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Rathlyn* Willio In a Desert Sai She Learned J By KATH LYN VVILLIAM8. I I am very clad to writ? about my ad ventures and experiences while out in the California Desert, working in the production of tbe new? Selig picture -"The Carpet From Bag dad." Ot course, I am I accustomed to all sorta of strange and unusual con ditlonn whie. I find necessary in ! the production of! any big picture, but 1 do want to say that my expe rience in the Cal ifornia Desert was one of the wildest ?and weirdest I ever endured. You, who bavo read the novel of] Harold MacGrath, will recall that the j 'principal scenes in "The Carpet From Bagdad" are laid In the great Arabian ! Desert,, and some of the principal | characters are Arabs; so Mr. Colin Campbell, in making his arrangements tor appropriate properties, bought ai lot of real and most interesting Ara bian trappings, including those won derfully striped tents,, bales and bales of beautiful rugs,.camel harness, those peculiar Arab'guns so beautifully in lal ? with mother-of-pearl and studded ? with jewels, great water Jars, etc. Tho ! garments made in Arabia especially for those who were to participate in "The Carpet From Bagdad" were sup plied in ample quantities, so that we could ldok the part and bo presented to the world as the genuine article. From the big Selig Jungle-Zoo out at Eastlake, in Los Angeles, Hr. Camp bell made a requlslt'rm for about twenty camels. You biri just imagino a man writing a requisition on. a slip I of paper Just as though it were for | twenty papors of pins, or twenty ar ticles of any kind. These camels, ?which by the way ?re the homeliest brutes I eyer1 hop?" "*"? see, were out fitted in exactly thc ?me manner as though they ware to make a Journey across the real Arabian Desert, ! guess that tnoro is really very little j differenco in the Arabian our own American Desert. At any ? rato the Arabian Desert cannot be any worse. Ttfcre a?e-miles and miles of? soft sand into which the feet sink and ? wheo there is sven tba.-lightest wind, ] tba clouds of sand circulai* abut' moving figures abd almost1 tm tte ress trip and * Experiences id Storm; How To Ride a Camel instructions were giren that no trunks or clothing, except that sui tah le for the pictures, were to be taken along:, No one was permitted to carry any ex cess baggage. In fact, all members oi tho company except those of us who took the part of Europeans, were In structed to take along nothing except the Arabian garments In order that they' might learn to wear them in a natural way and more effectively por tray the part. Of course, I kept my part throughout, as a European girl, while Miss Eugenio Besserer, who played the part - of my mother, also : took tho . part throughout ot a Euro pean. Arabian Nights Tale It looked like a tale out of the Arabian Nights when our caravan started across the desert The pierc ing rays of the sun fell upon us with out mercy aa the day was hot, out we all enveloped our heads and taces in the voluminous folds of Arab cloths', so that the sifting sand dust did not bother us as much as we expected. Following behind the strictly orien tal caravan came the up-to-date Amer ican parade, consisting of huge wag ons, ' many of which bore enormous tanka containing thousands of gallons of water. This was a special provision made at the Instructions of Mr. Selig, - and tor which we were all grateful be fore another day had passed. These enormous wagons were hauled by a number of pairs ot horses-sixteen or twenty-I do not remember which. They were equipped with brand tires so that tho wheels did not sink deeply into tho sand. They were especially constructed for. .use on the desert. Be hind the big tank wagons came other wagons loaded with tents, provisions, cooking utensils and the entire camp outfit S Through the thoughtfulness of Mr. Selig our provisions were not limited to necessities. There were, countless additions to the ordinary larder, and there was one huge wagon loadecTwith Ice. . When we camped for the night 3HHR ' -. mm \ V ?_^^M?^^^Bnensaese_euBB*aaB?r' our tenta were pitched on a small oasis where there waa a spring ot brackish water. Some pictures . were taken at our first camp to be used In the produc tion, but everybody waa glad to keep inside' the tents and bask in the cool ing br?ese created by electric fans which were run by small motors at tached to storage batteries. I Bdppoee if some old Arab sheik could have stumbled In on us with the expectation of finding a real desert camp,' he would have been shocked and horrified to find how comf?rta<>Io and pleasant e. desert camp can be made with, the use of modern appliances and conven iences. Tho next morning I-.wai invited to 'ride ohe of tho camele. 