Woman's enterprise., 1922-09-01

Of course, always realized in a rather
casual way, is certainly driven home
in a place like this. What wonder
full people these ancient Egyptians
must have been-what extraordinary
patience and patriotism is revealed by
the minute and perfect and significant
carvings on every square inch Of
many of the walls, especially of the
tombs and churches! Will our books,
our much vaunted art of printing and
other marvels Of our own civilization,
preserve our history as perfectly to
future generations as these imperish-
able records on stone do that Of these
people? wonder! All of this mural
carving and painting dates hundreds,
some of it thousands, of years before
Christ. We drove up to the Citadel
one afternoon, when we entered
mosque lor the first time, that OF Mo-
hammed' Ali. Some of it looked rath-
er towdry, l thought, because of some
modern touches introduced, but these
places are always impressive to me,
because there is always some devout
worshipper at prayers, and to see one
kneeling, face to the East, bending
his forehad, at intervals between the
prayers, to touch the floor, and doing
it with real reverence and utter OBJ
liviousness to everything and every
body around, always touches me deep
ly. Sincerity Of any sort is so pre-
cious. No one is allowed to profane
mosque with the dust of the street,
so a sort of huge canvas shoes are
tied by kneeling servants over ones
own shoes, and we shuffled about in
i, most ridiculous fashion. l was per-
!, petually coming to grief because OF
this. I've never been proud Of the
fairylike proportions Of my feet-lt
has always been just the contrary
but they were by far the smallest in
the party, and so these canvas bags
were perpetually falling off at the
r most unfortunate times. One day, II
desperation, asked one of the at
tendants why they did not have small
, er ones, and he answered with what
, sounded suspiciously like scorn, ION
+ American ladies have such big feet.
E After leaving the mosque, we walk
ed around the ends of the building
, climbed on top of a low WALL ant
!, witnessed scene worth coming across
= the world to see. Below US lay tn
E great city Of Cairo, with its tower
s and domes, minarets and garden
/ cleaning in the evening light, tn
mile lit is high water just now AM
t the river is very wide), flowing
. through it, and beyond, the deser
4, stretching away into the limitless dis
$ tance. a most wonderful and impress
: i've landscape, and far, far away
: farther than the imagination ca
}, reach, at the very gates Of the &c
a lestial City, it seemed, the sum- in
e sea of cloudless, golden glory, droppe
from sight.
J. Of course we went to see the Pyrs
e mids and the Sphynx. In small ca
h riages holding two, we drove five
pt six miles into the country over vel
e, fine road which was constructed abo'
r. sixty years ago in preparation for
It, royal visit Of some sort, construct'
a. and planted with trees in the space
is thirty days! Labor was no consider
r. ton then, was it! Nor is it now a
ny parently, as the country is so pop
lous and everything nearly is done
i'm hand. These people, and it is the sar
~ all over the East, l am told-are bo
,ut Mortified and frightened by the me
* mention of modern improvements a
i'd machinery, declaring that the int
rlv 6uction of such would take the bre
ng out of their mouths, and l suppose
do would make difficult situation fo1
ing while, but in the end, it would be 81
u.s. to work bene6cently You remem'
as England and the cotton looms. !
zen road was most picturesque, the or
of delightful, and about noon, we arrl'
erv at the Mena House, a charming lit
ar hotel not far from the Pyram'
he'd where we were to have lunch,
and which. we were told, was opened t
not day especially for US. The season
as not begun anywhere over here yet'
the preparations are being made v
arm busily, and the arrival Of many to
ully lists ardently hoped for, as the
ave few years have been very dull. Al
,erv lunch. we mounted camels for the
to to the Pyramids, our only camel
,ap- during the tour. l was called the c.
r a elestrienne, as I was the only one
ear the party who had tried that form
inn locomotion before, but I nearly c.
the to grief this time. A camel,
fre- most scornful of animals, has to k
hich humbly on his four knees to allo
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