Evening Star Newspaper, October 9, 1927, Page 24

21 © IPOSTER EXHIBITION TO MARK CONTEST! Jury to Display All Work En-| tered for Travelers’ Aid Society Prizes. Al posters entered Aest of the Washing Society, for €. Moses & purpose of b‘ not only committee in ¢ the exhil everyone creativi students, award to give m those who do net receive cash priz The plan is to decorate those rof ing honorahle mention. The y of the contest wi next Sa . sidered if rec this being_an The public ex as early in the follow decision of the jury permit, the date and place to be m s public when the judges award the | prizes. Conditions Are Explained. have been So many inquiries ceived regarding the de competition that the comm night restated two of the conditions to avoid a misundersta i was announced that any. be placed on the back of the dra or upon tracing T held over the des that if a slogan directly upon the poste mot be considered. The second point that seems to have caused confusion concerns the limi- tation of the artist to three colors. It was explained that while not more than three colors are to be employ- ed, any color effect that may be ob- tained by the use of these three colors is permissible. Members of Award Jury. The members of the jury of award are C. Powell Minnigerode, Mrs. John Allan Dougher! ‘Clifford Ber man, Miss Leila Mechlin, Hen Sheridan and Newbold Noyes. The campaign for a fund of $20,000 in connection with which the poster contest is being conducted, will open with a luncheon at 12:30 o'clock to- morrow at the Hotel Burlington, to be attended by all the workers who have enlisted for the general solici- tation. This will be followed by meet- ings every other day to receive re- ports until the goal has been reach- ed and the Travelers’ Aid Society is assured of being able to go for- ward for another year of community service and expansion. WRECKERS SEEK GOLD AT HOME OF MISER Finding of Sovereign Speeds Up ‘Workers—Ghost Scare Dissipated. (Correspondence of the Associated Press. LONDON—It's an easy task for the foreman to keep a working crew engaged every moment of their eight- hour day in tearing down an old house on Streatham Hill. There is a persistent rumor that somewhere in the house is hidden 2 miser's hoard. The fact that the foreman, E. White, picked up a gold sovereign from under a floorboard has added weigh# to the rumor. The old house, which is being torn down to make way for an amusement resort, was built from stone taken from the Old London Bridge by Mr. Malcott, who built the National Gal- lery. Already mantelpieces have been taken from the house which pre worth $7,500. The workmen, moreover, are on edge as a result of an atmosphere pt mystery which has seemed to sur- round the house. A day or so ago they dashed from the house saying they had seen a ghost. The found efterward that the “ghost” was nothing more than a cat. —_— HEADS LEGION OF VALOR. Robert G. Woodside Is Elected at Baltimore Session. Special Dispatch to The Star. BALTIMORE, October 8.—Robert G. fWoodside of Pittsburgh, Pa., who was | cited for the Medal of Honor for| i ‘bravery, was elected president of the | Army and Navy Legion of Valor at ‘the closing session Tuesday of the gnnual convention here. For the fourth consecutive time Mrs. William D. Rock of Moorestown, N. J., was re-elected president of the ‘Wwomen’s auxiliary. Following a discussion as to whether descendants of Legion of Valor mem- bers shouid be admitted to first-class membership, it was voted to amend the constitution so as to permit the oldest son of each member to become a member upon the death of his father. PUPILS TO A'TTEND FAIR. ®pecial Train to Run to Halethorpe Tuesday Afternoon. HYATTSVILLE, Md.,, October 8.—| Two thousand pupils of Prince Georges County Public Schools, many Dot planen itser, it Wwould Brentwood to Laurcl, are expected to attegd the Fair of the Iron Horse at Halethorpe, Md., Tuesday after- noon. Nicholas Orem, county perintendent of schools, has pupils_permission to attend, their desks at noon that d: A special train will b the Baltimore & Ohio the party. It will leave V at noon and stop at the various towns. The maximum fare for the round trip will be $1, with the a lerage considerably 1 Grand s seats at the fair have been r for all members of the party. plications for tickets are being ceived by Mr. Orem. 'GOWNS CAUSE SHOCK. Correspondence of the Associated Press. PARIS.