New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-07-14
STRANGE CUSTOMS.
E.rtrGcts from Diary Written IN
Morocco.
by Alice Lowther.


y strange ana no'1ld custom sun eNlSis III
80 H'' % ;" ''''V''S lIN' '''i'''H - f''
Pi'l"'t ''"Se III power An instance oI II oC
CURED to-day "hen three ragged women Ve'eu'
"F'y ana poverty stricken came staggering up
tle mn |" the h~eStaf WhlcA stahaS IL the ''iu-
die of our camp, half pushing, half carrying two
sheen bound and he,u,ess At the foot of our
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sticking knife into their Threats left them
there To die by slow inches No cries no wall
inc ,5,- b,,d1Iod ,o,,o,I,c. and ca, ,,,,j,rIoes
awaiting A'""S VIII. Inc interpreter inter
viewed them and discovered that they were The
wives Of a Moor whom the new lLaid had i'm
Pi'N'''' l'' ''' "S""' san nv '""'''''P "a
riches. This brgand plundered everything and
turned the women out to starve Hearing OF the
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our I-"IH the Su4tai. theN cam" I" oHtr Sa'flilce
that he might have pity on them. Alas. nothing
can ho l,,, ,b t-ot1 80, all ,,,.,-r,,I. o,..,, ~,
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''"'''''' ~ - ''''' ' -'H " ""''' ~ '
strung "r our road. q siCkenng sight. Strange 20
saw the sacrificed animal cannot be used for
food H. tho ,,,i.i,,,are I,, our cec,~,- ,,r,Gt
800 - " 49, " wa" 80 i'
and traE OH the cafcaSeS with happy ErlnS.
As I passed the Vizfer for Wars house n
er~,.o woman ,,-,s lr,,cod ONT 49,. NV. va.
"i'H7 ''' "d''""' S'''9 S"'e' 10y H'' "I'"S'
gCioUs ara evidently suffering, I questioned
those. vim, , md ,,,,- .-i5 .t. t, ,,,t lot,
' "' '''. S'''' ''.' S''' ,,'' ''''
'"''' an Gay anu ''"t S!'' was a|IhE. mere Is
Of course. no hospital there. only q sort of refuge
for l.aGT1cu who arc ,boinod ia Tho ,,orls ,,car
Two ,,r-,. ,- $780,, -, -. -....,.
''i'V' anu '''''' '"'s S'''e'i''''S
carry IN" diving. though. as rule, they are
left To die I'm the streets / babe my escort
carr, her WONDERING, - sha ,,ouId 1--we IN rssch
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va wv -'' ~ ms "'' '''''e' 'ou
the English doctor Of II, and hc confessed that
nothing could be done But to my relief she
;.t,ro~al earI,- Tho now ,,,r,irr f,u 90 ,,~,,t
@, -,
~ ''"' '''i ''''' N''"'"'" %" '"' "'a' ny Il
laden mule and would have been there yet. I
SUPPOSE had | not ordered NV soldiers ia TAX,
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'' ''''' my
yesterday went 70 wedding. Ana Yet |
cannot call II a wedding for there is no weddin,
I'm Morocco unless tho fpiorsernon, NJ tho mar
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''"N~ '''''''"'''9 "f " H'''iA "' 'd"tu so.
That fprmallty occurs several days before the
bride sees the bridcgro9r,l--o. tho man saas ,ho
woman r,o,. Ina 500. hr g., 81 O.. -,
~ ''' '''' "'S' '''le
seated on Jhc ped "i state IN his room, in his
house. painted and hcuna-staincd deckcd with
eilLs and iev.cIs-bie viz. ~. I,,,, Oh, ~
may
p' '''e 'Ai''S't' creature te ISht "f the eyes.
moonbeam and flower petal her relations have
described her TO be or she NAV h. exceed .ngl,,
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