FETTOME, A BEDOUIN WOMAN.—Much as has been written about the Arabs and their wild life upon the North African plains, descriptions have been, as a rule, confined mostly to the men and how the woman of the desert lives, moves and has her being has been left largely to the imagination. So it came that the Bedouin women, at the Columbian Exposition, were looked upon with a good deal of curiosity and were found to be by no means uninteresting creatures. They were quite as intelligent as their lords, were by no means bad-looking and manifested the utmost good nature in their strange surroundings, enjoying the trip to a far land immensely. The illustration shows the garb they wore, Fettome the woman appearing in the picture, being quite a leader in her ‘set ‘ in the encampment. The almost universal oriental taste for jewelry is shown by the Arab women, and Fettome was no exception to the rule, being laden with bangles and coins and heavy bracelets whenever occasion for this proper display occurred. The background afforded by the leaf-carpeted turf upon which she stands serves well to bring into prominence the peculiarities of her costume. Fettome, as the picture shows, was photographed only as the Fair was nearing its end, the Wild-East show being one of the latest Plaisance attractions to secure a concession.

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