Evening Star Newspaper, March 10, 1927, Page 35

“SINBLAS OIS " 0SNG IDENTTY Museum Ethnologist Tells of Unique Tribe on Islands 0ff Panama. | It the San Blas Indians of Panama could be left alone for the next few centuries, they might develop a unique culture, like the famous Maya of Yucatan. But this interesting sclentific experiment has little lien tri ¢ who have become this country through the visit of the | “white Indians” of their tribe, is de- | seribed by Herbert W. Krieger, | ethnologist of the National Museum, in a new government publication on the people of southeastern Panama. Have Never Amalgamated. The San Blas, W tween the Peruvian: their characteristic; gamated with other early times, Mr. Krieger said. Watch- men of the tribe guard the coast and trail any strangers who come to a native village, and any attempt to stay over night is discouraged. But the Panamans are Mthis independent ave not amal- bes since very group to ac their government and | to send their children to school, and it is only a matter of time before they | will give in and will blend with other tribes. The only measure which might en- able the San Blas to remain isolated would be to establish a_ reservation. might solve the prob- WALBUR, '™ SIM-FLY E¥HALSTED: | OUGHT 5o Go AwAas for A / GOV, LONG (T REST THE EV HOW TO TORTURE YOUR WIFE. YES, | SHOOLDIN'T 8€ AT ALL SORPRISED \F YOU WERE, RIGHT. A BRIDGE PARTY EVERY AFTERMOON & DAYS A \WEEH MOST GET PRETTY TiRésome THEN OF COUR SE THERE'S ) ALLTHE LABAR OF WRITING CHECKS FOR YOLR BRIDGE LOSSES, 1 VE MOTICED How CALLOUSED Your. PRETTY LITTLE FINGERS AR AND WHEN § THINIK OF ) ALL THE WORK You HAVE HARNDING ME THE BuLs ( EACH WEE | FEEL LiE BUSTING INTD TEARS. ) IMAGINE WrHaT TIRES YOU MOSTIS THE NERVE RACKING oIl OF TELLING THE AMALD WHAT YU WANT, FOR DINMNER NOW, WHAT's THE matrer? D10l SAY SOMETHING ? NG STAR, WASHINGTON, —By WEBSTER. WHY, Blas, Mr. Krieger says, mclence is concérned it would really come too late now for the tribe to develop its own culture, since they trade with the Viegro and other for- eigners, and are absorbing allen ideas, “The reason why they have not perfected a system of writing, a cal- endar, or other developments of a high civilization may be that they have never gathered into large com- ,munities,” Mr. Kriegor believes. “Instead, they live in small villages on the island off the Panama coast, | and commute to the mainland, where they cultivate plantations, | Turtle Calendar. SOMETIME S YDV HAE o US€ BOTH HANDS T LIFT THEM) “The first step toward a system of recording time is shown in the turtle cdlendar of the San Blas. This con- #ists of a stick warn around the neck, with which to keep account of the { = | time of hatching of the turtle eggs. | objects from that region. Concordance Will Be Prepared for | ’W'hen a turtle comes ashore to build it -— ’ as of Biad | Tms M ts nest, the Indian fisherman begins { se of Students. B o Snien Caseruno bektes | gy A GNSMITHS GRADUATE. | . O of Stedeta” : days have gone, when he knows the | Wit R o By Via New Orleans turtle will come ashore again to visit | cycaG Chicago's | J€Wish Telegraph - Agency).—A con- | . " i 108 mest 'and the eggs can,be taken | CHICAGO, March 10 UP).—Chicago's | oy rqan0e of the Talmud will be pre-' The Washington-Sunset Routs follows ; from the nest and eaten.” | most unique institution of education, | payed for the use of Talmudic stu- mep-thonheSun—‘rounnhphzzn The beginnings of an alphabet may !tho Horseshoers’ College, turned out | dents, the I h Stu | from Washington to California daily, be seen in their system of memory | 35 graduates with impressive cere-|©of the Heb in Jeru- | without change. It is the economical and writing, which is a highly developed form of pleture writing intelligible to the initiated and used to record lore concerning treatment of disease, religious practices, and tribal history. Mr. Krieger's new publication on the culture of the people of south- monies Monday. The graduates, eastern Panama fs intended chiefly to catalogue and describe the National To CALEORNIA_ Museum'’s fine collection of over 1.000 | union cards, came here from various parts of the country “dress, calk, fit, nail and finish horse- PLAN WORK ON TALMUD. ! salem an nced Monday Write | The itute has )mmmsmn!‘d\‘mc“‘m‘;::m':kyt:;»‘:::.l,"u e given hlackfimflhs';mlfi)i Kossovski of Jerusalem, the | author of concordance of the| G.V.McArt, Passenger Ageat Mishana, to complete the Talmudic | wASHINGTON-SUNSET ROUTE, reference work. It was stated the e work will take five yea 1510 H St., N. W.. Washingten, D. 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