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MAKE THEIR CALLS AT NIGHT.
Zanzibar Women Sometimes Visit as
Late as q O'Clock In the Morning.

From the Guardian.
The Arab ladies OF Zanzibar live In
great seclusion In the large white houses
never going out in the daytime from ona
years end to another. A little cooking
and sweetmeat making is their only rec
ognized employment though some fe,x
OF them can do beautiful silk embroId-
cry To lie on their beds and be famed
by their slave girls is the usual occuna-
ton of the richer women
III they want to visit their friends or
as is more often the case to perambulate
the town. they walt until O'clock in tho
evening, when n gun is fired warning ali
Mohammedans that IL is the fifth and last
hour or prayer; then they may go out
They are entirely enveloped in a large
mantle and their faces completely hid
den by very ugly gilt masks with oblone
sits Tor the eyes, and many OF them wear
these even in the privacy OF their own
homes. Their other garments are troug-
ers and tunic reaching below the knee,
which Is often embroidered and trimmed
with gold braid. They have n number az
gold and silver ornaments nose rings
and earrings, bracelets, anklets and so
They. are very light In color. many Of
them cream colored; their features arc
regular and good. and they have dark
eyes and silky black hair. They paint
under their eyes and stain their hands
and nails a reddish color with henna If
they want to go any distance from homo
they rlde through The narrow streets on
large white asses stained a brick red
their slaves running by their sides, but
you generally meet them stalking SOL
EMMY along, surrounded by their slaves,
who carry enormous lanterns as big as
London street lamp.
Very often they do not return home till
4 In the morning, when another gun is
fired proclaiming the first hour of prayer
1t is very awkward at times when you
meet in the streets some OF these ladies'
whom you ought to know and are greet
ed by them. You cannot see their faces
1T is not always easy TO recognize a voice
and nothing would offend them more
than to ask them their names.
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Oars where my heart Is turning cher
WI Ting-Fanp.

Inc experience of our amusing and
philosophic old friend WI Ting-Fang can
hardly be said TO be for the encourage
meRt OF. others China has been com
PEELED to interest herself in western civilian
ton by suffering from the results of II
She has seen her own soil ravaged and
deprecated by foreign troops, a mere hand
fui In number compared to the teemIng
myriads she had at hand for defense n
these had been organized or IL they had
peen. patriotic. She has seen hei. despised
neighoors. the Wo Jin." after a course
OF generation Tn the western civilization.
driving herself cut of Korea, and contend
ing successfully with Russia for the control
not oniy OF Chinese province, but of
that Chinese province which Is the ances-
trai seat OF the Chinese dynasty. II is
natural and Inevitable that China should
desire to know something about the ciyili-
zattcn which has worked such wonders
and should have made preparations for
sending out students OF 1t as her ennis
saries.
1t seemed. too that there was a promls-
ing career at home for these emissaries
when they should return. and that the
Chinese Rhodes scholarships. 10 call
them, should enlist the desires of the
brightest and most ambitious young China
men, But the example OF WI Ting Fang
viii act as a deterrent upon these ingenu-
Gus youths. His efforts to introduce the
results OF the western civilization he has
had unusual chance of studying have
ended In confessed failure. After several
years Of kicking against the pricks of
Chinese official conservatism. he has had to
own himself beaten, and Ii Is now given
out that after taking look at the tombs
OF his ancestors he viii retire permanently
to the semi-exlie of Shanghai, leaving HIS
native land to its own stubborn devices.
Such an example must blunt the edge OF
Chinese ambition. The moral Is too plain
and trite:
= The end Of the fight y Z fombstone white
With The name Of the hate deceased
Ana tie epitaph drsar: "A fool LIS here
Who tried % hustle the East-"
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resulted In popularizing no less than seven
distinct varieties. In nothing has the in
ffuence of the king been more paramount
than in the Introduction into England
obstinate. insular England-of the HON.
burg felt. which affords such a welcome
relief from the tyranny Of the silk 'stove-
pipe
"Chief expressed in fancy, rich not
gaudy," is the phrase that best describes
the kings taste in dress. The bulk of his
wooden garments are made from fleece sup
piled by his own herd of sheep at Sandring-
ham and woven into the desired patterns at
a mill In Manchester which has monop-
oily of the kings patronage in this respect.
