Evening Star Newspaper, April 24, 1925, Page 37

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PRIESTS AID WAR ON HEAD HUNTING Cc-Operate With Govern- ments in Effort to Banish Savage Custom in Borneo. Tn discours the savage custom of head hunting in Borneo, the Dutch and British rulers of the country now have the powerful co-operation > priests ‘medicine men,” ac- to a late report, which states of thousands of a terrible curse . the head priest who revive tribal quarrels. ’]hn curious custom of head hunt bulletin from the Wash arters of the National fety. “It is not con ’ one people. but is prac the Dyaks in Borneo, in the smaller islands egroid Melanesians Human h prized possessions of the head and the women of the tribes to perpetuate the custom by favoring the young men who collect the most grim trophies Braves Often in Conflict. Not only are the heads of enemies obtained in major warfare, but the voung braves of one village will often attack a neighboring village merely for the purpose of obtaining heads. The heads are preserved and dried and hung over the owner's fireplace, the collections being handed down from father to son. Under British and many of the Dyaks of become peaceable farme: especially true along the coasf nd near the navigable rivers. But from time to time the more savage natives headc Dutch rule rneo have Thi of the interior revert to head hunting, | and they have found the semi-civilized cultur natives a source for heads. It is to protect this farming people and to extend civilization more widely through the island that the aid of the ‘medicine men’ has been enlisted “Long Houses” as Habitations. “The Dyaks live in ‘long houses,’ each of which shelters many families and is in effect village in itself. Some of the horizontal ridge poles of ctures, raised 30 or 40 feet d for several hundred ¥From the ridge poles the thatch- sweeps down at a steep angle six or eight feet of the This is the floor level, the vm(ml on a plat- pil Outside the Yoof is an open veranda, an uncovered extension of the floor platform. Under the roof on one side of the center is nclosed veranda extending the full th of the communal house. On the other side of the center the space is divided by partitions into rooms for the various families. In the inclosed 2 outside the rooms, are the al fireplaces over which the treasured head-rac are placed. The Dyak re smaller than the average Westerner, well propor- tioned, and of a type adapted for ac- tivity, speed and endurance, which are valuable qualities in jungle in- habitants. The women affect a queer method of adornment, wrapping them- selves in_ br corsets made of numerous hoops of cane covered with brass rings. These metal garments cover their bodies from just below the hip line, and even below. Heavy neck- laces and ear pendants are also worn, and the costume is completed by a length of cloth folded around to form a short skirt Among World's Largest Islands. “Borneo 1s the second largest island in the world outside the polar regions, having an area of about 290,000 square miles—approximately that of Texas and West Virginia combined. Of this area the Netherlands owns more than 200,000 square miles; the remainder is controlled by Britain under three jurisdictions — British North Borneo, Brunei (or Borneo) and sarawak. The latter has a romantic history. For three generations it has been ruled by ‘white rajahs,’ members of a British family named Brooks, who are the hereditary rajahs. ‘Borneo is almost completely cov ered by a thick blanket of tropical verdure—valleys, hills and mountains alike. The density of the tangled ber greens and browns. The color, mass of vegetation is equaled, prob ably, only in parts of the valley normous forest trees grow close together, their tops interlacing and shutting out the sunlight trees push far up, fighting in the sun, while vines wr selves about the trunks and forns fill the remaining space. . clearings have been made Rorneo’s soil is highly productive. Coffee, cotton, rice, sugar c to- bacco and numerous fruits are among the cultivated crops, while forest and rd products include rubber, gutta spices, camphor, nuts and Rich deposits of valuable metal minerals, petroleum d pre- stones have hardly been seratched ed roc to within ground 8ago. lic ores, il il a0 “ recommendations WOMRATH'S LIB! US[]BUBDSDBUSD%UBUBDBU%‘U‘SUSUHU%DSUSU of | of | LIBRARY ke Book you Want When you Want it” Thousands of our members are rich enough to buy out all our libraries, but they could not buy the con- veniences. They want to read the best new and popu- lar books, yet do not want to waste time and money. 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The former record, which Thoret also established, was 2 hours and minutes in a flight at the Istres Aviation School, Jan- uary 26, Thoret made a ide of 9 hours and 4 ith a regulation airplane with motors stopped, establishing a vorld's record for such a flight without passengers. CELEBRATE AT HAMPTON. New York Party on Scene to Mark | | 57th Year of School. pecial Dispatch to The Star. HAMPTO? der B. Trowbridge, heading a | party of friends and trustees of Hamp. | | ton Tnstitute, from New York and other Northern cities, arrived via Cape arles at Old Point Wednesday night and took part in celebrating the fifty seventh ry of the founding jen. Samuel C. Arm. The party | Mrs. J. D. ney, Dr was Welcomed by Dr. on of Hampton-Sy W. W. Fenn, Bos- ton, Mass. Kellogg and A. S. ssell of New York, Mrs. B. B. Mun: | J. T. Mastin and L. R. Dashiell ichmond, Va.; Charles W. Wood of New York and Miss Katherine Ol- | cott of New York. 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SMALL ELECTED BY VETERANS Chosen Commander of Naval and Military Order of Spanish- American War. At the annual meeting and banquet of the District of Columbin Com- mandery, Naval and Military Order of the Spanish-American War, Wednes- day evening at the Army and Navy Club, Capt. Sam W. Small was elected commander, Lieut. J. E. Reeside, sen- ior vice commander; Capt. C. V. Sayer, junior vice commander: Lieut. R. H. Chappell, recorder; Capt. Sheridan Ferree, treasurer: M . 8. Hodg- son, registrar; Cap T. Schwegler, historlan and Capt. George F. Dudley, chaplain. Plans were completed for an active campaign of recrulting. Membership is open to those who served as com- missioned officers during the war with Spain. Resolutions were unanimously adopt- ed protesting against the recent dis- charge of war veterans from the Gov- ernment Printing Office. Among other things. it was set forth that “one of — i STAR the duties of the members of the commandery, as commissioned offi- cers during the war, was to look after the welfare of the men who fought under their command. The members deem it no less a duty to look after the welfare at this time of such men. who, having fought for their country in time of war, most certainly have earned the right to decent treatment from the Government for which they ‘ought and from the servants of that Government.” A copy of the resolutions will be sent to the President of the United States and one to the Attorney Gen- eral. Retired Pension Employe Buried. Special Dispatch to The BERWYN HEIGHT —Funeral services for James Cary Brelsford, 67 years old, retired Pen- sion Office employe, who died Tues- day morning at his home here follow- ing a long illness, were held yesterday at his late home. Mr. Brelsford re- tired from the Pension Office last September on account of disabili after serving there for about 35 He came here from Kenton, Ohlo. He is survived by his widow, who before her marriage was Miss Emma O. Reed of Marysville, Ohio: a son, Jean R., and a daughter, Miss el Brelsford, both of Berwyn Helghts. ar. Md., April 24 WASHINGTON, D $439,294 PLEDGED IN MASONIC DRIVE Subscriptions of $73,337 Reported Today Bring Temple Fund Near Half Million. ‘The United Masonic Temple cam paign neared the half-million-dollar mark yesterday when, at the daily luncheon meeting at the City Club, team workers turned in reports which brought the total to date up to $439,. 94. * The subscriptions for $73,337. 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