Show I nn NG r I Tho The Suitan Sultan of 01 Solo So and His I Tho L 0 dlo rI ot of tho tIm Harem and Black Tooth l In nl IN I N S SOLO 0 LO L LEdl B cr sl s arid ad a id How flow They Aro Are Mod MadeA A Visit to tho the Queer A i houi hate i L Land Lond Labor and How Rou Roc u Look at tho the Solo Markets Whore Where 0 Go i a U All tho Merchants Are Tho Do DoYn Don d n Yn K nl Queer Features of a n Native State in Java and of oi Its Im Imperial Melons Holous Fruit Which Smells Smalls Like Inter Cheese Limburger or Ruler m tn ten ton I month oath 1 t f dull dall d n I I r J f RANK FRANK G CARPENTER 1 r t z i ow I it ut L I M f n pre prec Copyright by Frank 0 G Carpenter OLO OIA State of at i Java M Id t I Have Havo you ever heard of or the sul sui suiL L ako ko tan of ot Solo I dont mean menn tho the ther sultan ultan of at Sulu Tho rho latter la Is a It ai r ad i little six by nine nino nabob In tho the I lower part of at the tho lh Philippine Is Islands Isn Isi n i wn va lands The Tho sultan of or Solo Colo Is I the tho greatest native ruler of at Ja Java va VR He has hall millions of at subjects In his hla antra I own province of at and tho the thomar thea mar a t Ir a most of at the OO of at Javanese peo Ilea people over pie llie look up to him as ns the successor of at W v Mt i Mahomet and the Intermediary be he between bed hethe d the tween tween thorn thom and their god gall I have writ written ten something 0 e the sultan of ot the thO karta This sultan Is a much greater grenter t ra man n lid Ills capital city Is the tho largest larger l native city Ity In Java Jaa and It I has In to the tho theU U heart of ot It a 0 vast palace con can containing conon on p taming thousands of ut nobles servants servant and aves I am told that there arc aro tATtI people living Inside the tho palace walls walla These Include the princes and ond andall t i I all tho Iho ho other relatives of ot tho the Imperial 0 12 retinues family tam II and their 2 Till THE SULTANS WIVES WIlES They nIsI nice Include a n vast female pop population j All Ml MOhammedan have tho tit U tight right to more than ono oro wile wife and the tho th i sultan can have as many Inan aa os he wishes j j He has one head Mad wife and an numerous I concubines a Oil as well as many female femal I N 1 j slaves end nd servants Tho The ladles Indies of ut the tho lh harem Imrem proper seldom come como outside th tho thod d palace and they lire are not seen by b the tho rh ii majesty o nun Inn who call upon his majesty The rho sultana sultans or head hoad wife witt often oten takes takeR a 1 o Et ED party with her hor when she aho goes ROCS out drive t III tiff but at Other ther times the looser forms form f of ot Mohammedan seclusion lon are pro pre preserved served The most of at tho the women In th thil the tho thore il I h co are re noble nolle women They ThOy are arc tho th n daughters of ot the native chiefs and the they esteem It an n honor hOllor to be chosen as all a s tet f wives ot of his majesty MOW HOW THE LADIES DRESS i I have described the dress ot of the la In ladles InI lareal I real roal t dies diu of the court It Is la much r bran brn l the same In Solo According to law the tho thet thea thousands of at women Inside the In a t tint I palace wear dresses All except the ot of Ij sultana and the princesses are per pern n 00 o fl i f bear as to their shoulders and sued a ems Ims They have a special pattern of ot 1 l reis ress which Is s not nol permitted to tl be worn t the palace and their sarongs BarOnS although mado made ot of calico are Me very vcr ex U for tor they are all decorated by v rab rind and by tho the artistic printers of the I tJ kingdom The lM womans ohlin dress Is le somewhat as ns I be C 4 follows First there Is a strip strap of ot call cali calico d dos s co eo ornamented with original decora shout about three yards Ion long and a foot art wide which Is II wrapped round and round r Ir the body b dy Just under the tho arm orm pits JIltS bind