1 proceeded to do this.'and lt was not my ,ftrat ex perience, but a ah ort session, was amt ! ply sufficient I was very glad to get j back Into our : big, roomy automobile and give somebody else the privilege of H?ing the ungainly brute toll plunged and shock, so that it was no ainosttre to remain on his back. Life In the desert does bot amount to much. Occasional]; 'one of tho men ) would dash cit'to ono Bide of a road j and shoot the hoad off a rattle-snake. At raripus points along the allant trail were the bleaching bones cf oxen, horses, burros and other an I mais. They explained to me .that tho bones ot beings who had died on ibo trail had been given- burial. That vu ond dey that tho. guide? ic?d'?i* i?e caravan cashed"beek along tho lira of camel?, aulimiobilea and tragona and ?nncuBced that a sand-storm was ^jrproachh^'aud^trnrt' we shotVi oyerythiag in readiness Xor it Thoa . ,11. a there wee a great hustling an_ bo? tiing about. The camel* were ordered io kneel aad Arab riders and drivers Sid; themselves underneath th? of their capacious burnouses, sc ?Hs? ?and could cover them cora Stately without injury. ' Storm Approaches. I Those of us tn the automobile? I huddled In our seats and wera cov lered'with large cloths which complete lly enveloped, machine and occupant. I They did not cover us up until the last I minute, so that we could see.*he storm I approaching. We could sec pillars of j I whirling and twisting sand, each eur I rounded by a nimbus of dust through I which the sun shot its rays making I various tints all ot which were ead and. I lifeless, lt ls really a difficult thins. II suppose, io get much beauty out ot a I dust cloud. The storm swept nearer I and nearer. The camels grumbled but I laid their jong necks straight on the I ground ready to meet the storm. Aa soon as the dust began to swirl I about us, wa were enveloped In the I huge cloths covering: the automobile, land'we remained under ec var until I the storm had swept peat Luckily, Itt was not a severe storm. It lasted I only about ten minutes, and we could ?see lt swirling and twisting in the dis I tance aa lt passed cn over the desert. I Tho men of the party rode here and I there always keeping , within sight ot I the caravan and they brought back tor I our Inspection those ugly little horned m toads, an amazing collection of lizards, I while, they reported the conquest ot I several rattlesnakes. I. We passed an old miner-c. typical I'49er, dressed in a gray woolen shirt, I corduroy trousers and long heavy I boots. He was camped by the way* I side, hi-* only companion being a tiny I burro, dressed in an enormous pack I saddle. The old man had his pick and ? shover and gold-pan strapped to the I pack; saddle and evidently had hopes of finding some place to use them. Our ? party greeted bim jovially and wished ? him good luck, but he sat by his little ? camp fire unmoved and with no more ? expression on his features than lils ? companion, the burro. ? In the desert, ona day la just about ? the same aa another, day. while the ?nights offer no change from the mon ? otony. Of course, we bad a big tent ? which we used aa a drawing-room and ? there in the evening, we eat about ? with muslo sometimes, giving a bridge ? party, and enjoying ourselves in vari ? ous ways. Several in tho party had ?good V.lces, so we had some aiagiajj ?of excellent quality. I Ono thing w? were always caren*] ? about was to make a thorough examl ? nation of our bedding before retiriui ? for the night, More than one membei ? ot the party gave vent to ejaculation! ? of horror upon the discovery of a seor ? pion or centipede, which evieen-q ?thought the bed had been espschill] ?prepared for his comfort ' ? Day by day the picture making wan on. There was mad riding on horse ? back and camelback. There waa shoot ?lng, and I will never forget the da; of tho fierce combat which waa si ?realistic that we hil shuddered, am fel< thattwe had witnessed e. tragedy iD.-*.<*ed. Of course, during the actloi tit the piece, other fights were plc ? tared, but the big fight in the desert ?' 'ely one that will fascinate ever) I . who sees the picture. I One particular thing about our do ?art journey, at least the fact was pi ?culler to us, occidentals, waa the cloe ?application of the Arabs and other M< ?hammedons In our train, to their r?. ?ligious duties. They had a muessh who was also a whirling dervish, aa ho ealied the devotees, of Mobawme ?to prayers as strictly as though the ?wave in their own home country. Enjoyable Pasture. An exceptionally enjoyable featui ?tn connection with our trip, waa tl ?privilege ot taking a bath-somethlo ?never before i one lu the desert M ?Selia had an eye to the comfort of tl ?mefintergvOt h? troupe, and lnstruoti ?that? arrangements should be zaade f< a plentiful supply of water to be us? for bathing purposes. I don't suppoi ?that over before In the history ot desert caravan,?,were dally baths 1 dui ged in by members of a party, ?don't mean to intim ato that everytxk ?took baths, but some of us did. and ?made life less difficult under ti dreadful and mournful surroundings. I It took us a long time in the desei ?and .the work was hardi but we kn? ?oust lt must be accomplished and % ?all did our best. So that when you e ?"The Carpet Prom Bagdad" produc ?in a great Selig photoplay, those ?rob whp read this article, will rea ?the eubstance of my writing. We d not move about much and we we fairly comfortable during th? wes Kpent in the. desert I can realise bow a man, alone arr tho trackless waste ot sands, can 1 ooma hopeless and helpless espacia ?when without water. I will never ti ge* one day when we had ridden M eral miles from camp, that wa disci ?red that tho canteens had been 1 behind. 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