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About ten the drums started and the drummers began to sing, joined in little by little by the guests. Then the dancers got up, each dancing alone, some times only one on the floor then a half dozen. Old and young men and women they lost themselves in the rhythm of the drums, apparently wholly absorbed in the joy of dancing. One old womâ€" an, not a day under 80, joined in. At first they were shy of us, but once they started to dance, I am sure they didn‘t even know we exâ€" isted. The dance went on for a couâ€" ple of hours and then the drums stopped. It was over, except for more meditation. Mr. R. made a litâ€" tle speech and I thanked them and told them how happy we were to be there, whereupon each came up and shook our hands and bade us good night. All afternoon Mr. Ripley told each native we met, that if they wanted to dance that night (it being Saturday night) the ball room would be heated. They would have to hire their own orchestra but they were welcome. They started to arâ€" rive at 7 p.m. Mr. R. told us they would have to medidate for at least a couple of hours and we had better stay in their apartment until the spirit moved. The orchestra assemâ€" bled by eight and they had to mediâ€" tate. Their musical instrument is a head of a drum, a hoop with seal gut stretched tautly across. They use a long flexible wand and strike only the rims. When the tempo speeds up, the center of the wand bends inâ€" wards, striking the gut. Different tones are obtained by different deâ€" grees of wetting the gut. This they get by rubbing it with water on their hands. We arrived at the ball at nine, quite the proper time, both here and at home to go to a dance. Mr. Ripley formally introduces us with a nice speech of welcome, tellâ€" ing them we had come all the way . from Chicago, just to see Eskimos living as they should and had picked out Tigara, because there we would be welcome. It took another hour of meditation for this to be considâ€" ered. You know time and unnecesâ€" sary labor mean little to m native. As one native said to a white man shovelling off the snow from his front walk, "why do all that work, sun take ‘em away." They were genuinely glad to see us and enjoyed meeting us and Jookâ€" ing us over. They are a happy peoâ€" ple and totally unspoiled. 1 hope they may always remain so and not be taimed by the busy whites, who try to thrust white man‘s law, reâ€" ligion and â€" customs down . their throats. Next morning after a breakfast of seal liver and a perfect sleep in a peach of a bed, Sue and I wandâ€" ered up to the mission to see the cemetery and get pictures of our friends going to church in their gaily colored snow suits, worn over their fur parkas. The cc-rfiel&-ry is most unique, the only one like it. All around is what in shape the blizzards do not hit them. The igloo we were in was spic and span. The Eskimos along the coast from Kotzebue to Barrow are a fine race, tall, well built and intelligent. They are too far away to be harmed greatly by the whites and still cling to their own ways. They are such a happy people, the slightest thing bringing a hearty, happy smile and laugh to their Tells Of 25,000 Mile Trip Across U. 8. To Alaskan Wilds Following is a continuation of the round robin letters sent to friends on their 25,000 mile trailer trip to and seal skin. Sod is piled up outâ€" side and then snow does the rest. Being below ground and dome like We visited their store and P. O. run by a smart native on a cooperaâ€" tive basis. bone sheathed over with drift wood 133 North Second Street Highland Park, Ilinois GMC LEADS in pulling power â€" & fuel economy and modern engineering advancements . .. \ 7 "S'fl/"‘ ’/Q;*?E_E; A M al pioy N apgmanale STANGER‘S GARAGE Time payments through our own YMAC Plan at lowest availoble rates ‘V‘ Come in and see how much more you get for your money in a GMC Lightâ€"Duty Truck. 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We suspectâ€" ed Warren‘s plane had run out of gas and been forced down there beâ€" ing grounded for 3 days on account of storms. It was and had taken off from Kotzebue 2 hours before we arrived. Five hours flight landâ€" ed us safe and sound back in Fairâ€" banks after 2,000 miles in the air. away We are busy packing up to get away next Thursday, so taâ€"ta for now â€" from your synthetic Eskimo friends. We got off for Fairbanks after an extra day there during which Sue had Mary Davidowic, Paul‘s wife, make her a snow shirt to go over her Parki, and got a pair of wolf leggings to reach from her umkâ€" luks to above the bottom of her Parki. All dressed up she is warm and how she waddles, with her arms hanging straight out from her sides like toothpicks stuck in. Only her face showing, peering out from a big wolf ruff around the hood. looks like a picket fence, only it is made of whale bone. ‘l':nhrbb two ribs of the langest ever caught there, curving together at the top. Sue‘s feet got chilly so she went back to the school house, but I watched the people trudging along I worked my movie stopping only as th; came up to shake hands and wish me a good morning. It was hard to realize I was 200 miles north of the circle in the dead of winter. It was a calm, clear, beautiful day, about 25 below with the sun shining brightly in the south. With plenty of clothes I was warm and thorâ€" oughly enjoyed the greetings of my new Eskimo friends. Weather from Kotzebue made us hurry along so we were in the air headed south at 12:30. Reached Kotzebue in 1% hours and landed again on the sea. By night a howlâ€" ing blizzard rolled in from the south and everything 200 yards away was obliterated by the whirling snow. The storm lasted all next day, but we spent the time at the Trading Post, watching Warren Ferguson work his radio trying to locate one of his planes that had been forced down coming from Fairbanks. There had been no reâ€" port from the plane for two days. ice. The Archdeacon runs high church, appealing to their love of pageantry. The women and children sit on one side of the chapel and the men on the other. All the responses are sung in their own tongue and it is truly beautiful to hear them sing in their native language. They love to sing and dance and have very melodious voices mostly in the minor key. As the radio weather reports to the south were not so good I could only attend the start of their servâ€" HAIRCUTTING Adults . . . . 