Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1905-11-23
: OFF CLOTHES.
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Natives # Many Lads tia Wsrn
over Swell Around - Civil
zation's Vera and eb-
solets EiRsrY.

A recent consular report mentions tnAt
the natives OF Nautilus are eagerly de-
handing secondhand waistcoats of tbs
willow pattern. fashionable some years
ago in London.
Africa is the land fer cid top-coata.
Cylinders which formerly graced the
heads Of Bend street fops arc now being
worn by the swells of Swaziland, Asian
ii and Senegambia A Belgian Arm,
which trades with the Congo, every year
exports over 10000 old top hats, mostly
bought through a London dealer.
Angola imports our gloves, paying
high prices for cleaned white kid. To
Madagascar go hundreds of dancing
shoes, both English AID French. In
southern AbyEsinia and SomalilAnd,
English top-boots and lsgsings end =
ready sals.
The Tunguses and Duriats Of Siberia
buy our Women's east-ok hlouSes Tor
summer wear. A Hamburg Arm every
spring purchases, in London, thousands
of pairs Of old stockings and sends
them to the Central AsiAa steDDes,
where they are wern ~ gloves and arm
coverings by KirkhiE women.
To Persia 20 frock coats and carpet
slippers. At Oman TO the south, there
is q great demand for collars which are
worn by the GibssmOn In the interior
as armlets.
New Guinea accounts for . good per
centage Of CASTOR womsn's clothing
A Papuan man reaches ths highest pos
sible social preeminsnss when Attirsd
In q serge skirt. Some New Guinea
tribes thirst for old slippers, not for
wear, but as amulsts to keep ek the
Evil Ona.
Dutch traders with Java bay large
quantities Of English clothing. The Jaw
ans have an unquenchabls thirst for
cricket caps of kind worn only In Eng
land, and thousands picked up In hon-
don at a penny apiece fetch the sQuiva-
lent Of sixpencs in Batavia. The less
civilized Javans purchase English tea
cosies, which they wear on their heads.
In the Bismarck archipelago and Sol
ONION islands there Is keen competition
for ancient English boots. Natives, 9TH
erwise utterly unclsd, may be seen
adorned In dancing pumps, the Solss OF
which no longer exist
When antimacassars went out OF fash
ion, large quantities were exported to
the Sandwich islands where they were
worn as mantillas or Shavls By dark
eyed ehieftainesses.
Old corsets and cycling stockings so
to the Fiji islands. The Fijians also alb
sorb q considerable proportion Of our
WORKOUT trousers, showing a decided
preference for those of Loud pattern.
Old cricket belts and vaiStpands are
sold in large numbers In all tiny islands
of Micronesia. The Caroline islanders
sometimes adorn themselves with two
or three belts at the same time.
In the diamond district Of central
Brazil the natives purchase English col
ored shirts for wear on ceremonial oc-
casions, and the inhabitants of the great
forests south of the Amazon pay large
prizes for WORKOUT "boas.
When "spats" went out Of fashion,
thousands of pairs were shipped to San
tiago for the adornment of the Indians
of Chilli, who wore them round the an
kles with the instep half projecting be-
hind. During their funeral ceremonies
some of these tribes regard frayed
shirt as the proper thing.
The Peruvian Indians, however, have
the strangest taste of all, many Of
them wearing cast-off neckties tied
round the knees as garters.