Show r rt r iN 5 1 TRAVELING IN TUNIS I I Homo Home Lite LUo Among Am n J the th Arabs Women of ot Diverse Na Nationalities N 1 1 Each Ench o In Her Peculiar I Costume j I lit uJ U U U U U U U I Il 1 i l about this corner cornor ot 0 Africa IB Is neither so easy eaRY nor il I pleasant as a In the adjoining province of ot Algeria and amI how however however however ever much tho thu seeker of ot tho picturesque may deride mod mad modern modern madera jt ern era Improvements ho doubly appreciates them whore they I ore arc absent Being here we must see ee e something of or this regency though In of ot the tho flesh llesh we wo aro or often otten Inclined to think that tho the game gamo 4 Is III hardly worth the candle Points of or 2 I Interest In the Immediate vicinity of ot th capital tire arc the ruins rube of ot ancient Cath Cathage ago age part lorl of or which date back eight hun hundred iun dred re and anti years before tho the birth of or Christi the famous gold goM mines mino I of ot Ron Don lIa the Ibe Valley of ot Tulah Kl m l luettar with Its It strange wilIer waters the rocky summit of oC and tid the Holy city ot a I whore where Father I r Time seems een t tI i I have hare been standing still so ao many mony cen Roman remains of ot greatest Interest to 10 the antiquarian are scot scat scattered I trel everywhere eer er common as os blACk blackberry berry Lerry brambl s In the country lanes of or New I Numberless excursions of oC more or less les le length may InA be made on horseback but lIt they should be under undertaken undertaken taken token only by people In excellent health who are ore nerve and skin proof agAinst 1 nil all nl tho the stinging things that creep CWI and fly 1111 who can rough It itt to any n ex cx extent tent oven enn to tuning dining on 10 sand and gIC j without water like n fl camel cmel Hows II a t mules nay may always be lie hired lured at tt the average price of at four francs a R lay day oy ami tI local gullies guides will be lie supplied by the of oC tho the various district A K ld I by lJ the way to tho thu rural I of at or tho the vII vil village logo laKe mayor of oC the United States He lip Is b blike t like the tho little girl who had ha the little curl cUr i that hung hun straight down own on her hor lore fore forehead head and an when whan he lie Is III very crY good toot in III indeed Indeed IIII I I deed Is a It perfect to wanderers wander i f ers ere In these theBe benighted regions LoIters Letters lt I of ot Introduction on are lire valuable In oil nit for tor foreign eign countries and in Tunis are ore tibia Indispensable Fortunately I they are arc easily obtained through the various consulates on mi ono passport alone Ir it you Intend to 10 see ace anything of ot this re ro regency regency gency enc outside the walls wails of ot Its capital be suro to provide yourself with letters from your consul in Tunis to every II whoso hOM district you ou intend to 10 In Invade vade nde It U often orten happens that Home 4 Smart Aleck of ot nn an comes along who Insists In his hili nub lime conceit In making explorations without a n guide Jul le There Is IA no low law av to restrain him bun the having ho gone ono out of at business When Whon hun the tho un tIll unescorted II I I escorted traveler comes to grief In tho the kl highways or byways of or not thorn Africa trl ca an ho in 1 certain to 10 do In one ono way O or another through lack of aC food too op or or having lost his hili I I way In tho the trackless desert the thie fault r Is ii entirely his ide own ann though international al 01 a complications may result At the tho host h sl accommodations lions In this far tor cor car corner COrner ner ncr of or the earth oro of oC the crudest de des M I tj r As At a 1 rule rul nothing bettel la 11 i procurable outside outRide the cities than this the I Arab rab and nn without n a guide the I ItOI F fat tOI elgner cigner generally falls rUIlA of or even that lint poor pOM shelter There Is n a railway I meandering In apparently aimless s taut fash f I Ion inn around the tile coasts of ot Tunis and UIl I sending out several short branches i but as ns It Is about the most mas I I ble bie affair tho lie Ingenuity of at man has haR In tn Invented I vented slower than hiatt nail af at ter the manner of ot railways Re It i avoiding all tho the Interesting places my advice to you Is to 10 let It severely 3 ii alone except perhaps as ns a dernier res reH sort cart In the city of or Tunis cabs may lOa ina inaI be he hall had for tor about n a franc trane awl and a n halt half nn on I II I hour within the tho walls stalls anti double that thai L j I I price beyond l theta them while In some RoIn I iI country districts d l carriages I i 1 can cnn ac i o at ot tho average rate ot or o I twenty tenly fronts a II day Naturally the objects that lint Interest us most mORt are aro not the musty relies relics of or by hy gone ono ages but the lie denizens of or today their homes homs and to us queer ways of or living Dirty Dirt stupid II tu ld 1111 and cruel croci OH OM they the are arc one never nevor tires of oC the tho always picturesque Arabs who oro numerical ly Iy the tho most Important class of ot the na tive tIt population Early Karly I tl In the twelfth century these theAo people of or Arabia took possession of oC