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Show a UICtT NO. U6. VOL. L CGDEN SOCIETY LORD OF THE 76 UMBRELLAS FACES INTERNECINE WAR A Wet African Balfour Appeala to. England agalnat the Pretcnalona of a Native Joo Chamberlain, Who Carried a Bigger Umbrella Than Statesmen Can Hava an Superior None But High and brella at All in Sir William MacGregor's Colony of Lagoa. Mi-gh- ty Copywright, 1904, by Curtia Brown. Loudon, June 2. Portentous news but come from Lagoa no leas than bat the Atawaja of Jehu Ode threatens to wage conflict on a lesser statesman id that choice west Africa realm, who, encouraged mayhap by the proceed nisi of jiiacph Chamberlain, had permitted blmsclf to carry an umbrella larger in and more ornate in pattern than that tarried by bis superior. Lagoa la a British colony In West Africa, aud its black population two millions or more of them constitute the Yoruba tribe. Sir William Margregor. tho Governor of I ago, happens i Im in Ixrndon at present, and from him I get the piquant Information that there sre only about fifteen, persona in all the 25,000 square miles of the Yoruba country who are entitled to make use of the umbrella. It la the outward and visible sign of lofty rank, even as the Order of the Garter In England ur the peacock's feather In the Flowery Kingdom, and the dusky dignitaries whom Yoruba tradition permits to add it to' their state are the fifteen principal chiefs of the tribe. THE ATAWAJAS WRATH. Of these the Atawaja of Jebu Ode which la soma hundreds of miles from the seaport of Iagoe is one of the moat exalted, ao it is no won- elze disappearing from the stand In the ball. Um- ably ubuui the most elaborate and costly things In their line ever produced. To begiu with, they are of enormous size, some of them when open measuring ten feet across. The average coverings of most of them are red, while, yellow and blue silk, in alternate stripes, with deep fringes, also of much gaudinoxs. A state umbrella sent out to Africa a few weeks ago had for Its apex a sterling eagle standing on two silver cannons, this desigu being of really exquisite workmanship aud over nine inches In height And on the silk covering of this umbrella waa a symbolic embiem done in pure gold a brn and eight chickens, representing the chief and his leading henchmen nil worked in eighteen-cara- t metal. Such a Slate umbrella rusts about 9350. and ran be used only by potentate of the highest rank. It is rarried over the lordly one's head by bearers, while other bearers steady the umbrella by Bllken cords attached to the uppermost parts. The umbrellas used by the inferior chiefs are smaller, though also elaborate In pattern, and usually merely a small ball of sihrer at the end of the ferule. Tlie least swagger of them costs about f 50. THE MIGHTY ALFIN. It was rather surprising to hear from Sir William Macgregor, who has made quite a study of the subject, that there Is little doubt that the umbrella first was used as a royal symliol In Egypt he lost no time in summoning bla dusky councilors, who decreed that the mushroom aristocrat of the Jungle must retire hia umbrella forth uh and pay a stiff fine besides for trying to outshine his betters. Sir William saya that be barked up the Atawaja at the time, and that the Indiscreet one hud to pay up the natives, by the way. use English money now. But evidently he has been trying it on again, and, as reports say that the Atawaja is going down to Lagos in person, the chieftain rrobably means to appeal to the Acting Governor to help him to maintain his dignity by force of arms A MATTER. In the good old days" there wouldn't have been any dllly dallying of this sort. Prior to the era of British rule In ljtgus that chief's unwise head, the ferule of hia own probably atuck-oumbrella, would have decorated tlie approach to the Atawajas kraal a few hours after the news of Ilia breach of court etiquette had reached Jebu Ode. It is. In fact, only a few years since it was as much as the life of any man, white or black, was worth to raise an umbrella in I .ago, unless he had the distinction of being a chief. Speaking on the eubject the other day a former West African missionary told Miss Kafheryn Cross