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Show HIS THREE WIVES EXCESS BAGGAGE When a two-horse carriage drew np in front of a leading downtown hotel yesterday and there alighted from it a tall, handsome man in Arab attire, followed by three women similarjy attired, at-tired, a great deal of curiosity was manifested, says the Cincinnati Enquirer. En-quirer. The foreigner registered as Abdul Ab-dul Kader of Tangiers. So far so good, but when he wrote opposite, his name "and wives" the clerk blushed and politely told Abdul, who understands English, that his harem ha-rem was not welcome, and that one wife is the limit in this neck of the woods. At other hotels the Algerian got the "frosty mitt." His wives were excess baggage. On the trip of the party from hotel to hotel they were followed by , hundreds hun-dreds of people. Finally, in desperation, the manager of the troupe .which will appear at the Standard this week rented an entire en-tire flat, which he will rn'e with Oriental Ori-ental power for the rest of the week. Abdul was forced to flee from Algiers, Al-giers, and he took with him his three favorite wives, leaving four behind. He was forced to turn to the stage as a means tff livelihood. , ' ' |