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[Page 73]
There cannot be any special time for the closing of saloons in Cairo as I have left there as late as 3 a.m., the brightness & gaiety had not decreased one iota. In fact passing the Egyptian Café in Camel St., the girls were fiddling even stronger than at the commencement, & the activity of the streets were the same as midday. A place I didn't get in touch with was the Casino at Ghezieh. Whether this palace of amusement still kept going or whether lack of tourists kept it in the back ground I cannot say.
Picture palaces were numerous & well patronised. At Pathe Freres in the Sharia Boulac it was rather nice to drop in & enjoy the movies for an hour of or so & then have supper in an adjoining chamber to the strain of music, song & dance. We obtained both French & English song & dance Artistes, so could not complain of lack of civility. The Prattania is a spacious concern just below the Kursaal but as most of the performances were Greek I did not frequent this house often. At weekend matinees this house oft times has Signor Bonoi & his orchestra of 75 performers. It was then worth attending twice over because the never dying strain of opera would