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Show VIEW OF CAIRO, EGYPT has been cast the most ancient and romantic and rueful history of which th world know . Egypt. the ancient the mysterious, the s ilent, and the olemn, and ''where the dead alone are o-reat." \ V e reached Cairo early unclay afternoon and with no little difficulty forced our way through the station crowd to the Bu that was to convey u to our Hotel. lt really seemed that veryb ely wanted to carry our baggage: they were so glad to see us and . o polite that they even lifted their hats a. they would offer to take our hags. 0, how interesting everything was-how ancient and quaint and new and unique. Yes, this was Cairo, the city of the Caliphs, where l\!Iehemit Ali, invitino· the .lYJamelukes to a suppo eel Panquet in the itadel. ordered his troops to shoot them dead, and more than four hundred innocent Ji,·e. were de. troyed. Thi is airo, with its narrow and dirty treel , its fezecl multitude , its busy thorotwhfare it beautiful park , its lazy looking donkeys and men, it 1\[osques and magnificent Tomb , its beautiful minarets, and it. splendid hotels. \\ 'e enjoyed one of these llotel , with its large mirrored bed rooms and every convenience that one could wish. But we were not there to hang aroun 1 the llotcl. Ours was a tour of sight-seeing, and we were oon off to . ee and to ph tog-raph the greatest remaining sight of Egypt-[ mean the Sphinx and the Pyramids. .-\ fine carriage was secured for the drive of six miles, and that drive to c;hizch never will be forg·ottcn. Every f ol of the way was intere ting. \ \ ' e left th<' old Cairo, with its narrow and dirty streets behind us, and pas. eel through the European or new Cairo, with its magnificent h mcs and wide slre ts and cl an conditions The ociety of Page Twenty-one |