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are also necklaces of blue beads to put
on your horses to ward off the evil eye.
and other charms for the journey.
The harness shops are twelve feet deep.
each being little factory where two or
three saddlers sew at the back. In some
places they are making harness of wool,
and in others Of leather beautifully deco
rated.
A little further on is a bazaar making
panniers for camels and donkeys, and
not far away Is a street where they
handle nothing but shoes. The cobblers
are making foot gear Of wood wool and
leather. They are cutting out sandals
somewhat like the rain shoes of Japan.
women. and they are beautifully inlad
with mother-of-pearl. Such shoes are
used at home. and when madame goes
to the public bathhouse. They are worn
without stockings, and cost from 40 cents
to 30 pair. In another place the mer-
chants are selling shoes of red leather
such as are used by the country people
and the poorer Damascans. They are
of Soatskin. camelskin Or cowhide and
are without heels. The leather is not
very we'll tanned. the shoes being kept
on the lasts until sold.
The average shoe shop is about fifteen
feet wide, ten feet deep and twelve feet
In height. The stock is hung to wooden
nails driven into the walls, both in and
outside the shop. The men customers
stand in the street. and try on the wares
without the assistance of the merchant
The women examine the shoe through the
eye-slits of their wells. and guess at the
sizes.
A very odd boot is that worn by the
Bedouins 1t is of goatskin, dyed yellow
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PEDpL1Nq DREAD MDArtAscUs

little anvil before him and a minia-
ture furnace with blow pipe. by which
he melts and shapes the metal 10 the
desired form The workflen wear gowns
and feE caps. and the pounding can be
heard everywhere. I asked some OF the
merchants 10 show rs taeir wares They
bring out hcav- chains o. 81 Yer and go!l.
rings set with diamonds ard pearls. and
some magnificent pigeon blood rubies.
There are millions of dollars worth -
jewelry under this roof.
The customers are both men and wom-
Ell. the former in gowns and turbans AMI
the latter in great black sheets with wells
over their faces. We stop and watch the
buying and selling. There is a woman
looking at a bracelet OF gold. The jew
eler weighs it on rude little scales and
then adds the cost of the Ia hor Neve-the-
less. the woman is not satisfied with the
price. She calls him a thief, and de-
mands that lie do not rob her children OF
bread II may be an hour before the
bargain is made.
! ann frequently asked what one can
buy in these oriental cities. which is
worth while taking home. Damascus Is
good shopping place Ter the il I.
Is somewhat off the i'nn ~ tr""c'. a. I
one can pick w oriental things COM
paratively cheap. / have bought several
rugs which have come here by caravan
from Bokhara. anr T"
at least hundred years ell | will not
give the prices except To say that they
are much below those at which they
cou'd be bought IN New .,rk. and the
merchant has agreed to oay the duties
upon them and TO deliver them To my
house in Washington
Among the many other things sold are
silk shawis or the head. such as are
used by the Bedouins. and table covers
of red or black WOODEN cloth embroidered
with sil'.. The shavls may be bought
from $i ia s. an ere and tho Ia )lec o.n3
cost from % to SIS.
A great many Americans take home
hraesware from Damascus. and not ~
few nurchase swords 'nlaid witt siiye'-.
and the Damascus blades for which thu
city has been noted for ages. Some of
these swords are limitations imported
from Solingen. Germany, and other
oriental wares come frcm Manchester.
and are made for this trade. Indeed. or
must keep his eye open If he would buv
genuine curios in any part of the world.
FRA Cr. CARPENTER.
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or red. and it has heels of camelhide
with an iron strip running round them.
1t reaches half way to the knee. 1t re-
tails at about s. pair. None
of the shoes are made by machinery, and
most of them are sewed rather than
pegged.
How would you like to have your hat
blocked, ironed and brushed for a cent"
That is what You can do in Damascus.
The hat bazaar las scores Of stores for
the purpose. The most common cap is
the red fez, round felt bowl which fits
tight around the head without rim or
brim 1t is about five inches high, and
must be pressed every few days to keep
it in shape. The halter has uncovered
ia BILE in which are several small holes
filed with fires of burning charcoal. He
has brass frames blocks, over which
the caps will just fit, and shells of metal
which may be clamped upon them TO
mold the caps into form. After this the
frame is laid over one Of the fires and
in a moment the heat gives it the latest
and. most fashionable shape.