—Silver and gold lame gowns have proved dangerous beautiful. Shocks—not alw | Dby the scantiness of the glimmering | apparel—have been caused the wear- ers. There is one death on record. Metallic thread, silver and the most expensive materials, woven in the cloth, and this met paturally a conductér of electris An_actres tte Gaillard, died recently several days after an electric shock. Walking by the spotlights in the wings, her skirt of ver. lame brushed against a_live wire and sent | a deadly current through her. Seabrook Club Reorganizes. Special Dispatch to The Star. SEABROOK, Md., October 8.—Reor- ganization of the Seabrook Social Club was effected with election of ‘these officers: Mrs Calvert Lowry, ad for hington re- |am s bmarine adrift on skippers innumerable h: < that the strange THE SUNDAY STAR., WASHINGTON, D. €, OCTOBER 9. 1927—PART b the vast expanse of the Pacifie a seri ulfl shipp e failed to fi TR i R MYSTERIOUS SUBMARINE, SIGHTED IN PACIFIC s the nations' seasoned navizators guess- months: mlll checking ved by per. ring the war t |Ic'd the sub, :mll efforts are m order to ml\r' the e | " YUKON INDIANS DISCARD MAGIC AS INFLUENZA Dr. Krieger Finds Medicine Men Junking Masks as Epidemic Prevails. 7| Legends of Degenerate Tribe Closely Coincide With Old European Traditions. Dr. Herbert W. zist of the United Museum, ved at Jage of Anvik on the lower Yukon this Summer to find the inhabitants in the midst of an influenza epidemic which was claiming two or three ims every day Corpses were piled two and three deep on the tundra. The local medicine men were in de- Sp? Their most skillful magic, which had been potent against the bodily ills of the tribe for generations, seemed futile. The gods had turned against them. A day or two after Dr. Krieger ar- rived the three willage medicine men held a conference and voted to junk their entire paraphernalia of magic k representing the guardian animals and super- The Government ethnologist s way secured 30 rare implements of Alaskan magic, which have been added to the collec- tion in the Natiomal Museum. Floods Deter Research. Dr. Krieger was in Alaska to inves- tigate the possibility that a pale- olithic race, men of the old stone age, at some time passed up the Yukon. The river banks were flooded, how- and conditions were unfavorable archeological explorations. The ex- plorer instead settled down to a de- tailed study of the ethnology of this Indian group, a somewhat degenerate group of the great Athabascan family which spreads over much of Arctic America. This particular branch rapidly is nearing extinction. Further up the Yukon, according to Dr. Krieger, they constitute a much more virile race, each family earning a fair income every year from salmon fishing and beaver trapping. But along the lower reaches of the river the natives think only of storing up enough food for the Winter, and often fall short. The result is that there is a heavy death rate every Spring when influenza at- tacks them in thelr weakened condi- ion. Among these people, Dr. Krieger found, ice cream is a ceremonial dish with a notable part in various re- ligious and magical exercises. The chief ingredient is bear fat, deer fat or fish grease colored with the juice of salmon berries or blueberries so that it presents the appearance of an appetizing delicacy. Chunks of snow then are thrown into the mixture and the whole is stirred violently by a medicine man with a big wooden #POo! The chidren of the village sit around in the community house while the ice cream making ceremony is in progress. Nobody is allowed to speak. One word would nullify the magic. Krieger, ethnolo- States National the Indian vil- spirits of bire Half Gallon Aplece. When the concoction is ready it is served in wooden dishes, each of which holds two quarts, to the vil- lagers in the order of seniority and is devoured with great gusto. An old woman will put away her two quarts, says Dr. Krieger, in an astonishingly short time and then smack her lip: The ice cream feast is held an- nually at the start of the hunting season and various megical potencies are attached to the observance, The Government ethnologist himself sampled a dish or two. is used. he says, it is rather tasty. if, on lh( other hand, the medicine used stale fat or fish grease, extremely unpalatable to a stranger. In this backwash of humanity, which has not come much into con- tact with missionaries, Dr. Krieger found some of the ancient legends of European peoples in slightly differ- ent forms and these raise the inter- estinz question as to whether the {original distribution of these stories was by word of mouth, gradually spreading through the human race, or whether they