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African Chief Who Saved His Throne With Clothes of the

call off the revolution. and the old chief
muttered Saved and went back to the
throne room TO receive a votes for wom-
en- deputation that was due at the Palace
at :'::11 pm.
Hyman says that a Kongo belle has
become the faVorite wife of her lord
through attiring herself in the SPAN
giles and laces that once adorned "A
member OF the ballet at the London
Alhambra, and he also told of d novel
spectacle that greeted the eyes of one
of his "drummers" who visited ma
tive village on the gold coast for tho
first time. Il seems that. in the mean
time, the inhabitants of this village
had done some bartering with those
of another one nearer the coast where
Hyman already had placed a fair-sized
consignment of cast-offs and the first
thing the traveller saw when he struck
the second town was local beauty
who was sporting d huge Merry
Widow hat and a sash of faded PINK
ribbon. but the remainder Of whose
costume could have been concealed
pretty successfully under postage
stamp.
The ornate second hands that this
London costumer unloads ON the un-
tutored savage do not consist entirely
of theatrical costumes. however. Pretty
near!y every kind of SNOWY apparel
MAKES good with native tribes. and on
the ~roaninG shelves in the under
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skirts that once enVeloped the graceful
forms of the coryphees of Covent Car
den Opera House or the Metropolitan, in
New York.
And when the traveller is luSSed INTO
the presence of King Mumbo-Jumbo, IL $
dollars to doughnuts he Will ind that
monarch sporting d gorgeous stage cos
tune that he last saw across the foot
lights of an American musical comedy,
unless. by chance. his sable majesty hap
pens to be dressed up as Macbeth or Don
Caesar de BaZan, or arrayed in the trap
pings of some other stage character
more or less the worse for wear after
having done duty in many productions
after the original one
For this is the latest use that has been
discovered for the discarded tinsel and
spangles of the stage. Today, when the
atrical costumes have been worn on the
boards until they can be wron no more.
or when they are going begging as the
resul; Of an untimely frost which nipped
the show in which they figured. they go
neither into the ragbas or TO the old
ness. who loves dressing up in the Gaudi-
den the heart of the heather in his blind
ness, who loves dressing up in the Suadi-
est raiment he can get hold OF, and is
tickled half to death with the dress OF
a cOmic-opera hero and sent into rnapso-
dies by the lI2S that BluebcaId wears
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order TO fit the head of a savage chief
tain in West Africa.
Within a day or two of hearing his
friends story it seems. the costumer had
the United States for getting hold of cast
off stage clothes. particularly the dis
used habiiments of musical comedy ana
pantomime performers. and as soon as
these began to pour into his London es-
tablishment he started organizing d staff
of "travelers to dispose of them to the
dusky deniZens of the region in which his
friend had had his adventure as we'll as a
lot of other queer corners OF the world.
At present he sells his picturesque
wares in both West and East Africa, as
well in Siam. the islands of the Malay
peninsula and in Australia and New Yea
land and day by day the business of ar
raging the untutored savage in the trap
pings of the footlightS is being carried
further atield. Only this week. in fact.
Hyman'S son, George. who is the cham
pion pusher of his fathers retinue OF
statesmen, started for Marseille. where
he is to sail on the steamship Maloja for
Bombay. With him he has taken 'spe-
cial line consisting of most of the cos
of 1.-THE season of 1910-11. to wit. Dick
Wilmington, Cinderella and THE
Forty Thieves" the complete trappings of
an American musical comedy that gave
up the ghost at Penobscot, Me, and all
the left-overs from the last tour of the
No Waltz Dream company in the
English provinces. together with other
Sartorial CONNECTIONS that are expected to
make strong appeal to the swarthy
henchmen of the Gaekwar of Baroda and
the murky myrmidons of the Maharajah
of kapurthala.
