Show fr CA I 1 ha I 1 1 e r i 1 tk i e A V 41 4 6 fv U 41 MOH U mw ik I 1 X port of algiers fron fro n a terraced street pep prepare Prepa n r rw e d by the th national society 0 1 ety 1 vi ashington D C lias 1188 just opened a great FRANCE F exposition in paris to show allow the hie magnitude ma and importance ot of its vast colonial empire outstanding among the exhibits are those of nf algeria which Is in reality a north african extension of france just two years ago france celebrated in algeria the completion of tile the first best hundred years of french influence in tile colony algeria isia mountain rimmed aren area between the waters of the rane anand the sands of the sahara into it france liaa has poured affection find and hopes and alone money y in great streams and speaks of it proudly ns its tile the masterpiece of french colonization algeria proper Is a relatively narrow rectangle extending for about miles along the mediterranean sea and inland for a depth varying from to tulles miles to the saharan atlas mountains this main portion of algeria has an area of nearly oto ON square miles and Is thus only slightly smaller Bin aller than texas but there Is a much greater algeria extending southward into the great desert these are the so called southern territories that raise the total area of algeria to more than a that of the united states or australia nature made algeria inaccessible from the north the coast has hardly any natural inlets hills rim the short ore behind them are narrow rolling plains and then the heights of the tell atlas mountains bar the way to the interior beyond belond them dreary semiarid semi arid arld steppes stretch southward to the second line of mountains southward of these heights lies the high plateau which dips gradually into tile the sandy and aad rocky wastes of the great sahara development of algiers algiers Is the gate gateway port that france has developed tor for algeria when french troops captured the place a little more than a century ngo ago it was an obscure walled town clinging if to the steep mediterranean batik bank opposite barcelona spain where raucous coffeehouse coffee house orchestras find and wild tales of 0 adien adventurous pirates who operated out of this port formed the only local excitement today it ranks kith alth the busiest ports on thel fanean terrace above terrace the dazzling white city rises from the waters ege edge to the walled citadel that dominates algiers its harbor and tile the land and sea for ninny many miles beyond each row of houses on streets paralleling the shoreline thrust at least one story above the roots roofs of 0 the row in front as it if straining for tin an unhampered bampe red view of the harbor cargo and passenger boats fly an international medley of lags flogs there ere are huge transatlantic boats destined tor for genoa or naples boats from a halt half dozen colonies that dot the world japanese and chinese boats dominating many craft from the east tile the french flag Is everywhere in algiers and there are so BO many french ships in tile the harbor that natile take their arrival as a matter of 0 dally daily routine among the llie french steamers tire are tile the fall boats which male make the miles hiles run from rom marseille in less than 21 boats ocean in a year nearly greyhound Krey hounds and more than mediterranean coasters stir the blue caters of 0 algiers harbor not to mention tion tile lie many hundreds of smaller local craft that dot tile the anchorage I 1 the tha busy water F front r ont out t in the harbor are arc boat loads of coal and hillocks hilloc hg of coal cover large wharves for algiers Is tin an important waling station coal Is just one of the e reasons for a harbor full ot of boats birge ee barrels of algerian wine nine tire are piled ugh high nearby are piles of smaller maller cairrel la airel irrel hugo huge wounds of grain filled alakl aal heaps beeps of boxes packed ed with wit hisel scions us dates and piles of cork hark bark the e chef ch ef e export fort of algiers stacked like ie cord wood engines shunt ant cars from one wharf to 10 another ther for loading ftc find unloading by S half naked nuked dark tanned natives ko k by six SO O wagons some borne drawn drann horses tobe aud and driven 11 aven by by bar barefooted be turbaned nod men in ill gowns owns come and au go in an endless procession and now flow and then a five ton auto truck driven by fin an impatient chauffeur attempts to open a gap in the by blowing a noisy horn born hack back of the busy water front Is a wall with numerous arches leading to spacious warehouses the roofs of these warehouses form the boulevard de la in lined with G story buildings housing algiers banks and business houses pedestrians rea reach clithe the boulevard by stairways while vehicles approach it by ramp like roadways the boulevard de la Is not only tile the beginning of algiers proper but also the beginning of the french quarter the native quarter lies just beyond it up the steep hillside numerous streets running at right angles to the boulevard de la remind the traveler of those of paris plate glass show windows display the latest french frocks tor for women momen wens mens haberdashery and other merchandise french street cars some with mith american equipment clan clang their way through the narrow streets and bright colored autos stop at the curb vi here native chauffeurs in uniforms from paris assist their passengers attired in III parisian modes to alight the only touch of the orient here la Is in the street crowd where white gowned yelled veiled moslem women with mith pantaloons as large as filled potato sacks rub elbows with smart french officers in natty datty blue uniforms lithe french soldiers in blue jackets and brick dust colored pantaloons and va from england Engl arld america and france who vibo migrate mi rate to algiers annually as new yorkers nock flock to florida there also are unveiled Je jew esses Nesses in gay dresses and bright sha shawls IVIS dirty ragged bron bronzed zed faced to kable women find and naties from th islands of the mediterranean up steps to native quarter you can throw a stone from tile the edge of tile the french quarter to the center of the native quarter where the gay busy french quarter abruptly ends the quiet native quarter begins I 1 stairways lead from tile the french to the native quarter mounting the steps one passes from west to E east ast from clean airy streets into byways byway too narrow darrow for vehicles where upper stories protrude pro truCe so that window sills gills nearly meet here are barelegged bare legged negroes from the sudan arabs from the desert Moza bites or sahara sahar a jews and a sprinkling of nathe soldiers jostling one another the narrow northern strip of front fi oni the first best atlas range to the coast loosely called the tell in which algiers Is situated Is the coun try arys a hest best foot thrust forward to meet tile the visitor there Is a reasonable amount of rainfall water from the mountains Is 19 available and has been utilized for irrigation end anil the countryside smiles with agricultural prosperity here fire are orange groves pal baliu trees great fields field of vegetables that supply many of Eu Ev ropes early markets anti and huge in lne yards that rival those of southern france westward where the toll tell Is wider are cotton fields find both west word and eastward ef ct the and truck fields by means of farms farius tire re grain dry farming considerable quantities of grain are grown also on parts of the semiarid semi arid arld plains south of the tell for tile the most part how however evert the region between becwel m the main dry plains settled mountain chains la is sparsely i and la is given to sheep and goat grazing and to tile the collection of alfa for paper making grass for shipment the best grazing gray ong lands of iho file colony are south of the sit saharan haran atlas moun north bains on the high plateau and of the desert iles crt throughout its existence algeria has had as its basic population the berbers other stra strains jug have bave come in but 41 except with fill the various conquerors for the arabs they have only the there re population modified the kerbor of berbers mingling has bus been some borne southern pt part let slid and arabs but in the of tile the country the arab population la is rela thelT r jiz i |