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/AI-d atFrom Zella Leighton.Through th« klndne** of Capt. mk] Mrs. !Leighton, we are enabled to dTe oeereadcinteresting letter from their dangfculing, I Zella S. Leightona mbtu-Egypt^ . January 31st, 189'™r’ Deab People : — What can I say it tbarenown evest-1 city? To me, as I have waodere89'7, a^out through the reeideoce portioiam-seemsl. IDcrookedbuildings whose balconies almourn I meet. The only traffic in themago tbe laden donkey amongj|j I natives, the latter beingat of JaP*During “ tourist season,” which,1Dce now at its height, there are marfam I masqueradesHe|9p. m until morning. There ai ncj8 streets and streets of cafes, wheithe tbe7 8e^ oa]f drinks, tDd each atever one seems to have plenty tun- business. Costumes are not so varitthe as in Iodia. Nearly all the men wei;ien-1 European dress with tbe exceptionsant red “tar bush” cap. Even Eieverropeans take to the latter after ha beenPart put it on firBt thing in the mornicago I and never take it off, even in t!dug I house, until bedEgyptmp-last *D *ke*r dress, whieb is always lt;black. It seem to be made likeIUP* I double sk’rt, the upper one beioioon drawn over the head. Marriedle I men have the lower part of tbe falt;ba. I covered with black, and single wI [ men and women belonging to a bare ’' with white. The latter is not mucI protection and is simply drawthis across the face below the eves. T1tube, one end lt;which is fastened to a band across tb, . head, and the other to the middle lt;^ the face cloth, which makes it rei!va8 between the eyes. The face clotuth reaches about to the waist, butlog narrow. I went to a circus last niglsenwhere there was a row of boxes fcthe harem girls. They sit behi white lace screens, so they can,m and not be seen, ( but they are seenom They come in closed carriages anthe enter by a private door. They aitbe] never out during the day, at leafev-upon the fitr*rode^•1 fnl Pyramids and Sphinx head.is a wonderful sight, bnt once seeinE. would be enough. I had a carrcfilstook^ , Arabs are the worst robbers in thworld. When their actual fare is onnnpiastre, (five cents), they will be actid- ually insulted if you give them a do]id. lar and insist upoD more. The camel Arabs are wonderful though, foia- they speak every tongue upon thir- globelj. explain things. There are about twirethousand “ Highlanders” stationed here who went through the late war. | I went all through the “ Citadel,’asmagnifir-cent pamoramic view of Cairo.Q. This Mosque contains nothing, plt;jj far as I can see, but ring-*, lights anc now and then a tomb. Museum!have about the same as such placet7 usually do with plenty of notec!y mummies to add to the attraction.0| I leave in the morning for Alexandria, where I take the first ship forItaly, which doubtless leaves the Iasi ,r of the week.I am suffering greatly with coldand as have nothing excepting tropie cal clothing, you can guess the rest4 With love to all,ZELLA
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South Haven Sentinel
South Haven, Michigan, US
Sat, Mar 04, 1899
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