The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-06-19
ST. Louis, June 16.


IINCLE SAM is the boidest Snowman
at the fair, His Filipinos are the
nakedest human beings ever per-
mitted 20 perform i'm public anywhere
within the borders of civilization
Nothing ON the Pike completes with the
lgorrote dancers i'm nudity. However
the exposures are made bv men and
boys only, That i5 a disappointment to
some folks who, having heard about the
bare ballet in the Filipino reserva-
tion, go there expecting to see unclad
women. A faint promise of femfnfnifv
IN that plight is given just inside the
gateway 10 the village Two young
women sit at looms and weave cloths
under the caves OF their huts. Their
arms, shoulders and legs from the
knees are uncovered, but if an Amerf-
can belle were to dress her upper. half
IaslloHably TO dance at a BAH and her
lower half simultaneously 20 caper i'm
tne surf she would be quite as much
disclosed as these WeaVers. They NAV
De LILY Langtrys of their tribe. but
cu doH think SO as YOU pass them
6oiuE an. ON coming out after having
seen now ugly a woman can be if She
- am lgorroJe you regard the two
WtaFefs again and this time with
feeling that they are rather comeIy.
The dances of the IgorrOtes are given
ln the arena of the amphitheatre. I'M
Ike those of most saVagas- these ex-
erelses seem 20 have no ethical mean
ms The tribe never had any religion
OF ITS own, further than TO hate enemies
and hunt for their heads The only
iaiJh that missionaries have offered TO
them is Mohammedan and they have
accepted but the merest mite of that.
The twenty men and boys who dance
are startling objects at first. and yvo-
men visitors peer sideloug awhile. but
very soon take courage and gaze UNI
anasned- The apparel of the Igorrote
warrior bold consists of q small kicker
ANiD ON the back of his head. "a sash
around his waist with its narrow ends
hanging down before and behind, a
breechclOth varying from one inch TO
luIee lu width ana nothing else. except
possibly pieces OF wood OF metal thrust
through the lObes OF his ears and some
ngures I'm tattoo On his arms or breast
The tattOOing stands for ValUr iu head
hunting. One such naked fellow would
seem intOlerable 20 feminine eyes. but
when twenty are iu the arena together
The shock is too much dinused TO be felt
severely
There is nothing here that can be
construed as Objectionable said An
thouy ComstocE. the professional
prude. These people are most correct
and innocent iu all their actions. Their
physical perfection should be an object
lesson To Americans.
Anthony was right as TO the physique
OF these male IgorrOtrs. They must
have been chosen for smOOthness and
shapeiluess. no can't be mat they rep
resent the average of their people. i
would like To believe that the ten WO-
men who took part iu the dances were
picked out for exceptional ugliuess.
u helr heads, hands and rect are SO dis
pleasing that you feel very much
obliged 60 the mauaser for not showing
amy more.
The dancing began with the men and
boys circiing round and round, u d lazy
uot with a peculiar movement of their
! feet, each carrying a small metal gong
and stuking DC with stick. That aid
not make music, as 10 was devoid OF
even rythm. but it Wasn't a deafeuing
din and it marked the time TO step by.
The sight was CharacteTistically abb
original. and the utterly smieless faces
suggested grim saVagery. IL was pos
sible 30 believe that the chap with tat
TOO almost covering his arms ana
breast really had cut of thirty-oue
human heads as the marks purported
20 record. but be shouldn't have hurt
his personal dignity and the general
picture by being one OF the three who
smoked during the ceremony, one had
a cigarette and one "a pipe, while this
uustrious head-hunter had "a cigar in
a meeTechaum holder kept az a cOcky [
angle in the corner of his mouth
After a few minutes of following one /
another in slasle dle. they squatted ln (
q circle, piled their gongs IN The cen-
Ger and held what might have been q I