Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-05-25

floor were number uf heads still I'M
skinned They had just come from
the butchers, and the blood from them
ran into the street MY dragoman told
me that tho cooked heads were delic-
ious he begged me to step In and Try
one, saying that we could get whole
head for l. cents
Many Of the cooked heads are sold
to be carried home, ana / find that
sheep head is frequently ON the bills OF
fare AT the hotels. After what ! saw
today / shall eat them no more. This
cook shop reminds me Of dog-and-
rat restaurant of Canton In south
China, and Of q horse meat restaurant
which I visited Ia Berlin Both of
them were clearly in comparison with
this
IN THE PALACE OF THE BEY
l have spent some time this after
noon IN tho palace Of the heN. II rs
now the headquarters Of the French
army officers but FOR n long time 1t
was the residence of the Turkish ruiz
crs of Constantine. From the outside
II looks Ike am ordinary tWo-story
building. but it's interior Is WONDER
fully decorated and rich in marbles,
mosuics aud carvings rho palace con-
sists of an acre or SO Of buildings. with
galleries above and bclnW running
around beautiful gardens The walls
of the galleries are of porcelain tiles
and their roOfs are upheld 10y marble
pillars, beautifully cut.
The ola hey who built the palace Is
said to have gotten much of the ma
teral from Carthage. The pOrcclaips
came from Genoa. aud the carvings
from the houses Of the wealthy resi-
dents of Constantine. If a man was
noted as having au especially liue door
or window the hey ordered him to
send II to his new palace. and il there
was any furniture that ho especially
desired he got II in the same way.
ono " tho oldest features nc the
arcadcs looking out upon the gardens
is a series II paintings OF Mohan-
man cities, These are spread upon
the walls without regard 10 harmony
ar art The colors fairly swear at
each other, and the drawing is faulty
and the perspective everywhere lack
ing. As IL is contrary to the Koran
to make pictures of men. there is no
sign of human life In the paintings.
This work was done by a French shoe
maker who was in prison in ConStan
tine when the palace was building,
The hey said he wanted some pic
lures on the walls, and that the dog
of a Christian" might do the work, The
shoemaker objected, saying he was not
painter, hut the bey's officials re-
piled:
Every Frenchmap is an artist. and
YOU must paint. If YOU DO not. you
will be logged with % lashes for ev-
cry day you are idle"
The result was series of remark
able representations OF Algiers, Cairo.
Jerusalem and Constantiuople. When
the hey saw them ne was delighted,
He paid the man we'll and sent him
back to Paris loaded with presents.
,tntJANtNtu,rA 1--WE
1t was this same hey, El Hadi All
med, who punished one of his wives
for pluclng the forbidden fruit of the
palace garden. 1t was his custom to
sit every afternoon in q. little kiosque
In the center Of court which was
filled with fruit trees and flowers. Here
the bands played, and here betimes the
women of his hnrem walked up and
down and paraded themselves while
his highness looked on. He had four
wives and 800 concublnes, and they