Show MOSLEMS CHERISH THE PALM evince proper gratitude for tree that Is almost the staff of the r lives save where european influence has hag introduced foreign trees it Is tt ti e palm grove alone that breaks the horizontal green of egypt with vertical ines 1 nes moslem peoples cherish a quaint and attractive tradition which bespeaks their gratitude for the tree that is so nearly the staff ot of their life wl WI en god created adam they say from tie tl e dust of the parth earth there re over a little handful of earth flora flom the raw ram material of his ills handl work ai d with it he ile created tle palm tree to be mans oa 0 n brother in the vegetable table world and the supplier of his greatest needs and the sign of this kinship is preserved in a char which separates the palm fro from all other trees As man can live tl ough maimed of his I 1 labs so can the palm tree survive though it may shed its bark and its branches but cut off their heads and man and palm alike must d e |