The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, July 9, 1930, Page 11

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, WEDNESDAY, JULY 9, 1930. CIENTIST AN D WIFE FIND THRILLS “HUNTING HEADS” AMONG FIGHTING MOUNTAINEER TRIBES OF ALBANIA Sleeping with the wife, mother and three children of an Albanian mountain prince (lower right) was only one of the experiences of Mrs. C. S. Coon (left) when she went on an expedition ‘with her scientist- | husband (upper right). By HOWARD W. BLAKESLEE f (A. P. Science Editor) CAMBRIDGE, Mass., July 9.— College men who seek adventure find it in a surprising field, an-| thropology, the once dry-as-dust | study of historical remains. Anthropology is tame no longer, It sends young men into jungles, deserts, polar ice fields, the lines between fighting tribesmen and E among quarreling mountaineers. 1t studies living men fightingest kinds. One such anthropological trek has just been finished in the moun- tains of Albania by Dr. C. S. Coon of Peabody museum, Harvard uni- versity, his wife, and Frederick Farnsworth. One of their Albanian hosts, a head of the tribe of Dibra, learning and usually the with rifles. He would shout: “Long live America.” o Coon | clip of | window. thereupon ammunition it ot o BROS COFFEE would shoot through a the scholar would shout: “Long live Albania.” And the chieftain would shoot a | | clip through the window. The chieftain invited the expedi- to the | tion | early remain next six months, and morning brought their horses saddled for departure. He had received overnight word of an impending attack. More than 15 men were killed in a feud before the King’ stored quit Mrs. Coon found Albanian hosts |flavor. delighted in rolling cigarettes and | tossing them to her, piling as many | et. guard arrived and re- as 15 or 20 in front of her which she was expected to smoke. = | One night when the two Ameri- that the anthropoligist could shoot, | .ane were guests of the Prince of | introduced him to a parlor game | nringita, the least accessible tribe, | | the entire household of about 25 "mslsled on tucking her in bed. Then | all, including retainers and serv- ants, shook her hand good night. Among the Catholic mountaineers, | the expedition was entertained in | houses, but among the Mohamme- they slept in single room inns. Here as many as 50 men would sleep on the floor about them. Mrs. Coon one night was awakened by a man chopping firewood three inches from her husband's head The Coons gathered statistics about Albanian racial characteris- tics, which will be studied in quiet’ E {arvard | Gendarmes assigned by the banian_government assisted. | 1f D Coon wanted to mea | 120 men of a certain locality, the| gendarmes promptly brought in 20, | cven though some of the men had to walk two days to get there. The | | gendarmes are picked men, natives| “\\'Alh English officers. Since their advent bandits arc infrequent. | Already the studies indicate an' | | Al- sure | | unusual relation between right and | left handedness and Albanian hcad | shapes. | B 1 | Press Your Suit. Phone 528 | LET Almquist We call and deliver | s The success-secret in| : | |making pastry: ) is the Same in ‘roasting HILLS :Tmz EXACT WAY to add water in | making pastry dough is & little | at & time. You thereby control | the consistency. 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