Few of the natives on whom Hyman
works off his secondhand stage tinery
have any real money, of course so the
costumier lets them settle in kind most
of his African customers stamping up"
with oil and rubber. and most of his
Siamese ones in ivory. The business
must be a regular gold mine. for. while
these old theatrical cast-offs can be had
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for a mere song, what HymanS agents
extract from his cannibalstic and other
clients in exchange for them is more like
the price of an aria by TetraZzinl. But
the CoStUmer IS only moderately happy
over his big dividends, being harassed
by thoughts Of the conquests that might
have been his had he only got into the
field sooner. or before, he expressed
it, the meddling missionaries spoiled the
natives by half-civliZing them.
why. for thing like that he said.
pointing lovingly to gorgeous stage
crown fashioned in gilt and encrusted
with imitation diamonds and rubies.
which reposed under a glass case in his
showroom. Il could have had their whole
blooming country
Savages the world over. Lyman says.
are attracted by gaudy colors. red and
yellow being the faVorite hues. and all
have one characteristic in common,
which is a strong dislike for covering
their legs. So the lovely spectacle is pre-
scented in many a native village on the
gold coast and elsewhere of a swarthy
chieftain clad as Cardinal Richelieu in
THE Three Musketeers, or as The
Mikado." or maybe. the king in The
Sleeping Beauty" with a pair of naked
black legs spelling the otherwise daz-
zling effect of his gorgeous plumage
The denizens of northern Zululand have
"a regular passion for tin stage armor, it
seems. and they insist on wearing it even
on the hottest days. He declares, too.
that the fine feathers of stage heroes and
swell chorus men have a distinct psy-
Geological effect on their dusky wearers.
Native soldiers fight better when dressed
in gaudy uniforms, and Hyman says he
has found that gold lace and brass but
tons will make a henpecked Ethiopian
brave enough to sass" his mother-n-
law.
He has some queer stories to tell of the
parts that his second-ha actor-clothes
have played in the life of the jungle. and
the strangest of the lot might have SEEM
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ed too steep to be related in print as a
fact, had 1t not been confirmed in all
the essential details by an English iris
sionary. who was seen by the writer on
his return. tic ot.lc- da:. from lengthy
exile IN the dark continent.
The scene OF this happening was a dis
trict IN the Canicaga NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
territory-whic. IL ruled over by chief
tap WHO has.been one Of Hyman's best
customers. This chefs extensive ward
robe now includes one complete British
first lords uniform. az worn by Sir Jo-
seph Porter In "Pnafore," the costume OF
a Spanish toreador, that formerly figured
in Carmen" and the complete livery of
an English turnkey in a Drury Lane melo-
drama. besides other ornate get-ups that
must look weird enough In an environ
ment Of mud-huIa and ju-ju.
The chief ruled in peace until com
parativeiy short time ago. when pre-
tender arose In the land in the shape OF
an ambitious nephew OF the kings. He
began to foinent a revolution and attract
ed so many adherents among the have
nots'' of the Canieags region that things
began to look uneommoniy black for the
reigning monarch. 1t certainly appeared
as II the crown was going to change
heads. when the astute old king tried
bribery as last resort. He sent for the
pretender and without mincing matters
proposed to buy him off The inducement
he offered was nothing more nor less than
the costume OF Hamlet. which the king
had bought from enc of Hymans travel!
ing men. Maybe 1t was worn originally
by f. III. Sothern or Walter Whiteside.
perhaps 1t was the one that Sarah Bern
hardt wore when she played the melan-
choly Dane In Paris and caused a duel
between two dramatic critics who dis
puted as to whether Hamlet was fat or
lean.
Anyhow. it proved too attractive bait
to be rejected by the aspirant to the
throne of Canicage. After heeitating
while-possibly soliloauizing ITO be, or
not to be-" after the fashion Of the
Prince of Denmark himself. he capitulated
TO the lure Of the costume and agreed to
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of sight at the time of an earthquake.
while another island 800 feet in diameter
rose out of the lake to a height of 1,O
feet. At the same time the water be-
came intensely hot. although it is ordi
narily cold. There are now villages and
hotels about Ilopango and it is the favor
lite resort of San Salvador
The capital of the republic is we'll built.