Other bazaars are devoted to the sell
ing of silks and others to the finest of
cloths. The richer Mohammedans have
their long robes made of the best possible
stuffs, and they delight in fine garments
The women shop in these baZaars. They
go out wrapped up in black sheets
tied in at the waist that they look like
gigantic sausages waddling along. They
peep out through their wells as they eX-
anime the goods and will bargain an hour
in buying needle. | am cold they some
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ed and eXacted from those around him,
trained from youth to consider an i'm
perial obligation.
He married the Empress Elizabeth for
love. They We're an ideal young couple
handsome, ardent and romantic. Yet the
morning following, on their return from
the bridal trip. the blooming beauty was
refused entrance to his study. A huissier
in green and gold. with a gold chain
around his neck, barred her way, bowling
tremendously:
Pardon, but Your imperial ma esty may
not enter to his imperial majesty without
first being announced.
As Elizabeth, simple Bavariaa princess.
protested that she would pass. a high Off
Ger on Service corrOborated the words of
the Turnkey. Ashamed. wounded. angry.
the young empress was forced to wait.
feeling the smiles of the courtiers behind
her back. until word came that the en-
peror would receive her. Bitterly she
complained to him. but Francis Joseph
declared the etiquette must be observed:
and the girl sovereign and bride of the
impeiator had to suffer a humiliating
warning from the zmother-in-iaw who
hated her. in presence of the court, cor
corning the ''usages of the house Of Hars-
burg"
The etiquette and century-oId customs
of the most gorgeous but solemn court of
Europe regulates every movement and re-
1ation of archdukes, archduchesses.. court
lerS, functionarieS. secretaries and serv-
ants. The emperor has never learned
Hungarian, Yet etiquette demands that it
should be supposed that he speaks and
understands ii. On his official visits to
Hungary, therefore. short speeches are
written for him which lie learns by heart,
word for word On one occasion, when
the program included an inspection of a
military school and a sisters hospital he
made his speeches with all dignity and
ceremony. . No face smiled, and the court
iers murmured solemn admiration. Car
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Famous French Beauty the Best Dressed Woman

ITO be regarded by many critics and
fond admirers as the -handsomest
woman in the world and the most
distinguished actress in France is the
distinction accorded Mile. Cccile Sorcl.
one of the stars at the Coincide Franchise,
Paris. where hcr great talent, as well as
her striking beauty. has given her ul,-
usual prominence.
Mile. Sorels repertoire includes drama
beth modern and classical, but she limit;
herself to roles requiring the classical
type of beauty. She is tall and stately.
has beautiful figure and is exceedingly
graceful. Many persons think she is the
only modern French actress who can
compare with the great beauties of the
seventeenth century. She has never been
in America.
Mile. Sorel is woman of remarkable
distinction of manner and appearance.
She incarnates in a most surprising way
the type of woman who adorned the
French court in the seventeenth and
eighteenth centuries Dressed in court
costume Of those times. she looks as il
she had'stepped miraculously from them
into our own days. If she could srep
back TO them she would certainly out
shine the Duchesse de Lcnguevile or the
Marquise de Montespan, or the most
graceful and witty beauties of the court
OF Louis XIV.
Mile. Sorel is called the best dressed
woman III the wcrld. She sleeps on a bed
that cost S3O.Hn. and all her surround
ings are of proportionate magniiicence.
Her new play, "L'Aventuriere. at the
famous Coincide Franchise, has just
proved a great success.
Recently Mile. Sorel experienced great
lax. -t,r ,lnli t. hl
her famous lien cub pets. not because
she outgrew her attachment for them,
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and saying. 'All this for two cents
Another coming behind cries out. in
Arabic: Buy my bread and the good God
will noursh you," and third says: MY
cakes are food for the swallows and the
delight of tender and delicate girls
Here comes lemonade man. He has
a big glass jar slung to his back with
a neck SO shaped that he can tilt it's
contents into a cup. He has two braEen
bowls which he holds in his hands and
rattles he shouts: Drink and refresh
thy heart" Another peddler has ice
cream, the GOODNESS Of which he cries
forth in the words: 'Baak snunak.
or, Take care of your teeth" meaning
it is SO cold that it will make your teeth
ache. Fruit is sold the same way, and
also cooked meats of various kinds.
