Show WIFE IFE SWAPPING ESKIMO CUSTOM I Exchange o of Spouses ae Replaces aces Polygamy Y i u. u S SEATTLE ATTLE Oct 9 CAP It AP-It if the natives of ot some thirty Alaskan villages vil- vil l l laes lages bordering on the Arctic ocean and Bering sea would discuss wife wife- swapping before the deal was consummated consummated con con- a summated Instead of ot afterward the work of ot Uncle Sams Sam's sea going P In the north would be easier easer r Lieutenant Commander William WilHam P P. executive officer of ot the coast guard cutter Bear declared The Bear returned from Its thirty thirty- l annual cruise yesterday Commander Is a a. deputy States marshal when justice justices Is s necessary s Open polygamy among the Eskimos Eskimos Eskimos Eski Eski- mos mos has become rare due to the ac activities activities ac- ac of ot the missionaries and coast coastguard coastguard guard officers said but wholesale exchanges of ot spouses upon occasion seems to have ha taken Its Us place The marital shuffle usually follows follows fol tol- fol- fol lows the feast which attends the capture of a whale said All the natives of the village are Invited to the festivity and when the party part has reached its climax all exchange wives Then the of officers officers ot- ot rIcers of the Bear Deal are called upon to straighten out domestic entanglements entangle entangle- ments Outside of this custom the conduct conduct conduct con con- duct of the natives is above re re- re said I |