Its streets are wide and we'll paved and
its public offices compare with those
of the great cities of Europe The new
cathedral is magnificent and the White
House. or Casa Blanco. the university.
the theater and the National Institute
are worthy of mention. There are fine
homes, consisting of one or two stories
surrounding open courts or patios. Most
of these have beautiful gardens and not
few have fountains. The houses are
painted in bright coors and the roofs are
of tiles. The sidewalks are paved with
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slabs or rocks from the quarries nearby
and there are tramways which give a
ten minute service. A new theater is
now building which is subsidized by the
city 1t will cost about a million francs
and will seat leo.
San Salvador has numerous parks, in
which the people walk about during the
evening, when the bands play ii is
great club center, and is the social hun
of the republic. 1t Is where the pres1-
dent lives and where congress meets Inc
nresent executive is Don Manuel Enrique
Araujo, who was vice president under the
last administration, and who, am
told. is very popular. He was elected by
both parties and great things are eX-
pccted of him. He is one of the young
men of the country and has long heen
noted for his fairness on all public ques-
tons. He is a physician by profession.
and is we'll known Is surgeon lie is
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also an inventor having designed some
very delicate instruments. which are now
in common use in the big hospitals OF
Europe
The government of Salvador. as i the
case with all the Central American states
is modelled after that Of our country
The republican government is divided
into three branches. legislative. executive
and judicial. The legislature has hu:
one house which is known the ma
tional chamber of deputies. This consists
of fortN-two members. who are elected
by popular vote for term of one Year.
All males have the right to vote after
they reach the age of eighteen. and they
are compelled to do 50. There is no mug
wumpng or Sinking the polls in sal
Vador.
The executive branch consists of a
president and vice president. who are
elected by popular vote The president is
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ground storerooms beneath Hyman's
Leicester square establishment there
are all kinds of British army and naval
uniforms. and end of fashy Iiverios
that once adorned the powdered
funkies of Mayfair ard Park lane
Every year. too. il seems. the mag
nificent dark blue and gold-laced
liveries of the lord mayors servants
are renewed and the old ones sold At
auction. and most of them are acquir.
ed by Hyman. and in the fullness -
time bedeck the ebony persons of saw
age rulers in the heart Of Africa and
elsewhere.
Deci":a Moore. the English actress
who married a British administrator in
Central Africa and wrote book about
her travels there. tells of 4 potent chief
who rules over mauV thousands Of Wal
ri"rs entirely by virtue at possessing
the gorgeous robes of a sheriff Of the
city of London. and its even hcttinS
that he got them from HNman. The
latter says that in Siam. whore 'hee-
Yer Goodwin laid the scene If w anG.
the pativeS viii barter the last "lc-
phant ;us< they have in the TIL for a
second hand Prince Albert coat. while
in the islands of the Indian ocean the
kind OF helmet Worn 10y an English
policeman is regarded as d thnS OF
TaVishinc beauty.
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These two roads will form a part of a
great Central American railway system
the chief owners of which are Minor c.
Keith and his associates, many of whom
are connected with the United Fruit Com
pany.- Mr.. Keith controls the roads of
Costa Rica and also those of Guatemala.
He has large interests in Honduras and
also a grasp upon the railways of \ cara
qua The road from Santa Maria to
Santa Ana was originally granted TO Mr..
Rene I\eilhauer. but it is now in the
names of Minor G. Keith and Bradley NJ.
Palmer. The lire from Sapta Ana to
Zacapa is also said to he backed by Mr..
Keith. 1t will he Seventy-n!ne miles
long. and its gauge will be standard
As il is now, Salvador has just about
122 miles of railways and these belong
to a British company. Its lines were built
with British capital. although they have
Il number of American engines and cars.
Some of the locomotives are Baldwins,
and number of the cars We're manu-
featured i'm Philadelphia At present the
company IS building its own coaches.
