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

were the virtue of the Martyr to
the child. Just outside the Mos
que is the tomb of the great Sal
adm. We visited the cemetery
wherein is said the body of St.
George is buried. Our guide took
us to see factory wherein were
engaged a large number of men
women and children in wood and
brass work. Some of the child
rem were no more than 5 years
old, it was very sad to see such
bright little girls toiling all day
for the parents to get their wage
of . cents. We also visited a
small house belonging to a Mos
lem gentlemen. the way to it is
winding narrow streets, and eOulC
never think that such a dwell
ing should have such unpleasant
approach. You enter through a
decorated door way through a
wall and pass into an open court
paved with marble, in the midst
of which is a fountain, and
around it are planted orange
and lemon trees, myrtle and ole
ander. All the rooms open into
the court and the windows look
into it, on each side is a recep-
ton room with a raised dias the
floors are tiled and red rugs laid
here and there, and the seats
cushioned. The other side of the
court is occupied by the Harem
and domestic apartments. In
some of the MOSlem houses many
families live, the grand father
with his wives, and the son and
his wives, and so on. We spent
one afternoon visiting the bazaar'
They are open or covered streets
about twenty feet wide unpaved,
lmned with shops ON either side
each shop is about s feet front,
and from 8 to 10 feet in depth,
all kinds of things are made by
hand In these shops from the
cutting of a diamond to a cart
wheel, all these things are Offered
for sale. The smell, the dust, and
the noise would drive us out into
some open place where We could
get sunshine, and better air. The
streets are the worst paved that
has been our fortune to have seen
II was not safe to 60 out at night
as the holes and ruts in the roads
were dangerous, and for side
walks, they are few or none. We
returned to our hotel dirty and
tired, to wash and get dinner and
prepare to take the train fol-
Baalbeck at l 80 p. m.
Baalbeck is an ancient city OF
Syria, half way between DamaS.
Gus and Beyrauth. We took the
train at II As for Baalbeck and
travelled all night, We had to
change cars at a place called Roy
ak, We would have missed the
place If it had not been for boys
opening the doors of the ear
clamOuring for "BacksleeSh " thai
We discovered that we had arriv.
ed at ROyak. 1t was pitch dark,
when we stepped out on the
platform of the station, with lit.
tie or no light from lamps, we
had to find our train and proper
ear (2nd class in the dark, with
people rushing about us if they
we're mad, no one who could
speak English or German could
be found, We grouped to the
station and into a room with nc
light Git was 1 a. n.y. At last a
man came into the station room
, and We cried out to him, Baal.
beck, Baalbeck, Baalbeck and in
a hurried manner he becOned us
to follow him, and off he ran
and We after him pushing our
way through the crowds of men
and boys, all fighting to GET
places in this car, at last we
found a End class car, and in we
got, We tried to keep it to our
selves, but two Arabs and one
Jew got in with all their smells
smoking the everlasting cigarette
The car started on Its way fol-
Baalbeck, about half an hour af.
ter We had left, the conductor
came laundering in from the out.
side of the ear, after looking al
the tickets, it was discovered thai
the Jews and the Arabs had Bro
class tickets, then there was q
war Of words. | was told by a
Syrian that it was a common
thing Of the Jews, to buy a 3rt
class and then take a End elias.
car.
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