Plot pa nt I In HI the th breasts so 8 tightly that It Is of ot otmen men ten len Injurious to health The upper part r of or the shoulders and ond arms alms have no cov coy and there Is la a strip of ot bare yel yei puce JY low skin akin from train three to alx Inches wide trait between the breast band and the ear sar adot ad ling like Ilke skirt skirl which forms forme the rest of r the outturn The skirt Is I alto also bound local very lr tightly about bout a the body and the tho 1 waists are al considerably de CI Javanese girl Is I quite as proud ot of her Ind n n as 01 her American slater sister and nM she the tho e Is very particular as to the pattern of her sarong saran tJ Ne e BLACK TEETH ATtE AM FASHIONABLE She spends much time also upon her rl teeth not In making makin them white but In Inh t h 1 giving them the tho Jet black hue which Is fashionable among amoni the natives of ot this part of the world orld Both here and In tho the Philippines almost jnes both sexes black their th lr teeth O opt and nn II almost every ocr tribe has hai a different nt t method of ot riling fling them In Mindanao I saw hundreds ot or men and women who 1 had hIlI their teeth hollow ground just as though they tho had taken a rat tall lie file and out the front of at their teeth In Int t f Java the men sometimes file their teeth I to a Q point so that the upper and lower last Jaw contain a 11 ragged saw uw tho the teeth of which fit nt Into one another like lik e a n steel rat trip trap Ira The women the mo their S teeth oft 01 straight and sometimes cut cu t them down at al tho the tides aides so 10 that they RIB RIE are almost square quare They laugh lau 11 at the tho white teeth ot of the foreigners and andra ra ha sal flY that we have tes h like cons dl S dory don dO for tor dogs does orl have hae white while teeth t I That Th y sometimes tile file off ot or pull out cut the canine teeth because these thele tenth teeth resemble dog do teeth A rUI mS It le Is 1 set of teeth Is II a girls badge of ot woman ot of 1319 hood need It H t Is her coming out drew drell as It were ere After ACter a Q girls teeth have h c been I 1 1 tied filed she he Is ii I supposed sed to be ready real for tor fort t I infuriate and tho ho boys bos begin to make milk en eyes at her The flin Is II a n tg I hot painful ordeal orl nl and It Is la not hot all done at It once When It Is 18 first begun beun It Is ii I In the tho presence of ot a family party part and a ant nt Do Do follows After this the tho teeth are h have n blackened with a mixture of ot toot soot and m T Iron which makes make them shine like polished Jet AMONG AMONa THE TIm SARONG SAnONG MAKERS MAILERS tAt RS o e pub J l In going through the palace grounds round e eat t Till Thu I t found many women wom n at work In their wo of homes homed printing the sarongs or skirts o which h form the chief ebler dress ot of the tho pen peo rally Is t pie yie Ill Each aeh wrong sarong Is about two yard i In length and about n a yard wide VIde It Is l t r merely ft a 1 strip of or fine tine white while cotton up tried h b M on en which the deafens ore art sketched out t for tor the printers The designs deIn are oro made mad to 10 with melted wax ox flowing from a little c pencil l with a bowl ball ot or liquid wax In the rig nil plan end Ind nd After Arter the design de la Is sketched ti etched the th r ys he dve will only lake tako In the unwaxed parts part Stone t i of ot th the pattern no so that It must mut be core care caret r fully fUll put on Some of ot the t it H D B designs ret re r t 10 oc c l Quite weeks and months to log It ng ho g 0 anti and th the skirts when finished are alren t ft costly as a an American IS n pat al gown The Th e rip of ot cotton In the beginning 1St hart n Is II wr ter teree e ee tit I hops haps worth 30 rents rent but hut In tri th tho hands hand of a f widow d ow 1 a fine One artist It may ma lw II 1 go eo o printed that It becomes comp worth forth ttO ld or more mol Th rh