Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1883-06-07
A BAND OF BEDOUINs.
Their Appearance, Costumes and the unparaI
eied Feats of horsemanstip and Aorobatcs
for Which They arc Remarkahla.

Their Appearance, Costumes and the unparaI'
eied Feats of horsemanskip and Aorobatics
for Which They are Remarkable.
The steamer Celtic arrived in New York yes
terday from Liverpool. having among its pas
sepge:s band of genuine Bedouins-the Arabs
of the desert that are so often written ard read
about, hut seldom encountered by tb4 Cau-
casian. They were i'll charge of Mr.. Ernest
Cooke, gentleman who found them in the
southern part Of Russia, whittier they had
Journoycd from the Holy Land. Mr.. Cooke
has travelled extensively in the East, and is
PARTICULARLY convcrsunt with the manners and
customs OF The Arabs, whose language he
speaks iuently, and who seem to regard him as
II very special friend. This band, III which
there, are three women, retain their native
dress, which Is picturesque and attractive to
tic eye, and altogether have a romantic, old
world appearance that arouses curiosity and
eNcites interest. As they came off the pier
hundreds of men and women gathered to have
4 look at them end it was with difficulty they
made their way TO the Westminster Hotel,
where they are now quartcred. 4 description
of ono of these magnificent swarthy sons Of
the desert may be interesting to the readers of
the GLOBE DEMOCRAT. Take the Chief, Kerr
Shlma, for lnstunce. He is II man of probably
90 Years. tall like the poplar, and straight
| reed; his brown limbs that are exposed 10 view
are firmly knit, and sinewy as those of
| an athlete. and despite the patriarchal
| Appearance given him by his long white beard
| and the snowy locks that fall from under his
| tarbooSb, he seems still 10 have the strength
and agility of youth. and suggests the idea
| that the sight OF u rich caravan and the hot
| breath of his native sands would cause his eve
to glitter and Lis blood to leap as it was went
to do when N the o,den days lie drcamt only
| OF booty and carried ,. ready lauce and prmCd
matchbox for the merchants, uCon
whom he aud his Bedouin brethren
occasionally preycd. Like the rest
| of tho band, his rairncnt is SIMPLE, but ytry
| pleasing Ill its combinations. The larbooSh or
capis red, aud be wears loose, red jacket
basSy, blue trowsers, gathered at tue waist
| and held there by n yariegated sash, red
shoes with poiuted turn-up toes, and besides Il.
few ornamental bits of cloth, long. light
mantle that trails upon the ground. The
| chiefs wife accompanies him. She is a Charm
lnS ltllo lady, handsome i'll features apd
| graceful Ill carriage, and wears n PLAN blue
| gown of rusty cotton cloth, and has n rusty
| looking tarboosh, similar to ler Sheik like
| husband, on her head. A piece of white mus
| lin is drawn across her face to conceal it from
the eyes of men. All the women wear this
veil, called i'll the Orient the Yalimasb, which
| completely hides the features from view.
| H.lss are cut i'll tho veil through which tho
eyes look out. For the first time IL Their lives
| New Workers saw this yaknasb, aud many hun
dred ladies', who had heard of it, called at the
hotel TO learn exactly what it was like. The
first thing you hnow metropolitan bellies will
be wearing yaimashes; some OF the
ugiest of tho society darlings would
take to hem most willingly, no
doubt. The Bcdouins are twelve III number.
As has been said before, they were in Southern
| Russia when Mr.. Cooke found thcm They
were giving exhibitions of their skill III horse
manship and as acrobats and athletes. The
men woald form pyramids and juggle knives
in this position until they seemed TO be sur
rounded by shwcr of gallery. They tunIblcd
over bayonetsand reviewed in the air with open
knives i'll their hands, and performed other
seemingly impossible and certainly dangerous
fcats. lhc women, who are born snake
charmcrs, handled bo3-constrctUrs and ana
condas as if they were harmless pets, and men
and women juggied and dealt in magic as
cleveriy rs the fakirs OF India or the tricky
dervishcs around Lahore. They made no
secret that they came fresh from conquests on
the desert, but advertised their extraordinary
skill and were creating the widest turorc in
ltussia when Mr.. Cooke dropped in on them.
Mr.. Cooke is friend of W. ". Cole, the pro-
prieter of the New Colossal Shows. and seeing
the possibility of making great success with
the Bcdouins in America, cabled Mr.. Cole
about them. Mr.. Cole cablod back at once to
Constaninople, with instructions to Cooke
to engage the Bedouius and bring them on i'm
mediateiy After some delay in making ar
rangements with the consuis the barga II was
| struck at last, and the Arabs are now here
Special diSpdtclt 10 The 81. Louis Gtobe-De1no
| c1Ul