. A trip to the Orient; the story of a Mediterranean cruise. eetsand led us again toward the bright and attractive ave-nues of the modern city. The electric street cars are divided into two com-partments ; the first class having thin cushions on theseats, and the second class having wooden seats withoutcushions. The natives save the extra penny of fareby crowding into the second class, thus giving to thefirst class passengers the advantage of always havingenough room. In the second class, however, thetourists had a more favorable opportunity to study thepeople. Opposite us in one of the second
. A trip to the Orient; the story of a Mediterranean cruise. eetsand led us again toward the bright and attractive ave-nues of the modern city. The electric street cars are divided into two com-partments ; the first class having thin cushions on theseats, and the second class having wooden seats withoutcushions. The natives save the extra penny of fareby crowding into the second class, thus giving to thefirst class passengers the advantage of always havingenough room. In the second class, however, thetourists had a more favorable opportunity to study thepeople. Opposite us in one of the second class compart-ments which we entered sat two veiled women in theirvoluminous white bloomers and wrappings. We couldsee that one was old by the fact that she leaned upon astaff, and we decided that the other was young becauseshe showed some curiosity. , Sitting near us was a THE CITY OF ALGIERS. 71 little black haired Arab girl with a chunk of dry breadin her hand, at which she was gnawing greedily. In acorner seat a meek looking nun in black gown and wide. ABLUTION AT THE FOUNTAIN BEFORE PRAYER IN THEMOSQUE. Spreading stiff bonnet was counting the beads of herrosary as quietly as if alone in her devotions. Look, said one, as we were leaving the car, thereis the Thomson and Houston stamp on the motor. Yes, responded another, * American productsappear to be well represented in this French colony. 72 A TRIP TO THE ORIENT. On the main business thoroughfare we had noticedwarerooms where Singer sewing machines are sold;at an agency of the Eastman Company we had re-stocked our kodaks with films; and we could notavoid seeing on a large sign, in letters that could be reada block away, the words American Dentist. Conse-quently when we passed the American Consulate it waswith a feeling of pride that we saluted the NationalEmblem which was floating gracefully in the breeze. In the Rue de Marine we saw an old structure oflarge dimensions with a long row of plain white marblecolumns in fron
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