The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-08-29
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AT The WORLDS FAIR

round about us. and go forth dresset
forany and all occasions.
IF you are having such impulsiv,
yearninss toward them. goSout thert
and hop around a while with them
suggested; you could at least do !:
two-step."
But the dancers were breaking ranks
They dropped their brass gongs ant
squatted on the bare ground and chat
tered. Overhead in the branches Of !;
tree, fastened by a chain, a monkey
also chartered. 1t was like as like
could be. Why should scientists search
further" Here is the missing link.
Here, on the ground before us, animal
like. protrudins lips, fat, thick nos.
trils. coarse ears, the lobe incasine
pieces of wood, sometimes so large
that the flesh appears a mere cord
encircling them. Their black. straight
hair that is not caught in he basket
or the back-of their head is falling
into their ewes. They are hideous, re
pulsiye. Squatting there, they chant
a weird tune, fit only for rnidnight
darkness n the wild beasts lair high
in the mountain Businesses. They stop
it suddenly and laugh animatedly at
the applause. The crowd throw them
pennies and they scramble after them.
informing Tank 90. very This
little sentence seemed the only human.
thing about them.
when was a young hoy said a
thoughtful looking man. II used 10
read Livingstone's and SANKEY'S all
ventures with the savage African
tribes, and somehow l lever did be-
lieve it. but classed these books along
with the fairy tales Of Grimm and An-
derson. And here now we have just
lei savages. picked up with a bit of
their own environment and set down
in the, midst of the ~completest prod
ucts Of centuries of civilization, of ed
ucation and of scientific research. Our
own race and this represent the racial
.antipodes."
DO you suppose they awe souls 2"
audibIy unused a reflective voice.
Yes. yes-yes." exclaimed a minis
terial looking person with passionate
do you wonder that we I'M
Christian people for money 10
tAe dcSpel w SUCH az. !E-T%
The gentleman seemed disposed
then and there to give dissertation
on foreign missions, and il he had got
SO far as passing the hat the collec-
ton would doubtless have been a hum
dred per cent. larger than passes up
the ~carpeted aisles of stately churches
the mission man has been filing
an appointment.
The tribe Of Bentso now files into
the open space and the late dancers
10 a position directly in front
II. The men watch the new dane
ars with great interest. The women
One passes a remark about
one of the dancing women. whereat
woman lifts her chin and throws
hem. a fiery, flashing look. Well. that
S human, n decidedly feminine.
She is an old onaau yellow and
Wrink1ed, with myriad lines. She
stands in ono spot, moving first one
DOT and then the other. Upon her
5wn weaving. The other women still
but she treats them to the
of an ignoring impassivity-
Pushing her way through the crowd
ones a buxom Igorrote maid She
a cigar from a mans hand,
TRUSTS it into her mouth, then claps /.
Ter hands and laughs aloud at his en-
,arrassment. That is one of h won
of this people. They never seem
O stop smoking, neither men nor
women, They seem to value a cigar
nore than any other gift, and they
cease to importune visitors with
he questioning demand: "Tsigar2
-sigar?"
a glimpse into their queer straw
hatched hut creates a great feeling of
evout thankfulness that the stork del
,osited us in the Ian of the free and
he home of the brave. An ~investiga-
ion of one satisfied my curiosity 10
he degree of safety. This one re.
ainded me of the old granary OF my ,
outhful exploits, with its bins of
heat, rye, oats and bran. There was :
b%solutely no furniture. Four women
at on the foor winding colored :
breads upon large bobbins. Three :
Maintained a stolid silence as we ],
azed at them with the franlness OF .
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