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THE OREGON STATESMAN, SALEM, OREGON
WEDNESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 15, 1922
GOOD NEWS FOR MEN-THAT WILL HAKE YOU SMILE
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Dusky Island Flappers Even
Roll Their Own, Excelling
American Beauties
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HAWAII LIKES
SHORT SITS
Phenomenal!
Sensational!
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CAPE HAITIEN, Not. 14
Haiti often has been referred to
a a bank ward nation, but in
dress the Haitian woman of the
predominating peasant class long
anticipated the American flap
pers in two of her most dfstine
tire trits. Short skirts and the
trick of "rolling her own" wore
adopted here Ion? before the
flapper took them to her heart.
Short skirts are a necessity to
the woman who spends her days
toiling in a garden or riding a
burro. They wore them short in
Haiti when Andrew Jackson was
in the White House, and the style
has not changed.
Marines Aid
It was in 1915 that the peas
ant woman began to "roll her
cwn.M In that year the occupa
tion forces of American marines
and shore leave parties of blue
jackets brought a golden trail of
Amorican coin to the impoverish
ed island. Regiments and ships
bought freely in the markets, and
the women reaped the benefit.
Haiti is a country of caste, and
the possession of shoes and
stockings marks a decided social
advance for the peasant class.
They Invested their earnings in
Chen, but drew the line at gar
ters, and necessity taught them
a substitute.
Women Are
It is now a common sight to
see the women of Haiti on the
roads leading to the city markets,
seated side fashion on their gray
burros, whip out stockings at the
city limits, don them while the
little --burros amble patiently on,
and then give them the final
twist and roll before laoing their
shoes. When the day's work is
done, .the reverse is accomplished
as the city limits drop behind,
and stockings are packed away
until the next state occasion.
Arrays Are Gawdy.
There Is one distinctive fea
ture of women's dress In Haitian
peasant circles, however, that
will hardly find favor in the so
phisticated eyes of the American
flapper. Frequently one sees
andng the universal faded blue
and white attire, one of red,
white and blue, with the three
colors arranged in fantastic pat
terns of stripes and squares, usu
lly topped by a brlgifred ban
danna turban. A peasant woman
thus arrayed, accustomed to carry
burdens on her -head from in
fancy. , strides along in 'this gay
costume with the carriage of a
Greek goddess. She is a "peniten
te" who has broken one of the
laws of the peasant code of con
duct, and her self-elected cos
tume openly proclaims to her
sisters that she has backslidden
from their curious code and Is
wiping It out by public penance.
SUSS EVE KEEPS
MED ID IE JOB
Dr, Nigman, German Col.,
Relates Amusing Incident
or rast uays
BERLIN, Nov. 14. East Afrl,
can superstition and Ingenuity
are amusingly illustrated in an
Incident related by the German
colonel. Dr. E. Nlgmann, in his
memories of the days when he
was in charge of colonial admin
istration in that part of the
world.
One of his most reliable aides,
he says, was a native lieutenant
colonel who had lost an eye dur
ing one of the local expeditions,
and wore a glass one in its place.
This officer was assigned to su
perintend the erection of a post
office in a rural district. The in
habitants had long been delin
quent in tax payments and con
sequently each male adult was
required to meet hra civic obliga
tions by putting in a week's labor
tne new government buildine.
One day while the native la
borers were industriously at work
under his vigilant Watch, the lieutenant-colonel
was temporarily
called away. On leaving tho
building, he took out the glass
eye, placed It on one of the wails
and announced to the workers:
"Look here, my men. I must go
now, but I am leaving my eye to
keep tab on you and to see that
you keep on working while I am
away." It was with considerable
self-satisfaction that he returned,
to find his gang hard at work.
Next day the lieutenant-colonel
had another summons to leave
hid post. Again he placed the
glass eye In charge and left Re
turning, he noticed from afar
that bull ling operations were at
a standstill and all of his dusky
help snoririf peacefully. Upon
looking cor his "foreman" eye'
he found it carefully covered with
an old hat.
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Materials Include .
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" ALL WOOL FULL CUT in good looking two pocket models.
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