The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-10-21
uApPIEST OF ALL
| MEN is AN ESKIMO
FATS SEAL AND WALRUS
mFAT AND DOGS, HAS NO
rI1VVER AND NO MOVIES.

w1cCASSET, Me.-Found: The
a b. !. the Eskimo living in the ice,
~ Inv harpoon and kyack. He
'"7 seai meat, walrus meat, he eats
a'' .ro. Of sea birds and he eats dogs.
eIothes himself with skins. His
,,e /, hole in the ice. He has no
on' or He has no steam heat. He has
Garner drug store. No movies. No
soo1q But he is happy.
SHq IS so happy" says DR.. Donald
4 Macmillan, arctic explorer just re-
nad from a 14-months scientific re-
.rcb visit in the far north, that |
Eonder if our talk about our civiliza-
Isn't buncombe. The more /
oow Of the Eskimo the more | think
H. i ANYBODY is civilized on this
al T. Is this man of the ice"
m Macmillan has lived with the
limo He first met him when he
member of the Peary expedi-
a.. and he has since known him on
own expeditions. The Eskimeux
now Macmillan. Each time he comes
B. Il, 10 their country they greet him
an old friend, and they help him
newer his staunch little schooner,
Rowdoin, through the icebergs.
oTbq spirit of brotherly love exists
,'bere else in this world as it exists
.ong the Eskimeux," he continued.
:. ~Tbev have no bank accounts. They
emulate no property. What belongs
4 one belongs to another. Theirs is
true cooperative spirit. Seal meat,
H. meat, dog meat, homes that are
nda holes in the ice-these are liV-
standards not above those OF the
6ns age Truly, the Eskimo is llv-
in stone age, but whether he
ovs it or not he possesses great hap,
hes, q happiness far above our own
Needs Are Simple.
The explorer explains his own
aarv for their superior happiness,
II ! would seem that Macmillan at
N;bntes most of our troubles TO our
bssessions; what we own we ight 10
and fight to protect.
8.Thcjr needs are simple so they get
,st thev need. That is why they are
INV They know that if they have
i a.? gbt ior their food they will fight
elements, and that every man
snorg them joins; there IS none
Non them who could corral all the
H. Get a corner on the whales ana
H.. seek TO better himself through
suffering of others.
#~Tbc life OF the Eskimo is sincere
simple He has no intricate code
I conventions, no pretenses, no am
S,;ons that can be realized only
sropgh the beating down OF his TEL
Zw men," 49,, oo4s
sDr Macmillan asserts that one gets
J;fferent perspective on life's values
4 tbe north. Civilization" ne says
H. its Importance" He describes
N Eskimo race as one large ana nap
Il family. willing to work and satiS-
ID with their lot.
Ii course DR.. Macmillan was hap
70 out in again at Monhegan IS
d off the Maine coast, where ne
Ii his relatives ana lIlellu9'
bm the hardships of the north ne
his crew might have been elated
ii having returned safely to civil
ltion."
Going Back.
but Dr. Macmillan is going back!
Id he saws it would be easy to live
kavs with the Eskimo. That is how
.re he is that the man OF the north
les happily. He is not alone on the
bwdoin in that confidence. DIR. Rich
Goddard, magnetician, says 1t
bkes him blush to think that the
Bite man calls himself civilized,
The more l saw of the Eskimo the
| thought of our way OF living,
Goddard says. "'They can't tight,
bnes told us about the Eskimo. Well,
ound ont why they can't fight. They
FER need to. l never heard an argu-
ent between two Eskimeux-and
FER saw an Eskimo cop, nor an IS
no strike, nor an Eskimo trathc
b; they don't murder each other
they don't hang each other. Which
the civilization?
Hardships of the north? Yes, but
Bowdoin will point arcticward
Pin next June, bound for happy