New Britain Herald Newspaper, November 17, 1928, Page 10

PAPUANS FREAKISH IN THER IDEALS Eat Nsects—Decorate Homes VWith Homan Skuls Washington, D. C., Nov. 17.—"Re- cent reports from New Guinea that Papuans use dog teeth as a medium | of exchange, is but one of the odd customs of these natives” says a bulletin from the Washington, D. C. headquarters of the Nutional Gco- graphic Society. i “A few Papuans who have min- | gled with Dutch and English settlers | and missionari>s have been taught| that the skulls of neighboring tribes- | men are not attractive ornaments| for their huts, and in the coast set-| { | | QUESTIONS ANSWERED You can get an answer to any | question of fact or information by writing to the Questio= Kditor, New Britain Herald, Washington Burean. 1322 New York avenue, Washington. D. C., encio:ing two cents in stamps for reply. Medical. legal and marital advice cannot be given, nor cam ex- tended research be undertaken. AN tlements European clothes have dis-‘ placed the loin cloth and string fl[‘ shell beads, but Papuans in the for-| csts still destroy one another at! sight. Many of them have neve:| scen a white man. | Homes Built for Protection | “Papuans are pagans. The Papuan cautiously approaches the rocks the sBores of the occan and inland | streams lest a spirit that abides there stir up a storm. A spirit in the clouds destroys their children, but the strongest spirit lurks in the for- est. For this reason tribesmen sel- dom venture out at night. i “Papuan villages are built nmrbj for protection than comfort. Near| the sea coast and rivers many of | them are built over the water while ! in the interior they occupy the hills where the tribesmen can survey the | neighborhood for enemy invaders.| It a village is in a valley, it is usu- | ally protected by a high stockade or | the huts are in the tree tops. Tree platforms are tribal watchtowers. A Wife for a Pig “Constant fighting among Papuans has caused a shortage of men so the women do the courting. | When a tribesman is captivated by & Papuan lass he gives his prospec- tive father-in-law a pig or dog and takes his bride to his hut. The wed- ding ceremony -over, the bride joins | the other wives in taking care of the hut and working the garden while the hushand goes fighting, hunting and fishing. “Yams, sweet potatoes, birds, lzards, fish, and all kinds of insects are eaten by the natives. Turtles are a luxury to them but the favorite tidbit is a fat grub about three inches long. “Papuans differ as to the disposal of their dead. They belleve that each tribesman has two spirits. One dies with the body while the other remains with it to haunt the rela- tives. Bometimes a body Is buried for a short time, Later it is disin- tered, the bones cleaned and taken!| to the village. Spirit Hovers Over Graves “Some tribes dry the body on & platform and keep it a few years. Then it is buried and a house bulit over the grave for the spirit. A path is cut from the hut to the nearest stream s0 that the spirit may bathe and food is brought to the dead for a time so that the journey to the spirit worid will not be made on an empty stomach. Papuan women kéep their husbands alive as long as possible for when one tribesman dies, al) his wives are tabue. Wear- ing ‘widow’s weeds’ in New Guinea is Nterally true for Papuan widows doff their short knee-length grass dresses and strings of beads for grass ‘gowns’ that cover their bodies from their shoulders to their feet. “The complete everyday wardrobe of & Papuan tribe of three to four hundred men could be packed in a #0064 mized trunk or two. The loin cloth, ‘a string of shells or beads and § few bone armiets are & Papu- clothing. “In some regions the tribesmen meke themselves ‘handsome’ by plercing their noses with quills or tones, while their bodies are a mass of welts or are covered with tatoo- ing. With" these decorations and their clay-smeared hair dangling in long plaits, they are ready for a hunt—man or animal. They are ex- pert markemen, armed with their| barbed spears, bows and arrows and beheading clubs.” Persian Women Reach For Greater Liberty Ispahan, Persia, Nov. 17. (P—| Fqual rights for Persian women has | hecome the dominant question of public interest, with bewildering suddenness. Reform projects are said to be ready for presentation at the next pession of the Persian parliament. There 18 evidence that public opin- fon would welcome a change. Persia, morcover, as the great- est, all-Moslem state, would stimu- late the movement toward the countries of the orient. The change has gained great momen- the | | other government other questions will receive a per- sonal reply. Unsigned requests can- not be answered. All letters are con- Adential.