Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-03-23

neither chairs nor tables. The mem
hers OF the family we're sitting around n
pile ol figs which they were sorting
as we entered. They sit on the floor
and cat squattlng about the single bowl
which usually contains the main dish
OF each meal They eat with wooden
spoons. using q common Knife They
eat most things with their fingers aud
often break up bread and soak IL In the
soup or Stew They have meat about
once week, hut their chief diet com
ststs cf fruit and of bread made of
wheat or other grains. They
gl-lnd their meal themselves, some
times in the family mill and some
times In one belonging TO the village
III common,
In a little home like this the winter
supplies Of the family are stored, One
Of the yeeeptacles noticed was a
stone lar for ags, with a hole in the
hotton to allow the juice TO run out:
another was Il larger vessel Of the
same material for wheat or corn. The
lattcr would hold perhaps 90 bushels.
There was also q large clay jar for the
olive OIL which is made on the little
home farm and pressed out by the
family.
asked where the cooking Was done.
and In reply The woman pointed to a
hole in the floor in one corner of the
hut. The fioor Is the bare rock. so
that there is no danger of fire,
TEIE SHEEP AND DONKEYS SLEEP
WITH THE PEOPLE.
Az ] looked about me / heard a
sheep beating It was apparently
right under my feet. and turning
around | saw a lOng-eared ram and a
nanny goat looking at me from under
the shelf at the back OF the hut This
shelf was the chief sleeping place OF
The family and the space below it
served as a stable. There were some
chickens In the sarre place. and at
night the aonieys and other animals
belonging 10 the family are brought in
and all sleep together. These Kabyle
sheep are tame. and they follow their
masters from place TO place like dogs
The people have many sheep which
they pasture ON the mountains in one
common flock watched by shepherd.
The sheep and goats are brought into
town every night AS soon as they en-
ter the village each runs for Its own
homo and remains ther until morn
ing.
THE PRETTY BERBER GIRLS
Some of these lsabyle women are
f1Re-lookiny. The Wife Of my host
was about 90. and she would have
been considered pretty in any crowd of
american mafdens. Her cheeks We're
rosy and her features as Regular as
those of the Venus de Medlcl. She
wore u dress of bright red calico which
came almost TO her feet. buI still
showed the heavy silver rings about
her bare ankles. She had heavy ear
rings and hareelets. Around her neck
WIS a chain to which many ornaments
We're hung, and her breast was cover
ed With great pins of white metal set
with brighi-Colored stones. / venture
tl1t esb b h.H at ttar. a r,f
jcwclrS upon her Her eyelids were
biackened to add 10 her beauty. anC
She was also tatoped ON the cheeks
and on the forehead and chin.
Nearly all the Kabyle women have
seen are tatooA I, and even the pOorest
wear more or less jewelry Outside
this, many are ragged, and those who
go through the streets have their
skirts SO pulled up that they show a
large cxpause OF bare calf see
them doing all sorts OF hard labor
They carry water from the village
we'll In clay Jars. they gather the
wood needed for cooking and not
few labor out in the fields. Indeed
their situation makes one think of the
vaudeville song:
"Oh, the women do the work, do the
While the men lie around the house,
or of that other sweet and we'll known
iitty;
Everybody works hut father"
THRIFTY. BUT LAZY.
The kabyle men are a strange COM
linatlon of ;hriftiness and la2lness. j
saw many Of them loafing about the
streets, while the women passed by
loaded with all sorts OF burdens. While
at home they let their wives do as
much as shey will. but at the same
time they will hire out 10 the French
farmers of the Tell to aid in planting
and harvesting the crop. AT such
times they save almost the whole OF
It. They arc acCurulatlve. and many
n them amass small fortunes Of Il few
hundred dollars or so.
VILLAGE REPUBLICS.
Indeed, these people have many
Qualities which distinguish them from
the Arabs and Moors. by whom they
ale surrounded Their white blood
tN hair far india.