The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1919-03-08
CNNNInNiS I nAVE MI.
h. Impressions ~ the Primitive.


I truly have never seen a more
thrilling aud UducatiVe ~tfavaluguc
than the ~seVcn-rccl film of C%unnihHls
of the south Sea Islands, which was
shown here last week Amidst scenes
81 ailurinr beauty, DER trupic seas, up
swift streams whure surface like nuid
mirrors reflect the dense and Hhnduwy
growth Of dripping moss and twining
creepers and jungle forest, beyond
wide smooth beaches % silver sands
live many brown ana black savage
creature Primitive men they are.
Of whom We have heard. and % whom
W. have seen MANY photographs Hut
here for the first time really saw
my brother vnE peer from behind
the ahaFry palm aud HteppinE nut ON
the white beach against which his 81.
perh physique and hushy heal are
richly zilhuuotted. leap into "a beau
ufui carved nno u slip of over
the ara. over n sea like liquid Jew
oils. : know for thiongh tho crystal
dccps We could see gorgeous shapes.
starfish and coral
Aud the races that lnhahit those
Islands. papua. the soiomuns tho
Sew iiebridcs. are az a whole truly
splendid specimens. They are not an
streak. with huHhy curly heads, and
some have straight hair ana the reg
uiur features 81 the samoan Island
ors who are noted for being hand
some. Some u the Isolated jewellers on
small islands have developed through
much i%nhreedinE a purt albino type
with pink eyes and white hair Tho
men are finer looking than IN. wum-
un. whuss bodies are apt 10 become
misshnpsn when scarcely out Of girl
hood. nut more interesting even than
their appearance are the customs ~
those primitivos
Clnnibnlsm b. "a nyoritc diversion.
nav q cult. attended with ceremonies
and much etiquette Certain rites u
cooking and eating the human flesh
are always observed. and the choice
portions always 80 to the chiefs Not
only do thry eat d unwnry traveller
lurod Co their henutcuuH shores, hut
th,S feast upon enemy capuyss. aud
skulls galore strew their dumping
grounds nH tin ans de- ours hidcnus
relies nf many meals They bury the
ull alive with most thuruurh and I'm.
tl efficiency We saw HN uf hem
stamping down an open grave with
tvrpFlchurotu feet while around tho
rIre another joyful dance was being
performed hy more highly trimmed
tnd muuhly decorated blacks trul>
don't mean 60 De t~iUotious iu fHc'
Wore NNNN NO. WNNNNAH NN W." "' lNNlNA
Nnd HH wounded o. reutlpWun'
chronological seusihilitlcH hy ]iotos.l,
nnimadvertluE upon this custom,
Will iry tu describe their other hahit'
with the Difference cue 60 primitive
man.
Tho men have club houses neat
which mo- Wutuau ma come To n'
found iu m, immediate aud mystic
rlouH vicinity OF these stuctumH mean
instant death 60 the rush female
know that any man who reads thi
wtll promptly sit up and take no
ucc. And, another Characteristic u
M, male srN, they always and inNiria
billy ru 10 the club ON the run. 'hous
lur brides b. uu iutorUatinl oar"uiuu.
whore the reluctant candidates Hr.
led Gao the rims ruNN CARRIED in n Goa
OF oUhrr paint when married. frivnl
husband knocks % her two From
teeth twhut a paradise lnr the mod
crn drntlstl which I Imagine give
them 70 cunning lev, although