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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 19, 1905)
HTTP WW 77ia jealousy is not a modern trait pecu liar to cfoilized man is the declaration of Delia Austrian, who fas spent much time in travel and study of the 7tomen of foreign lands. In the following article she tells of jealousy as it exists in the heart of savage man. BY DELIA AUSTRIAN. ilIK average woman today declare that man In higher civilisation would guard her heart with Jealous care. She declare! that It Is foolish for a man to foster the notion that a married woman hss not the right to a harmless flirta tion with another man, or even with a half dngen if she likes. These women give warn ing to their bachelor girl friends not to yield thp'.r In'!. i. iidcnce for all I he affection a man can bestow on the most lovable woman. They say that It Is man's progress and hli,'li"r development that make him egotistic and full o' the denire to have the right to one woman. They are mistaken In this Judgment; students of cthnoln. py and psychology are both of the opinion that the feeling of joiloosv is a natural characteristic found among all peop'es and In all stag- of advancement. 1 -long the most degradnd people such as the Fueglans, the m-n are often exceedingly Jeulous of their women. Al-lcugh these women are ugly, their husbands watch them zealously; they will not permit any man, and boys especially, to come on hoard their boats and enter their tents when th.ir wives are present, The Australians are their close seconds. This Is partly because marriage Is so simple an affair In that country. An Australian wife Is married by purchase or she Is carried off by force. A young woman with an attractive mien Is married many times before she dies. 81ie never remains long with one man before another s'eals her away; as many battles are waged for her as were fought for Helen of Troy, Blr Oeorge Orey, an able author ity, declares "A stern and vigilant Jealousy Is felt for fi-i'ry man." A traveler to whom Australia is well known d.'!ares that a woman Is not allowed even to talk with any rrale adult wave her husband, not even wlth ft grown up brother. Where Flirts Are Flogged. The Veddahs of (Nylon ure even more opposed to have their wives flirting with other men. They do not expect their wives to talk to a neighbor unless they are present. If n woman Is toond coquetting with another lover she and In- Imtli usually pay I n this harmless pastime with a sound Hogging. According to a Thllnket myth the Jealousy of man Is older than the world it3elf. There was an age. it is sup)Osed, when men groped In the dark for the smirch of the world. At that time a Thll"k"t. llv ) who h d a wife ami a slater, and he was so I ',!' ' his .:;. . h:a he killed all his sister's children in : nif I looked at her. M.iniage among the Malays Is largely a matter of dollars and cents; 'still, the men are cruelly Jealous of their wives as long ns their women are attractive. A Malay will wage ;i ciuel war if he finds another man bestowing too much affection on the woman he cares for. If a woman gets sepa rated from her husband, through chance or any other cause, she starts out In search of husband No. 2. A Malay woman married to an Englishman was asked by a friend w,hy she was not more devoted to her husband. Without a moment's hesitation she made answer, " He has no more money for me." Bite Off Noses In Jealous fits. The Indians also keep a firm grip on their wives. It U said that the Indiana on the eastern side of the Rocky mountains In their fits of Jealousy cut off their wives' hair, and not Infrequently bite off their noses as well. The inun feels he has punished her enough by spoiling her beauty. In California If a man meets his wife walking through the 999999999999999999999999 , . : . The indLiniH a suitor Is usuallv attractive: he goes court- II. IV j . V . .' I ' - 'S-V T Ing wrapped In '.lis buffalo robe or In a white cotton nuuitle. V V if' J m ; .- " ' 'V,M ) His face Is bright with paint, and his silky hair Is gay with V ' M?