Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-03-09

But let me describe The Tlcmcen oil
| today n live dog is better than O
dead Hon and the Algeria OF the pres
| ont Is more Interesting than that oil
the dead centuries pf tho past I Ike
1 the swing and no of this French col
ony, the Jslunty air OF The soldiers as
| they strait about in their fat. red pant
! ;lloons and short Jackets. and lhclr tall
! caps OF blood red; the stately walk oi
| The Arabs as they go on sippered feet
| through the streets, and above all tho
long gowns and tall hats OF some OF
the native gentlemen OF Tlemcen- We
think s. much to pay for derby and
81 a big price for a black silk tile. but
THESE Tlemo@p natives pay quite as
much FOR straw hats. Their hats are,
however gorgeous beyond description,
and they stand from IL to Is inches
above the crown OF the head. They
are made OF straw as timely woven as
q Panama and ~ several different coll
lors. The brirns are covered with silk
embroidery, and they extend for six
inches out all around the hat. These
hats are large enough to be worn over
turbans. so big that was able to
l,ut one over my coTlS helmet. while
rny photograph was taken With my
guide Mustapha standing beside me.
MANY HOUSE INDUSTRIES.
one OF the industries OF. Tieincen Is
making such hats. The town Is quite
4 manufacturing center. The natives
I mean the Betbers and Moofs--seem
10 be all engag I'd in house Industries OF
ono Kind or other ] went through
street after streer lined with little
shops, lighted only by the doors at the
Irort. containing inen and boys weav-
ing clothes embroidertng caps for wo-
meH and hats for men. sewing on slip
pers and shoes and working at the
various other trades of the country.
tn tan Inc, 10 4 ay,SSt.
wool upon rude hand looms. In the
dirtlest Of shops the most beautiful OF
white burnooses are made. and little
round caps covered with velvet and
embroidered with gold and sllvcr are
turned out in places no better than
dog kennels
The whole Of the native quarter is
a mixture OF the gorgeous and the
Squalid. A man will wear an sS hat
and at the same time have bare feet
and legs bare half way to the knee
and dirty white gown, A woman
VIII 20 along wrapped in white fam |
mel blanket much the worse for wear |
snd on her head will be one Of these
gold embroidered caps, just about as
big around and OF the same shape as a
tin funnel such 81 is used In our lsitch- |
ems The cap win be hidden by the /
blanket and she win keep II so tight !
about her face THAI only a hole the l
otN' WI 81 pNSlet~S Cdn NC seen.
Through this hole peeps a liquid
black eye. AMI 1t ~ only when she
stuInbles or when the amorous wind
tears open her garments that YOU see
any other part az her person Even
little girls are often SO draped, al
though some show their faces.
! wish ] could tell you American
girls just how your weil-to-do sisters
Of this side Of the world are clothed
IL YOU saw 4 party OF them ON the
street you would think they had pick
ed up their bed blankets and started
out for great masquerade. II YOU
were a man You could not possibly get
near enough TO examine them. but
one or my lady friends has told me
Ilist how they are dressed Under
hose blankets they have bagsy trOus-
RS which come about half way 10 the
ankle, and above these, Jackets OF
embroidery with one or two vests
lnder them, They wear sashes about