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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 8, 1901)
; THE ILLtSTKATED HKE. rtoptoinbor S, 1D01. Women of Java and Their Ways r opy nht km. by Frank i! ('nrpi-nior ) w .nirHVUHMH.W .In vii, Aug. H. f (Special f'nrreHp'indenee nf The l U Hie i I until to tell you aomo- thing nbniit tho little brown pinple of .Invn. They tiro tins most lova ble nf nil colored raros outHlilt! of .Japan Mini even more (ii:ilnt than the Japanese Time nrc 1!,'., (Hio.i)i 0 of them on this little Ixlinnl iiml Hiey tire swarming about me iik I make units under the shade of tlie palm trees. My neat lookn out on the wide -n fin I which rllliK through Woltevredeti. It is will leil with brick, but at every few feet tin re lire Mono fltcps lending down Into the wnlcr and In ench of tbeHo places Javanese girls are standing waist deep In the canal wanking themselves or their clothes. They are a cleanly people. Hvery Java in Ke lakes IiIh bath night and morning and ihc bright eottoiiM they wear are f rciiuciitly snored. The little girls down there In the water hiivt) ban-like HklrlH. :r sarongs, wrapped tightly about their plump bndlea JiiHt under thi aruiH .1 ml the rich golden brow n of their Hhouldci'H hIiowh out an they bend down at their work. The wet sarongs cling to (heir forms llk-i the traditional paper on the wall and they look like brown Hlnlili'H will) the lightest tif draping N'niice how ihelr HhouldeiH bob up and down as Ihey rub the clothcH mi the stones There Is one turning around; nlic Ih wring ing the clotlli'H. and here Ih another holding a wet gnrmoui high In the air and htluglng it down with a Hlap on the stops to net the dirt out Hut I lie .lilt line f lliillie. See the men and women swimming about In the canal. There are Hcoren of them, hlitlllllg together, all ilreHHeil In these thin cotton mrongs. There are grandmothers and granddaughters, old ineii and young iih li. children and liahtcH, the latter In the aruiH of their mothers, being dipped In and out. Here come two girls of It. for their dally kwIiii In the warm Mowing water. They are well dressed, after the .lavane b Hlyle. each wears a long cotton Jai kut over the sarong of skirt which firms tho costume of both women and men, and inch carries another mrong with her to use in TIIH WOMKN AUK NOT HHA t'TI IVI..- looking man The people are about as tall eounters. piled up on the liner or hung Up as the Japanese, their average height being behind the merchants, or more often, if I a little more than live feel. I lot h sexes are plump and well shaped and exceedingly straight. They have slender limbs, small wrists and ankles and long, slender lingers. may use tho term, merchautesses. wh squat on the bricks. One section Is given up to th" cloth bazaars. Hero the gayest of calicoes hunt; They look not unlike (he Filipinos, save .,.., ...... H Then, are blur that their foreheads are, If anything, higher r,,(, ,, V(,w KfmiU ()f ,(lm,H f( rmlMK mid they are of a more pronounced Malay klng background to the brown-faced type. .Many of them have high cheek bones inr,..ank,.,t bare-footed women, who sit and Ihelr eyes are a trille aslant. making (,,,. ,, ,, Kllrlllor on are the tailor you think of the Chinese. They have thick lips, though nothing like so thick as the negroes. The women as a rule are not as good looking as the men, although many of th" young girls are pretty. Those of tho bet- There are doens of shops, each owned b a male or female dressmaker, who Is working away. How an Amcrl 'an tailor would laugh at the sight' They are itslnv sowing machines, but the machines are all worked by hand and they rest 11a t on hoards ter classes are often line looking, having ,,, 0()I. ,, , n1 H,aI1,1Si !1H ,ls mgn. narrow loreueaus, iniriy goon noses ,,,.,, ( sowing on a silk jacket Shr and luscious red lips. They are particular alt(, l.rSH.i,.KKl.li ,, tin. Moor with the ma as to matters of etiquette and are mil- ,,,, f t ,,, , Xow , ll!18 ,,,,,,, it ii. i .....ii i. ..i... n'i.t.. i.. 1 ei muiy (Hunt, iiiiii in-ii.it i'ii. i i..n so of lioth sexes. 