returned from Miss Fanny Gorman left for SpenEmporia, Kansas. .Wednesday, after a months visit with relatives. cer, Idaho, this morning, where she will be the guest ibis summer of Mias Mias Elsie Dangers departed for her Dearie Spencer. home yesterday morning. Halvor G. Coulter leaves today for Hiss Martha Fisher, of Logan, passed West Point, having passed all of the route to necessary examinations with through Ogden Wednesilay, great the exposition. Miss Fisher waa at one credit. While his relatives and friends of time a popular teacher in Ogden. sadness in soring have a feeling him lonve home fur the two years that Mrs. H. II. Spencer and family left he must slay before he can return, they yesterday morning fur Spencer, Idaho, are Justly proud of his success and where they will spend the summer. predict great things for him in the near future. Miss Florence Hirst and Miss Edith Oourlay arrived In Ogden WednesMARRIED. day. They have been attending the University of Nebraska, at Lincoln, On Thursday, June second, at Church and will spend the summer vacation of tho Good Shepherd. Miss Frances with their parent a 8. Mimason. one of Ogden's most popular ladles, and daughter of Mr, Mrs. Beckwith, of Evanston, la vis- and young Mrs. C. H. Mouagou, a prominent friends in this iting cily. machinist with the Southern Pacific to was united In Miss Florence Lannfng departed Mr. Fred 1. de Ktuino, a marriage machinist on for a three with the same company, the east, Wednesday who has, month vhtil, during which she will through his school stay, won many visit Chicago, Kansas City and the St. friends who wish him and his fair Louis exposition. brido long life and happiness. Miss Reed left Wednesday evening MISS KITTY FITZGERALD HOSTESS for an extended eastern trip. Ths palatial residence of Mr. and Mrs. McCormick has Issued InvitaMrs. T. 8. Fitzgerald tha scene of tions for Tuesday afternoon. many of the smartest social functions Mrs. H. H. Spencer entertained Infor- ever held in Ogden was given over to young people, mally Wednesday afternoon at her a spirited parly of wirti Allas Kitty evening, apartments at the Reed for Mrs. Geo. Thursday and Mies Dearie Spencer, the presiding, McCabe and Miss Kitty Fitzgerald. honored recipient of this pretty comDecidedly one of the prettiest social pliment. g A and altogethfunctions of tbe year waa the High School Alumni ball Wednesday night. er novel historical conteat elicited no Tbe ball waa prettily decorated for tbe end of amusement and Interest, with orrasina and all the appointments Miss Silencer and Air. Keogh displaying were in perfect accord with tbe fash- the greater proficiency and receiving pretty prise, and Miss Mosley and Mr. ionable gathering in attendance. Corey getting the booby prize. A color conceit of red, while and Mrs. John Larble left Wednesday for tbs east, to visit with her relatives and blue was deftly carried out In the contest and In ths tempting viands, ss a friends. souvenir of which each partaker was Mrs. 8. E. Malta and mother, Mrs. presented with a lovely rose. Indebted to Mlse Fitzgerald and her Q. H. Fowers. are making an extended sn visit in Washington, Oregon and Cali- amiahlo mother, for so pleasant are: Mra H. II. 8pencer, fornia, having left on the fourth. All evening Ilall, Mra George Mcpoints of intercut In the northwest wiU Mra Milton Cabe; Mleeee Dearie Spencer, Fanny be visited by them. Gorman, Grace Mosley, Celeste Con Lawrence Mrs. E. M. Luckett will go down to ray, L. Francis; Measra Balt Lake tomorrow to attend n party Corey, John Keogh. John Spargo, MIL ton Hall and Wenger. given by Mra. Dunn. TIM 00 C0BBKI.I.A THOlltLK. nri1 CAISBB ibp BrttHh !"