The Owosso times., 1922-07-21
GETS RECIPES
OF CANNIBALS
English Woman Novelist Learns
Ways OF New Guinea Epicures
During Long Soiourn.
THEIR MANNERS ARE PRAISED
Says Hypnotism Prevails Amcng Ma.
tives to An Extent Appearing In
credible-Position of Women
Is DepiorabIe.


Is Depiorabe.
London.-Miss Beatrice Grimshaw.
the well known novelist, who has been
10 years in the South Sea islands, has
returned from New Guinea. AS an
indication Of the wilderness and the
unknown character Of the vast tracts
of territory comprising that country
she mentioned that quite recently the
missionaries, with the aid Of uirplanes,
had discovered valley containing 10-
600 people whose existence had not
even been suspected. They were found
to be living at an altitude where it
was imagined that human life could
not endure. She had wonderful sto-
ry to tell of her experiences. To
representative of the Evening Standard
she said:
New Guinea Is one Of the most
noteworthy countries in the world,
and a great deal of it has never been
explored by white people. Within a
certain distance the government has
done great deal, but there are
stretches in which cannibal tribes live
to themselves. Many, however, are
induced to work on the plantations,
and the cannibals are certainly the fin
est native workers, because Of their
| physical development and their de-
meanor. But cannibalsm fiourishes,
and the people who practice it do not
regard il as wrong. In the interior
cannibals live to themselves, and it Is
only when they come under British
| jurisdiction that their cannibaliStic
tendencies are checked. One gets so
accustomed to this question of canni.
balism that 1t Is accepted almost Rs
matter of course. l know the cCckery
recipes now as to the best methods of
preparing human food.
| Huge Stove Oven Used.
'In one part of the country there Is
a stone oven six feet long dug into
a side of hill for the purpose Of
dealing with the victims. The inhab-
| itants of one village may attack an
other. The prisoners are tortured ter
ribly, and then eaten. One method Is
to take out their eyes and then roast
the body alive in the traditional three
| legged caldron. The canuibals break
the bones and legs Of their victims be-
J fOrehand sometimes, and then let the
body lie in running stream which
method, they believe, makes the meat
more tender. The odd feature OF 1t
all is that the most determined canni-
balls are extremely well-mannered, and
| in all other respects are the best work
| ers you can find. AS to whether can
nibalsm springs from the love Of hu-
man flesh or is merely ritual one
| cannot say. / think the canDibals real
| ly like the human flesh. But you can
not get them to talk about it.
"Sorcery has a remarkable hold on
the people in this country, ana the
occult powers that are displayed can
only be regarded by white people as
amusing. The natives even have
sorcerers university where natives are
taught for period of two years.
| Sorcerers can carry poisonous and
dangerous snakes in their hair, and
can train them to bite people, leaving
them loose in house, and II Is even
possible, it is said to make snake
bite a particular person. Equally eX-
traordinary are the powers possessed
by conjurors.
Saturated in Hypnotisr.
"I believe these natives understand
hypnotism from end to end. They do
table-turning with a sort of alligator
shaped image. They ask questions OF
spirits, and see blue lights. This hep
pens in the Gulf country. The power
of hypnotism Is used to an extent
that seems barely credible, but th're
is no doubt, to my mind. that certain
natives are believed to hypnoti@e
whole audiences, and they do Il In
one instance by means of n DANCE or
the most peculiar character. l have
seen this dance, and the extraordinary
| effect of it. The performer apparently
| dominates the whole of the room ~
his actions. The effect OF the dancing
is that hypnosis on massed scale ike
this can be induced in the wierdest
possible way.
Several people have tried to in'cs-
tigute the meaning of the mind, but
they have not succeeded. 1t Is quite
obvious that the natives are saturated
in hypnotsm as a result of the prac-
tice of many centuries, which enables
them to do all sorts of things that 10
us are always inexplicable. 1 do not
admire spiritualism or hypnotisnl, and
/ am rather glad to find that 1t has its
roots among savages
''The position Of women Is dep!or-
able. They are in effect slaves. Mar
riage is by purchase, and 1t Is usually
dependent on the number of pigs that
can be offered by the bridegroom to
the brides parents. The pig, In fact,
Is thought to be of very much more
value than the wife,