Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-10-23

covers nearly an acre Right under tn.
temple platform are enormous cavern.
known as Soiomnn's stables. and near
there is space honeycombed with vas
tanks which will hold millions of gallons
of water.
But let us go down from the tower and
take walk through the crowd. We are
AT the Jana gate. which leads to the
railroad station. d half mile from the
walls II is also at the end of the roads
TO betnlehem. Hebron and Jaffa. and is
the main business gate of the city 1t
* always thronged. and the people who
20 i'm and cut come from all parts Of the
world. They of all colors: blacks
browns, EeilOvS and whites. ard they
number a dozen different nationaIities
from the nearby parts of Asia EuruDe
and Africa. Here comes a donkey led bV
fat Turk in yellow gown and red tur-
ban. He is barefooted and the beast is
Loaded with wood which he is bringing
into the city for sale The wood is the
roots of olive trees and his donkey load is
worth ~ cents. He is stopped by the
customs officer. and pays tax of =;
cents at the gate. Behind him comes a
porter with a bag half as big as hogs
head fastened to the small of his back.
Inside the bag is a basket filled with the
fiat cakes which form the bread of the
city.
Now turn TO the right and look a that
Syrian Bedouin who is riding a gray Ara
blan pony He sits as straight as a tel
egraph pole and looks with fierce ewes
al our party. He has a gun on his back
and his head is covered with great vel
low handkerchief bound round with
strands Of hair rope as thick as your
wrist. Behind him come three cameIs
laden with the oranges of Jaffa Each
beast has CARLOAD Of the great yellow
pals in the two crates which hang over
ms back, and he grumbles and whines as
his barefooted driver drags him along
by a string tied TO his nose.
AS we look we see the figures of the
Old and New Testaments crowding
around us. There are peasants who
might have been among the disciples.
and gray-bearded men who would pass
Tor Abraham. Isaac and Jacob. We see
boys with coats of many colors which
remind us of Joseph. and shepherds driy-
ing sheep into market who probably
came from the very plains near Bethle-
hem where similar shepherds were
watching their f1ocks when the star first
appeared.
Let us take a seat with those Svrians
IN the porch of that coffee house outside
he gate and make further sketches of
nose who go in. Here come two figures
lreSsed all IN white They look like
middle. o.. better like the ghosts of n ,
meet and pillow case party. They are
hohammedan women. 1t is against their
eh1on for them to go out unveiled and
hey have wrapped their bodies in sheets.
he folds of which they hold close to- Z
'ether over their faces, leaving only a =
rack by which to pick their way through +
he crowd :
Behind them is a girl with bare face ,
The wears round cap. which extends a r
DOT above her rosy brown forehead Her
own is gray chemise, which falls I
Iimost to her feet, and has wide I
Of ,IE.1,s u
hat is a Bethlehem maiden, and the f
haWl she wears was probably made by +
er own hands for her wedding Such i
hawls are much priced by tourists, and h
ne best OF them bring so apiece in the v
torres. .
But here are some women in long c
oats and high boots. They have calico n
owns under their coats, which reach half