! Iff ns Aftlcto Waa Wrtlva IMr ii CiplirKl If ffwru tit hitlff Ventured u Cm it, TIhsiii Iib lUufc IM4 fmiiif Wm to Such A XJir.LackfcA ua beads and ostrich feathers. When, surrounded by bis court and with lesser umbrellas raised on all sides f him be receives a viviuir, if glad to see Mm the dusky monarch rolls his stick between his bauds, lie also op derg a kola nut to be split and shares it with his guests and principal bench men the idea being similar to tku Indian chtefa "pipe of peace. or the eastern custom of eaiing bread and and aalt TREMENDOUS DIGNITY. Saluting a Yoruba chief Is euch an involved process that the scries of reverences and low reverences that have to be made to Londons Lord Mayor at his Installation ia nothing to it. Tbe favored one who bits been given an audience has to prostrate himself at full length on the ground face downward. What he dues after that depends on the rank of tbo chief, n be is just pretty lofty in statinn (he visitor strikes tbe ground with his forehead: But if his host Is of next higher grade H. Is etiquette that the guest shall kiss the ground besides. Up a step further in the social scale and tbe native debutante has to lay hia cheek against the earth in addition to doing the other things, while, in the presence of the Onl of Ife, who ia next in rank to the Alalia, one has also to roll over to the left. When saluting the supreme chief he has to roll over to the left and then to the right ss well. Tbe Oni of Ife is the high priest of the Yoruba tribe, and it really Is a little startling to find out bow curiously Ills functions are like those of the Archbishop of Canterbury, ife la, in fact, the Canterbury of Yoniba- land, and tbere the Oni lives and takes care of the crowns that belong to the fifteen chiefs of the tribe and of the royal relics. Most of these consist of stones, carved into various forma One of them is shaped like a fish, and I am told that Its design is n a Egyptian one find makes the origin of tbe Yoruba people practically certain. Tbe Alafln Is the temporal bead of the nation, but the Onl Is the spiritual bead, and he It is who had tbe power of granting nil honors, notably umbrellas. The Yoruba chiefs dont succeed to this rank by virtue of their birth, but are elected by tbe council of their respective tribes. Such an election, however, doesn't mean necessarily that tbe chosen one can carry an umbrella, these are granted only to chiefs whose pedigree is beyond reproach or. who have rendered import-- , ant services to the state. Anyway, the say is with the Oni of Ife, and he decides whether or not sn umbrella shall be vouchsafed, and If so, of what dimensions and pattern. Also whether the newly elected chief may wear a crown. The Yoruba crowns are made of wickerwork covered with beads and with fringes of beads hanging down Like the Archfrom their edges. bishop of Canterbury, the Oni of Ire crowns n new chieftain in person and bestows bis umbrella npon him with all due solemnity. -- well-know- 01s der that when an ambitious Inferior blossomed out with an umbrella whose a urgeousneee would not have disgraced the mightiest in the land, his ebony highness grew properly indignant over the act of less majeete. Unfortunately, the name of the erring one cannot be given. The telegraphic dispatches which announced that the Atawaja was on the warpath omitted to mention it, and Sir William Macgregor doesnt remember it Sir William aays, however, that the inferior chief appeared with hia too vivid umbrella several months ago. He had een on a Junketing expedition down to the coast learned a wrinkle or two Hum the white traders down there, and had gone back to his own baliwkk determined to cut rather a wide swath. The dlisy umfirell was one of the early results. When the Atawaja heard of It Ow, Be h M f (b. Smntyslz me that when he made hia first expedition up country there In 1977, his black carriers, finding that he had an umbrella in his outfit, stole and hid it lest indiscreet use of It might result in the local potentate's wreaking vengeance on the whole party. Since 1892, however, when a British column went up and Informed the ruling chief that the royal prerogative business was being overdone, the use of an umbrella hasnt beoa necessarily fatal, although, as has been said, the Government still sees to It that folk who try to to sport one of a vividness unbefitting their station have things done to them. STATE UMBRELLAS AT 9350. From which it may be gathered that the "state umbrella" of the dignitaries of Logos are rather more ornate than the "small roller" of civilization that baa snch a knack of dark-skinn- ed aumiMW THE NICEST COLORS YOU EVER SAW LADIES FANCY NECKWEAR You can find almost anything