New Britain Herald Newspaper, April 3, 1923, Page 10

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to five miles are the remains of stone , FIFrH ENT”RY |N buildings, These include pyramids, EN TRAININ platforms, terraces, plazas and paved roads all now buried in a thick tropi- cal folinge, They do not include dwellings of early people which were " more lightly constructed and are now s0 obliterated that no trace of them Wonderful Relics Uncovered in) ™5 summine up wnis ancient amert-| RESEIVLODS- May Be Made With can civilization Dr, Morley said; Fflr 0“ Yucatan The'ruins of Chichenitza are those Gapt. Hanlord L' cnms of the largest city of the new Maya empire which was probably founded — about the middle of the fifth eentury Application bianks and clroulars of Merida, Yucatan, Mex,, April 8, (By|after Christ by colonists from the old Assoclated Press),—Careful examina-| empire cities of northern Guetemala, Information for the campaign in . tion of the Maya ruins of Chichenit | During the first period it was occu- | Hbeiford county for the 1923 Cltizens ¢ ‘ za, just completed by the American|pied for about two centuries and t‘nm"ri,)(-v:-.:]:' ’,‘\‘uc:l‘:?p] "olboa:u"ld at 3 ! sclentist, Dr, Sylvanus G. Morley, has| abandoned for unknown reasons. In| . )!:mn‘ e h:twc-ol "‘D st, for / brought to light exidences of a civill- | the middie of the seventh century the |12 2vaoy "venrs are ';ww'n::'":h‘l’: i zatlon dating back to the middle of | inhabitants moved toward the coast and may be had upon request from the fifth century which Dr, Morley | where they stayed three centuries, re-| o o ) Fidw! 5 L ) b says was the most advanced of any|turning to Chichenitza and re-estab- ;‘l‘:‘r:lll‘l %flL;ThCOIHE?;:: H "‘C":I""lf in the western hemisphere prior to lishing themselves there about 9656 A.| .., I8 A. S’m(e .Armory Hartford the discovery of America by Colum- (D, It was then onc of a league of |, 4 ‘Captain .Hunfnrd L. (.;"“.' va’ P | three cities the others being Uzmal| griiain A The research was inaugurated a de-|and Mayapan which ruled Yucatan|™ gn'o'noincemoent of interest to the eade ago by the Carnegle inslltll((“ from the beginning of the 11th to the prospective students was made today but was iInterrupted by the war, The | 13th century, It was a period of pros- by General Andre W. Brkuler‘ corps project was again taken up last month | perity with a renaissance of art, arch-| ;vaq commander, to the effect '"‘“ a when officers of the institution visited itecture and sculpture, new feature would be introducd in the Yucatan and spent some time at ('M-‘ “New types of buildings were then camp program this summer, that of ; chenitza. It was apparent that the|erected, the temples showing col-| yroviding speclal instructions to. the work would involve the services of lumns cut with feathered serpents, \giydents of the advanced red, white a large number of scientific al- | dedicated to their patron deity called [ang blue coast artillery rounéa, All ists as well as extensive av ummkl{ukulcnu. or feathere serpent. of these students will assemble at ' covering a long term of years | The great ball court as large as a Camp Devens on August 1st, at the ' Dr. ‘Morley said today that the|modern football field was built and opening of the camp, where they will ruins of Chichenitza were very ex-|enclosed by massive walls 30 feet high | remain for four days while being tensive, the religious and civie cen-|and 25 feet thick. In this enclosure |equipped and receiving preliminary % ters covering an area two miles long | games were played not unlike modern |instructions. At the end of this time : and one mile wide, Extending from | basketball, the object being to drive|they will be transported by motor this center in all directions for three [a ball through rings fastened in the|trucks to Boston and embark for Fort side walls, Strong, Boston Harbor, where they “A new. religious cult developed un- | will remain for three weeks, undergo- der which most of the beautiful young |ing instructions in the special branch ) ladies were hurled to death in a great|of the service which they have se- natural well 180 feet in diameter and |lected, ; 70 feet deep, as sacrifices to the of- At the close of the special instruc- fended rain deities during droughts|tion period these students will be re- The fame of this sacred well spread |turned to Camp Devens to join their | far and wide, so that pilgrims came |fellow students and take their place in from a great distance to make preci- | the graduation ceremonial on the final , R ous offerings of carved jade, copper,|day. The return trip will include a i Gr;:gr':}.g;;;n:fi";':\‘:: Bring bells, pottery and incense, which were | hike and a night spent in the open i deposited in this well as sacrifices to|when the students will make camp to Hair % ¢ a B ° . . You can turn gray, faded hair the rain gods. and prf'\ar their roaq.slde breakfast, b . i ¢ Mecca of Mayas All young men desiring to take ad- beautifully dark and lustrous almost A 'a of Mayas N i a 3 . 3 vantage of this month’s training are over night if you'll get a bottle of Because of the extraordinary spec- urged to lose no time if they wish to “Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Com-|tacular character of their religious t . pound’ at any drug store. Millions of | rites and ceremonies Chichenitza be- BOGRIC SR TYauans Al bott) - this. 010 & S T M £ th ‘hole Maya They should immediately confer Rot es o this o]«‘ van;‘ousdduigie e? cx.lme the Mecca of the whole Mayan with their local chairman or write to ecipe, improved by the addition of | word. : the headquarters of the First Corps other ingredients, are sold annually, “It is difficult to make an estimate| ;0. or to the headquarters of the says a well-known druggist here, be- | of the population of Chichenitza dur-| Military Training Camps - association, cause it darkens the hair so naturally | ing the period of }_mr greatest glory,! poom 316, 84 Summer street, Boston, { (] end evenly that no one can tell it has | but personally I think the whole Itza | praqe been applied. nation could not have numbered less _— x , ao, lna, a aes Those whose hair is turning gray |than a quarter of a million and pos-‘ Genuine Imported Swiss, 60c 1b. To- " ; or becoming faded have a surprise |sibly half a million.” niorrow only. Cooked Food Shop.— awaiting them, because after one or Dr. Morley is leaving for Mexica two applications the gray hair vanish- | City where he will stop for two weeks, ' [ ] [J es and your locks become luxuriantly | traveling thence overland to Gwuate- g 4 dark and beautiful. mala, where he will excavate two | sy A maz ln a l S This is the age of youth. Gray-|temples at the ruins of Quirigna.! - haired, unattractive folks aren’t|Upon the completion of this work he 5 ; wanted around, so get busy with|intends to return to Washington. Wyeth’s Sage and Sulphur Compound tonight and you'll be delighted with . : your dark, handsome hair and your Large can Summer Gull Brand A youthful appearance within a few|Peaches, 30c. Tomorrow only. Cooked Food Shop.—adst. \ days. 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