'I III'.. UlllT) III 'I'llt'lU1, The women marry very young, (ilrls are often mothors nt 11 or 12 years of age and old maids arc almost unknown. Anion; the poorer classes the women do as much 'Irossod In a cream colored Jacket sewing and is reeling a spool of pink silk on the bobbin. She holds the machine between her bare toes as she works. She Is hare-armed and baro-shoiildereil and she has beautiful hands. In the next shop is a prettier woman. and woik as (he men. Tho whole family in a manner takes car" of Itself mil the more children a poor man has the richer he is. bright red sarong. A llerco .Malay man wearing a turban, a red Jacket and black gown, sits beidde her. It may be her bus- II Is not uncommon for a woman to have r possibly a customer waiting for a doen children, although, owing to sani tary conditions, tho families are not as a that skirt on whleh she Is sewing. N'nt'cc the Jewelry which the woman wears. She SWUHT Ctll'OANl'T DJOK.IA I'KDlU.KIt rule much larger .than ours, many of the l''f 'l'" hracelets of silver nml a nrnceioi aim inreo rings or goui. tier belt tri,in,. it tl,.i,t i,. ih nf her hoid. loon or uriiiK or a man, win maiio nun your lover. mlng. Now thoy take off their Jackets and '''t ' vnliuiblo to tho patent nu hold up the sarongs they have brought with " "f '" 1nlry. Hi" whmi ' ... ..!.... i very lea di's. They understand to sous me n. nose iu,mi ... " J ,,, , ,, H1(,h of . ns high from the ground. In the c cotton abou a yard wide . ..I two ya , Is In ' ' ; (ho (n,)U, g ln(s p ilr w length. Karl, girl steps ln,ldo ono an pu ' f(.t,8 nr ,.,, , hn,nMnK goods abou. her In little Hat haskf THE THREE ESSENTIALS IN Fall Clothing ell ltd it'll .1 v Iiilt In Infanev. Many of th oeonle an. Mohammedans, but as a rule Jacket Is fastened at tho breast with a gr at ..... ....... v i..... i i ., ti, thev have but one wife, more being com- medallion of ullver. to which hang I ng bank within twenty feet of where 1 am "ly among tho chiefs and nobles, silver chains and l.o ha, a silver writing. They are lotting down their bnlr. " "' that tho women believe In lovo "round her waist. It Is long and reach.s to tho waist. Soo, lotImis and that there aro witch doctors ,, rllKKU(H. ...... , i .... i.. .. .i who sell stun which. Introduced Into tho one. i gin mini. i.k .. ... .. ....... ...... -..rnvtmr Mm tnllnr nhnnq we nn nu In Mm Ii 111 il lllllll, Mill IIIIMUI (tllll ri n v.- 1 should think tho reoipo for drug stores. These aro In llttlo Binds modi- roofed with palm leaves uphold by po are of banihoo. In each shed Is a table Jnn sous as about ns big at a double bed ami about In the center nl Ith her I.. i ..in Piriil In lifiwil.-litf t'nnild fiitrnir linr 111 llllln flnt lincUrtu Sihn . x i . a . mil ii lit i ii 1 1 in ill in nit- H i liiii in i'i - nniiiK ...... ......... ...... nu- u up ui.u',-n. -' M.eiu. for desertion ...ay bring about a tor- sits will, her feet under her, and In most miuwn in i ui. nn n.......h .r r,,vi,n0 tho part nf the woiiian. enses chows tobacco or betel nut ns she Kill. 18 now pei.ue.i in. as u ,, Tho ,)a(,kllt8 nr ()f M709. thf)y wmo nag. w.i.i ...... ...... p... aro filled with various kinds of roots, mils exposed. She pulls the bag clopo o no- (,nmn wlt)) mo t( , lmzm)I.s aml tni((, n ,,0Wllt.rH- n basket contnlns cotton person, twisnng ii ims wa nun nu i. y ,,,,, (, , 1)Uslm HS , of Java, bands, another has a white iinwder. and In tighten It. mid fastens It by a Knot nt nu Tlltiy ()) ,,,,, Kri,nl,,r ,m f t,o buying others there are rose leave, cloves, pepper breast. She now folds up her other drdH m(( ,,. allI thl)y ar nH H,ar,, traders ginger, and every conceivable thing. As and lays it wiin ino jacuei in a uu i pue nH y()U w, ,, nnyw,ere. The only wo wnlt a woman comes up with a baby on tne oann ami jiiiiii." m... int. , them are those of Hiirmaii, wno Who looks palo and sick. The drugg'st Her fister mis loiioweu. mi. i me ,, , , ,,. nim,h ,,, 8aln,,. B,,. t,0 itl0 ono ,, wlth hr rV(, nn.t paddling about like (wo brown ducks. Tiny The most of tho business of this part of thon KVes the mother nbout n qunrt rf swim mis way nun nu... .