New-York tribune., 1911-10-01
DULL LIFE IN AGAD|R
Moroccan Town May Be LAST 70
Hear Its Own Fate.

Time hangs heavily on ones hands ID
Agadir. Tie place itself has singular7
few attractions II IS very dirty. File
and feas abound everywhere and ever
kind OF unpleasant smell. and, worst ot all
there is 10 water.
AT Fonte there is a sprins. In the SIX
teenth century the Portuguese who .1r
short while held Agadir. built a small for
10 protect the water. but nowadays y
brackish. The women wash the clothes
il. children paddle and battle In it, and
anything and everything Is thrown into y
Moreover. Fonte IL some six hundred ts't
below Agadir. and a rocky. preciptoh
trail is the only means OF COMMUNICATIVE
between the two.
The pleasantest part Of Agsd-r Is N
walls. They are broad enough 10 Esh
upon. and al certain points widen nio are
open spaces. The view IS magnificent t'
Atlantic ocean stretching rar away inio
hazv distance the coast line edged iD
miles with golden sand. the River Is
winding through its fertile valley PAS
Exheems and Oar Hasa1i t.. it hnos M
sea. and the Atlas Mountains reacM''
toward the heart Of Africa.
Here one meets the gossips OF ne toNn-
a Frenchman waiting 90 travel mani
chafing al the DELAY and ridicIlne u6
imaginary dangers. but still oDAsso
wait 4 German. who. on the 0tliei LAW
shows a welsfsigned surprise thar any o.'
should wish 70 venture beyond the A"1N
protection OF the Khahta. Jew OF ~
who will tell you how the price 81 anu
Acadir has increased TWO hundredloo 90
value.
They act as Intermediates IN tnsse '"-
transactions. for good Moor VIII no' w.
directly TO a Christian. but. tnoAeA =
doubt they insist on biz commissions '''''
run some risk.
The Berber language is common! A','
as shilhah. but is more correctly
Tamazight. which means "the tong"
the free" II is in this language tna' ~.
Han1rno wrote. or. rather. sans, nis y"
poems Not only In Language Dui ," !,
customs and philosophy the beI0s,s
Sus differ very much from the irue 'o
and very notably In their aTu'Iue
woman. which has grown out oI 'ue -.
cient Berber belief In q female creator
translator OF Sid Hammo. verses
in his preface: In
III the tongue OF the Beroei' t'e
the most potent generati'e l'i's /.
istence-is a woman. Ayor. ine uDV
her child. and mankind are ,ne Saw
the universal mother This belief nhu' y.
preston in various forms, notaoF m
the respect amounting often 20 ''sO
fear. in which woman is held.
she rarely occupies IN Arab socie''' ~.
Every married woman becomes ID -
Shilhah vernacular tamghart ihe '.''''g s.sg
form OF amghar shelki L"e "a,
being the person OF highest conSlp'' 80.
In the clan. and the Official repres''
OF kinglv rule the inference is oo' N- ~ .-.,,
The Khalifa. having had Instructions -
Kaid Ghilloun 10 entertain me 'ei'O7
food four times day In the earn M M,
ing a large bowl OF soup made Vef' -,
with semolina; then couple OK "'~'9 "'-'nl,s
breakfast, which consists OF -,
eggs cooked. however. Win o"' .,,h
native bread. and sweet tea ha'O''U ,,..r
mint For the midday meal and fo' u'.
they prepare always ste" 90
usually excellent. though often "'" ne
not with peppers, spices ana GUS
most popular OF all Moorish disnes' "a.
These meals are always served % .sing
fioor. and one is supposed TO eat ever I, me o,e
with ones fingers. but, BEING preia,e- s,.
ia generally able 10 evade this cuS'O~ =,
necially az the Khalifs himself even In
snouId h.. in the middle OF conver'~~,.''I,
always leaves the moment any 700" "a.
brought me. What one misses "''s' IN.
lie nere is news from Europe. ano ..,ns
strange that this place whose iile ;, F,f
discussed IN half the chanceliel =. ,as
rope. will probably bee the last TO 20 "a, %
results. France and Germany "is Fa,.
20 war over Adagir and involve =" .,sc
rope. hut the peaceful monotony 81 NV 'aaN
would be undisturbed, and nooool al,
have anything more 10 do than s'1' cgsy
10 sea from the city walls.-i'0'AN
In The London Express.