$ I7 , , I r lth nTV-V ''"'hers. In spite' ef this manly beauty, the Indian girl yi ? (Jrlt6 7 'l ' - II I t' t T I II yf Knows she Is--exchanging one master, for another. Her A 'K (ll S<' I ' ' l I J .'' Vfl J,' i yS zfji l rkC'iS father s laws are lax when compared with those her' husband lKiiirsi' ' ' 1 t ' ,; ' . A I f may make for her. He will expect her to do most of the '-VHfiil I ' s - ' I JlSZ ' Ji I work' heod hl" word- and- bove all else, never flirt with ' ti iMjl 2- m 'cZVZ- ' 1 : V'- " 1 4$ ifc I another man. Still, among the plain tribes women .can fLf. Q Liltftv IJ LV ii. itts& i x- ' iv J VI ! X VISS leave tfielr husbands and go to another man If he pays the I Ij VS . iMMlXi I j i'VX i ' 1 ytjhy- htmuand the sum he demands. Jm-Mjflli JlK ? lf'M ' m. V W ' $ C Mwf Kol Mwlion Motor's Wife. JMmrKl raW 1' j V M '"55 In the Ttlew Islands It is considered u breach of ethu. tie f 1 njg ClXMt v"' fT i-'(iMl UlfcXJn '-t ' ) C ''v , -T for a man to m,ptl n "oth r mnn s wife. The Arab will f ' t JrvLCyliS!fAH' 2?A ' . ""'f! :Si' If I V V ' ' " ' r A Permit his giost to to Ik of nnj thing under the sun . i j. "JTSVjf- TjNVy lfjr fa H ' 'r'Jf J- H i '"-jf. '' ?Orf r to make mention of his wife; at the a. i;uoaih of a uo, si i -1 ' tyy'jjjffc U1 my. ,lf ff IJ J an itisalt . woods with another man he flogs her for the first offense and can kill hex for the second. The Moquls will not permit their wives to work out of doors, fearing that strangers will fall In love with them. women are expected to withdraw from the room: among the Arabs of the villages strangers seldom are permitted to visit In their homes. Where women are considered part of the chattels - I heir Still, coquetting Is not entirely unknown among the Indian husbands are often Insanely Jealous. In New South women. The girls are precocious, they go Into society at an early age, and often enjoy a lively courtship. Much love making takes place In the ordinary camp where a young girl Uvea, An Indian girl in the beginning may be shy at sweet words and sly glances, but she soon grows fond of them. women are considered a part of the household furnishing. They are sold or given away by their parents. Though polygamy exists, still the husbands are Jealous of thrir women. Quarrels are often engaged In for their wives.. Sometimes a man will spear both his wife and her lover., Some women are so afraid of the admiration that mar. i i to them they mar their heauty to be safe In their liusUinds' good graces. Among the nomadic Koriaks many wives are killed by angry husbands, so the women try, to be ugly. They seldom dress their hair or wash, and wear the poorest clothes they can find, taking' for granted that their plain exterior will uid them In keeping the would be ad mirers at a proper distance. It Is said on good authority that among the Benl Mzab a man who speaks in the street .to a married woman 'of quality Is punished with a fine of fto and bi.nishment for four years. ' Regard Flirting as Stealing. In the Nile countries, and in many other parts of Africa, Jt la the- custom for the men to guard their wives with greatest care. This desire to guard their ives with jealous efe rarely , comes 'from a feeling of devotion, for these Ke ts flcxjcjexL tfslua flit-is. same men would be wllhnu to dispusv of llii Ir f:iir wives for a good round sum of mom y. It Is based on the fielln of ownership - that Is. a stranger has no more right to tllrt with a man s wife than he would to seize his lxmie, his weapons, and his purse. Hut Jealousy Is n weakness not confined to men alqne. The Orecnlanders often say. jestingly, that whales, musk oxen, and reindeer deserted the country lycause the women Were Jealous of their husbands. Missionary William's wife whll vlfiting the Islands of the TaclHc coast noticed that many women were deprived of their noses. She asked one of the Fueglan women how it was so many women were without a nose. It Is due to a plurality of wives, came the answer. Jealousy causes hatred, and then the stronger tries to cut or bite off the nose of the one she hates. flogged Because of Their Beauty. In Austruliu the newly married wife, especially win-re she Is attractive, is made conscious of her charms by vigor ous floggings from the other women until some of her youth and beauty wear off. Notwithstanding these facts, some women arc anxious to share their feeling of affection. In equatorial Africa, ac cording to