift OF |
he Sultan. II is taken to the Holy
City ana exposed in the mosque for |
-car in order that il may become I'M
oregnated with holiness. SO great is
the belief in the virtue Of this object |
hat little fragments of it are treasur- |
a by reople as charms against all
evil influence. When a new one IL |
z:s0atched each year the people press |
forward eagerly TO tOucN the gaudV |
covering on the camel which bears it