Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-04-04
The Most Civilized of African NegroesTbe Queer Dresses
and How They Are NADIA Suit of Clothes for Four
Cents-Across Uganda in American Jinrikisha-A Land
of Good Roads Kept Up by the Women.

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Itu'i t".'uII"' anu thcae N'p'i'ils ~ 80
MY panUed IN ulllons une pa',ai,,s
ihcN die w ~ seen ever Nh,i Avn >
tne roads dhey grow 10 ~ relsht OIL
,.nlm ~ 10 ~ rect anu tnel' e olan s.,,',
pSslu dt 1pous eghl OF Wv tVeN ItVi' III
~ st%u'u ine pur ts - GU. IN suf,i a, H.
Wy tha' II Vu,lieS ot, ~ s'ie'ts' ~ ~
~ piVpcl,y s,,lp ptu iol'i t,c slee ~.
"li'ei Ioat WI sro" 80 'i'at wy Ha,te
WI p'"Iu'e a ~" v,J ho,,li go,
'N.'S Sc1I' ~ tut'uis W JAIN JAIN SO
oaie : ulISen 10 lel'Ee y 'lui tIlll on We =,
.'unN, guy a. suo,I ~ Wv ui',i p'eln 49, -
hntenn tnn,.es nnd ,bnsr nre tied
tirbtlv obnut n ,rjth banono fiber I
snv IN n,,th,cs dniut, sn,l, y,nrl, i'm
,nnn,, ~ tho sa,,j.ng an my ,v.v across
I-es,d9
~,
Inc park comes on III slrlpS rom YIN
10 zen lee' ioils ana as "ldr az nc c'l-
CuillcrVlee on the llce' Ineso S.llp y,
arc SoakVd 10Y ll'ue III WatSr' ulItll
tl'N became dump ana SOFT ino| "ly
tIleh apItHu out Oh Shlit iilatS p'iu
hammered win Inallels; rms makes
tne'n Vni'lnVr hhu plpEtucI' lhSS or
.lsu pulied ana StF"toheu. uHtll tnVS
llally become much Ike pieces on clotn
rom mar 4 Nnru TO yard m,de auu
81 the tehSlh OF the cutting. 1he Dal
Is composed Of many hDeIs Wfllch
cross each other this way ana that
way Just IKE weaving ana Wheii II
IS aired u seems Ike Il great sheet Oh
W2}ven ilpers; J, can now De sewn 10
Inc ana II can he painted and decor
atcd In patterns: ! have bought It num-
p'f or sneetS OF tiis luit' He9 arr ol
Iequlsl Drown cOloT, Oh nne saIilS lut
~ Cinnamon OF ttn park lheg leG' JuSl
ukt woven clo.h anu iook US tlousi i,
tneE nlSht nav" oeen lclled OF paSSeu
through loom. the stun Is some
what thicker than cotton sheetng, put
1t Is as liiln ana almost as SMOOTH
] understand some of this bark cloth
has been sent to America and Europe
and that IL Is used in Germany for
making ladies' shopping bags and card
cases. as we'll as caps, hats and book
covers. was told in Entebbe by an
exporter there that ne he'd applications
for a large amount of II from certain
American weaving mills. which wished
TO experiment In making velvet of Il.
The cloth can be trimmed like silk.
muslin or velvet IL can bu dyed any
color and II could be made waterproof.
When il is blocked to any form it holds
its shape: and. when cemented together
into two thicknesses, laid cIosswlse, it
is very strong. 1t might be used as a
mating, and would be decorative as
a wall paper. As 1t is, there is prac-
tically no market for it other than
that of the natives; and / have bought
several blankets six or eight feet square
for about SO cents apiece.
SO n,>.e ~, ,,r,,r,rl.>-c
wish could show Won some OF
these Uganda girls. dressed in their
NJ s',vt' a,
~, about mn. hoiio,, iaa,iinr thai,.
r,,r,n ARMS ma sho,,tders baSe -
is nftor tiod IN ~ IN list y,.;tb y
harlx cioth sasi, a1,d 10 ,atbe,,sa IN M
he 'front.' 90 tbat n e,sat lola baugs
n,.e,. ma faiIs baIf-w5y n the knees
If Gives rartb a ou,isbv r,9etls 40 the
women move ana an, toid mai thew
deI,ebt in the noIs. n c our sjrIs deIight
TN tba swish ~ thei,. sillS nstticoats In
.,,cb costm,1ee the bpst &c entireIv row.
nrod ana tbs onI,, weak nnint al o,,t
the discs seems ~ he fbat If has NO
mn, ,no,. buttons ana that thete ,ra NOT
avan shoost,ine, over the arms 70 .hoId
the a,ss., 80 THO ,,are Iynot ~, ,ho
front seer,s bv NO means safe and 7
am In constant fear mar the lie viii