The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1889-12-26
THE BELLIES OF AFRICA.
Their Costumes Consist Of Strings Of
Beads and Castor OIL.
How They Fought shy Of an Anna.
teuP PhOtOgraPheF and
HIS Kodak.

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Al wa had sunnliad oDr men I;hsra,lv
with cloth to trade for Iood and we're
,amo;nino a dov toy nr,ro.es ~ ,,sAsc
The Wa.Teita cslsbratsd ,bo occasion bv
tr,rino ont In tboi, oo,ooors co.,r,no:
Gorgeous 4 hardly tbe word 10 annIv
IN the Oet.un ~ The ordInsyv Afr;can
savage. Int Il NAV we'll be allowed 10
stanS in regard N the gnls Costumes ~
the plumn and oiIv.sSinn0d Wa.Te;ts
bellies. who Iairly took possess,op of ouy
eamp ON this occasion. The ladies of
this tribe believe in the tima-hopored
idea Of enhancing their charms. instead
of copcealin0 them. To carry ont this
happv feminine conceit thew arrav Them
selyeS almost exclusively In n costume Of
beads, of which ornaments thew manage
To wear n most astonishing ouantitv.
Young women came struttiuR proudly
into our camp with certainly not Less
than thirty or forty pounds Of beads. of
yarious bright colors. dispoaed about their
peysous. As the ladies of western Asia
carry about in the form Of Jewels and vold
coins their husbands suYplus wealth so
the bellies of Teita burden and at thesame
time decorate Themselves with tboir IittIe
all i'm besds.
The Weivbt of baada thew carry and the
manner in which thew ara worn mnst he
exceedingly uncomfortable. But thew
care no more for comfort where fashion ia
concerned than do the Ladies' of Paris or
New York. The savage belle ia In fact
always n greater votayv of fashion tbon
her civilized sister. II Miss Fashionable
of America converts herself into a WASH
and the Golden Lily Of China discards
her feet at the dictates of fashion rest
assured that the dark daughters Of the
savage continent net we'll mn IN tbeir
lights in the same direction. But the
Wa. .Teita belIe hoes rotb;no vorv .bs,r5
There ara holes bored in her Iins nor ia
her WelI.o;Ied bodv d;s6ourad bv tattoo
ING "A are the women of many savaOe noo-
ples. she filea her front teeth M ! sho,n
point. which leads Won to draw irreveren,
comparisons between her knouino srila
and the laws of a yat.tran Hor chin 1.
elevated ike n Br;tish soldiey,s bv the
erormops COLLAR NJ boods sb,, uoorS and
yar;ous other little necuIiarit;ss revooI
themselves to ouy ewes ar our nos,,iI. q.
she noses before onr tent n ba admired !.
but Win all This ssv sbo 4 ro,thsr a
human vasn no, a rorson wbo he. - ~
co,,;od nict.obooL- fro,, h.v;n,, aos.-o,oS
her feet
But Let ma endeavor IN draw n nic,rro
NJ bey. AZ Deay a. ors NAV n mas. ,,o,1.
and for the ro.t De,bonS a Dhoto,r.rh
snannad olg bafme Aha hocoD,s. ow.r. II
ouy intentjons NV means ~ ,ho Wo-IJ
Office detective Camera
In the fy.t Dlore Won m. roth,ro ~ =.
fash,onable Wa-Teits womon,s nocS Tbo
whole coutour from chin h collar-bore 1.
6lled ont WITH a bulkv yolI of hundrods ~
styinpa of manv-colorod baads that ~.
vates the chin and imnados r,ovonsrt. M
NJ The head Fortv ~ eItv otho- ond
lonvoy styinOr ap.pordad tror, ooch .horI.
der. crosa betwean The hyoaa.s To,m;ro !.
bondoller thai seamed ~ me- .a nuch ~ !.
burdon AZ an oynament ADotbor hroo
eoiI encirclaa the waist mr. In .ou,e II.
stancea instead Of innumsrabIo str;ns.
| a head belt oi curious pattsrn ana nes,
daaion Ono wouId thirL m. - hooS.
enouOb 10 satisfv even tbe most beod.
lov;r1 Af,icor dsr,aol. RI. 49, th..o
mossive occnmuI.t;on. tan short =, -.
toction IN ,ho evo. - N. w~Iro;.. M.
Wherevev tbsre 4. roouo .hort M ror.o,,
N be.tow a Rad Thew Teut s..uTsd w,II
he bead bo found a she hs. snorgh -
% ,onrd The hssd IA sh.vod a. - ~
leave a c;rcul.r match n vooI ON tbo
crown sbort tb,se incbs. IN d;smatsr
A broad hand ~ corouet NJ besd. encir-
cleu and eovera this shaver payt and the
hair Of the crown is gathered and twisted
into hundreds Of tiny strings, on each Of
which d threaded q red, white, blue or
green bead. Loops Of beads threaded on
wire adorn the ears; neat cuff.like bands
Of the same bright articles encircle arms
and legs; and, indeed, the very fig-leaf,
with which her simple soul satisfies the