| Show the bale people of africa in appearance tho people ore tall well formed and graceful tho men wear beall loin claths cloths tho women wear nothing bat a few handfuls hand fals of grass but they aro loaded with ornaments of beads nud brass and bells tho men also wear but not in eccli excess both men and women tako groat pains with hair hair doing it up in tho strangest stran geat and dirtiest way conceivable common stylo is to build it with tho aid of of bamboo into tareo hard ridges inches high running from the front to the back of tho bead each ridge is mounted with a close row of common whito shirt buttons sometimes a card containing as many as six dozen is sewed on above each oar the ridge of hair do not always run foro and aft they aro often in circles built up like a story cako and icid with buttons sometimes a kind of splashboard is built out behind running from ear to ear to hold more buttons this latter style prevents their lying to sleep in tho ordinary way they must place the neck on tho wooden pillow and let tho head hang over the hair arranged remains undisturbed for several months it forms a convenient place for wiping their hands or knives after dressing it grease is smeared over which in tho eun melts into tho hair como of it usually passing through and running down the back no matter what color this oil is on going into tho hair it always comes put black st louis republic |