originate in a com- mon psychology. Banshee Legends Recalled. The legend of the ghostly “willow woman” of these people, he found, compared in many details to the Cel- Banshee legends. The character somewhat obscure, but the willow woman is a ghost who inhabits vari- ous hunting are ‘The story fre- | quently is used by enterprising hunt- ers and found, nece: woms vicinity. One of the Indian legends of Anvik compares very closely in detail to the ppers, the ethnologist e oft rivals. It is only say that the “willow been seen in the to has - |ancient Teutonic Undine legend. The chief pursues and captures a strange and beautiful woman on the tundra. As he approaches her she cries: “I not human, I am not hu i Undeterred he seizes her and carries her to his lodge. There they live hap- pily for a time and a child is born. But after a few years the chicf be- gins to treat his Wife cruelly. = She from him. He still loves her. Conscienco stricken, ho follows her over the tunda. But as he catches up with her she changes into an um- brella plant and the baby changes into a small umbrella plant growing beside her. Did this legend spread in some far- gone day from the forest of Germany to the Arctic Circle? The details are | practically the same, except that in the German legend the bride changes of which the umbrella { plant s at suggestive. Have One-Eyed Monster. there some inate quality of (h.» human mind which tends to create . just such a legend over and over again among far-distant peoples? Dr. Krieger does not know. Among the magic masks collected president; Mrs. Thomas H. Jameson, vice president; Mrs. A. C. Whedbee, gnw— and Miss Eloise Crese, were several representing a one-eyed monster—essentially the Cyclops of the Greeks. The Cyclops legepd must bave developed ?dwmuy SWEEPS VILLAGE It fresh fat God A Medicine woman and medicine man of the Yukon Indian folk. these Athabaseans. The logendry back of the other masks, however, is typicglly Indian and the rudely carved wooden representations of crows, cari- bou and other animals served as in- struments of the somewhat subtle aboriginal philosophy which assigns to each individual a transcendental blood relationship to some creature of the wilds. Among the most curious of them is the mask representing the spirit of the cloud that floats in the ‘water. Various parts of the body, such as the hair and_finger nails, are held sacred. The Indian man gets a hair cut every Spring, but he carefully pre- serves the sheared locks all his life. When he cuts his finger or toe nails he carefully collects the clippings and preserves them. They are a part of himself. If anything happens to them he will be followed by ill fortune and sickness. Mourners, however, have their hair cut and throw the locks away. It constitutes serving notice on the gods that their sorrow is so great over the departure of a beloved relative that they want to follow him to Heaven which—in the tribal myth. ology, lies under the earth reached by sliding downwa miles through an ice-lined cavern. Fasting is Observed. A birth or a death in the family is attended by ceremonial fasting. The medicine men, who are strenuously trained in the magic formulae, are re. garded as inspired by God so long as their ideas coincide with the common sense of the people. But as soon as an individual's idea of common sense is violated he is at liberty to assume that the medicine man has transferred his allegiance to one of the tribal dc cils. The God of these people. Dr. Krieger found, was a distinct Diety ruling over all other supernatural forces—a sort of fatherly, advising Br. Krieger found these people look- ing forward to Winter as southernly peoples look forward to Spring. Cold weather, among them, is good weather and the Arctic Summer is the time looked upon with dread. The reason is simple. In Winter they can travel along the frozen river and over the ard tundra. In Summer the tundia is impassable and they must remain close to the village, unable to hunt. Besides with Summer come the mos- quitoes in unendurable hordes, i A book of railroad regulations of 1845 allowed engineers to wait 5 minutes at passing points because of variations in watches. NORTHMINSTER—QF THOSE, 39 | shot to death here today I8 | body. SLAVING OF PAR LAID TO GANG WAR Inspector Says Victims Are Members of Group Levying Bootleg Tribute. By the A CLEV ociated Pre; October 8.