In many instances the patterns are the re-
suit OF the kings own suggestions and
ideas, which are conceived under variety
of circumstances. He has always a keen
eye for the well-dressed man. The pattern
worn may strike his fancy, but generally
he has a notion that he can improve on 1t
in some way. Then he communicates with
his designer, giving him an outline of what
he wants.
1t is an unwritten law. strictly enforced.
that the kings manufacturers must not
supply his special patterns to any: but the
kings own tailors. and before these tailors
are supplied they have to produce their
authority in the shape of an order signed
by Lord Knollys, the kings private secre-
tary. There was a time when these condi-
tions were not so rigidly enforced, and as
result men who were not numbered among
the social elect. but wished to be so consid-
cred were frequently seen at Church pa
rade" In Hyde Park and other fashionable
haunts dressed in the identical patterns
favored by the king. One firm OF tailors
which he patronized-it was when he was
Prince of Wales--was much addicted to rec
ommending to It's wealthy clients the
trousers patterns used for the royal legs.
But one day the firm was notified that Its
account with his royal highness was closed.
At that time the firm was the most noted
in Europe. Monarchs. courtiers. diplomats
and a majority OF the aristocratic swells of
England patronized It. Now it has to be
satisfied with a mddle-class trade, COM
posed chiefly of stock exchange men and
military officers to whom long credit Is an
important considerations.
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the painter, a very long one, held stanch.
and presently she scared into the air again
as II she were going to fly, l clinging con-
vulsively to her as nearly drowned as might
be without actually dying. For some time
1 was too exhausted and dazed to notice
anything but as my senses returned saw
that the man In the boat and the passen-
gers on the poop of the ship were laughing
at me. Some people have a curious sense
of humor. And then the skipper of her
came along and in a loud voice commanded
me take myself off. / could not reply, but
pointed eloquently to my boat sans oars,
sans bottom boards and stern sheets; also
with her starboard gunwale stove In. But
he ordered his man to cast my painter
adrift, and I suddenly found myself dore-
lict helpless and half drowned, quite tour
miles from port. / acQuit them Of all blame
In that they did not realize my situation.
which was sufficiently serious for all prac-
teal purpose I had reached that stage
when nothing matters very much when
the old wreck gently touched bottom. She
had drifted on to the end OF the cookie
bank which runs down the center Of the
bay. There she remained high and dry
with the storm raging round. no shelter
available, and night falling. Fortunately
was espied by an old shipmate Of mine,
Russian Finn. who was in charge Of
lighter, and he anchored his craft, got into
his dinghy and rescued me from my uliser-
able plight And, Judging from the length
OF. time / was getting any life into me in
his cozy little den before good fire, be-
lieve that night on the cookie bank would
have effectually severed my connection
with things mundane.
X
Tight places, of course are not confined
to adventures involving physical risk; only
there Is feeling that stories of trouble in
the life OF man like myself should be
confined to danger to life and limb. Yet
have a theory that in the aggregate there
is more mental agony involved in financial
difficulties than In any other troubles that
2He have and this Is certainly the case when
men are trying to live honestly and pay
their way Therefore / would like to finish
up this brief and veracious reorganization
Of serious fixes in which | have found my
self, by story that L believe will appeal
to a great many. After / had left the sea
I got a job ashore at low wage, but con-
slant, and not being thrifty man. al
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was big sailing ship, the Timaru. towing
up the harbor, inward bound from home, /
made frantic efforts to reach her in the
hope to get a tow up, and succeeded In
getting alongside of her long boat, which
was trailing astern. and had a man in her
steering, confound him. Seeing me coming
straight for him he lost his head and put
the tiler the wrong way. steering the big
boat into me instead OF little off so that
could come alongside. She literally mount
ed the side of my boat. which was already
half full of water, and I. dropping my oars.
which floated away, frantically snatched
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-06-10
Winners of Prizes.

