Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1911-03-03

you leave the bOulevardS and the
restaurants and the new fash
Toned villas for the old quarters
o. the capital of Egypt, and find
Yourself in. the lanes and alleys
and among the bazaarS, then you
are transported back to the days
of the thousand and one nights.
The old part of the city is a rO-
nance still. The streets are a
moving kaleidoscope. There is a
constant stream of men and wO-
men of all nations clad in their
peculiar costumes, representing
a varied but beautiful contrast
of color to the eye. There are
professions of camelS, horses and
asses, some with riders and 9TH
erS laden with burdens; and if
you are not quick in getting out
Of the way, they threaten to run
you down. We saw as much as
was possible during our stay in
this Oriental city,
We visited the Mosque and
churches, tOmbs, and museums.
Our visit to the grand Mosque
was very interesting, it stands
without the citadel with its tall
mInarets and cluster of dOmeS is
the most conspicuous land mark
Of Cairo. 1t is of great magni-
tude, and is paved with marble;
the bases of the four pillars which
support the dome are caSed with
alabaSter, and are rich and af-
fective. At all the Mosque we
had to put on slippers over our
boots before we were permitted
to enter the sacred buildings. 1t
was difficult task to keep the
slippers on, one had to slide along
the pavement or carpet or they
would come off, and had to be
replaced again and again. We
saw the MOhammedanS at their
devastatiOnS. They appeared to
consist In prayer entOned in a low
chant and In many prOStratiOnS,
when the wOrshiper bowed so low
that their forehead touched the
ground. The bazaarS are wOnd-
erfully attractive and here is seen
o oriental life as it existed thOuS-
andS of years ago. You saw the
sold smiths in their shops, sell
erS of carpet woven In the looms
Of Mecca, vendors of rich stuff
from Persia, armOureS, brass mfgs
embrOiders in silk and gold shoe
makers all busy in selling their
wares for which they ask double
the price at which they may be
eventually obtained. What vari-
ETY. in the crowded, narrow street
without sidewalks. Here is a sell.
er Of fresh water, here is a pack
of asses filling the whole street,
loaded down with goods twice
the size of themselves, there is a
fruit vendor with oranges, lem
OnS and cucumbers and a half
clad Arab boy who would fain
have you buy his brass ink horn ;
and everywhere and ON all sides
you hea rthe important prayer
for "BlackSleeSh."
We took the trolley car to the
Ghizeh Pyramids. 1t was a very
bright and warm Sunday, at the
end Of the car line we walked
over the rising ground to the
desert where we came in full
view of those gigantic sepulchres
of kings, lying between the Nile
and Lybian sands with their sub
teranean chOmberS for the roy
al SaraphageS and built it is sup
posed by men learned in Egypt
OlOghy two thousand years be.
fore Christ What can one say
of the sublime movement of the
past? As we look. on the gi.
gantie massive tOmbS rising al
the edge of the desert, and think
Of the early age Of the world in
which they were built, we be.
lieve that there must have beer
. giants in those days who bull
towers whose tops reach so high
giants in conception, giants in ar
'and in engineering skill. To say