The Washington times., 1923-01-28
MISS YATES TELLS
FASCINATING TALE
OF EGYPTIAN STAY
Congressman's Daugh-
ter Home From Long
Visit Abroad
lcontinued from Page 81

pray five times a day you know,
and no Christians are allowed in
when they are praying.
Our guide showed US a balcony
where the women used to come.
Now, however, they are not al
lowed inside. The man ts evil
IDENTIFY the only one who matters.
If his soul is saved. suppose 1t
works automatically or indirectly
on the wives. They are allowed
to have four wives. IL they can
afford to keep them. ! asked the
guide why they were not allowed
in the church. He said because
"I must come to worship with
heart and soul. II the woman
is by my side. my heart de-
parts" So now the poor. women
have to pray at home, I suppose.
because too many hearts scared
to that little balcony.
ALL the real Egyptian women
are yelled. They are also al
ways In black. Once in while
you can glimpse little color un-
der these black coverings which
enshroud them from head to foot,
but rarely. 4 great many OF the
wells are very cobwebby and peek
holely. Even their hands must
be covered. It ID q recent fash
ion, am told. taken up by some
OF the richer. sto wear little white
chiffon wells, which flutter and
wave In . very varnpy way.
The anllets are apparently an
institution much beloved. Some
of the women, of course. don't
wear stockings. Then the anklets
of silver or gold look quite in
place. but when they still wear
them over awful cotton stock
ings, it is a little incongruous-
the funniest Of all is to see them
put stockings on over their
anklets and find yourself gazing
at distended and bullying ankle.
New York wouldn't stand for that
very long, would it?
OF course, the Jews and Ital-
ians, ETC., do not as a rule veil
themselves, but pointed out
some native women to my guide
who were not yelled, and he said,
in a very stiff way, "They are
not self-respecting women, lady"
It is as good as a show to see
the way a great many. women
make up their eyes, just like the
."Follies." Instead of putting 1t
on in the morning. or when they
go out. it seems they have some
herb which they put on before
they go to bed, and then, IL they
are adept, by morning 1t will
have gone very evenly and
smoothly into their skin, giving
a much more natural effect. OF
course, the color of their skins
vary. None of them are awfully
white and some of them are very
black They adore earrings and
lovely glittering bangles on their
foreheads. It is the natives idea
to put just as much gold on as
possible.
These women are married to
these men when they are twelve
years old-bought like so much
hay. Our guide told us that his
daughter had just been married
to her cousin. He said that they
never married, or most of them,
outside the family, so that the
goods. land. ETC., would always
remain in the family. And their
race shows the results of inter-
marriage only too plainly.
WE visited another mosque
which was really more beau
tiful, though smaller, than that
Of Mahomet Ali. and the Mosque
Of Hassan. We saw the tomb of
Ishmael Pasha and his family. A
man and woman are never buried
in the same grave, as it would
contaminate the mans soul.
THEN we went to the bazaars.
The pyramids and bazaars
will live longest for me of any.
thing in or around Cairo. One
for old Egypt and the other for
the bright, living, alluring Egypt.
They are the most fascinating
places in the world. It's just a
little quarter, the streets Of which
are lined with booths. There is
alamost a ceiling of little red
pennants flying from side to side,
and everything one has always
associated with the East being of.
fered to the eager buyers on the
streets. Rich deep rugs, golden
trinkets in a blazing array, silks
of every color, cottons of yellow.
purple, and all shades of red,
glinting copper and shining brass
until your senses feel drunk with
color.
The Mohammedans do not drink
alcohol, so they resort to this de-
licious coffee, about which I
wrote you from Venice, when we