you want SUMMER UNDERWEAR USE Ladies' Kelt Underwear Rllasos' Knit Underwear Childs Knit Underwear Mens' Knit Underwear We are Exclusive Agents far Utah for Crown Uevcll' Carpet Warp all Colors, REESE i V'l - HOWELL & SONS n The Governor of Lagos declares that all the authorities agree on this point, and he showed the writer several prints of Egyptian friezes which pictured rulers under their umbrellas. There Is plenty of evidence to show that the Yoruba tribe was Egyptian originally, so It seems likely that when the nation worked Its way down to the Nigerian country It brought this quaint custom with it. Before the European umbrella was obtainable In West Africa the Yoruba made their own, using leather for the crown and bamboo for the rod. These home-mad- e state umbrellas were dyed gorgeously with indigo, vermilion and tanon-oolore- d stains. It la the size of the umbrella that In di cates especially the rank of Its puss essor, tad the largest of all those In use la Yorubaland belongs to tlie Alafln one of whose proudest titles, by the I'm way. is "Lord of tbe Seventy-si- x brtllas, Speaking by the card, the Ala fin ia not king of the Yorubaa, but he ir the mightiest of the fifteen superloi chiefs, who rale this dusky nation. He holds hia court at Oyo, which is abon in the center of Yorubaland, and rc gardlsg which there la a rather pic turesque tradition. It seems that aev eaty years or more ago tho Yoruba: were a part of a' great nation whose land lay much further east The tribe' split, however, on the question of Mahometanism, war broke out, and the Yerubaa were driven westward and Just escaped being wiped out altogether. LED EY A BLACK SNAKE. Then, however, says tradition, one of the local soothsayers arose anu made a speech. "You have been t great nation, he said, and yet nil. again bo a great nation. Catch, then a black enaka and turn it loose or. the ground in front of yon. Follow wherever It leads you, and where it seeks earth then build your new cap ital. So a snake was found sad re: free. After gilding along for man; weeka it finally went Into the groom at Oyo, and there, accordingly, th Alafln of that day set up hia court The present Alum is his auccesso He is nearly sixty, but, saya Sir Will lam Macgrrgor, Sut jealous of proiot; ative aa any crowned head in Eur ope. Dmides being Lord of the Seventy six Umbrella' he ia the only persoL in bla country whose court etiquette allows him to wear shoes. They an richly embroidered with beads, and have ostrich plumes sticking out i them at toe ami heel. Besides his great ststs wrahreits he carries a ma i .erliL- Japanese social, to be given Friday, eve. June 17. ia the church parlors. A fine musical program will be rendered. Come aud bring your friends; admisin sion free. During tbs evening cream and strawberries will be served for 2 5o. Remember tbe dale and place. t-- Odd to discover, most of these state umbrellas fire made here in London, and it may be said that they are prob- Hia PRICE FIVE CENTS MORNING. JUNE 12, 1904. CITY, UTAH, SUNDAY HAYDEN CHURCH. FREPARAT10.V AND ANXIETY. "How Is Katharine Louise since she graduated?" Oh, she is all right; hut her father and mother, three aanta and two older slaters sre all on the verge of nervous profit ration. Ex. 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Pink roses were used in the parlor, red In the library and red and yellow In the hall and dining room. Euchre was ths diversion, and two fans for prizes were given Mra. Noble and Mra. Spargo. A delirious luncheon was served. Alisa Daisy Kuhn and Miss Loretta Whalen assisted the hostess in enter- taining of these guests: Mesdames Armstrong, Abbott, Allison. Salt lake; Brick, Becker, Casein, Conllsk, Grout, Hume, Kimball, McNoble, O'Brien, Cormick, Maguire, Peery, Patton, Rogers, Salt lake; Spargo, Thompson, Warner; Misses Klesfel, Mosley and Walker. ' HOLfliOOK-LEWl- Telephone orders promptly attended to. n SsJj i ' J 1 S, Tbe residence of Mra. M. E. Holstreet, was brook, at 458 Twenty-fift- h the scene of a pretty wadding last Wednesday evening, when Rev. J. E. Carver united In marriage Mary Irene (Continued on page 11.) 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