— Jack Brownstein J. Yorke!l. both of Philadelphia, found are believed by Inspector of Detectives Cornelius Cody to have been members of a |band of gunmen that traveled from city to city forcing bootleggers and speakeasies to pay them tribute. Inspector Cody_ _declared tonight Brownstein and Yorkell came here from Buffalo and were a on the operations of Cleve! bootleggers and speak- casies with a view to forcing them to pay tribute. If this refused, aid, reprisals were to follow. Geries of Hold-ups. Cody d he had information which he believes links the men with a series of hold-ups and robberies in Rochester, and Buffalo. Cody sent two men to Buffalo and Roches- ter tonight to investigate the history of operations of the robber band in collec Operations of the band, Cody said, | are centered on gaming resorts and | speakeasies where the men are able | to “clean up” quickly and without serious danger of police reports being made. Killed as Warning. Cody said ke believed Cleveland rum runners had been tipped off the men were in the city and they were killed as a warning to outside gangs | to_sf ay from Cleveland. The men were found in a fashion- able park by a milkman making his early morning rounds. They had Dbeen shot several times, Their arms and lcgs wer tied with sash cords. Cody said he believed the men had heen killed at some distant spot and their bodies brought to the park and thrown from an automobile. Police were without clues as to | the Kkillers. METHODIST &ONFERENCE WILL MEET THURSDAY Special Dispatch to The Star. RICHMOND, Va., October. 8.—The Virginia_Methodist Confercnce will meet in Danville, with Bishop Collins Denny presiding, beginning Thursday Because of the very large number of lay delegates and ministers there will be a determined effort to wind_the session up on Monday night follow. ing. Bishop Denny will meet his cabinet two days before the conference con- venes and will take up the task of making the appointments for the Golf Fever. From Sporting and Dramatic News, There is a certain golfer who is so completely_absorbed in his pastime | that mere domestic matters have long since ceased to trouble him. He has a small son, William. 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WITH REAR = PORCHES, THE 3 ROOMS oNLTFOUR Inspection Invited L. W. GROCMES 1416 F “Apartments Street a Specialty” TALK T0 BE GIVEN BY HELEN KELLER Famous Blind Philosopher tol Address Lions Meeting on October 19. Helen Keller, famous blind phil- osopher and “wonder woman,” will | come to Washington October 19 as | the guest of the local Lions Club, at a special meeting in the interest of the Lions’ international week for the blind M just wired her ac- sent her by | of the o she is foregoing announced determina- | f public appear s Keller has « Leonard W. De (¢ club, in doing her previously tion of not making any ances this year. Large Audience Expected. “I am not appearing in public this year,” Miss Keller's telegram st m writing my aphy New York publishe But it is hard to refuse the Lions anything. They are doing so much for the blind. will come.” The appearance of Miss Keller here is expected to draw a large audience, and arrangements are beinz made for the use of a large hall, <o that the crowd: ¢ be accommodated, Mr. De ( 1id yesterday. Speakers will tell of the work the Lions of the country are doing in behalf of the zhtless. The local club pla make the affair the most of its kind ever held unde piced. st, seer Series Over Nation. In connection with the mecting the club is calling attention to the pur- poses of “blind week,” which begins October 16. It is pointed out that the international organization of Lions became interested in the problems of the blind when it learned that from one-tenth to one-fifteenth of 1 per cent of America’s population is sight- less and that 50 per cent of the people ve defective ey Investigation has shown, moreover, that 80 per cent of those unable to see went blind after their twentieth birthd The demonstration by the Washing- ton _club is but one of a series to he held throughout the large citics of the tion during the week, Mr. De Gast said. . scientists belicve that Some the | s 60 degrees below zero, while others | think 500 degrees below, or colder, a more likely temperatu Dr. L K. police committee of the t and Councilman Harry recommend to council at its re meeting Spencer street on which the school fc vounger between | the 12 move would be in the day trial. protection plained by Mrs. supervising schools, of the school which the councilmen | growth in attendance, all lines and was in evel Speaks Here STREET NEAR SCHOOL TROPHY PRESENTED Special Dispateh to The Star. 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