the lest best parts of ot Tunis runis driving tho the original Inhabitants the lie to their mountain fastnesses p To this day In spite of or all nil changes In tho the political features of ot the Ibl country they tIle the retain the habits I Ideas POR as anti and no nomadic madic life of ot the most primitive times tinui have hoc advanced but hilt a II step or two beyond barbarism They The are ore still di dl divided vided Into n few te of or ancient ori origin origin on gin others of ot more recent nt date and stal some somo merely an on aggregation og of ot groups made mo e by hy the Trench for tor tho the convent Inco enco of st the Arabe rabe Each RoCh tribe Is commanded by h n a whoso hoRO duty Is III Isto Isto to tn carry out tho the orders of or the I authorities arrest criminals nil get pt his pay from Crom a certain percentage of or the tho taxes he lie collects Ho lie Is III n a sort of or Judge besides listening to complaints redressing the aggrieved nod holding himself for tor the tile orderly conduct of ot his tribe Those are ON always chosen hosen by b the tho French military authorities from the toast most Influential native families and while In time of ot peace they th greatly nil aid the lie new master maRler of or the territory they the are correspond bigly dangerous when Insurrections threaten because every member of or n it tribe triM wilt will follow the lead leid of oC lt Its great gr ft families whether hether to loyalty I OA I t or rebel lion hiatt The tribes are divided Into or sections each cadi ad administered n administered ministered by b a n who Is t the order orders of at the Th The f Tim In In turn are ore divided Into douar composed of ot the tents of ot persons who ho are An nearly n I rotated related to one the being thAt this th fork at Is III an artificial group the thin douar douBr essentially a 1 family one The laid Kald has ban IM s soral oral orol lieutenants or to In assist him and his hili I shared cloned by h till this higher tribunal of ot the Cadis Ca a ort of or supreme court whose functions function are UP performed 1 under th tite strict of ot the Trench l All Aral are UP nomads to the back bork bone living In It tents which I they change e from pla IlIa to 10 place an as its surrounding e I is 1 This Thu eternal moving on li Is not ant with nut mil Its advantages for tor people t filthY In their habits Where re men and ancl ani animals ad adl l mals live 11 the constant pitch pitchIng pitching Ing In and striking of ot their tents tent In hi ww nOw places tends ten lI to prevent IlnI d dl w and tn in tf scatter at least a n portion of ot the Ih vermin with which hl h they the are It H save aves hit tho soil ton from titter exhaustion the th Hocks flocks and herds the ns nil they th arc driven al ut rahe an are not nol f work ork anti and like our northern Indians the men never r In tn In Industrial inC C pursuits They coil coll agriculturist the women wom the labor sifter after most t It Is III part of the Arab that thAI the Ihl of ot farming be Ill od 4 The th theft ft of ot n a plow Is la anti and the th manufacture of ot on ons Is 18 olous 1008 work like lib the th earrIng of or a II lib or 01 orthe orthe the thi painting of a picture 11 Un The female Arab In Tunic tb the Fame degraded po she lbS Ills flue In all ill Mohammedan countries liMn nv th the rich she ho If Is II till thin slave Mave of ot her hr Ionic lorda lor pleas pla pleasure fM ure UTe sharing bl his bill with many man other 01 her wives 11 nod among lb th tH poor she he Is the household drudge the tha tn mi of or required In da daily UFO live harder and mw mOTe nIly fed titan thAn even cnn the wretched h cost coit man manlY y The male mAIl Arab hi his h l 1 nil nfl except pt a turf of at hair at the be bete It d los doss nothAn nt not Il Ili n hAn linnee th n t h tv I tint h ts hI r t i ti Au n 9 bo be finally finally drawn Into paradise by that tuft and ami therefore r regards g rd Is a as al his hili choicest PO It Its Ite Keep keel It covered with the lie hulk halk bound round wl with h cords of ot earners camels hair falling failing down the b beck ck and n side ilde of oC his hili head hend anti nd un On dec Iler r his chin Ht lie II www wears the white while hur bur nou ond oc a 1 colored on one over It hut His legs are hare bare but hut hi feet are arc thrust t Into heelless slippers or In III Into to high bight boots of ot red wd l leather lib Ills to fo d ti dIN t III IN the tie couscous or Um leant and Cud hi mi tiLt wives wl and anti children upon what h hll he leaves heaves of or this nat till lh h Perhaps the tho Is I th Ihl the barbaric ancestor of at our nl cracked racked I wheat and other popular I foods b being merely merel a 11 of ot hard I wheat granulated by a 0 peculiar process which Is III one of ot the special ll monts taUnts of the women It Is 18 placed plated In a perforated dish and cooked by hy the steam ascending front from another vessel below it II containing meat mul antI and aromatic plants boiled together which are arc usually eaten with It Often orten there h ro Is no me t In the stew lint but nn on nihIL allowance of or grace cro tomatoes and anti andred andrell red rell pepper and really It In is not to 10 0 bad I to take If It you can shut your was HS to the dirt that must be In It and a Q