Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-01-19

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faces Some such belong TO the Moor
ish cavalry. as may be seen by the
rups and their knees are high upon
the saddle.
MOORISH STREET SCENE.
But turn now and look at the peo-
pie as they pass by. Notice these So
Der faced Mohammedans dressed all
in white, their faces of all complex
ions shining out of their hoods They
are all bearded, and the elder ones
have long gray whiskers which hang
down on the chest. Many wear tur-
bans, and the bare feet OF all are
clad in bright yellow slippers OBJ
serve how friendly they are with each
other. Those two old men ON the
corner have been gossiping for more
than an hour. A little later these
streets will be hordered with groups
of me lifting on the ground or upon
low stools. leaning back against the
walls as they chat together. They
spend great deal of time in the tea
houses and are fond of entertaining
each other. This is Mohammedan
land. and no one ever introduces his
wife or daughter to his friend, The
two sexes are kept wide apart. and
this throws the men more together
and makes friendship among them
more common feature than in our part
of the world.
NEGROES. JEWS AND OTHERS.
In addition to the Moors dressed In
white there are other odd characters
which we meet at every step. There
are rough fellows in gowns and hoods
| OF dark gray or brown. fierce look
mountaineers with brown faces and
negro slaves as black as a stove. There
are many mulattoes. There are men
from the desert and beyond, travellers
from Fec and other Moroccan towns
and laborers. some of whom are al
most in rags.
one queer genius is a beggar who
claims to have been in America. He
makes weird music with cymbals.
dancing and singing and blubbering
at the mouth as he does so. When
| saw him today he said: Master,
you American. l been in America.
been in Shecaago Buffalo, Cleveland,
st. Louis. Umha, Philadelpheeya,
Wasintone. ! Soudan man with Bar
mum circus. travel all over. You
American. suppose you give money"
The word Wasintone caught me and
handed him q few coppers He then
danced away numbering and 1ingling
his cymbals.
THE WOMEN OF THE MooRS.
Among the strangest sights here
are the women. One does not see
much OF them. Except an eye or so.
but they look out nevertheless. If
one of you American girls will take a
well-worn blanket of thin white flan-
mel and drape II about your body.
over your clothes, so that II hides the
whole of your person. wrapping a
fold or so about the head and leaving
only crack for one eye, or perhaps
both, YOU viii have fair representa-
ton of the common Moorish girl as
she along the Tho
bare skin one can see is the little sec
ton about the eyes; at least, not until
the lady gets by. She shows more at
the rear than the front, ana often
more leg than the American girl
shows when clad in her stockings. The
bare heels Of these maidens can always
be seen. rising and falling. In their
red slippers, rs, bent half double, they
hasten along. The women here do
not loiter and chat on the streets, and
though they often visit their friends
they spend but little time at the doors
while greeting each other. and there
are no front gates for them to hang
over while they discuss the servant
question or retail the last scandal.
some OF the lower class females go
about with bare faces. and an old wo-
man may, now and then drop tho coy
ering which hides her features. The
| young and the pretty are always kept
hidden. ana | notice that many have
| a cotton or some other cloth wrapped
| tightly about the lower part of the
race in addition TO the outside COW
erlng' which they hold tight as they
| go,
THEY LIKE GOOD CLOTHES.
am told that the Moorish girls are
fond OF fine clothes, and that these
Ehostly wrappings often hide costly
garments They wear n kaftan, a sort
OF waist and skirt which reaches 70
the feet. and over this a garment
or nne goods, through which tho
bright Rattan shows They have belts
OF leather or sashes of gold thread.
They sometimes have handkerchiefs
about their heads, held up by card
board. They are fond OF jewelrv and
load themselves down with earrings.
bracelets and anklets. They paint
me eyebrows, lips and cheeks but
| DO not tattoo.
SLAVERY STILL COMMON.
AS far as | can learn, the Moorish
ihules nave an easy time. They near
| ~ All have slaves and this is espsciaIlv
80 of those outside Thngier. There are
also slaves here. but the chief markets
| LOT lhem are In the cities of the south.
TINS place being too near Europe 10
permit their being publicly exposed and
SOLO. MOST or the slaves come from the
soudan, ana the greater part are fe-
males Coal black negresses are I'm
great demand, and they will bring from
$40 TO 1000, according 10 age and beau
", one Of the dragomen about the
hotel here tells me he bought an eley-
en-year-old girl last week for about $50
and he added that she pleased him SO
wei that he would not take $3.50 for
his bargain. Such slaves become
part OF the family and their children
are considered legitimate.
HOW THE MooRs MARRY.
IL IL difficult 10 learn much about
the customs OF courtship and marriage
In land where the woman subject il