Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-12-21

here engaged in banking ana money
changing, They also come from Hill
doostan, They are the Jews of their
KIND, They are as black as the ace of
spades and so about clad In little more
than sheet, but they'nre the thriftiest
usurcrs Of the far east. They lend money
to the Malays and other natives ana
consider per cent month a low
rate. There are a large number Of Ar
menians here selling 1ewelry, embrold-
cries and silk goods There are 1900
Talnils ana $500 people from Bengal
Among the bankers are the Parsees,
who represent large houses at Bonn
bay Calcutta and elsewhere. There are
800 Arabs and quite Il number Of mer-
chants from Ceylon. Some OF the finest
looking East Indians are the Slkhs, who
are employed upon the police force ana
In the garrlsons They are very tall.
straight, brown men, who wear turbaug
ana dress In an Indian military uniform
which makes them quite imposing,
a SPECTACULAR EXTRAVAGANZA.
The streets Of Singapore are, in fact,
spectacular extravaganza. You see
queer costumes and people at every
turn. Come out on the sidewalks ana
look There is a yellow Chinese jim.
llksha man clad in short blue drawers.
He Is bare to the waist and his conical
straw hat sits sldewise on his topnot.
Next to him swagNers a brown Malay,
wearing a velvet cap and red gown, and
behind comes a black King from Hin.
doostan In o white sheet and turban.
Let US walk down the street We
pass Mohammedans in red fez caps aud
long gowns, looking as though they had
come from an Egyptian bazaar. We
go by tall Sikhs, wearing turbans of
black, yellow and red. and Persans IN
white caps. Here comes helmetted
Englishman in n suit OF white duck,
and there is Parsee clad like a
preacher, In black, with hat which
makes me think of an inverted coal
scuttle
THE Killing GIRLS OF SINGAPORE.
The women are even more interesting
than the men. They are OF all colors
and costumes. Some are as black as
coal and the white sheets which they
have wrapped around their bodies
make them look blacker Some have
holes In the obes OF their ears as big
around as the end Of your thumb, and
In these holes are great plugs OF gold
set with jewels Those are King wo-
men who come from southern India.
See the heavy bracelets OF gold on
their wrists and ankles Notice how
their ears are rlvetted with gold, little
gold bolts being put through them with
two nuts on the ends so that each ear,
from lobe to tip, IL very pin cushion
Of gold.
There comes one now with a gold ring
In her nose and screw rings In her
nostris The nose ring is as big
around as the bottom Of q tin cup, and
the yellow OF the precious metal Is all
the brighter for the black face behind
II. Turn your eyes now TO the rest Of
the costume Each woman wears only
skirt fastened tightly above the
hips and falling 10 the knees and
cotton scarf stretched around the
shoulders, over the breast and under
one arm and tied in knot at the sides.
None wears hat or bonnet and four
yards OF cotton would make a dress
for any one Of the party. Those are
the wives OF King bankers and their
husbands have money TO burn.
Behind them comes q Malay woman
half hiding her face for she is
Mohammedan, and further back still Is
a small footed Chinese maiden with
well-plastered hair and rouged face
lettering along,
Moving out and in through the crowd
are whlte-faced ladies from Europe,
and there Is q girl whose features are
entirely American She is from New
York. and "a stopping at Singapore on
her way around the world
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