- V . I the world Is done in grent imnars. or vasi various lunllclnps and tells her to boll onlytlielrlieaiisau.iuowiuesoiesoiiu.nl .it-pm-nm,,,! Btores, under one roof Tho them up Into a tea for the Mck Infant llttlo brown reel. ony difference between our department rnrthcr on we stop In tho tobacco bazaar. They stand In tho canal nml scour them- Btoris nm, tj,0 baznars Is that In the latter n,,r the business Is dene by both women selves, and afior a mug nine spent in rpii ,.ai,, rut,,r ,aH Its own inercnnnt. who ,j , Tobacco Is sn'd In grent quiint1 lug about wain in siei.s. ..ni.....h . ,ll0 K00,is piled about nun nun nun Heretics. In cigars nml In the lump Vi'iiuses. i am iiiiei.'s.f.i i ....... ..h ... tuero are minureiis oi niercnaius s.-iluk or roti. The most of the native tnbaic get mil or mow wei .iiessiB nun nu.. ,), mm(f )n,j r K,,oiis ill ino same puice. ,,, ln ro)lHi twisted like rnpo3. The dry ones, but they do it in .no nrigiu inn Sometimes the bazaars cover acres, at. wrapping paper Is banana loaf, which I of. Hits tropical sun wunoiu mo rui .a- Hultenzorg they nre in ino lorm m n inn- (;,stcned together by a thorn pinned (tfl. . ..... ......I,.nt tiilMml .. a ( I .. .... 1.11... ...1.1. A ' poaure or poison iiieviiifiniMi.ni ...i. )ow Bquaro, the roois oeiug upiieni i. ..iiuo t hrtniRli the ends. Sometimes tho bundle and as Innocent ns that llttlo baby who pm,,,,, tho center of the square Is a tlPll wt, Rlrnnii nf ,irri mnan!i pro. titnntlH tliero on nun porcu iimnm. ...t. ..M. ,,0,,rt mu,(l wlu, ninrKoi men nn.i ........... nanana lenves, banana peel and thor. of her twelvo-year-oiu inoincr sinriug m who have temporary roois io hiiioiu ui.-iu fnrmp,i tbo nack nc miner of the wlinln me. . from tho sun. Tho bannrs proper aro mnrUcti nnil n 80rtB of K0(1lJs arp ,lont, ,p la vii ui". w iiiiicii " .". paved witn reu oricu, iue um m them. There nro places which sell noth Tho Javanese cannot bo sal.l to bo beau- aisle lined w.tl. siores aro, uu Mt. tlful, although you now and then sec a good square The goods nre spread out on llttlo Style, qualiiy and economy ueor inn. mil bd'ler than they do now nt our store Ml our previous elforls (which have set th,. standard for other dealers, are iiiietlv orllpsed Our lablcs are now loaded ilo.vn with I ho best things produced by the masi. r minds of the tailoring wotld, and thev wait your Inspection. . jl .1 livery ounce of the elToit and ever, minute of the attention that Is given to our men's clothing has IH duplicate In the :ir. we glo our bos' and ehllillen's Mt. k Tn result Is thoroughly well tailored garnuuu, perfect materials and coirect styles, "No ClotiliiiK Fits Like Ours." Mako your headquarters at our store during your visit Ak-Sar-Ilen week Browning, King & Co., K. S Wilcox, .Mgr. (.or. I nth niul Douglas Sts. W' jTS INTHIHOIl OI'1 STOitK KOO.M OK III.APK 2 50 HATTKU. This Is an age of specialties, and the single prion store is the successful store of tho future, liny from the manufacturer, sell close and make the volume of limine mako your prnllt. Mr. Illack stinted tho 2 fio hat store no more no less March 1st this year, and his suec.ss has been assured from tho start. Men's furnishings of all kinds go with tho business ami ho has one nf tho largest and best selected stocks of furnishing goods ln Omaha. His store U on Sixteenth street. Just south of Dodge. WHITE PLUME CELERY first Grade Oysters POULTRY AND GAME. DAVID COLE & CO., OMAHA. LET US START YOU! VS&fS Uolil, MUer, McLcl and Mctul t'Uttng. At h me or trtrllD2. tikliu onieri, u1dc ani Bcllinc irof. firoj' Machine. Tltui Witch'i, Jewlrr, Tblrwrf , meyolfi, all metl foodi. Ao Kiprlrofr. He fjr pUt. Nw tntlho-li W da plfttinn, mtnufMlurt outflti, U Ir. OuarknieM. Oolroutflttcomplftr. 11 looli. Uthf. mtrll. rtc.rtkdT for Qwork. Upi tpanh tou. furnlih rcfl, forrauUiOro. Write (oitay. 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