Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-08-20
Arab. Of the Desert in Thslr City Costumes.

Arabs Of the Desert in
v..ional Geogra phic So
y, " T7ss6Tngton. D. g. 49,.
. .'5t from the Near East thar
.3.@o,,-situated as the name
I,t beyond the Jordan river
s',ipe-is finding its indie
s., valuable than its peo-
aonrbt it would be, brings
4 desert land momentarhy to
rsation. ,,.,-
n Of desert and trouble on
M n,p. 1t is 50 new that few
mare than 500 miles from its
,Dow where or what the king
The Versatile pastry MAX
MANY cooks, had some dough
~ after the world molds were
md tbis was one Of the odd
.slcaIly, it is an independent
sngdom. Actually, it belongs
4,r's pantry. The Arabs can
theirs, but they must not nib
,r permit any other nation to
/ has been rechristened both
.,adonia and Kerak, the former
/, western ears an mixing of it's
rn and the latter to sOOthe
gnedan tastes.
Nh the leaders Of the powers
nile the world sit in council, it
quite easy to create new king
], Take a river, a mountain
h few pencil lines and different
s Of ink on the map, and the
4 4 accOmplished--sO far as the
.snl are concerned. New maps
printed and school children are
-i1g them before the people in
slntry itself realize what has
Mned.
hllSjordania was among the cas-
|, served a purpose. Lying
east of the Jordan river, only
;7 miles from jerusalem, it is a
b between the British mandate in
si1e and the Arabs Of the deS-
and at the same time an irritant
be French mandate in Syria. 1t
nodded with the confidence of
ling for ages.
Resembles Arizona City.
imam is the capital Of the new
-om, That name alone might
est that more than a new shade
x On the maps and the discus
Of distant statesmen are neces-
70 give a kingdom permanency,
Is been a capital for a"es.
Ammonites, descendants OF
called it Rabbath Ammon when
ruled there. The creek which
@ the village keeps its old name
Amman. Og's giant iron bee
trophy in Rabbath Ammon.
IuFleS later this city was the
Il Oh one of the Greek republics
'capoIlS; Ptolemy PhiIadelphus
al acrOpolis and renamed the
tnIIadeIphta. The Romans and
ue'S came and it was one OF
apl'aIS' Others followed, until
L has new rulers.
aan resembles Bisbee, Arizo.
'S TWO main streets of Tomb.
canyon and Brewery gulch-a
ii Tue valley with houses, shops
"'pdlhS struggling up the hill
i, mann street winds around the
" ,He Dig hill which once was
" w the massive Greek citadel
pLe OF ruined walls, fallen col
auu broken facades. In the
VI ''e town, near the mosque
=, '0ln or the past, is the pro
. and arch of the later Roman
'g' along, the road curve.
=. ue Stone bridge, passes IL
u'e oroken stone benches o.
!. "U'lah amphitheater, and dis
. INTO the solitude of tn,
,o ,yp,ug OF the little bridge ha.
,SaSned by the thousands whC
A.. ,s'e {, 'here since toiling back.
Nv We heavy stones into place
' .s. moonlight the amphitheateI
~, white and gaunt, conceal
o,Ls a'S oI time. Cracking frog.
, may Of distant dogs are tn,
,, nus A belated Bedouip gal
,n,.s me bridge, fading into /,
t, shadow in the distance
,,. uoW are herded in the gal
r. Jug" which the gay crowd.
~ I" watch the sports of RomaI
ID front of tho A.,
4, 1'' ~, columns from the GreeI
i, d ne IT., IN the road for benches
.sin uuS'y Bedouins sit to smok,
D,,, of the past whicl
~ MAN as a capital built well
.r n o'lu their rulers are gon,
,n So,'en' The mighty power
g ~ It area memory, but it.
on "a Just the same. Now It /,
sun m,,I, the kingdom has bee,
ao, h,,n a new name, and tn,
" 'u'ed as If it all were new