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Show j HOW j MOORS FATTEN FEMALES I FOR MARRIAGE MARKET. i In Egypt a quaint wedding cus- ? 1 torn Is the visit paid by the bride and her friends to the bath. The J t progress to It partakes of the f f nature of a procession, headed j j by Arab musicians, with tarn- 1 bourines, flutes and other lnstru- ments. The bride is usually i seated on a camel and covered i j with a sort of tepee from the top i of which the greatest palm ? J leaves obtainable are projected. I Over the door of the bathhouse f j a handkerchief is hung to denote that only women may enter. Af- j ter the bride and her friends i T have bathed, they abandon them- ! selves to the enjoyment of the f entertainment provided by the I musicians, story tellers and sing- i t ers. 4 Among the Moors, girls are ? J fattened for the marriage mar- I ket much as the poultry farmer 1 treats his livestock. The staple i j food of the women Is bread, and T i it is chiefly with this that they I ? are fattened. Long-shaped pellets ; I of it are constantly forced down j I their throats for a period of i f about three weeks before their f marriage. f , j The bride has to be put f f through a strange ordeal. She ? ! Is placed In an ill-ventilated j wooden cage, usually while- i I washed, and Is taken in it in pro- t cession through the streets to the bridegroom's dwelling. After a i f two weeks' honeymoon the dis- ? carded box is placed on the roof i I of the house in a prominent posl- j f tlon, so that all may see It. This ? I is an official intimation that the j newly wedded pair are ready to j j receive friends. J |