El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-05-09

, textiles Of the cheapest kind. loaded
with clay TO give them body. treated
with glue TO hold the clay and cotton
together, and printed in gaudy colors
I These (made in Lugiaudl are. Of
course. FOR the poorer classes and i'm
Bolivia, Peru and Ecuador the women
wear eight OF ten skirts of such ma
teriaL short and with wide flare at
the bottom.
In Nigeria. on The west coast OF A.
rica, the natives are now having their
clothes made i'm London. That country.
which is a British colony. is one of the
most prosperous in the world. thanks
TO the recent agricultural and other
development. The British government
is gridirOninE IL with railroads. incl
dentally opening up district which
tin mines known. Tin. at something
like a thousand dollars a ton. is al
most precious metal.
The natives of Nigeria are finding
ready market for their cocoanuts. palm
nuts kOla nuts, and other products. at high
prices They have plenty OF money 10
spend. and they want 90 buy the things the
white man uses A big business has been
opened with Nigeria by mail order houses in
England. and through this channel the pa
tives are providing themselves with the
TO collars and neckies-
Wear American Sheets.
There has recently been 20 wonderful OK
tension Of our commerce in Arabia region
which embraces the great peninsula between
EHENIHn
bulk OF the population OF that country.
where cotton is the universal material FOR
clothing. is clad today in American sheet
iuEs, trimmed and seWed on American Sow
ing machine the costume VARYING from
mere loln cloth. tied scarf fashion about
the middle TO vOluminous garment
wrapped around the body and somewhat re-
semoiinE the ancient Roman toga.
The 1oth century native OF Arabia burns
American Kerosene. harnesses his frrfratfrz-
wells with an American windmill and Aruarf-
can pumps, propcls his boat with oars made
In Brooklyn. rolls his children in a baag
carnage from Chicago. rides iu am automa-
nlle punt IN Detroit and lu the coffee enD1
Ups MS IaVorite beverage in q rocking chair
manufactured at Grand Rapids. Moi
Not long ago OUT consul at aTaz.--r was
an ehteIpFlslng man named Coffin. Nasllat
IS lue capllsI or Oman an independents sui
ttnate on the Persian gulf Mr. C0ff- q found
tnal me sultan had no running water irl
his palace. He installed a water SUNNY
sss5 I,l7 WIN American machinery. and in
Io4uLSu lne grateful pOtentate 20 the lux
lry OF bathrooms and exposed pIImbirr-
IN lhe harDor were boats. Mr. Coffin NM
anne! lean motors into them. Also he -
up AIli5eIle1n pumps TO irrigate tie da-e
oI 10 US, replacing hand operefa.- bucket
system which had come down rom nrebfg
tOric times " ~ WIS /
American Soaps in India.
, -l5 i--'--a lle people are beginning 20 use
-A' 5- an ps- They want them ia bri---
colorgd cakes. highly scented. When BE- y
eoisi L5Ieu mat cleanliness is matter az /
eLlIl9H WIN both Hindoos and Nr1r-r--
t 1ly also their feet before and after
e1cn meal 10 Is obvious that in that conn /
~ mere ought 10 De an excellent marker 3
oI sup Inc soaps offered Tor sale tha-. 4
-Lct with which fs srafust religion e-
ing soap Is particularly I'm demand thl.r.--5 Z
.-I' W '- lne poorer classes C0rnrfsa.ll. ma
me OarDsr only half cent Tor d shave 4