—Tditor. Q Rerkowitz” Chaned A, Martha Franklin. Q. What is the meaning of the e Sudrack? It is a German family meaning. “south meadow.” Q. From what is fish glue made? A. From the skin, scales and muscular tissue of some of the larg- er fish, especially cod. Q. Has an amendment to the United States constitution ever been repealed ? A. No amendment has been re- pealed. To do so would require an- other amendment, carried in the same way and nullifying the effect of the previous amendment. Q. Do residents of the District of Columbia vote for president or any official ? Residents of the District Who played the part of *“Ma in “The Wheel of name, A of | Columbia have no vote. What is the difference be- and Fahrenheit Q. tween Centigrade thermometers? A. Centigrade scales the freez- ing point of water at zero while the the Fahrenheit scales it at 32 de- grees above zero. Q. Has straw ever been driven into a tree by a cyclone or tornado? A. The United States Weather Bureau says that they have actual photographs of this at the Weather Bureau. Q. What is a ward at a hospital? A. One in which persons who, on account of mental infirmities have become morally irresponsible, are treated; in other words persons of unsound mind or mentally deranged persons. Q. What {is the present address of Judge Ben Lindsey? A. 1343 Ogden street, Colerado. Q. What has happened to Nor- man Trevor. the screen actor? A. He went insane recently. Q. What is a distortograply? A. A machine that changes ob- jects into grotesque caricatures by successively distorting various por- tions. Q. Where “psychopathic” Denver, was Don Alvarado married ? A. He was born in Albuquerque, New :Mexico, November 4, 1904. His real name is Joe Page. He is mar- ried to a non-professional. Q. Why did the Grat Zeppelin fly the American flag when it was a German ship? A. As a matter of courtesy to the United States. American ships going to foreign countries fly the flag of the country they are entering at the masthead of the ship, Q. How do the number of hos- pitals in the United States today compare with the number ten or twelve years ago? A. In 1916 there were in con- tinental United States 6,911 hospitals and in the United States dependen- cies 149. In 1925 there were 7,281 hospitals in continental United States and 212 in U. dependencies. In 1927 there wer: 103 hospitals in continental Unitad States and in the dcpendenctes, “which include Alaska, the Canal Zone, Porto Rico and the Philippines and Samoa. Q. 1Is a British subject who has taken out his first papers to become tum in Teheren, where it is no longer an uncommon thing for wo- men to attend theatrical perform- ances and enter cafes. Government Employes Contribute to Drama Mexico City, Nov. 17. (P—The s of the department of the in- terior have agreed to contribure one day's galary to the fund ing raised for completion of ihe nu- tional theater, construction of which was started in the days of I lent Porfirio Diaz. Vith exception of the dom exterior of the huilding was finish- cd before Diaz's downfall. The building has remained in that ever since. When completed it he one of the most beautiful th ters in the world. eni- the will a- LE BOURG SMALL Le Bourget, France, Nov. 17. (f)— The world known flying ficld mortalized in the United State Lindbergh's epoch making from New York to Paris and up to a few years ago regarded as the finest in the world, is becoming too small to handle the French tratfic. hy Special Notice A bridge and whist is to be at the Y. M. T. A. & B itorinm Monday evening at § o'clock lic 18 invitedg Bring own cards.— advt. flight | air held Pub- tats | born? Is that bis real name? Is he | Q. Who is the zuthor of the say- Wise men learn more from icols than fools from the wise? A. Cato. Q. How many soldicrs were car- ried to France during the World War? A. During our 19 months of war more than 2,000,000 American soldiers were carried to I'rance. Half a million of these went over in the first 13 meonths and a million and a half in tha last six months. Q. What is “white coal”? A. The term 18 sometimes plied to water power. Q. How long were pieces coined ? A. From 186¢ to 1872 inclusive. LEVIATHAN COULD FLOAT IN THE BOWL 33 Miles of Seats Can Accommo- date City Population Back in 1913 when the Yale Bowl was a vision rather than a finished project the proposal to build an arena to seat 64,000 spectators aroused the skepticism of the fol- [1owers of sports. The cry went up that it would mever be filled. How- ever it did fill and after the war it was 1 ary to build additional . Now the seating capacity is far too seant to accommodate all the people who want to see Army, Princeton and Harvard play Yale football teams. For some time after erection the Bowl seated the largest number of people of any structure in the world. ¢ larger stadiums are in_ex- istence but in the east the Bowl rules supreme. It is huge. The population of a good sized city can be seated in its 23 miles of permanent seats. From end to end it is 933 feet; its breadth is 744 feet. Its