Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-19

and it's blue and white houses remind me
of lot of gigantic store boxes 1umbled TO-
gether in all sorts OF shapes. Inc hlShesl
mart Is the citadel, where the governor llVes.
There he holds court ana there Is nus ~ ~
on. where scores of half naked miserable
beings are shut up, with CHAINS AROUND
their legs. At night they sleep on the
stones all tied together by one chaln "nlcn
binds the necks OF the "hoie -, s,,i, ard
crowd. They do their own cooking ana
their friends must furnish the 1000 or they
starve en- short rations OF dry preao ana
water. There is no habeas corpus act mere
and il is not hard for man OF influence 10
get a poorer brother in jail.
Tangier From the Citadel.
Let US stand together near the governor
palace and take look over the city. what
q strange town is this within almost riile
shot of Europe, here at the beginning OF
the twentieth century. The roofs are nat
and there is not chimney in sight. There
are no smokestacks and no smoke. There
are sixty thousand people living IN Tn II
tumble OF houses below us, and they eat
al least three meals day. Their cooking
is done upon fires of charcoal made IN clay
basins half the size of a wash bowl with
a hole at the side for the draft Some of
the larger establishments have little brick
ovens built into the walls of their kitchens,
but tie cooking there is done the same way
The land about here is useless and the fuel
=
broom handle costing dollar, charcoal is
prOpOrtiOnately high.
About all the washing is done in cold wa
ter We can see the clothes drying on the
yards and the laundresses often dry their
clothes near the streams, outside the city,
whore they wash, pounding the garments on
the stones.
The Water Works Of the Moors.
There is scarcity Of water in almost
every Moroccan city. rangier has no
water works and il is short on sewers and
other modern Improvements. The streets
are sprinkcd by men who go through them
with goatskin bags on their backs, bend
ing half double they scatter the drops
here and there. Each bag holds about
ten gallons and the sprinkling water comes
from the sea. Othcr carriers go from house
to house, with fresh water, which they
bring from the welisbchmh hmh mhmhmhh
side the city. They ring bells they go;
and have little brass cups in which they
will give you all you can drink for less
than a cent | should, however, as soon
think Of drinking a cup of pure typhoid
bacteria of tasting such water. although
l stopped OF these ragged old water
beggars today and bought a cup while my
guide. Mohammed, snapped my camera.
Such men receive about four cents per
sknfull. and they aid in supplying the
household.
Much Of the cooking and washing water is
brought into the city in little f1ve-gallon
kegs two or three OF which are slung on
each side of donkey the peddler sitting
top walking behind. / venture that
there 800 men who tote water in one
way or another in this town of Tangier.
The Drays Of Tangier.
and why do they not have water
wagons | hear some one ask.
Open the eyes OF your Imagination and
see. These streets narrow that a
hand cart could not be pushed through
them. In some I can stand in the center
and touch both walls with my hands. There
is not wheeled vehicle inside this whole
town, and for that matter, there are not