Therefore it need not be said that the dinner was well served in every respect.
The usual “naperie,” however, was absent. There was no tablecloth, and serviettes were conspicuous by their absence.
You cannot expect everything in Arabia.
Pilgrims to the shrine take nothing in the way of baggage with them.
They start in one suit of clothes, one set of under linen, and return home in the same.
Many weeks they are worn, and washing is not thought of.
The Moslem pilgrims are very religious, but at the same time the veracious historian must admit that they are extremely dirty.
A Hadji, after a journey to the holy shrine of the Prophet Mahomet, ought to live in a Turkish bath for at least forty-eight hours.
This duty he owes, not only to his wife and family, if he has one, but to society at large.
The pilgrim ought to adopt as his crest a flea rampant—or any other creeping thing—and have for his motto the Latin word “Oleo.”