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...Arab rebels. Late at night they made contact near the little village of Slonta. There was a running fight. Rifles flashed yellow in the dark. Twelve tribesmen were killed. A short charge captured most of the rest, including their leader, a hardbitten, wiry old veteran of 75, wearing the silken turban cords of a sheik...
...tale of a Mongol fur hunter, who after being cheated by a wealthy trader, turns rebel, becomes the leader of the revolutionary forces, and is finally captured and shot. In his posession is an ancient silken document stating that he is the direct descendent of Ghengis Khan. He is rescued by the men who shot him, brought back to health, and dressed up as a prince in order that his people will ally themselves with their former enemies. In the end, one of his people is shot at his feet, he runs amok, and is shown at the close, sweeping...
...other Indian women, neither veiled, were the only Indian female delegates at the Conference. In silken robes of gold & grey dramatic Mrs. Subbarayan strode regally in, fingers blazing rings, arms tinkling bracelets, a large diamond twinkling from a setting which pierced the left side of her Hindu nose. Exactly opposite in type, girlish, robed in simple blue, was the Begum Shaw Nawaz, daughter of a Mohammedan delegate...
...would be speedily punctured, but these mimic wars, accompanied by grunts and gnashings, are undeniably picturesque. Matsuri (Festival) is a ballet in which four men disguised as two horrifically red-faced lions cavort before artificial peony bushes, fall asleep. In the finale the entire company make rippling patterns with silken streamers...
...silken apparel of wealth are stranger things...