The ex-President's party arrived in Cairo from Luxor at 7:30 in the morning of March 23, and from that time on the operators were kept mighty busy following His Honor, "The Strenuous," about the streets of the curious and metropolitan city...See moreThe ex-President's party arrived in Cairo from Luxor at 7:30 in the morning of March 23, and from that time on the operators were kept mighty busy following His Honor, "The Strenuous," about the streets of the curious and metropolitan city of the desert. Mr. Roosevelt was intensely interested in every phase of life around the city; and in the course of his stay, besides being entertained by the Americans in Cairo, and by the Khedive at Ahdin Pamee, he visited the Sphinx and pyramids. Elhazar University, a Mohammedan institution, where he saw old men and boys squatting in the tiled court as they swayed in rhythm to their chanting of the Koran, proved very attractive to the tourist. He also visited a Moslem Mosque, Al-Azhar, where the entire American company were forced to don commodious yellow shoes, as the feet of infidels are not permitted to desecrate the Mohammedan floors. Written by
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