Mr. Reade. " the women are the stoutest support ers f polygamy." He s;(.vs: "If a man marries and his wife thinks that he can afford another spouse, she pesters him to marry again, and calls him a stingy fellow if he de clines to do so." Speaking .of Makalol women. Livingstone observed, "On hearing that a man In England could marry but on' wife, several ladies exclaimed that they would not like to live In such u country; they could not Imagine how Knsllsh ladies could relish our custom, for In their way of thinking, every man of respectability should have a number of wives as a proof of his wealth." But these Instances are the exception; among the Da cotahs " polygamy Is the cause of a great deal of their miseries und troubles. The women hate this practice, and often commit suicide on this account." According to Mr. Brett, the natives of Guiana live contentedly as long as a man satisfies himself with one wife, but when he takes more than one she rebels at this new condition and often leaves him. 99i WE LATRST. JUK scold is:; wives. TO CATCH WILD DUCKS. MINER VA'S HIRD. IDOLS WORSHIPED IX MANY LANDS. - ffe . - i v325 PAPER J 01. DING. An Kugilsh inventor's plan is to use a floating bell Ciip like this and by the legs. itch the due Us Now Parisian hair dressers me oiyn g li, ii natrons' hair by electricity. The apparatus they use is an electric fan which sinus air over wires heated by electricity, and then either ut of a tan shaped opening on to the masses of the hair, or through a tube on the hair near i he sea I p. The temperature of the air can he raised or lowered at will. T',.h Boole's' bridle is In the Salisbury mu ' mil. Tie Inverted "N" shapid pari of Hie instrument accommodates the s oiding . wile's nose, and the file surface is tltted undi ; the chin. The Instrument was fitted ,o tin victim's neck and fastened whh n imiii ik. The unruly one was thus pn vented from ut tering another word until she showed signs of contrtiiiiii. which she wouui undoubtedly do speedily. RELIC OF THE GRA 'EYAR1' h 3JMMMM-WyWMMMM I ! I III! This hi one of the earliest type of locomotive.' built over half century ago. PAPER I OLDING. GERM. N RAIL WAY HE. I RSE. 5 i t.'ut out the ci iiiete square, Including the ' hove figures, ami fold It so as to make a le cture of live girl out walking. TRY IT. 0i-it- '-uy f;.r A r In uso on German rallwujw I OR MINING. IWRWS HwU V The duke of West minster has started a These tools were fad In Kimland for They say It takes ulns tailors to make ued by primitive making Inkwells out nun. But the eight pieces (if this diulgn, mun in mining cop- of the hoofs ol favor when It is cut Into trianglaa nukiitwu men, per In the Lake Su- Its horses after their if you arrange them right. perior region. death. . J. ; . 1 4 -i a . ,i m jasiii.. si inu s. r f -mx-r v ez. ii u h t,n I h &-f r7,m' 4 f V-ATVS Tibet. Sumatra, f,; fyf?' , j India. India, v . r Mi fill tiJMipi ' 1 l : ) New Uulnea. India. Solomon Islands. ........ 1 I' j1")''1 '.'i pj).yiiw'T7.w ui 'rrr'" j This specimen of a young screech owl, -'Hii. fjf --'."-, Kwi"iA ,?',.; ' "JV rf , neatly full sunn! n.is lound ne-art'hUugu ( ' lil I ' f-'W I. In the nelghboifcood of De Kalb Vou can es- ,' TT7 ' ,VS ' 7A ,, I I' T4isw timate bis size by comparing his dimenHlong , . ',. ,..' p , Vi7iv ' '' 'l VS'-jSJ f '' 'm , frt ii -i t with thote of the hand on whose linger he Japan' 'f.l''-: 'CiX-''' ,v-' i"' K ''.'' " f' V' Maori. .'7 7. v - ; ; , y Tahiti Japan, Japan. Maquisb. ' VJTl K' X New Guinea. Hawaii Afrlsa, Arrlca. Hawaii. I I ' Eolomon Islands. Iceland. New Zealand. India., Here are shown types of the Idols worshiped In the above lands. In spile of the rapid progress Christianity has mad In the lust century most of these Images of stone and wood yet have devotees. vcn In Hawaii under the Aim rich n flag there remain a few people who Invoke the aid of Ihelr idols while in trouble, although the vast niujorty of tno natives ure Christian).. In Australia the worship of idols is routined to a few wild tribes of aburlgintm In the Interior. Christianity has made comparatively little progress In India In Paris paper boxes are delivered by por tcrs, who carry bulky burdens on their bucks, where most of the people cling to their heathen Gods,