Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-01-04

u LI1 ne PARDON
MR.. PICKERING our cal ling
him by his first name). talking
10 a yelled lady in Morocco just
isn't done.
How, then" we asked him,
"dOes \ Morocco lad 20 about
his counting IL he can't see his
lady loves face?
He doesn't court" said Bee
hee. ct n all arranged by the
families, usually when the Young
man IL about ~, and tho girl
much ycunger--l4- or Is, and
sometimes less"
We suggested that maybe this
resulted in marital discord---
maybe q fellow found himself
with a wife he couldn't get along
with.
I'VE do not have "a many
divorces "a over here replied
Beehee.
"Divoroes:" We raised an
&yebrow.
"Oh, yes he said. There n
spch = thing as divorce. At the
marriage, there IL n marriage
contract, and " there II Q good
reason for divorce, the husband
can send tho wife hack To her
family, along with the marriage
contract.
NV brother have II broth
ers and one sister--was divorced.
She insisted On living In . city.
and he WAS q man who knew
crops and animals, and had to
he in the country. But there
are not many divorces.
Beehee speaks very good Eng
llSh. He's somewhat shorter
than the average, but aside from
slightly darker skin and
mild accent, you wouldn't spot
him as from a foreign nation.
He came over in 1914. the Ie-
suit OF a war. His father was
sheik OF the tribe Tor stste) OF
El-Hs-Hs.
II don't like 10 say 'sheik',"
said Beehee, because everybody
thinks Of Rudolph Valentino.
which IL all wrong. NV father
was the leader, and that 10 the
title
ANYWAY. El-Hs-Hs and the
neighboring state Of Em-Too. GA
fought vigorous war.
"It was an honorable war"
he said. They fought On n
battlefield. and the armies would
ride out IN II on the same road,
with enemies calling across,
What kind Of q rife have you
got: I've got a Winchester.
But they never fought until
they got 10 the hed.'
Just az that war was ending,
the French marched In. ELLA
- and Em-Too-Ga Gas has
~ opened with other neighborly
enemies) promptly Joined forces
10 fight the French Beehee's
fathpr ultimately was exiled
from his home in Mogsdor to
Casablanca.
II was shortly after this that
Beehee, then about Is. came TO
this country with family friend
who happened 10 be an acrobat,
and that's why Beehee is one.
As might be expected. Beehee
was born q Mohammedan. hut
ss the years passed he gave up
much 81 his religion.
when In Rome, do ~ the Ro-
mans do" he said.
AS late as 1888 he still OBJ
served Ramadan, a month OF
fasting (eating and drinking
only ar 3 a. n.y. but II was in
New York, doing four shows a
day at the Riverside. a Keith
theater, and / couldn't keep it
up"
He has, by the way, read the
Bible oftener than the Koran,
and has q working knowledge
Of Shintu, Buddhism and several
other religions.
He's been back home twice. In
1922 and 1927. and has decided
that he wouldn't want To stay In
Morocco because he IL too used
TO American ways.
At home, people don't believe
the things he tells about Amer
ica. no says. although they arc
catching onto things from the
movies--lipstick, for instance.
They use henna, dyeing their
lips land, " they get II on
wrong, they look terrible"
We asked him how he knew,
: long AS women remained
. lied.
He grinned
Women are the same--even
Z they Just look In a mirror to
Jay how beautiful i am they
want to be admired"
And he added that wells or no
wells, there are cases in which
high born ladies have "acci-
dentally" lost a necklace or
something and been caught max
ing eyes at some handsome
camel boy while Searching"