New Britain Herald Newspaper, September 7, 1922, Page 3

LAHUS OF YUNNAN HAVE QUEER NAMES Young Woman May Be “Miss Second Pig, or Miss First Rat” Rangoon, Sept. 7.—The Lahus are one of the hitherto little known tribes described by Ralph Hengrson, an American wayfarer, whose travel pic- tures have been appearing in the Rangoon Gazette, These sturdy, yet soclable, people live mostly in the Chinese province of Yunnan, a wild country bordering on the northeast frontier of Burma. Referring to their life and customs, Mr. Hender- son writes: “We met more Lahus than any other tribesmen, I think. Lahus fs the tribe's name for itself, and means the ‘tiger-born’ race. The tribe is a big one and spills across into Yunnan, or rather, spills from Yunnan |n!o| Burma, since they originally came | from China. The Lahus live by agri- culture, the men doing a little hunt- ing on the side when they can get hold of a gun that shoots forward, instead of -backward or in all direc- | tions at once. Every hill man who| considers himself of any importance at all must have his gun. There is a factory in Kengtung where muzzle- loading guns are manufactured. A few carpenters and blacksmiths sit beneath a big banyan tree and make them. When a gun is made, some bold workman fires it to see if it will go off. If it does, it is sold at once. “But not all hill men are so fort- unate as to be able to secure one of these ‘Hsamtum’' guns. Many of them, therefore, make their own. Then they make their own powder and shot, and, when all is finished, have the self-confidence or temerity to go hunting with their creation. I carried a repeating shotgun up there, and it is not surprising that they re- garded it with an awe that amounted almost to reverence. A friend of mine carried an old revolver. He had paid three dollars for it in Amer- ica, and, since that time, the handle had become broken. He was offer- ed the equivalent of $65 for it brok- en handle and all, by a friendly rob- ber chief. “The Lahus have a formal and im- personal way of making love. The young men build a fire, and the maid- dens another, these fires within a stone’s toss of each other. Then each group sits about its own fire, and‘the courting begins. The groups sing long songs to each other in turn. This may continue for hours. Then at last comes a song saylng the time has come for parting, and with that the two groups rise from about their fires and come together for a mo- ment. In this moment, a youth may exchange turbans with the lady of his heart. These exchanged turbans are worn for several days, and the whole proceeding serves the same purpose as our engagement and engagement ring. If either party regrets the com- pact, he or she may demand a return of turbans, and there's an end to ev- erything. Otherwise, marriage fol- lows. “Lahus commonly have large fami- lies, and, to save a great deal of men- tal effort on the part of the parents in devising names for their progeny, they employ an {ingenious scheme— a kind of calendar of names. They have a cycle of 12 days in their week: dog day, pig day, rat day, cow day, tiger day, ass day, death day, croco- dile day, sheep day, pony day, chick- en day and louse day. A child born on dog day is called Master or Miss Dog; on rat day, Master or Miss Rat; on sheep day, Master or Miss Sheep. “It might be supposed that a child born at midnight ( a rather vague and inclusive term in a land without timepieces) would catch the baptis- mal wheel on dead center, and would be in a fair way to get two names or none. Not:so. The child is merely Master or Miss Midnight. What more simple! To introduce a comfortable amount of variety, the first born is usually called Master or Miss First Commonly the name derived from the day is also added, and the result is such a name as Master First Ass, or Miss Second Pig. “The child whom its parents ex- pect to be the last may likewise Le ||| called Master or Miss Last. It must be annoying to the inventors of the system that there is at least a modi- cum of uncertainty in bestowing the name of Master or Miss Last on a child. The future cannot be surely foretold, and consequently it is not uncommon to find in a family two, or even three children bearing the name Tast.” Unanimous i Dolores, famous Follles beauty, re- turns to America to find that artists picking “the 12 most beautiful wom- #n'" are in agreement on the cholce of her, but at odds on the cholce of oiher beauties. ' NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1922, SAGE, ALLEN & CO. HARTFORD Saturday Next Is Dollar Day REMEMBER THE DATE, SEPTEMBER 9TH And As Usual, Sage, Allen DOLLAR DAY HOSIERY $2.00 SILK IRREGULARS $1.00 Silk stockings, irregulars of the $2.00 quality. Black, brown and colors. Only 720 pair. The most popular only. ALL WOOL SCHOOL SUITS $1.00 Only 15 suits in all. Values up to $12.00 CORDUROY PANTS $1 00 Sizes 8 to 16 years. JERSEYS ~ 2™$1.00 $1.00 For A $5.00 Receipt. First Payment On A NEW HOME IDEAL SEWING MACHINE 3rd Floor SILK AND FIBRE STOCKINGS ror $1.00 irregulars of the ing. Silk and fibre in black CHECKED DROP STITCH STOCKINGS Pair Drop stitch sport stock- ings with contrasting silk clocks. They are irregulaes and a remarkable value. $1.00 stock- BOYS' CLOTHING WASH SUITS $1.00 Middy and Oliver Twist styles, dark blue and white SCHOOL BLOUSES 2™ $1.00 Sizes 8 to 16 years I§T0CKINGS air For $l 00 Slzes 10, 1015, 11, 114 3 POUNDS OF CHOCOLATES $1.00 1 lb. Commodore, 1 1b. 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