commoner designs Moll li for tor U or nr II it I but bu t top C there here are liTO many man which are arc very try ex u uIt It d to m pensive nl ng with The work Is very t hard hAnt on In the eyes ro ros s ben end and nd I noticed that many of ot the thi women n t of th t had on spectacles Home Some of ot ties thel ear r rone one are printed by b machinery but till tb zing sing of oC handmade ones OMS are mere mD t It la Is land and are a In great There Then Th M Mp n n p forty t streets tr ta In the which sell anil 11 oath noth A lit at tag ing else elte Those worn orn by the till men or are c eked Ok fa Co much the same lame an as 11 those these of ot the women cs h inn rea nd mI thero there are lire millions pf pt such skirt skirts s aunty O f t t told cold very svery el Star reu reut at t i IN I A JA J YArl E Mr Ir Pa Ia The sultan of ot Solo polo controls contraIl all ex xe e tt by rations Buttons and An to a R extent all nil ih th the o 0 k I r gf of hl hi his yn Jt pie Ills His control contra C A lI 11 however li is I nor mor nominal that than real tea rd 11 In M I There Is a n nut h resident n governor govern oi II fly emp ho Ul tt erni hM hili hi how ho h he lip I should act nd tb Dutch coolly run ran all allArt a aArt n II Art Itts III the Courts AIU and Impose th the tints fines I saw sa sat 4 or r t i all wh wb fifty men mn and aliI women omen with ropes ro el around aroa rid 1 dog their seeks necks all tied together awaiting rig c Social he ha trial the th other r day In front of ot on one oner of or f r 21 1 tie the government omec They The were In charge baro of native ix t men n and w tr Wrt r ail surrounded by native but the jul he shoat Inside the court was WAt a u Dutchman ami aM e teN lets will 11 It waa he hI who ee sl I the th mu nn an anon on w lt n VR was It I a ril I o I M t TH no 0 n dulon 11 o toped ropey tOlle together oether In hurl n a way war ar that 5 number c could uM not run tun without 1 BUC t Ie war 11 HH H Ed 1 1 1 rH 1 i 1 F i t M n nt ni t i 1 J I to d I t I toI 11 t f i 1 F J JI 1 I ln f ft T t I tit titI f J 1 1 f j jf f f fX X f f fr r I f X 1 r j X c t I XI r c f L Photographed Photographs for lor or the Newa by Frank G 0 Carpenter f HIS MAJESTY THE SULTAN OF SOLO t I 1 11 1 I H I H di H I 1 S IH i I H HII IH Wt whole whale crowd after him On the veran verana ua dB d a In front of Qt them were werl native scribes In turbans and sarongs with word In lit their belts at the back These were the clerks of ot the court I Each had a great pie of t coppers beside him the collections of ot floes fines and tho the funds for tor making the change IO The Tho veranda was Tas filled with natives of ot varl vari various ous sus ranks I made my way net wa through the flit crowd and Wall vas admitted to the court courtroom courtroom room ro om The judge was cos as n a good goad looking Hollander dressed reu in l n white duck with witha a 1 handsome young youn native In III turban and tins sarong Barong squatting on the hoer floor near his feet The native was waa the prosecutor and ond interpreter At Al A I waited a crim criminal inal was fuss summoned He Ho was made to crawl rawl c in on his heels heeln and he sat lilt on his hi heels while ho he was waa cro cros examined the witnesses coming coining In and ond sitting silting on their heels about himAs him himAs himAs As tar far a as a I could out sec nee tho the Dutch judge ge did d id his l fe best beet to torel rye get at the truth Ho He was fuss looked up to more as oa a father lather than thana a D judge and this la Is s tho the relation that lint th the government tries tiles to maintain with tho he t people The cosec cases were petty ones No lino of ot moro more than MO 10 was wan Imposed during my stay slay In the tho courtroom and some lomo ot of the te ones lines fin were Nero but a tow few cents Ono One O ne man mon had born ben out without n lun lan lantern tern A jealous woman was arrested for tor f or an assault upon her liar lover loer