40 First house north of Central arenme on East side of Street DILL‘S HOME BARBER SHOP 21 North Second Street 15 5 Years in Highland Pork Telephone H. P. 5435 The building is owned by the Chiâ€" cago, North Shore, and Milwaukee railroad company. The first floor was occupied by the Conney‘s Comâ€" munity Pharmaey, and the second floor tenants were the Milton Kritzer dental laboratories, the Central Doâ€" mestic Employment Agency, the Ellen Beauty salon, and the grade separation project office of the elecâ€" tric line. | ciation. This is an increase of cash on hand over 1988 of approximateâ€" ly $2,000, according to Clarence Hanover, secretary of the board. The fire, of unknown origin, startâ€" ed in the basement of the building and had apparently been long under way before it was discovered at 8:45 o‘clock. The new library building, designâ€" ed along simple Georgian lines with a view of creating an intimate friendly atmosphere, will face north on Park avenue immediately west of Glencoe road. Most of the cost of the building, estimated at about $90,000, including equipment and landscaping, will be defrayed from funds now on hand in the library building fund which was started in 1917. The balance, amounting to $37,500, will be raised by the sale Condell Memorial hospital at Libertyville is free of financial inâ€" debtedness and on Dec. 31, 1989, had a cash balance on hand of $9,â€" 200, the board of directors reported Monday at the annual meeting of the Condell Memorial hospital assoâ€" Fire, last Tuesday night,gubted the business building at 748â€"750 Elm street, Winnetka. A dream dating back nearly 25 years came to the verge of reality Thursday evening when the village board unanimously approved . the plans submitted by the library board for a new Glencoe public library. THE HIGHLAND PARE PERES8 Beautiful new spring styles in lowâ€"priced floor and table lamps Small Down Payment Pridmore, famous Chicago architect who died last Thursday, in the proâ€" posed plan for enlargement of Cook Memorial Library. Mr. Pridmore submitted the plan voluntarily at a joint meeting last fall of the village and township library boards, after e â€" The tract purchased is a little over four acres and the total cost was approximately $16,000. First Church of Christ, Scientist of Highland Park, announces a free lecture on Christian Science by James G. Rowell, C.S.B. of Kansas City, Mo., Friday evening, Februâ€" ary 23rd at eight o‘clock in the Elm Place Schol auditorium, Mr. Rowell is a member of the Board of Lecâ€" tureship of The Mother Church, The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Mass. "In order to provide for future growth in Lake Forest, the board of education of the Lake Forest Public Schools has purchased the property belonging to Mrs. Fred Hayner on North Sheridan roai. A school building will be erected on this property when there is sufficient growth in Lake Forest‘s population to warrant the expansion," said Edâ€" gar S. Oddy, member of the board and chairman of the building and grounds committee. Purchase by the board of the Hayner property will provide for school needs in that direction for the next 25 years although actual construction of a building may not be required for some five or ten years. { s April 2. Libertyville will have a rememâ€" more plan calls for wings to be aidâ€" ed to the north and south sides of the present structure, which would be resurfaced, and the entire plan, if carried through, would give Libâ€" ertyville a modern, spacious library. Announce Lecture On Christian Science of bonds, if approved by referenâ€" irst . : OTHER omm' :ll .OAD‘I.!:“ O::.I:I'IO FINE VALUES I.E.S. Swingingâ€"Arm Regshell or ma shade * 1«3 *," Silver and gold or PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY 51 South St. Johns Avenue â€" Tel. H. i‘. 2900 meeting and the dinner are open to the public, but reservations must be made with Miss Orpha L. White, executive secretary, Court House, Waukegan, or telephone Majestic 1805, by noon Saturday, February 17. Annual Meeting The annual meeting and dinner of the Lake County Tuberculosis Asâ€" sociation will be held on Tuesday, Karcher hotel, Waukegan. Both the Dr. Robinson Bosworth, Superâ€" intendent and Medical Director of the St. Clair County Tuberculosis Sanatorium, will be the speaker of the evening. Dr. Bosworth was forâ€" merly medical director of the Tuâ€" berculosis Sanatorium at Rockford and a former president of the Illiâ€" nois Tuberculosis Association. The board members whose terms expire this year are: Dr. Theodore Proxmire and Edward L. Baker of OF NORTHERN ILLINOS StyleSight ‘Table Lamp -yl-o--lnvo':: Choice of iwory, green or yelâ€" Meny ather madels to abocss from $4953 THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1940 Lake Forest; Mrs. George W. Childs roving correspondent goes in quest of, and discovers "Saguyâ€"Yepyep," the fatal flower that has controlled the destiny of an island tribe for centuries. This fascinating feature appears in The American Weekly, the magaizne distributed with next Sunday‘s Chicago Heraldâ€"American. Sleep." Lured by a Highland Park; Dr. George Callaâ€" han, Rev. Howard Ganster and Harâ€" T. Stephens of Zion. ry A. Hall of Waukegan; Dr. J. QualityCleaners RELIABLE LAUNDRY AND DRY CLEANING CO. I Found the "Orchid of the Sacred