The sun., 1908-04-19

HNNHANs bAASNA " ~ AiRAN OANNANA
than any other Eastern city. was mos
amused TO see barber shaving his mar
on the curb Of the street.
MoHAMMEDAN MARRIAGE.
But II isn't good TO see the women going
around with only their eyes showing. and
believe they never show any intention
10 get away from that kind Of slavery, We
had a dragoman that told me he would
be married In six months, and he had only
seen his future wife once.
Il asked him when he would call on her
again, and he said he couldn't zee her any
more until after they were married. That's
not American fashion. When asked him
what he would do afterWa ard II she took
on that veil with the slit for the eyes he
said, Get divorce at once,
Il Judge their marriage customs are
strange too, We went 10 one Mohammedan
wedding. The whole street where the
house was located was covered over With
gaudy tent cloth and looked like circus,
and there was q big spread in the court
yard Of the house, which was we'll lighted
up. | didn't get inside the house, but
had to stay In the courtyard drinking coffee
and smoking and talking 10 the men and
watching the dancing girls dancing the
oouchi dance.
My niece went inside and saw the cere-
mony that no man saw, not even the bride-
groom. A reception of ladies was held.
and Turkish princess was present II
wasn't the beauty Of the bride that kept
the men out, for she was like a mulatto.
However, its the custom Of the country for
the men to stay outside, and there you
are
THE PULL OF THE BRIDE.
when the reception was on girls played
on guitars and tambourines and danced,
and then there was procession TO another
room, where a cloth was laid on the floor
and everybody placed money on II for the
bride. 1t came TO a few pounds. Then
they went 10 another room, where another
cloth was put down and money was thrown
on to this to pay the musicians and dance
girls. The bride gets the pull by putting
down her cloth first.
When the procession was on II pro-
greesed between two lines Of old ladies who
held lights, as did all the lady visitors, and
the old ladies made a kind Of drumming
noise with their mouths, and n was mar
vellous how they could use their tongues
and voices. Well, when II vas all over we
came out and went down the street The
whole block was illuminated for the occa-
sion.
BRING THE PHIL& TEAPLE TO NEW YORK,
'On our trip we went up to the Second
Cataract, to Wady Halfa. about 1900 miles
up. Assuan liked better than any other
part Of the Nile. The Assuan Dam Is a
piece Of work, but am sorry
to say II will drown the fine old ruined
temple Of Phil@.
4 say right here that that ruin should be
taken away and located somewhere else.
II would be a wonderful thing II II could be
taken to America and placed in prominent
part Of Central Park. The whole thing
will be covered by the waters when the new
lam is built. and then II viii be lost, with
al it's wonderful carved work.
Il think II would be fine thing il rich
Ind poor Americans just put in their money,
md the Government helped, which be-
ieve IL would do. There is a chance here
hat will never occur again once the new
lam is raised. in about three years.
Each block could be numbered before be-
ng taken down and the great temple could
sasily be erected again when the stones are
TO the States, Iam sure there
g not society in the city OF New York
hat would not contribute toward the trans
Of those grand old ruins, which
will be buried from sight forever.
The great Sphinx is getting covered up
100. Nobody can tell It's age. II might be
700 years old and it might be 10000.
Anyway there is no telling how old the
,arth itself is. It might be million years,
md 1t might he ten times that,
Il am sure myself from my investigation
.hat that whole land OF Egypt vas At one
line a mass Of fire. Thiswas proved to me
BY some Of the mountains saw. took
nome some OF the stone, and II is just like
/ clinker out Of furnace. Then again
'ound shells on the mountain tops, and
hat makes me conclude that at one time
he sea covered the whole place.
THE PYRAMIDS 0RHAT WORKS.
THE pyramids, can tell you, are great
works. The way they were built! The king
ellows who we're in power in those days
Eot together their thousands Of slaves
O do the work, and those slaves we're fed
N onions and other vegetables, which the
,ings took as taxes from the people who
aised them. They had TO supply 30 much
God for the people who were building.
There may have been 10000 men and
here may have been 100000 pulling on
he ropes and sliding up the huge
Jocks Of stone that the pyramids are /
,ulh with. II was the greatest work
he world ever saw. But say that the |
,yramids are useless, and 1t would have
zen better n the kings had built an ASsuan
lam that would do some good.
The temple Of Phile liked better;
nd 40 say, hope it will 70 TO America.
{ would be the very finest thing that ever
rent there. The carving on II l cannot
,elp thinking about, IL is 90 beautiful, and
/ will be q great pity and disaster II II 10
.llowed 10 be covered up entirely.
The roMBs or THE KNot.
sOne Of the most interesting places Is
he Tombs Of the Kings, Thebes. opposite
IuIor. We left In the morning on donkeys,
md after a most glorious ride through the
cultivated country we came to
he Sandstone Mountains, and rode through |
he valley. Mr.. Davis, an American. has