lib liberal lb eral sprinkling of or boiled belled lIons anti other vermin which tire lire but trifling lad dents in Arab family life Milk lIIk II Is lit nt v ry meal moal preferably curdled though In case of ot necessity they call can milk out alit on fresh h milk as all other people occasionally drink Wine VIne that Is III known knon h floWn to bo ho too new for far perfection mb bread AC IU made de in this tho titles In the shape of It round oik Is III excellent bu but i that fount found amon th the wandering usually an 1111 aen of or hand hanti crushed wheat and auel corn vetch velch and anel lair bar barley ley Is vile lIe Considerably higher up 1111 In iii the social cuie of oC though not so 80 numer namer numerous oils ous are ore the tue or people of ot Tier her origin now mixed up with Latin and arat Gorman GIrman races In almost every eor they are the thi exact opposites Oll O sites of or the Arabs So far front from being of ot nomadic tendencies they tile the never mount mounta a o horse borne or lr mute mule are ore rarely move from tho ito spot where they were tero born horn Indus Industrious farmers mechanics they cultivate the gardens en that supply the markets of or Tunis and auth manufacture this the finest Jewelry pottery potter leather goods cloth and swords They are nil all belonging Ji to 10 the or orthodox that It II they hay han hao adopted the lie doctrine of or the tho Imam Imani Mil Mn III Jolt lek as ns their Interpreter of ot religious civil law lat lo Their most distinguished Unit II nIt Is it Intense patriotism ns oa strong today lodo ns as In the old times time before French pation when n a 1 w sort Mort rt of ot suiCIde outride club arose nrose whenever r their country was threatened by a n foreign foe roe The low flow flower lower er cr of ot their youth handed banded themselves together In a tt forlorn hope called ell lied lines who expected to tl die for tor the general good Prayers for Cor the load dead Were Wre cre said over thorn them before going Into battle tWill which they must never nevor return If It not nol victorious If killed their bodies were burled Inn hi hf It a cemetery apart which was sins forever afterwards n a place of ot prayer Irner anti and peculiar veneration Should one of or them escape with nol fbi ther titer victory victor Idor nor death dea th he lie and ond nil his kindred were hopeless outcasts from tint that disgraceful day U The Tue lhyle dress Is nearly white sometimes striped black and nail while white and consists con of ot tho tie I halk worn over a n woolen skirt which extends below helow the he knees the tho i feet tret are covered with a I mass of or rags ra tied 1111 on with st lIh cords I A I small scull cap COI Is rakishly upon Ulon I the Ii head tint ovo al Is f thrown the or gre o I I girls gins have haxo a II of or tattooing crosses CH upon their arms arias and II hires faces which some orne authorities con I into Inlo proof that their thIr lr remote an RII I were WO Whatever I may amy have halo been th of or I proper Its lis secret will never leer be bo known I T The he country COli III r preserved Its lis Once e nce for nfl Dm tin v full fI v flexion p blue eyes eres yes nod and ret red hair so fre tle j found among Its III people ocr tinly tt did not come COllie front from or o r Asiatic A races Next In number C rno the Moors n a 1 name Mille used by b to 10 Include e all n il persons norson of or Arabic origin who Shio live hiv e In it t towns and houses In III tion ti oti to the nomad Who thio ho dwell In itt tents They Thoy T hey aro a n handsome race m with pale lAle lab oval o faces no noses nail ami large i eyes eye e J To strangers they tile the are ex u rimel t courteous but seldom to be he b e depended d upon Their aversion to t tork o eo work w ork is ii If more pronounced d hati t that t of ot the lie Arabs Arab nut If It em df loei I at nil till It I Is II at tho Iho lightest of ot o f weaving and the tOast most fanciful em ern b attending anti distil h ag The rho Moorish drew dress IB I s c for tor Us Its bright colors It I t consists of ot n II silk Bilk Jacket find anti t covered with will braid over which ID III I s usually worn varn the bernou Young men ne n sn sr wear only the tite fez foz on the lie head beau but their r elders ciders supplement It Il with the turban n All wear weI voluminous trousers not nol di Ill divided i ni i vided of Home haute soft woolen material materia l extending below hlo the knee the stock stork les feet feel encased In slipper Moor Moo r ish ishi women when scott Icon out of ot doors ar rss ss always attired In a n white halK k reaching below the this knee full tull trousers trouse trou krs rs of or white linen fastened at the ankle e eld ant red slippers with gold goldor go goor Id Idid ld or silver Of or lOur cour their heads heats and an id ti faces ore are cover only Anly 1111 the eyes eye II being bein g gal visible When hien a II Moorish baby bab Is t born bor n Its 1111 hair whatever may be th the natural al alls color lOlor Is ii I Invariably dyed IM red tt d but hut when n nis a 1 maiden In Ic I about Aboul to bo be married this th ls is color lOlor JrIe place lla to jet Jel black The Th T herk he herk dressing lre of or tin the brides hair hAh l is III R 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