The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-09

Denmark, who was a guest Of the:
khedlve at the time. The khedive spoke
most g I tSa to ( some Of the
different compliment for each one. He
spoke Arabic to his brother, but
French and English to the others. I
was surprised to hear him speak with
such perfect accent in both English
and French. zs3,.. . :9# ! 81 - ~ L
OFF to the Pyramids! @.,:. .-:..:z
Zone early morning we made our
way in an automobile thru the crowded
streets. of Cairo in order to go to the
pyramids. The. peasants with their
morning market. At the bridge of
kaser el Nil, very imposing structure
connecting the east and west parts of
Cairo we found ourselves surrounded
by. all sorts of vehicles and donkeys
bringing into town the rich mere hants.
and long files Of camels carrying loads
OF sugarcane. It was really a strange
scene and our automobile; seemed a per
RECT insult to it's picturesque beauty.
we: turned to the left to the Ghize6
road to the pyramids. :. 1T is an ex.
trees. 1t was built by Is1nail -Pasha in
honor Of the Empress Eugene, who
came. to inaugurate the Suez canal.
After an enchanting ride. of almost an
hour we reached the Nina house.
ION both sides, Of the street there
are seemingly endless level fields with
the most luxurious growth of alfalfa
Cor bersin). We speak at times of Min
nesota having a rich soil! What should
we W., say Of the Egyptian soil along the
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three or four crops a Year, This land
black and fiat without single eleva-
ton, is broken only by canals and d.
ylded into fields. by bitches. The.
shadoof is the primitive method of
irrigation and thousands of wears have
not changed it. The fellah or peasant
stands on the slope Of the bank and
d:lpplng the bucket into the water pours
1t INTO a slu1ceway above.
beyond these beautiful level fields
and these trees of sycamore and palm,
beyond the Nile on the desert edge, as
< enduring e. as the sky they pierced, stood
the imposing pyramids of Ghizeh.,
- The Humorous Arabs.
% At the Nina house were found the
donkeys, ready to take us thru tbe
sandy road to the sphinx. One is first
OF all curiously impressed to hear the
httle donkey boys speak English. They
nave named their animals with such
names an as Yankee Doodle, Rosaly or
~ Risky and Soda; and all along the
way 70 PharaohHs monument one can
hear these little imps shout, Get up.
Doodle or Get up, Whisky ana Soda }
The boys are eager to talk with tourists
and practice their English on them.
They have sense of humor which is
remarkable and they are a. constant
source Of amusement to all tourists.
"Other- Arabians also have a sense
of humor. ! was told by friend that
at Port Said there was small hotel
managed by well-to-do Arabian who.
instead OF numbering the rooms of his
hotel, thought better to name them and
SELECTED names from the old Testament:
SO that some time one might have heard
such as order as this: Whisky and
for Sarah. p =. = - >.
but the great fun for my friend
and me was when would let him talk
for while in their broken English and
then address them in Arabian or SPRING
on them a slangy. expression such as
our cut 1T out The look Of astonish-
ment and the entire change in their &C.
ton was SO striking and amusing that
l never grew tired Of repeating that
trick every time I had chance.
"'Too much has already been. said
about the pyramids and the sphinx to
be able to make a new allusion to their
imposing appearance and their histori-
cal associations. The same thing is
true Of every other monument saI saw
in Egypt. But if you were to see the
pyramids in the light of the smoon,s9as;
I did, you q understand what is meant
when one t1 says it beggars description. 4
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ceived. You. feel for moment trans
ported to another world. The old
Egypt flashes before you at once Won ron
find yourself treading the desert sand,
you look right and left, nothing. to dis,
turb your placid contemplate !. and