Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 257, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 October 1912 — No Amusements in Zanzibar. [ARTICLE]

No Amusements in Zanzibar.

There would appear to be no present market in Zanzibar for merry-go rounds and other amusement devices. There are no public resorts in the American sense of the term. On the occasion of the various Mohammedan feasts and festivals and at other times flimsy wheels and meny-go-rounds are set up on the beach near Zanzibar, and perhaps for two days these are well filled by natives who pay one-half cent for a rather long ride. The equipment, however, is of the poorest character, and, while evidently popular, the patronage apparently does not warrant owners in continuing to Tun them after the day or two of feasting Is over. Furthermore, the various tribal dances which obtain all over the district hold first place in the hearts of the natives, and the extreme simplicity of theirHfe and the absence of money are further deterrents to the Introduction of up-to-date amusement devices. —From jponsul Alexander W. Weddell, Zanzibar.