These roads connect the port of Aca-
Julia with the thriving town of Santa
Ana. and also with the capital at San
Salvador. The company owns an iron
pier at Aca Julia, which cost over a mill
lion dollars to build and it has a line OF
steamers which plies along the coast run
ming to Honduras Nicaragua and as far
north as Salna fCruz in Mexico. These
steamers carry the Salvador mails north
to Tehuantepec. cutting down the postal
time between Salvador and Europe to
only a little over two weeks, whereas 1t
used to be one month. They enable one
tn go to Salvador from here every few
DAYS With the completion of the Pana-
ma canal. the traffic of Acajutla will be
greatly increased. and the road will be a
vo-y valuable property. The prospect is
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this disease i fourteen. ana that Of
Montevideo. Uruguay. sixteen.
have written of what the Costa Ri
cans are doing as To the hookWorm. They,
have their doctors everywhere and they
are greatly reducing the extent 81 the
plague. In Salvador recently il seemed
as though the country would nave an epi-
demic of smallpox. The National Insti-
tute of Vaccination took up the mattc~
and supplied enough serum to VacCinates
all the people. The work was much the
same as that which We did in Porto RI .
at the close of our war with Spain. when
Ne Vaccinated So0.G0 within a month Ut
50. The Salvador work was 50 effective
that within few months sma lpoX was
wiped out of the republic.
This vaccination work was done largely
by travelling doctors in connection VITA
the Rosaies Hospital. which mas a fac
tory i'm which a thousand tubes of vac
cine are monthly prepared. In addition to
this great deal is imported from FRANCE
and Switzerland.
FRANK @. CARPENTER.
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the wilds OF Siam or ''bushedE among tHv
man-eating Papuans Of British Ne"
Guinea.
As like as not tho first lot of aborigines
Nc encounters viii be attired. noI in the
garb of nature. which used - be their
wear on weekdays and Sundays too. but
N the dress OF thc male members of the
chorus of The Pink Lady" or The col
leCe Widow. while the helIes of the ma
tive village will he found arraYed in the
frills and fUIbelows Of the famous ''Fjoro-
dora SeXtet. on MAY be. in iilmy ballet
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~ NS ANE DhlED.
a million dollars worth of Salvador coffee.
SIX or seven hundred thousand dollars
worth Of gold and rev tho na
skins. The total exports to the
United States in 1910 were just little
over two millons-a bagatelle in COM
parison with the population and wealth
of the country.
Salvador is different from the other
Central American states in that it is dl-
vided up into small farms. There are
many landholders. and nearly every fam
lily owns its own home farm. The soil
is fertile and the rainfall abundant. There
are thousands of little coffee panta-
tons. many indigo farms and here and
there a field of green sugar cane.
The government is doing all it can to
encourage farming and it has established
a school of agriculture, which has an eX-
perimenta farm situated on the sides of
the mountains. about thirteen hundred
feet above the sea. This farm il between
SonsOnate the second city of the repub-
lie, and IZalco. 1t is not far from Aca jut-
la. upon little tableland. on the highest
part of which are the school buildings
and laboratory. Experiments are being
made there in coffee and sugar planting.
ana also IN cattle preceding anu udlTNlIS.
The school sends out bulletins of infOrma-
ton somewhat as our Agricultural De-
partment does, although on an infinitely
smaller scale.
Coffee and indigo are the two chief
crops of Salvador. The coffee product
amounts to something like nine million
pounds and it brings the highest of prices.
The trees grow in all parts of the repub-'
lie between 800 and 1000 feet above sea
level. The plants are grown in seed beds
cnt bow hoo
well sprouted. They begin to produce a
about three years 1t costs from . to q
cents a pound to raise the coffee and it
sells at retail from 10 cents to - cents
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that it will eventually go into the hands
of the American syndicate.
These railways will bring Salvador into
close connection with the United States.
1t is one of the most Interesting countries
on this continent. Great parts of Guate-
mala are savage, wild and appropriated.
Salvador is more thickly settled than
most parts of our Union. 1t has an area
less than that of Massachusetts and its
inhabitants number two millions. If the
United States We're as thickly populate
it would have more than four times as
many people as now, and If our soil
throughout were as rich we would have
wealth beyond the dreams of avarice.
Salvador has two ranges of mountains,
which are rich in iron, copper and lead
and in gold and silver as well. As il is
now, it's mineral exports are between two
and three million dollars year and the
total exports. including coffee tobacco
and sugar, are more than SoG0o,om.