The Sunday Stars amateur photo
graphic contest for last week was
limited to pictures of historic spots
in Alexandria The prizes were
awarded as follows:
First Prize, $5.OOs
William S. Adams, 1889 North Capt.
toll street-Old Christ Church.
Second Prize, $500,
Grace Ross, "A r street northeast
Carlyle House.
Third Prize, $500:
Miss L. E. Bridge, the "Oswego."-
Monument Erected to Confederate
Dead.
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ana poultry; old Dinah. with a yellow BAN
dana on her silver locks, grooming some
song which might perhaps be the song of
the river So. after all. ii was reall And
there was a Suwanee river, and the sunny
peace and beauty of it were just what fitted
Wen with the sentiment Of that touching
and tender air. which has gone all through
the world because IL holds in it's unaffected
music the secret of the retrospects of life
Just the spot 1t was to which a tired man
De he negro or otherwise. might look back
o with attachment and affection. We tray-
eiers, coming suddenly upon IL. and leaving
II at thirty miles an hour had of course
nothing but the most fitting concern with
de Suwanee riber,' but one could Imagine
how dear 1t might be TO a native-born, and
now sincere the original emotion was of the
song writer. or else of some darlxey from
whom he borrowed it to write and set 10
such soft and sympathetic music.
Oars where my heart Is turning eber.'
'Henceforward. for me- that Georgia
stream. with the dark groves fringing IL
and the red crags and the quiet reaches of
silver water gilded by the setting sun has
place In thought among the famous rivers
OF the globe: and l shall never hear tho
melancholy music OF the popular negro Ia
ment without new feeling OF what song
can DO, far beyond history and important
events TO consecrate spot in nature for
ever ana TO localize a universal sentiment
Et ego in Arcadia. l. too, have been way
GOWN upon de Suwanee- riber'"
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the painter in heap and flung it to tire
fellow steering.
He seized 1t and secured 1t to his after
ttwart while l endeavored to scrabble up
my jacket and boots in order to leap out Of
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gan to be ludicrous. l invited them all into
my workshop and gave them seats Re-
freshment regretted that could not offer
as / had barely enough for my famIIys
needs and my SOLE capital was under five
shillinss- While we were talking. my wife
called I'D that / was wanted, and seeming
a customer / made haste down IL was
another brokers' man with claim for say-
en- pounds ten for doctors bin six months
overdue. j smiled upon him, and. inviting
MIN upstairs. introduced him TO my other
VISITORS. Well the hunlor of II overpower-
60 the tragical side altogether and We
burst into hearty laugh. But they laugh
ed longer that / did. The situation was n
simple one. Their aggregate claims
amounted to considerably over thirty
pounds, to meet which / had nothing but
my scanty furniture. Also had no friends
able to hel9; Plainly did not know what
70 DO, so did nothing Then one of them
said: We'll, l don't want to stop here I
DON'T see the use OF us all stopping any
now. so IL you'll give me your word that
your let me in when I come tomorrow
III CO. OF course. I gave him my word.
and on the same terms they all slipped
away. one after the other, much to my
relief ~
Next day I managed by the aid of an
other hard-up friend TO raise a loan OF
twenty pounds and by various small shifts
well known to the poverty-stricken man
aged to make up the balance. and so 1 was
saved for the time But. OF course Il only
put of the evil day, although ] am happy
TO say that never again was | in so tlRht
place financially. And I am sure thai
nothing but certain buoyancy OF temper
and sense of humor am blessed with saved
the situation from having tragic ending
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4 legion OF tailors have run the rule
over the king since he first learned to move
about without pettieoats. Nearly every ma
tionality has been represented among them,
but singularly enough the majority have
been Irishmen. Before he came to the
throne the king had his clothes made al
most entirely by one well-known firm. but
now he divides 1t among three or four. A
tailoring house In the vicinity of Regent
street gets the biggest share of his custom
at the present time. It is not large estab-
lishment and there Is nothing pretentious
about the building save the conspicuous dis
play made of the lion and the unicorn and
dictate that the proprletors enjoy the ex-
allied privilege of doing business with his
majesty.