concrete bulk covers 12 1-2 acres. The Colosseum of Rome is smaller by over 300 feet. Filled with water, the Bowl could float the Leviathan. It is a half mile around the outside of the structure. The playing field is 500 feet long and 300 feet wide and is 27 feet be- low the level of the outside ground. At the center it is 12 inches higher than at the sides, a drainage sys- tem around the inside wall carrying away the witer from the field. It requires a batallion of 1,800 men and boys to handle a capacity crowd. Few police are in evidence inside the Bowl. Seating the spec- tators and keeping them in order is taken care of by men ushers and inspectors aided by high school boys as aisle ushers, Designed for football ft is used exclusively for that sport. Irom every seat the play can be scen plainly so that they are all ‘re- served seats. ap- two cent WANT NO AIRSHIPS Paris, Nov. 17. ®—France has completely abandoned all plans for constructin of lighter than air craft, whether of the Zeppelin rigid, blimp pliant or balloon types. | ARE YOU A WALLFLOWER? Or don't you §o to dances because you can't dan enough? Why miss the fun? ahead. Our Washington that fundamental Bureau has steps and variations in out the coupon below and send for it. DANCE EDITOR, Washington Burea 1322 New York Avenue, 1 want & copy of the bulletin HOW five cents in loose, postage and handling costs: . NAMB ' STREET AND NUMBER l ciry . -|evlinder you won't get peeved but attempts to cover iu » simple way, dance, or want to improve your dancing. this bulletin will help you. f,~ = = = = = = CLIP COUPON HERE Washington, uncancelled U. S. postage stamps, or coin, MARY ANN HAVING MUCH DIFFICULTY Tells Andy Dale of Her Flivver- ing Experiences (Contributed) Dear Andy: The next time you let me borrow your flivver T wish you'd see that all the parts are in their proper places | and tied together with something | besides a pair of shoe laces, etc. | I'll tell you about my experience last night so’s when I return your buggy | on two flat tires and a missing | i will be thankful you've still got & steady jane. It's kinda late as I'm | returning from an outa town shower given in honor of a dame who is to | he married to the same guy she's still engaged to when T notices a gas wagon coming down the road like it's in a hurry to pile up mileage and didn't care who knew it. Not wanting to get into a collision and be a customer for some wreck- ing concern T slows down and pulis over to the side of the road to give the nut behind the other steering wheel plenty of room. My heart | does a hop, skip and a couple of | jumps as the bus misses me by the length of a kitchen apron and whizzes past with a roar that would scare two year's growth outa a mud turtle. T didn’t realize 1'd crowded the shoulders so until T hita a ditch and tries to get back on the road gain. Getting back wasn't any | easier than cutting the front lawn with a table knife as one side of the flivver travels like it's on a high curb | and the other in a low gutter. All of a sudden the rear end drops down with a jar that shook every- thing but the radiator cap and as I grabs the emergency brake with | both paws to help me keep my bal- ance so's 1 wouldn't tumble out the engine stalls and the lights go out. I steps on the starter frantically but didn’t even get a bit of static, all Y got was more silence and darkness. I finds my flashlifiht but as the bat- tery was worn out it proved to be about as uscful as an extra coat of paint to a fountain pen. So T climbs over the side to sorta feel the mess T was in. Just as my hoofs leave the running board your trick flivver lets out a few body squeaks and does a magician act, that is, turns turtle, with the top wheels spinning helplessly. I'm tell- ing no tales outa my 2nd year in night school when Y say T was so frightened that if I'd heard any- body sneeze in the next town Y woulda fallen into a permanent faint. T tries to hail a car going by but the driver must of thought ¥ was a bohbed-haired bandit or some- thing and instead of stopping he stepped on the gas so much that if his buggy was equipped with wings it would of flown. Seeing no help was coming until T went after it T walks into the yard of a nearby farmhouse, and walks right out again, as a dog which I hadn't seen starts broadcasting and the only kind of dogs I like are or can't dance well ¢ The season of parties and dances lies just & new bulletin on HOW TO DANCE and by simple instructions, the all the latest dances. If you don't Fill those tied to a tree with chain strong enough to tow a tractor, Al- though I'm scared skinny and my corns bothering me more than they would a toe dancer I hoofs it to a service station about a quarter of a mile away and tells my troubles to an elderly m in charge. We rides back in the “wrecker” and soon the flivver is right side up and on the road again. I