Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-05-15
BEOOU|N BEAUTIES
AOOREO, BUT SLAVES
While Their Charms Are Unfsded
They Are jealousy Regarded
by Their Lords. !"

A romantic enough figure IL the little
flower of the denert" in her blue robe,
with her pretty bare arms and beautiful
face She il probably not more than IL
years old, but the roscs of the desert
blossom carly, and che il the favorite wife
ot Bed0Iin many years her senior.
As long az she retains her youthful
charm she IS passioHateiy and IeeiOusly
regarded by her lord and master She ~
sheltered from the eyes Of other men, buf
not from toll and WEAKNESS. The Bedouin
woman is never set upon pedestal ~
her lord, nor even allowed % walk beside
him on On equal footing, for that would D.
contrary n the teachings and commands
of Mahomet, who maintained that woman
was an inferior creature
When night comes On and the Company
decides To- camp. it - tbe women who pitch
the tents 0f black carneps hair, which they
have made with their own hands; the
women who unsaddle the horses and
canels; the women who milk the sheep and
cook the supper; the women who bunbly
serve the men their evening meal, %
which they themselves arc not allowed -
partakc until the lords " creation have
eaten their fill.
These Bedouin tribes of North frics
are perhaps ~ Imperylous ~ the inhuenn"
II modern civilization az any people n fhe
world. The great wars and battles tietween
the Europeans and the natives of ifrlca
have taken place on the frOntiers Of tbelr
desert But they have always besn able -
retire into that sea of sand whittier un-
sccugtomed feet could not follow then
aud 70 return later ~ as strong - eve,
~ince the French took control u North
Africa these Wild tribes have heeD, s'IT-
poqedlY, under military discipline and
guardianship but they have maintained
their own tribal organizations and alrnos-
complete Independence, - Tar ~ tne'r
actual lives are concerned
They follow the traditions q Islam srd
.bejr dwellings. their iurnizhings which
arc Jew and far between and their cloth
Inz date bark ~ the days n the Bible
Sirnplicitv Is really the keynote % the one
garment whIch 'ne Bedouin roman
wears, complicated though ~ many loore
and folds NAV appear - the inexperienced
Owe single piece ~ coarse ~'ccier
cloth. about twice - large ~ "a ordinsyr
co1lnterpane il wound around rhe Fo6v
and fastened NTH q primitive sort ~
safety pin IN % clever 2 manner tns- -r
looks ike a European skirt The cloth q
hound around The vgaizt with q cord and
Ioosened above. 70 form B sort of pocser
IN which the lady carries provisions end
other Dsregsit iee Week arms and legs 90
bare. but her head With n closely braid
ed ie+ black hair. u drcenriv covered wirh
striped silk handkerchief 81 some ga,'.
light color Trinke-s Of course, are Indis-
DenEabie. and generally consist OF silvr-
earrings, bracelets and rings AZ . rule The
7vornans adornment 4 completed by the
tattooing of little square On each cheek
and a cr6ss between the eyebrows.
The costume of the BedouIn man IS
more elaborate, consisting 81 ? coarse
linen shirt. wide trousers reaching % the
Knees AMI 4 waIstcoat, sometimes en-
brodered n CAV colors and decEzed with
silver buttons. Over all this IS thrown the
inevitable. white hurnous. while the mead IS
covered with a small fez and then wound
II a white r,Irban. some wealthy BedoUlns
even wear short stockings and light sliD-
perz of leather or felt. exchanged during Z.
Journey FOR top boots OF red OF yellow
leather. They move all the time and the
women do the moving.
When q ZTrl Il to ~ married her father
sells her to a sJrtor ii bis OWL choosing
This generally happens when she IS from
l3 10 Is vears of age. By the time she i
20 her beauty mas faded her husband beats
her. gives her little food. and cCnpe.s
her "a act H. servant 70 the new Young
7ife he has bought she hiss never even
heard 81 i woman having any other KIND OF
exlSt tence, and the one feeling that Goml-
mates her IS abiect fear oi and utter DC
pendence upon her lord and master.
Her lie i as ever changing and vet a.
monoConOus as the eternal, shifting s2nu>
OF the. desert The Bedouins are generslly y
shepherds hut those If rhe northern
Sahara cultivate small tracts 81 land. A>
The soil cannot be cultivated III one spve
Tor long because OF the dearth OF water
The family and the tribe are continually
moving from place 20 place. Only three
months elaps between ne sowing snd
the ripening oi the corn, hsryests sre over
in Aprl or NAy and then The Beuoulus
move on q cultivate smother piece of
virgin sod. The hard labor q moving l.
done by the women.
You try an Every Evening want sdv