But II isn't everybody who can do bust
ness with them. 1t doesn't follow because
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my sinking craft. Too late-she went down
head foremost, I clinging to the forward
tary dive in her company. How far she
went down, or why, 1 do not know, but
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He is particularly extravagant with re-
gard to overcoats. He INDUCES in a great
variety of headgear, and his experiments
In hats and caps from time to time have
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eregIaI Correspondence Of The Star.
- ONDON. May 3l.-Quite recently
while on a trip TO the continent,
King Edward discovered a me-
l. chanical continuance which he rec
ognized at once as the thing that
he had been wanting for many long day.
TIL, was nothing more or less than what
might be described as a "trying-on ma
chine"-invented to save people who could
afford one the customary bother of having
clothes fitted on their own figures, and TO
King Edward. who has more clothes made
in the course OF a year than any other
man on earth II came as the biggest kind
OF a boon, and represented the saving of
literally innumerable hours Of his time.
By the aid OF a key this ''multiform." as
Il Is called. can be made to reproduce the
exact shape of any given humaIE. trunk. If
It De required to represent hunchbacked
man A hump can be developed on 1t at
once II the original" be round-shoulder-
ed or pigeon-chestcd the machine becomes
round-shoUldered or pigeon chested, too. at
the invitation Of the key. In fact, all the
little pecuHarities which dinerentiate one
body from another can he reproduced on
the ''multiform.' It is hard even for
monarch to maintain his dignity in the
hands of a tailor who Is giving him trial
ntting-especiSlly one VINO is as sensitive
about his figure as King Edward. ana so
a. easy why his majesty nailed MS
discovery OF this continuance with rather
uncommon satisfaction.
-
The blessed ''multiform'' now saves his
dignity time and patience. He has no
longer to subject himself to the ordeal OF
having garments tried on before they are
finished. In his tailor's fitting room is an
exact counterpart Of the most important
portton-fr,m a sartOrial stRndpOint-of his
matcsty's anatomy. and on this the royal
clothes are tried before being sent 10 the
palace number Of these machines have
also been ordered for the royal wardrobe,
80 that the coats In greatest demand may
be stretched upon them and kept free from
that greatest blemish in his majesty's
eyes-wrinkles.
q whether Ing Edward still sets the
styles for men OF fashion the world over
as he did for so many years as Prince OF
Wales. and II is rather interesting to be
able TO answer this query with a decided
affirmative. whenever his majesty goes
on the continent" said one of the leading
sartorial authorities Of London to the
writer yesterday che is followed about
almost daily by representatives OF the chief
European tailors. who make careful notes
of his various costumes. and even take
results OF these observations the c"nti-
mental fashions for men are largely Cased-
-
And so far as the kings influence upon
American fashions Is concerned. I was told
by a prominent west end tailor who has
over /. 200 regular customers in the United
States. that practically all OF them make a
point OF inquiring. before placing their
orders what materials are I'm favor With
Edward VII AT the time. and that they gen.
orally adopt any new wrinkles In the way
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However. 1t must be conceded that so far
as experience goes there is no man who is
better qualified than King Edward for the
TASK of supreme arbiter in matters concern
ing masculine dress. He has worn more
suits OF clothes. and in greater variety
of styles. than any man in England. With
the exception of his strenuous nephew, the
tensve wardrobe. He has dressed and un-
dressed oftener than any other man living.
A witty Frenchman once described life as
"all botting and unbotting." The valet re-
sponsible for the examination of the royal
buttons, to see that they never miss con-
nections with the royal buttonholes. has
one of the seyerest and most exacting jobs
In the kings household.
