Identifier: dreamsofyesterda00matt Title: Dreams of yesterdays (in the Orient) Year: 1908 (1900s) Authors: Matthews, Frances E. Morgan (Frances Elizabeth Morgan), 1842- Subjects: Publisher: New York, Cochrane publishing co. Contributing Library: The Library of Congress Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress View Book Page: Book Viewer About This Book: Catalog Entry View All Images: All Images From Book Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book. Text Appearing Before Image: see again somuch Turkish delight, oranges and nut meats aswas devoured at this table. We met here a bright young lady from Damas- JERUSALEM, PALESTINE 67 cus, who had been in France to learn lace making,and she was in a school here trying to teach thechildren the art, hoping to give them an interestin something as well as to make them self-sup-porting, but she was much discouraged, as thepeople had lived so long in idleness it was veryhard to induce them to apply themselves to any-thing. Here also was the wife of a German who hadbeen converted to Zionism. He had acquired acompetence in Baltimore, Md., had goneto Jerusalem, joined the Zionists, and hadleft his wife in Jerusalem, while he went back toAmerica to settle up his affairs. It was notstrange that the poor woman was heartbroken atthe prospect of passing the rest of her days in thisforsaken looking country, but like a good Germanfrau, she was trying to make the best of the situa-tion. CHAPTER XIII JERICHO, BETHLEHEM AND BETHANY Text Appearing After Image: MAGINE about a dozen comfortablecarriages, four people in each, anda driver on the box, with a dragomanfor every three or four carriages, whochanges from one to another carriageas we go along to call attention to in-teresting things on the route. Three Sheiks/9 dressed as we could imaginefrom the stories of our childhood, with very darkcomplexion, white turban with red crown, put onover a white embroidered and tasseled shawl, themost gorgeous colored short coats and fulltrousers, and carrying pistols and knives of alldescriptions. Everything about the horse trap-pings in the same gorgeous style, and these men,one on a white horse, one on a bay, and one on ablack, ride back and forth, up side path and downravine, to again reappear on some eminence, 68 JERICHO, BETHLEHEM, ETC 69 where with skirts and tassels flying in the wind,they make a very striking picture, and they knowit, too. They are our protectors, paid by theGovernment to protect travelers from robbers andthieves. As our start Note About Images Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.