News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1911-05-03
LETTER FROM ALGlERS
A Vermonter Writes interestingly Concerning
a Visit to that City


The ocean steamer, with labored heart
throbs, crept slowly around The break
water like weary hound and dropped
to rest in the quiet of the bay; her nose
pointed toward the shore to which all
eyes turned questionly.
Up from the waters edge like vast
amphitheatre rises the dazzling white
city; the roofs of countless villas CLEAN.
ing red amidst the luxurious greens OF
tropical growth that clothe the hillside
and crown the heights three miles above.
How good is the transition to stable
earth How restiul the unwavering
mountains! How pleasant the noisy
friction of active life!
To one who mas received his first i'm
pressions of the Old World at Gibraltar,
the foreign life of Algiers is not quite so
striking. Bells and beggars are the first
objects forced on ones attention. the
bells jangling from the harness of every
horse on the street, and the beggars so
numerous and persistent in their demands
for sous as to make locomotion almost
impossible.
Every nationality conceivable may be
found in a single public square, and the
sharp contrasts in types and dress throw
each into bold relief. The stylish French
woman wearing skirt barely three feet
in circumference, picks, or rather waddles,
her way daintily past her Arab sister
whose voluminous trousers-if she be a
lady of qualitv-require twenty-three
metres, or about twenty-five yards to
fashion.
,, VII tiiese ilystGi ious Alap women :
now fascinating tney are Is 1t because
tnep snu' 0iie OUT ~ tnelt lives 50 con-
Pletely Dl i often at zen years olaee
Ihey aiS GU women III lheii lWehtles'
~ Is saiu an Alao woman ias never p 1ci.
SHOWN ~ llve pasl siAly years. nc
men, Oh 'ne contrary are, as CLASS, me
lookiiiS' eve,i When clotheu IN rags. neir
* ,eiisioi lol pius lne use Vi lhtoHlcatinS
liquors, anu 'neil hinsi races anu sehtie
peaililR coinPeis Wonuel at tHeii super
ioi -, Liehtai a'Ii'uue 'oWaiu 'ne Woiiien
VI eLeii laee :,
Etieuetle lCi piuS an al az ~ sPeah Vi
the women OF MS housenolu TO another
man, even his own plotHel' ana WLiiG
tlis custom plecluoes GOSSIP INC iact sun
remains tHaI any aay MS kous-kouS Is
noI p!ePaIeu 10 MS llhlhS' Den Ilallln
may give ratliia Dlack eye at MS pleas
ure ana no one VIII ever DC the wiser:
why should a woman expect consioGr'
ATE treatment rom her nus0ana alter ne
mas talo Soou price iol her len TO
one sue IS not nan so caPaple as was rep
resented Dy heI latner Wileh they were
hagSiihg over the price, ana II certainty
must De very eNasperatlhS TO a man TO
discover he mas peen peaten III business
deal
II is saia the frophet was SO jealous
OF one OF MS beautiful wives, ne compel
leo her TO ADOPT the ven, ana IN conse-
quehce generations OF women 1olloWlng
alter must pay the penalty OF one man
seiIsh jealousy.
Here are East Indians, educated, re1ln-
ea' speaking the Engfsh language better
imam any other 1oreIgh race. lheir stores
OF JeWelry anu orlehtal ellDrolderles are
the nrst TO attract American dollars.
All trauespeople accept American money,
put Wheh you ask one OF then 10 chahge
Frerch francs INTO good ola Uncle sam $
greenDackS, ne VIII most pohtely refer
you 10 the banks where YOU must pay
lour ceiits eAcllailRe lor each dollar recelV-
ed. 80 much tor belonging to nation
WHOSE currency is sound
:, II he Jew or the western World is so
c y IL from MS AMERICAN cousin one
lais TO recognize MIN: lie IS lacking the
prominent nose ana IN manner ana gen
erai appearance Is superior type. 1t IS
neeulesS 10 say he is wealthy
Ia oiueh times the Jew was opilged TO
wait at puoilc FOUNTAIN sometimes
haii-hour uhtll every "ther man mad nil
ca ms water JAR ana should he meet an
Arap at any Tune, ne must remove his
SHOES ana carry llaenl III MS mana While
passing IN So the French gave MIN
the rlSht OF citlzehshlp, ana to-day he is
prospectus ana contented'
Ohe may meet upon the street tamiliar
blDie characters; grlzzled hgures' bare
legged clothed IN the lheVitaole purnous
mace Oh d SutliiV sack. drlVing anywhere
rom one 10 hVe heaVliy laden donkeys;
AN american contractor would marVei
at the WORK accomplished by these Arabs
ana the!r patient l'ttle beasts All eAca-
waiting ior ouiidlhg is done by them A
donkey ioad OF earth or rock Is about
two bushel baskets fuil, and oftentlmes
this is earned to dump pile block
away,
An AraD ually wage IS ABOUT lorty
cents and ne must board hlmseh. AS his
board consists OF one loat OF hard sour
bread 6lV he nPTceutHOP ut his W