and a R avery avery very er pretty prett girl was sent to prison for far petty larceny I 1 watched the clerks 2 e paying the tho witnesses They received 2 cents for tor each mile mlle they had hd traveled In coming to tho the court and were paid I In ii coppers I IThe A RICH RICA NOBOB The Tho sultan of Solo Sol has hu a large lare rev revenue revenue c Ev Everything In the country fern nomi nominally nally Wally belongs to him its Ife owns own all the lands and rents out a n large luge part of or them thorn to foreign planters He Ha receives 1 guldens a month from the Dutch government and a n great CICat deal from his own awn people reole He can levy taxes taus Alps with the approval of the Dutch resident rul ent and he up a little army of ot his hi own He lIe lIeh ha h has a troop of thirty cavalry c valry of or Dutch soldiers s which always alway forms torms his escort and which would In case caso of ot trouble with the Dutch promptly capture him and ond take toko tak him prisoner for Cor they are ore really the servants of or the Dutch The sultan has hns vast treasures In gold and jewels women are arc gorgeous gor In lu silver sliver and gold and tho the princes and an d wear diamonds s galore He H Hhas e has his own zoological gardens and his stables contain the finest of horses LANDS rANDS OF OP THE TilE NATIVE E STATES The states slates of ot and Solo are ore In it n the richest part purt of ot Java and they prat practically practicallY belong to their sultans Th HIM e sultan of gets gulden a month In money rents He ne leases bin hl hi b lands out to foreigners on r leases The same Is 18 done with the sul eul sultan sultan tan of at Solo In these leases lenses the sultan sultans r engage that the natives of o tho the vicinity Y shall hall work for tor the planters one day a B Ya week without pay This Is on condition that tho the rice lands hands consisting of ot halt hat t the rented estates shall belong to them According to custom halt half the land hand shall shaH ahal l be planted In sugar and half in rice and an d native food crops These Th O crops are al at alternated emoted every ever year rear so 10 that ther there Is la a rotation of crops which Is best for tor both t planter and native The Tha contractor r knows that ho he Is to get but halt half thu e land at one time and rent JI Is arranged arrange d accordingly The Tire people copl work tho the lands land landas e as villages and und communities dividing R the crops While White cultivating tho the rc t they have hae their own on head men but e on n the sugar plantations they the are arc governed d by the tho planters overseer and he use s a them practically as he please pleases Each h planter has hae his hla own watchman fur furnished rushed free tree by the sultan In case CASO a of ot t fault he can con only punish through the th r sultan or rather the resident A large lays c part of the labor Is la tree free at least one da till tillIn dain In seven seen This Is la due to the sultan ultan OH 1111 OHa a S Sa a n tax In and he ho transfers It to the plant planters ers era The hours of ot work are from rom 6 to 6 G I with two to hours ort oft at noon noonAN noonAN noonAN AN EXPENSIVE QUEST GUEST These planters live lire In treat great state slate an and d when hen the sultan visits them they spend d loll I entertainment 1 i re recently rev reo visited vl vie lt led u n a sugar factory alto thu about t h wore were leased leasell of hit hiLt majesty The factor expected IJ to havo havu the ai Bult nR Oel uv t his hla plantation on anti and he was wa anxious anIous to make moko a 11 good goad elan upon him He lie hod put up a II pavilion at tho railroad station as RS a II sort of ot a II rest house for the tho sultan And had erected triumphal arches along the line IIno of at march I 1 was waB told that his Irla mo mn entertainment would cost ai cn least east n thousand thou dollars sad and that there would bu bo parties receptions and other gay ay doings While I 1 |