There is one kind of salad which the
men cry out Is so tender that il an old
woman eats it she Will find herselI
young in the morning.
Some such wares are bought by the
charitable and given to beggars. This
is so of the bread and meat and also of
drinks. Some even buy bread for the
dogs. hoping thereby to acquire merit
and thus pave their road to the MO-
hammedan heaven.
Making our way through the crowds
we reach a region of cook shops,
restaurants and cafes not far from
where the butcher shops are. The lat
ter sell most kinds of meat. including
camel, beef. mutton and lamb. The
mutton is fine. The sheep are of the
fat-tail variety, and when skinned and
dressed for the market, their tails are
left on They hang down over their
backs in great Jumps of fat. looking
like loaf of fresh dough ready for
baking. Sometimes they have the form
of heart four or five inches thick
and eight inches wide. Such u tail will
weigh fifteen pounds. Upon live sheep
it hangs down at the rear like woolly
apron. and when raised looks like d
miniature sail. showing an eNpanse of
bare white skin beneath
Another interesting part of business
Damas sous is composed of long streets OF
cave-like vaults fioored with cement and
divided up into compartments piled high
with grain, beans or flour. This is the
grain bazaar. One of the compartments
may hold hundred bushels of wheat and
another a like quantity of barley, oats or
lentils. There are bins filled with Indian
corn and bins of caraway seeds. The
grain lies on the floor and is scooped up
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affect his heart, he smokes pale trabucoS.
product of the Austrian reg.e, from mild
extreme orient leaves, whose perfume Is
principally negative
The aged emperor looks mp from his
cigar. How lonely is the immense palace
full of hiding courtiers, functionaries,
servants. 1t is still early, not yet I.
Francis Joseph rises. His guest takes
to his study. What a place. that study
Suites Of libraries and Offices on endless
corridors, from which once went out
minute administration of the dual en-
pire. Francis Joseph signs with relief
His real life begins.
A confidential valet helps him into hat
and overcoat. BY biiou elevator whose
door initiates a bookcase, he descends to
the ground floor
1t is an extraordinary little elevator, in
a Hofburg wall Cut down two stories to
the ground floor, the shaft communicates
by a short secret corridor ten steps
with a locked door on one of the smaller
scarcely used courtyards of the Hofburg.
designed structurally to give light and
air, and dignified by carriage drive to
archduke or princess. Between the en-
peror's study and the waiting auto
Limousine is thus a trip of a short
Misunderstanding a detour of half mile
by suites of rooms, stairways and cor
ridorS.
He walks twenty steps across the lit
tie courtyard to the door where an auto
Limousine awaits him. There is no spe-
clal secrecy, it is to avoid ceremony
merely. He gives no directions; the
chauffeur knows where TO go
Quitting the frisid, solemn Hofburg out
into the bright-lt busting early evening
of Vienna, past crowds Fastening to
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dangerous to have them ronlpns about
the house free and she has given them
to the Jardin d'Acclimaticn, where she
coca sional1y visits them.
The great French beauty has very de-
cided views en- the subject of dress, and
during the course Of recent interview
she expressed herself as follows:
This is very expensive age. and to
least 5O.01O francs (s10,OOW a year for her
clothes. That is the minimum. and does
not include the cost of furs or jeWel'y
which usually foots up several hundred
thousands
:: ::
1T is the duty of every French woman
to he beautiful. and undoubtedly any
woman worthy the name would be glad
to fulfill this duty. but many women. in
deed most of them. don't know how.
They wear hats that are all wrong in
color and shape, and dresses that are no
better Frequently man who isn't bit
of an artist in the real sense of the
word is endowed with fund CT coed
taste. but he hasn't the courage to ex-
wife's clothes. He doesn't dare to go
much beyond saying, Why don't you
wear quieter colors?' or don't Ike
those things perked up on top OF your
head.
She, as rule. adopts the prevailing
fashion. no matter how little it suits her
and selects her gown or her Jacket re-
cause Mrs. Someoneelse has one cut on
the same pattern. The advantage in con-
Sultng the taste OF the mere man who
pays her bills is that his judgment is apt
to be guided only by what he likes or dis
likes. AS rule he doesn't follow the
styles. Following the styles is fatal to
amy woman who aspires to the title CT
beauty.