asks how come the engine stalled s0's the lights wouldn't even flicker and he lifts up the rear floorboard and says that some dumbbell had caused a loose connection by for- getting to tighten the nut that holds the battery lug or something onto the terminal. T rides along without telling him that the dumbbell’s name was Andy and has no more trouble excepting when 1 got two flats but continues traveling as T figured that as long as the old tub held together I'd get safely home, even though the. wear and tear wasn't all on the flivver. MARY ANN. Belgian Heir Will See How Dutch Rule Indies Brussels, Nov. 17. (®—Prince Leopold, heir to the Belgian throne, will shortly visit the Netherlands In- dies to study the economic and so- cial problems of this rich Dutch possession, He is interested in eolonial af- fairs and dealt with the welfare of colored populations in his first speech in the Belgian senate. The date of his trip to the Tndies has rot been fixed nor has it heen de- cided whether Princess Astrid will accompany him, VIEN MEDICAL Vienna, Nov. 17. (@— emerged from the trials and bitter reverses of the war and post-war period with its position as the world's greatest medical center vir- tually intact. The United States pays tribute to Vienna's renown by sending nearly a thousand American doc- tors each year to work in the cit ROCKWELL SCHOOL ASSN. HAS UNUSUAL PROGRAN Parcnts and Teachers Observe Edu- cation Week—High School A musical pragram was presented at the Rockwell school last evening as the Parent and Teachers' asso- ciation of that school observed American Educgtion Week. Carl Doerr, vice-president of the associa- tion, presided. The program opened with a saxophone selection by Rob- ert Schaefer. Vocal solos were sung by Miss Florence Ostlund and Miss Helen Brennan. The “Tuxedo Two,” composed of Messrs. Schaefer and Carlson, played a banjo selection. L. P. Slade, principal of the Se- noir High school, repeated the talk on “The Home and the . School” which he had delivered on Thursday night at the 8malley school. Miss Dorothy Johnson and Miss Martha Anderson presented a violin and piano duet. A banjo duet was ren- dered by Robert Schaefer and Miss Selma Schaefer. The balance of the program consisted of other numbers by the musiciang mentioned above. The various rcoms in the school were open, and the parents had opportunity to confer with the teachers regarding their children. Danes Find Substitute For California Wine Copenhagen, Nov. 17. (#—Califor- nia wine found a ready market in Denmark in the days prior to prohi- bitlon in the United States. The Danes liked the full flavor of Cali- fornia Burgundy, which, in their opinion, was superior to the French brands. Chilean wines will probably take the place of the American product. Certain observers have traced their popularity te the fact that the Chilean ambassador, Harry Wessel’'s dinners have become fa- mous for the quality of their win Common Sense Big business has long since recog- nized the value of selecting one well-organized insurance agency to assume the administration of its insurance interests. This does not disturb existing poli- cies, nor confine the husiness to one agency; it simply provides that in case of a loss, you look to one competent insurance authority for all adjustments. Tirst and Second Mortgage Money in Any Quantity e W. L.HATCH Co. INSURANCE Real Estate -Mortgage Loans City Hall - Tel-3400 Glorious Youth! Loving, Fighting,Daring Death! 9 Directed by a man who himself shot down seven planes, this spectac- ular drama of the flying fighters, their loves, their war adventures, is the greatest screen attraction in history. Now in its second year on Broadway at $2 admissions, eleven thousand people have paid to stand and see it. Never has any motion picture imparted such realism to its thrilled beholders! You dive with the sky-raiders PGSR u, New Britain Herald, D C. TO DANCE, and encloss herewith to cover ' T am a reader of the New Britain Herald. " CAPITOL THEATER | down through the clouds, rushing headlong toward an at- tacking plane, dodging “bursts” from blazing machine guns. g Far below you see the distant mass of armies locked in giant combat . . close beside helplessly whirls a stricken plane, falling in flames to the up- rushing earth. § You dive on an observation bal- loon and set it in flames. .. and wing your way to safety. afurlough...and Paris .the riotous Paris of theWar...where anything might,and does happen! g Adventure follows adven- ture... thrill upon thrill...as you go with these grim, yet gay young American aviators!... Romance, Youth, Love, War...It’s the thrill of a life-time! SEEIT AT POPULAR PRICES Directed by William Wellman with CLARA BOW, CHARLES ROGERS and RICHARD ARLEN BEGINS TOMORROW FOR ONE WEEK 2 A PARAMOUNT PICTURE —“BEST SHOW IN TOWN”%' © 1928, Paramount Famous Lasky Corp., Paramount Bidg., N. ¥. G