The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-07-10

! develop that the law Of geography is
/ extremely difficult TO overcome. The
Americans viii control the West Indies
/ from now on. if not in one way in an
other The European powers are be-
! ginning to feel their possessions in
these waters a dead weight on their
hands. Various experiments have been
made, and others viii be attempted IN
the effort to help the situation, but
there is ust one solution TO the prob
lem, and that is favorable admission TO
their natural market in the United
States.
Root Hog, or Die"
In most of the islands in the West
Indies the negroes are shiftless and
lazy. but it is claimed that the inhab-
itants of Barbados are industrious and
win do anything they can get TO do
Times are so bad that many of them
would leave If they could get away, but
few have enough money to make 3
start Every little while A delegation
comes around to see the American con-
sui to inquire about the rules for the
admission of immigrants to the United
States They nearly all have an exag-
gerated idea Of what they could do in
America The American tourist has
been so lavish with his money that
when one comes along the natives trail
after him like they expected gold was
/ going to run out of every pocket in
/ his clothes.
A swarm of blacks hang Ornud the
/ wharf at BridgetOwn. and the traveller
when he lands has the proffer Of serv-
| ices from dozens Of them a black girl
/ viii want TO know If you need a hired
/ girl at home; another viii offer to sell
you pig for 81; another viii ask if you
have any washing you want done: still
another will volunteer to let you take
/ her photograph for q shilling The men
/ viii try to sell you everything from
steamer chairs and beads to fish and
I sweet potatoes
Boys Dive For Coins.
/ The diving boys make more money
/ than any of the crowd that lays in wait
\ for the tourists. There are probably
( no more sIiIlful swimmers in the world
| than these little negroes of the West
1 Indies. They seldom fail to recover d
soin that is tossed into the sea. and
they will dive beneath the largest
| steamer without the slightest incOn-
venience- Some of them viii stand In
a boat with their backs turned until
| a coin strikes the water then dive
| without any idea of the direction in
which it was sinking AS soon as they
get under the surface they open their
eyes, locate It, and bring it up. Il
takes much practice TO get the eyes
accustomed to the smarting sensation
that comes from the salt water. TIE
performance they give is very anus
ing. When several of them start al the
same. time for a coin thrown 50 as To
give them all an equal chance to recov-
er it, there is a great mix-up Of black
legs and arms in the struggle that
/ takes place below the surface. IF one
Of them fingers under the water. or
comes ur under a boat just to fool his
companions. after one Of these scrim-
images, he violates one Of the rules Of
his organization and is likely to get a
thrashing.
Sell Beads and Trinkets.
The cleverness Of the negroes in man
ufacturing all kinds of curious trink-
cts and souvenirs brings them a con-
siderable revenue Their beads made
from berries and beans are sold ali over
the world. The recent bead craze.
which swept over this country. almost
rivaling the Panama hat fad in its gen
| eraI popularity. originated in the West
| Indies. The American machine-made
beads. for which there was such de-
maRd. were limitations of those made
by the children and women Of Barba-
does. Trinidad and Jamaica They
make shell hair pins which are dainty
and pretty, even if they are not very
serviceable Good luck hat pins made
out of large nuts are a novelty and
find ready sale among the tourists.
The delicate doilies worked from the
bark OF the lace tree are rare and val
ued keepsakes, and it is quite impos-
sible 10 supply the demand for these
peculiar articles.
] A highly Derfumed native grass is
used To make fans. wall pockets. ana
handkerchief cases. These Articles are
cenunued en- Psge S. seeuon .