New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-04-02
AN EXHIBIT FROM JAVA.
QUEER LITTLE FOLK TO DWELL FOR A
TIME IN CHICAGO.


Fair arrived here yesterday on the Gaelic. This
was the Javanese village, with it's l27 human
inhabitants. it's birds and beasts-among which
was an orang-outang five feet highland it's looms,
musical instruments. houscfurnishiDgs and
houses. all boxed and packed and corded with
ropes of split green bamboo, amounting in weight
to something over q thousand tons of freight.
This forenoon the Gaelic lay at her mornings
ON the right-hand side of the Pacific Mail dock
All about to be seen between the dark. low
slopins roof and the dark. far-stretchinG wharf,
against the pallor of the shining sea. stood the
waiting steamers, high In the water, chained ana
cabled 10 the dock side, with cranes ana ropes
heaving up or lowering down their cargoes into
their gaping holds. Bacs boxes, and crates came
creaking and tumbling out, or went creaking or
tumbling in The long stretch of the wharf. out
to the small triangle of light which terminated
its tapering extent, was piled high with mer-
chandise brought from trahickng in the EAST
its smell OF spice and prayersticks ana smoulder-
ing incense-what Kiplng calls the Smell oil tho
discriminating with the thousand and one un-
earthly smells that hang about the wharves ana
the waterfront
Some people call San Francisco the most cosmo-
politan city in the world. On the Paclhc Mail
docks, on the day when big steamer comes
in it proves its right TO the title of Gateway to
tons of the earth meet for greetings in the marKe'
place There are Americans of every class. from
wharf loafcrs and stevedores to weldrcsscd traV-
oilers and lazy sghtseers; Irish. ScotHl ana
English of the brandy drinking, red-faccd. husky
voiced Orient-dweliny kind, just arrived 1ro"
Hong Kong; Cinnamon of many grades. Japanese
in American clothes, few negroes generally "cii
dressed and apparently we'll to do and may DC
a Russian or two from the colony that has gam
crcd about the Greek Church on thet Union o're'
Plaza A few sentences in French may come "
YOU from a knot Of newcomers. VINO wa'o" V"7
inspector turning the contents OF their uunN'
and should the Panama steamer nave JUS, ."''
her moorings a numerous company OF small 'nin'
dried.un. brown Mexicans and Central Americans
will come hurrying down the gangplapK Gee'icu-
latins freely and chattcrng Spanish
At noon today the San Juan, from fanama nau
mat swung M to the wharf side and mooreo ise.
after her twenty-one days voyage ana oiSaoise'
the handful Of travellers she had Drou9h' up Ho"'
the Central American coast. woma'' "'Pp"e
pnrerly down the gangplank, long req anu oia0N
checked macintosh suggesting thai sne misV ="
. Rrton ELECTS loud storm Of parrottoned COM
ment from three Chinese women, VINO stop IL ''ei'
bobblinc walk to eye her and vociierate'
They are in gala array, and indivdualy are
bound to see some friend lately arrived, Ir ono
of them carries q tin pail from when tie crisp'
gresn leaves of fresh lettuce peep with tina won
1.rs,1 richness Of color effect that seems b Per-
tain 70 everything touched by the Chimes. and
another carries a basket. The basket oeTer Is
n,ettv. with her satipy hair oiled and bruised 10
ebony smoothncss, then stilIened In loop ana
deckod with glass flowers and gold hoops Hhe
has the pale olive mOonface Of her race, ad inc
Hound buttonhole eyes. On her under ID req
patnt Is thick, and her wide-sleeved, loose acKet
is of the richest sky blue edged with black
The object of this fair and healthy OrintaIs
,,os, axci,od comments is thin and nodih
American, who, coming to the railing OF TIE SIN
Juan. accosts somebody among the men oc@w 8
Alfred in a voice that comes straight IRON te
stern and ocl,-bound coast OF New-Engiahd lhs
stylish lady, in all the latest agonies OF niue
corseted waist, a smooth setting blue coat WIZ
three canes. a brown fur mink round her neck AM
a big black hat on her head stares in turn at ne
sister Of the Orient Woman as orientalism AM
men have made her look at woman as civilization
and modistes ka7e made her with mutual interest
Further along the wharf, skirting great pile
of bales and boxes MARKED for Tho Columbia
Expositiono and all smelling graciously
sandalwood and prayer sticks. josh houses an
spice. the Gallo takes her well-obsegved res
There are Cinnamon running about IN ever
direction, few chips officers, little sprinKlin
of visitors The Javanese are between decks al
and by following ones nose in more senses tina
that in which this choice expression is general
used. one may find them with little difficulty
These poor little people, since leaving lion
Kong nearly four weeks pefbrer have live
packed in small space between decks the
beds two tiers Of canvas stretched betwee
wooden supports, little air creeping down
them through the shaft to the hold, or oozin
IL Ma, onxx thA fnf
and exhilarating fragrance; that one connec
with the leland Of Java. which is 80 redoicI
of spices that report says the mariner can sme
his proximity to it long before he sights it,
oyerpowered BY the smell Of the steerage, furth
accumulated by the odors Of burning fumigant
In this low.roofed and marrow space, packed
close "a picked anchov1oe. the human Javane
exhibits for the Worlds Fair are huddled I
pether in a hopeless confusion OF shawls al
rugs. birds in cages, cooking utensils, music
instruments, bowls Of rice, orange peel, oroo
ing layers Of cigarette smoke, whiie oVer
the smell of tho East and the smell OF u
Storage fight for the mastery.
The light falling obliquely from open por
sthwart tho faint obscurity where the dout
tiers of canvas hunks rise toward the ROOF
yeals the Javanese in their habits as they liz
from the placid passivity Of lying prone ON I
canvas hunks TO the gentle activity OF pacKI
or evoking ftful, wailing music from sort
violin-guitar. Everywhere, on the upper
lower tiers, one could sec supine forms turban
with figured cloths, dark as to face, roAed
striped and Powered draperes, browsing iuxu
ously Some looked Ill. raising the heaVy !
of lustrous black eyes to cast look OF lee
inquiry at the visitors and then relapslns y
listless auatby But many of them seemed
be taking their ease, and lighting tho thin
OF cigarettes, rearransed their turbans' 70
their gayly striped sfawls into pillows, and
posing themselves in comfortable attitudes
into motionless reveries
The women were much more lively Mosi
them were young. some exceedingly pretty'u
all about four feet in height Three of these ="
creatures. sitting near the entrance. were sac