To prove that this is true. one need
only study the ways of the great dress
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Pays Autrichiens. and an international
private tanker so extremely illustrious
that his name is as Well known as Fran
els Joseph's. and-a thing which never
ceases TO upset the court-an Israente
by race, birth and religion il the STRIFE
sense.
The Jewish banker and n schratt-
rot the Emperor OF the HOLY Roman
Emnire-are fast old cronies to the so~-
row and scandal of the Countess Chote (.
morganatic but directing vie of Francis
Ferdinand. heir TO the dual crown.
Often TIE emperor loses all the money
i'll his purse-a dozen fiorns-at the
nightly game OF tarok. He plays lady.
. None want him for a partner: so the
cut to see who takes him. He laughs
boisterpusly. Meanwhile tea is prepared
in the adjoining dining room. Wnat a
tea. Wien tho naitre dhotel announces.
Madame is served,'' the taole is i
mingled Iastry cook and pork butchers.
The good old colonel stuffs with
picked salmon, picked oysters. k.inieS.
smoked goose breast, foie gras in pastry
shells, fruit tarts and cream puffs, all
the "deiicatessen of Vienna.
From time To time he casts a wet eve
on the comfortable bourgeoise moving
gracefully among her guests; and ta,.
two bankers talk to him of the domestic
writes of the very gracious and Eigl
Iad.. They ask details of her cuIinar:-
secrets. They discuss the good and bad
way to keep house. the increased cost OF
living, Eow Vienna sspoi.s al servants
and eleven ways. to make goilasch.
- When the COLONEL and Herr Palmer
begin TO dispute about soilasch the cook
: has TO be- called un to decioe the contro-
versy. The Colonel gives her dollar.
(which makes Mine. Katharine accuse
him of spelling servants.
How much do YOU pay herr" asks the
banker.
Fifteen forms per month, and I
brought her at my own expense from
Bohemia. The cooks OF Vienna are OFT
IF RICO 7SE
From his jewe,-studded case the ranlSss;
offers round superb Havanas 10
NO. thanks. friend, | smoke Tra-
bGcos.' s1,
lis it by econonny?'' inquiries tie Rotfs-
child. ard all laugn. 1t is solid .ric7 .I-s
ship o the four. Nothing can shake !trr.1
At 10 o'clock the auto-iilaousine Is am
nounced: AID Nine. Katharine helps the
colonel into hat and overcoat.
The auto rolls through the streets Of
Vienna. still bright and boisterous TO the
cold, solemn Hofburg. 1t STOPS at the
little door of the small courtyard. Tha
old man enters, aid silent valet meets
him. Up the biou elevator they ride,
to the study he had left three hours ago.
The confidential valet takes his hat and
coat.
The emperor has returned.
STERLING HELLO.
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LinCoIniana.

zen. DANIEL Z. SICKLES. at a ban
~ quet in New York, said of the tax
payers who grumbled over pensions:
How many of them would stand up
and be shot at for 81 month and hard
tack: They forget the horrors of the
civil war. They are as bad as the Pitts
burg woman.
This woman passed with her little son.
one Lincoin's birthday, before a Lincoln
statue hung with flowers.
g Who is that. mother? said the little
boy.
=. That's statue of Lincoln, the mo-
Their answered.
What's statue? continued the boy.
:. oh, something that looks like some
body the woman said impatiently.
Mother, what did Lincoln do
He didn't do anything, was the re-
ply. He was shot in a theaytsr.
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theater and music hall. into fair streets
of residence. the auto stops at comfort
able villa. The old sovereign enters the
gate alone. The front door opens as he
mounts the three marble steps. When the
door shuts he is no longer the dread.
lonely emperor and apostolic king. but
Herr Schratt. regularly, called "the
colonel careless. easy negligent and
slouchy. bright. warm. cosy. snug among
good old friends.
