226

Pauls' Sensational Entertainment.

Determined that London should not remain the unchallenged possessor of the sensation of the season in the shape of Buffalo Bill s Wild West show, Paris has organized an entertainment which virtually introduces Parisians to the life that the Arabs of the desert lead in Algeria The equivalent for Buffalo Bill in this show is the Shelk Abdallah-ben-Ahmedben Sliman, and he has brought with him to Paris enough of his tribe and their belongings to give a very realistic exhibition of Arab tent life. Male and female Arabs may be seen in their native dress, tents are pitched, horses and asses are tethered beneath the palm trees, native dances are performed to the accompaniment of native music, there are specimens of Arab skill in equitation, and the whole spectacle concludes with an effective tableau, in which a number of zouaves, chasseurs d'Afrique, spahis and other Franco-Algerian troops take part.--Home Journal.