1t has often been said that IL a social up
heaval should occur which would compel
even monarchs to earn their own livelihood,
King Edward would have no difficulty In
making both ends meet as farmer. 1t Is
equally true that he would make an excel
lent manager of a first-class mems furnish
ing store Though ordinarily no great
stlckler for punctiliousness. in matters OF
dress he is fastidiousness personified The
tailor who sent q badly fitting garment
home to King Edward would hardly be sent
tain that he would find his occupation seri-
ously jeopardized. If he had not developed
these physical peculiarities which usually
follow advanced years and luxurious living.
King Edward would today be numbered
among the handles of Europe. But now
that he belongs to the podgy brigade. 1t
Is only the artistic ingenuity of his out
filters that causes him still to be regarded
as the best dressed man In England
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though anything but extravagant, found.
as children were added unto me. increasing
difficulty In making both ends meet. 40
last in order to supplement my scanty In
come from the office where was employed
during the day. from nine till Ave. ! took
a small shop and made picture frames In
my spare time. Before long ! found that
| only added a new and moro complicated
set OF troubles to my previous ones. for
now I got into debt. Things went from
bad to worse until the postman's knock
gave me palpitation OF the heart and I
dared not open n letter. And / also got
into the grip OF a money lender. Not that
! blame him, for / was glad enough for
help
One day ! received an urgent message
TO hurry home, and on arriving at the shop
l found two rOugh-looking men, each or
whom presented me with piece OF paper
Informing me that they were in possession.
one for the moneylender. ten pounds and
costs. and one for the queens taxes TWEEN
ty-fiye Shillngs While l was talking mat
ters over with them, my landlord put an
other man In for his quarters rent, month
over due.
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THE KING OF ENGI AND
AS ARBITER OF FASHION

OF dress which his majesty recently may
have introduced
For example" said this merchant. "I
have made hardly one double-breasted bust
ness suit for an American customer since
the king frowned upon this particular style
only instance that l can recouect in which
his majesty's lead in a matter of dress has
not been followed on both sides of the At
lantic is the case of the single-breasted
frock coat, which even the kings example
has not been able TO popularize." 1t is, by
the way, limited that his majesty's dislike
for double-breasted coats and wastcoats
arises solely from a conviction on his part
that they emphasize the prominence of his
"tum-tum."
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-10-31

by applying an antiseptic dressing
10 wounds. bruises. burns and like In
juries before inflammation set In. they
may be healed without maturation
and In about one-third the time re
CURED by the old treatment. This is
the greatest discovery and triumph
OF modern surgery, Chamberlain's
Pain Balm acts on the same principle
II Ia an ~auttseptic and when applied
10 such injuries. causes them TO heal
very quickly. II also alIays the pain
and and prevents any dan
ger of blod poisoning. Keep a bottle
Of Pain Balm In your home and 1t will
save you time and money, no 10 men
ton the Inconvenience and suffering
snch injuries entail. For sale by all
druggists.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-10-31
Political OUTLOOK
IN WOLVERINE STATE
Republicans Are a. Sure az Carrying
State az Democrats Are Certain to
Win ogt In Texas.

Detroit. Mich, Oct. 4l.~-TiIe pres
ent campaign In Michigan has been
n Of The tamest seen of late years
Strenuous efforts are being made by
the managers of both parties tn
arouse public interest and TO bring
about something like a hot finish tn
III" contest, To this end the demo
Gratis al" planning meetings 10 be-
held throughout the state between
nov and election day. The rtrubii.
cans will close their campaign with
a big rally In this city next salur
day might. The meeting will Poe
held In the Light Guard armort AMI
viii b" addressed by Governor War.
nor. Senator burrows, Congressman
William Alden Smith. Edward DENNY
and other part, leaders of ote
The general apathy apparent on
all sides Is due almost sol, ly H. tn"
feeling that the republicans arr az
sure Of carving the state AZ the
democrats are certain To win ont In
Texas The republicans have a
ried ev. r,thing before them In Mich.
igan for ten Years and there is n"
reason 10 expect any different re-