MI Vienna knows it. There is nothing
to conceal. Since the tragic death of the
Empress Elizabeth Francis Joseph is a
widower, eighty-One years old; and If all
Vienna smiles at Monsieur Schratt' it
is with respectful sympathy and UNDER
standing -,.r-
Years ago. when the Burg theater was
a wing of the Hofburg, the great actress.
katllarina Schratt-the Sarah Bernhard
and Rejane Of Vienna-was presented to
Francis Joseph by Empress Elizabeth
herself For long she, too has lived re-
tired: and the mourning emperor found
her SO intelligent. SO fine and also so good
that. great love and sorrow having burnt
out. an affectionate friendship grew up
to give him a kind of-peaceful- solace.
x :;
The court calls her 1.-The bourgeoise.
which means middle class. not pobe. So
Francis Joseph has come to wish what
his hours of happiness shall be. With
Katha rina Schratt for the first time in
sixty five years, he learned what blessed
relief from frigid etiquette and numbing
ceremony might be-. The woman of
heart, the artistic genius who played the
roles of great queens on the boards OF
the court theater before archduchesses
and princesses slowly and tactfully broke
through the crust of the divinity that
hedged and happered the poor man
throughout his life. -a s.s-s .s3ae
Countless are the tales of .inhuman
Journalism to which Francis Joseph WELD
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times raise their wells to entice the mer-
chants to lower their prices, but If SO
have not seen them. and: have been
told by my guide that if l wish to keep
my head on / had best turn my eyes in
another direction.
There is one Damascus bazaar in which
l walk carefully, and as far as possible
keep in midstreet, and you may know why
when l tell you it is devoted to second
hand clothes The bazaar is just back of
the citadel and not far from Straight
street. 1t is filled with customers and
dealers from morning until evening, and
auctioneers walk back and forth through
1t. each carrying a garment which he holds
up. asking for bids. He praises his wares
and tells the crowd that the things will
be sold for a song. e..- -.--.te
l spent a short time in the booksellers
bazaar. but my guide. Shammas. dragged
me away. fearing that we might be in
suited and mobbed. The dealers are such
rigid Mohammedans that they Go not
wish to even sell to the Christians The
shops are near the gate of the Great
Mosque. and among their wares are many
copies of the Koran. the Mohammedan
Bible. picked up one and asked the
merchant the price. He scoWled and an
grily exclaimed Put it down. That book
is not for you. Put it down. Put it down
We do not sell our holy book to She
Christians.''
Thereupon, l saw he was growing
angry, l dropped it. saying:
I'VE Christians are glad to give or sell
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and measured to order. -Came!s come in
bringing great bags OF wheat and go
out carving ar other Era s,aias to various
Damascus. which can be irrigated. is eS-
ceedingly rich and Il produces arge crops.
Y great deal of grain is brought from
the plains beyond the Jordan and on the
east of the Sea of Galilee. known as the
Hauran. and this grain is shipped rom
Damascus TO other parts of Syria and
across the Mediterranean to. Europe.
Indeed. the trade OF Damascus is ex-
tensive. The city makes wares of various
kinds which are shipped all over The
world. 1t is noted for its beautiful brass
and silver ware. it's iRlaid woodwork and
its oriental rugs. It-has an extensive
caravan trade with Persia and other
parts of Turkey and long lines of. camels
are always bringing in and carrying out
goods. There are some great buildings
or khans devoted to wholesalins and
warehoIsins. l visited one OF these. 1t
was shaped much like mosque, being
lighted by nine great domes the tops of
which We're at least one hundred feet
above the dirt floor The dones were up
neld by stone pillars. The floor covered
almost an acre, and it was packed with
merchandise. IN one part of II w.rr
bags of wheat piled high toward the roof
In another were hundreds Of boxes OF
dates, ard in others barrels and crates
OF fruit and hundreds of bales of oriental
rugs laid one upon the other. Some of
the bales We're enormous, one equalins Il
load for a two-horse wagon. was told
that they came from Eagdad. and were
left there for storage. There were a num-
Der Of these kians in Damascus at the
time of Christ. and there are several now
in use. The space in them Is rented out
to merchants. the owners doing a general
warehousing business
But come, let us go TO the silver
bazaar.
This. like the warehouse establish
ment is under one roof. IL is composed
of scores of slverSmith shops or booths
scattered over large room Of more than
an acre. Each merchant has his own
little quarter He sits behind a desk or
counter. in which are his wares and
has a rude oldfashioned safe at the
rear. Al the right ami lett. or 81
further back. are his mechanics, men
who are working in silver and gold.
making all sorts of jewelry Each has