The Cordova daily times., 1922-09-14

Society. Washington, D. @
 It is difficult to shake the dust of the ages from the land of the Nile and to realize that there is an Egypt of the vibrant present. The recent announcement of the withdrawal of the British protectorate from the country, however, and the setting up of its first king in more than 1900 years turns the spotlight squarely on the modern aspect of this long civil ized region.
 The map lacks much of giving one the true picture of Egypt. The coun- try Is shown covering large area of northeastern Africa. This is the nom- inal Egypt. The real Egypt is a mar row, tortuous strip on either side of the Nile and the fan-shaped delta sur rounding it's mouth. Save for few oases outside the river valley, the rest of Egypt is but a sea of sand prac- tically uninhabited. Figures confirm this, for of the more than 350OOO square miles of Egyptian territory only about 12,OOO can ever be cultl- vated; and a considerable part of this ttllable area has not yet been re claimed.
 Looking only at the surface of Egypt's institutions, one is likely to decide that the changes since the days of the Pharao chs have been great, but when certain fundamentals are con- sidered the wonder may we'll be at the lack of change. To be sure, the Egyptian of today speaks Arabic in stead of his old tongue and Osiris, Isis and Horus have been long forgot ten for Allah and Mohammed. But in spite of numerous invasions the blood of the great majority of the population has been altered hardly at all. s.Y~ asas4's-A+tt g:E- .&@atii. sysI.ss.
 Egypt's resources are almost wholly agricultural, and in the agricultural scheme the millions of fellaheen are the ultimate units. They work long hours scratching the soil with crude implements, or tediously raising water in skin buckets attached to pivOted poles that the thin stream may save their plants from parching. Taxes are heavy and 1t is the loWly fellaheen who keeps the treasury supplied. Liv- ing conditions are very poor; mud huts house most of Egypt's thirteen millions. In the fields they wear lit tie more than q loin cloth, and the younger children of the villages go naked. When the fellah is dressed up" he wears a rough shirt and loose trousers.
 Cairo the Wonder City.
 The stamp of the outside world and of the Twentieth century on Egypt is to be seen chiefly in Cairo, that won derland which has superseded Bag dad as "the city of Arabian Nights" Cairo is living kaleidoscope, with its gleaming and drab human frag ments tumbling into changing pat tern not merely from East and West, but from North and South as we'll.
 White-robed Bedouin, ill-clad fellah, shiny-black Soudanese and central African negro, swarthy Turk, Persian, Hindu, Mongolian, dusky Moor, Ital ian, Greek, Jew, Armenian, and the whiter folk from Europe America and the antipodes-all are jumbled together In Cairo, their various tongues making a babel that can hardly be duplicated at any other spot on earth.
 The life that flows along the streets of Cairo could not be duplicated any where else in the world. At times the Western observer is likely to be reminded forcibly of circus parades on Main street back home. Swaying camels move along with brightly dressed riders perched upon them or with suspended cars in which are yelled damsels, while drummers thun der their rhythm and fife blowers emit their shrill notes. Snake-charmers pass along with their bags of snakes; magicians perform in some nook; bullock-carts and laden donkeys con- pete for space with shining limou- sines.
 Cafes in the Streets.
 The al fresco cafe is one Of the most characteristic marks of Cairo. It is not the more or less well-ordered affair of the boulevards of Paris. Sidewalks and streets overflow with seemingly innumerable chairs and tables until often single file of pedes- trians can hardly force Its way through. One gets the impression that few people need to work in Cairo. Even in the mornings the chairs are filled with apparently prosperous men slipping coffee or sweetened wa