The bulk of the exports go to the
United States. France and Germany,
while the most of the imports come from
the British and us. The Germans. who
have less than a half million dollars. of
the exports and about the same of the
imports have large financial interests,
and they are doing what they can to cap
ture the trade.
Indeed, it behooves the Americans TO
be up and doing as to Central America
l find the Germans everywhere. and the
British have long had hold on the
various countries. AS il is now Great
Britain is supplying twice as much cot
ton TO Salvador as we do. and il is
crowding close in hardware and in
certain kinds of machinery. We have
the bulk of the leather imports and
most of the flour and We are shipping
several hundred thousand dollars worth
of drugs and Medicines business in
which Germany tries in vain to compete
AS to our imports, we are buying about
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THE CAPITOL SAN SALVADOR,

not eligible for reelection until four
years after the close OF his term and he
cannot succeed himself as vice president
He has his cabinet. consisting of four
secretaries, each with a large number of
clerks.
The army of Salvador is small. but
quite large enough for the country. 1t
numbers about 1900 men as a regular
force, ll,Hn as a first reserve and 15.abD
as a second reserve. In case of war,
military service is compulsory, and the
country can put into the field on short
notice, something like SoOo0 men.
Salvador is now becoming live To the
new sanitation. Some of the finest build
ings OF the country are its hospitals,
among which is that of Rosales. which
has endowment of more than 81 .001.-
600 This building is situated a San
Salvador. 1t was bequeathed to the ma
ton by Don Jose Rosales and was sus-
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HERE is a big sur
prise in store for
the next American
W n O z e IS ship
wrecked on a cam
nibal island in the
Pc ciic or is pOunc-
ed on by the choc-
olate soldiers OF
some dusky mon
arch in the middle
of Africa, or be-
comes stranded in
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tanned by him during his lifetime There
are other hospitals al Tho capital and
also in the chief towns aud sonnet hing
like Steve patients are treated IN them
every Year.
Not far from san salvador is a tuhcr-
culosis sanatorium. where the opon-air
treatment is employed. ana the people
claim that they have a IcsN death rttr
from consumption than in an> other
Spanish-American capital Thu nsmhcr
i a little over thirteen per ten thousand.
which compares very faVurahlN Min
ina. the capital Of Peru. winch hA
over siNtY-two, caracas. thu capital of
Venezuela. which has SiNtN. aud Rio a."
Janriro and Santiago dr Chile. each az
which has thrtN-ciSht. The mortality
in Mexico CITY per ten t"ouSana from
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will probably build this road, and the
same syndicate has plans for a line from
Zacapa, on the Guatemala railway. on
the other side of the mountains. to con-
meet with the Salvador system. When
these roads are finished Salvador will be
able to ship goods To Port Barrios on the
Caribbean sea and il will be within less
than three days of New dreams.
| understand the concessions for these
branches are We'll under way, and that
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in the pantOmime or a suit of second
hand stage armOr
That is how it comes that the popula-
tia of one African village now strut
proudly about in the entire wardrobe of
London musical show that passed away
after a few nights of agony, and why at
the present moment big consignment of
theatrical costumes, including one lot
that came from the United States. and
includes complete set OF king Dodo
costumes. is being got ready for shipment
to a native tribe in Siam.
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Special Correspondence of The Star.
LONDON. January q
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NEW Lines to Be Built
y by Americans-What the
Country Is and It's Wonderful
Observation-Disclosures Trade
Versus That of the British
and Gernans-A Land OF
Coffee and Indigo-The Bal
sam Tree-The Capital and
the Wonderful Lake 1lopango
President Araujo and His
Government - Up to date
Sanitation.
copyright, 1918, 10y Frank Il. Carpenter,
Special Correspondence of Inc star.
ESQJINTLA. Guatemala.
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pound over half the crop being COR
sumed at home. ! am told that that
which is sent abroad brings very high
prices, and the Central Americans think
Salvador coffee better than that nf Brazil
and superior to the coffee of Jamaica or
Java.