Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-07

nose The eyeMs OF most OF the women
are hlackened with kohl; they have thick
niack eyelashes, and one often imagines
hem beautiful until the wind blows away a
ven ana you md out the contrary.
The New Cairo.
In striking contrast with Ervptian Cairo
is the new European section which has
grown up on its edge. That part ~ tho
city is iaaving a boom: and lots which sold
for $40 square yard two years ago ara
now bringing $40 There are instances whore
ground Is selling for eighteen times as much
as II did in 1905 Property is going M ali
over this section, and an enormous amount
rising that the poorer Europeans are moving
OUT into the suburbs. and this city promises
TO have suburban development lust as yvo
nave about our American towns
European Cairo is a city OF wide str,o,s
paved with asphalt 1t is city OF electra
nshts and sanitary improvements II has
me residences, surrounded by gardens filled
win tropical plants and trees; and It's bet
ger stores carry goods which would sell
readily in Paris or New York Ona can buy
tinost anything from anywhere IN the
worId at these stores. This is especially so
OF such wares as are In demand by The tour
lists and the rich dornothing class The ned
dler OF antiquities and fine china. Of ioweIry
ana or oriental rugs is also here, in an hisl
business. 's
Cairo has many doctors and dentists Ths
doctors charge S. a visit whether yn, see
t mem at their offices or at your hotel.
t Inc uen'ists are mostly Americans and
they are not here for their health. The
town is one of newspapers libraries and
Clups' II mas It's daily journals. in which
2ou can read the kilograms In French,
English apd Arabic; and It has It's loud.
mouthed newsboys, who cry the papers on
the streets. My shoes are BACKED every
morning by a boy wearing a turban. and
MS charge is two cents a shine
cairo has n good oil
Ter delivery several times a day and II ha,
hundreds Of policemen, both on foot ann
On horseback. A policeman stands in the
center or every street crossing To see thai
all carriages go to the left instead of thu
rlght: and there are enough police in every
section to make life and property safe.
Cairo's Big Hotels.
cairo Is one OF the winter resorts OF the
world. 1t Is thronged during the season
with Europeans and Americans There ara
'housanos or our rich citizens here every
year, and they leave millions of dollars In
Egypt Thirty thousand tourists visited
the valley of the Nile last winter. and II
y, .,o SAFE ann to say that they left upwards OF
The hotels Of Cairo increase in size and
NUMBER every year. They are run by syndi-
cates with large capital and they pay big
EhoWh everywhere. has 400 beds The
savoy has 40. The Hotel Continental 400
the Ghezireh Palace can accommodates 400
guests at one time, and the Mena HoteI
right under the Pyramids. has $50 rooms
All these hotels have modern improvements
ana they charge you roundly for them Ar
Snepheards pay IS a day for a double
beoded room for myself and son, and in ad-
dition there is a charge OF 10 cents a dav
Tor electric lights. II have my break,
fast IN my room that Is an extra and IF I
am not In the dining room, at just the mo-
ment when dinner begins, I find the doors
closed, and have to go to the grill room
and pay extra for whatever order, Four
or 1ve dollars per person per day for room
and board is the usual price at the first
class Egyptian hotels. and this is so at
Alexandria and all up and down the Nils
valley. The prices are somewhat less dur
ing the summer and fall; but at such time,
many of the hotels are closed. the most
or them running only during December.
January, February and March
Many people come here to spend the win
ter, and many find 1t so cold that thew
nave to leave. 1t seems to me that the
advantages of Cairo as a health resort have
peen greatly overrated. For the last year
or so the city has had an epidemio 81
dengue or breakbone fever during the win
Ter and there Is scarcely a man, woman Or
child who has escaped. The climate In
better Farther up the Nile valley
FRANK G. CARPENTER.