Rensselaer Republican, Volume 20, Number 49, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 August 1888 — WASH DAY IN MORROCCO. [ARTICLE]

WASH DAY IN MORROCCO.

\ Country WliPTe tliw Men Are l*i‘esso<T Into Domestic Service. The only work I ever sow ttv-n .Joins' in j ;\!oitoo< j, says a corresnoinkait, is wash m;4 1 i'lihos. am! why they should lie h ! .in* for tii;i particular job, unless it is be; nuw ley esm hike off more dotlws without' ■> ici]>l:ii'i>piwrietics than 0 wonrm, I do not know. When'a Moor washes-bis cloilies' i; is because they need wu-hhi-.-, and not for the absurd reason that Salur--1 ay nijrht has come around, and as a Moor t roin his out-door life can kick like a nurle, drey kick their elothes clean isNead- ol scrubbing them. They seem to havexegu: lar washing bees when‘they get together at' ike river bank,‘provided witii large iiai_ stonp.s; then they soak their clothes in Moorish soap until the tertiary period has bad a chance to soften, after which the 'real fan commences. A thorough tmisi “places tils wash on tire flat stone, cuts a double pigeon-wing with each lea in turn, laps the inside of his. knee with Ins o/ppd die foot before lie brings it down wiih a spank like the fond caress of childhood.. making at the same time a noise witli his mouth ,similar to .the escape of a Westing "'bouse engine, while the dirt of ages tleo> in ail directions, and all hands, or rathe; feet, keep time- with the regularity of dance; for the Moorish sniut of the waste tub is supposed to hover around and flap his i .-k-ti.il wings in contentment as longas the laeket is kept up in this manner.