The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-08-13
CAST OFF CLOTHES.
SAVAGE ISLANDERS GET ENG
LANDS OLD DUDs.
Natives of Many Lands the World
Over Swell Around in Civii-
zation's Worn and OBJ
solete Finery.


A rcent consular report mentions that
the natives Of Mauhitius are eagerly de-
manding secondhand waislcoats Of the
willow pattern, fashionable some years
ago in London.
Africa is the land for old top-coats.
Cylinders which formerly graced the
heads of Bond street fops are now being
worn by the swells of Swaziland. Asian
Il and Senegambia. A Belgian firm,
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 90 hundreds Of dancing
shoes. both English and French In
southern Abyssinia and Somaliland,
English top-boots and leggings find
ready sale.
The Tunguses and Buriats Of Siberia
buy our women's cast-off blouses for
summer wear. A Hamburg firm every
spring purchases, in London, thousands
Of pairs Of old stockings and sends
them to the Central Asian steppes,
where they are worn as gloves and arm
coverings by Kirkhiz women.
To Persia go frock coats and carpet
slippers. AT Oman 10 the south. there
is a great demand for collars which are
worn by the tribesmen in the interior
as armlets
New Guinea accounts for good per-
centage OF cast-on women's clothing
A Papuan man reaches the highest pos
sible social prominence when attired
in a serge skirt Some New Guinea
tribes thirst for old slippers, not for
wear, but as amulets to keep on the
Evil One.
Dutch traders with Java buy large
quantities Of English clothing The Jaw
ans have an unquenchable thirst for
cricket caps Of kind worn only in Eng
land. and thousands picked up in Lon
don at a penny apiece fetch the equiva-
lent Of slxpence In Batavia. The less
civilized Jayans 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 unclad. may be seen
adorned in dancing pumps, the soles OF
which no longer exist.
When antimacassars went out OF fash
ion. large quantities we're exported 10
the Sandwich islands. where they we're
worn as mantillas OF shawls by dark
eyed chieftainesses
Old corsets and cycling stockings go
TO the Fiji islands. The Fijians also alb
sorb a considerable proportion OF our
worn-out trousers. showing a decided
preference for those Of loud pattern.
/ Old cricket belts and wristbands 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-
caslons. and the inhabitants Of the great
forests south Of the Amazon pay large
prizes for worn-out "boas."
when 'spats" went out OF fashion.
thousands OF pairs were shipped to San
tiago for the adornment Of the Indians
Of Chill who wore them round the an
kles with the instep half projecting be-
hind During their funeral ceremonies
some OF these tribes regard a frayed
shirt as the proper thing.
The Peruvian Indians. however. have
the strangest taste Of all. many OF
them wearing cast-of neckties tied
round the knees as garters