The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-08-16
THE FELLAH's YokEMATE.
Some Occupations of the Egyptian
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Some Occupations of the Egyptian
Girl and Woman.
Her lot has improved vastly since
those dark days of superstition when,
in order to propitiate Scraps, the deity
who presided over the waters of Faith
er Nile, she was liable to be given as
sacrifice to the fiood--custom which
was until quite recently commemorated
at the annual cutting of the Khaleeg at
Cairo by the erection of an earthen
bride" which was swallowed up by
the rushing waters. says the Fort
nightly Review. Albeit the fellows
lines have never been cast in pleasant
places. very early in her existence does
her round of drudgery begin, for while
still tiny child she Is allotted a varie-
ty of tasks. In the clover season one
sees peasant baby girls posted as senti-
nels over the horses and cattle tethered
in the WHISKY green berseem fields !;
mere children, placed in authority near
a harshly creaking water wheel. fol-
low with toddling steps the wiry little
donkey or gaunt, ugly buffalo harness
ed TO wooden prop which is attached
to the cogged wheel of the sakeeyeh.
The little mites by voice and whip
urge the weary blindfolded beasts to
keep jogging along. in the worn circu-
lar track, that the slowly revolving
ea ," - po.s 80. 49,, -. - pv'' '"e
.,''Ae &C.. mo INC oosn
ne same ,.' ,.l.,e naiusns .nelr mai.
500 l,ss 81 M ps ro
pia'us us.Aeu WIN oo,ns are oi'eil
seen 'enuins snail Selds oi soats- Al
LINES w, 'mes "'e SEM - iorase .or
rare winuia'is " nrewoou trare De
cause III Tue uei.s woou " any sort =
sc"e'' "nen' :" .ne' n.'' 'nes early
nome"aiu acIosS Tue nelus on tneir
neaos' Tue s'rlnss Oh psaus ana glass
praceie.s Oh 'ne'r aa' ii.'ie necks ana
arms g,ls'enins ~ Tue uiisn' sunshine ;
WINE 'noSe - "ooo'e's
provinces are enp'oseu 70 coiiect ma
nule' VIZ" III u.Au VIZ s.ol'peu straw
10 pounu.u my .o"''1 .'Ae anu "lis'''
oried IN 'ne sun ,ornas 'ne seaple native
lue' 80 ss'ss,',...,. 49, ''.s u,a'u-
ems carry uilninu'i'e nous Ut pasKets
OF mcrsar OF - nf,cAs mnsn ou'uine op-
eia.'o"s 90 - r.e'ess' - orc &c. "
Destroy ea'eipli'als at SEASONS "nen
'nese $50 -. eass- ''<''' '''''1 " Inc
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as. az 80. sa,,as 80 : e 80 - so'u
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s.a;aons 90 ~,,aosan+,r san,;,,. i'll.
errros 70 ali travellers +b,our,,o,,t ~,
ns,ts Tho h,ocar GIRLS IN tine ~
r-hoot harvest will to,n with tho o,aer
.x,,or,an IN ,a,d Labor which T. verw 20
t,ou,no ne IN MANY d,strfcts NOT on,,
do they nluct and hind tho corn I'm,
aftarward carry tha sbaaras ~ tbs
threshing nlace Not infreouentlv :
how of ,vor,on ,ohoro~s xr,,o boxs. tbs
leisure will nrocaad at harvest fine
from village fo yiI1apo and so add q
few more sbillinps to the modest fam.
ily chest.
Few Eeyptian village SCENES annea,
more forciblv IN the cultivated taste q,
artistic sense than that Of the village
maiden fetching water. from the rive,
or the well. The 1.-THE. elastic VOL.
dayeloped figure If the neasant damse,
seems sIneularlv noble in fts bonaelv
simplicity draned n its loose dar, HIN,
garment the beautifully nodded earth
enware nitcber ,oised nnon her sbanelz
head Her lono veil NJ coarse creme !,
ys true Is half drawn 20 conceal ba,
face from nrv,no evos ~ whom she
wears M va,,send oftar o,v,n. - 49,