Show AFRICAN SPAYING MORE FOR WIVES H H. C C. L L. Develops in Unexpected Q Quarter arter U b N May l S ve the the price of 01 wives has gone Up upi I Lord Dewar the distiller who has just returned front from Africa has hall revealed this startling in increase increase In in- crease dev development ment of the African matrimonial matri market mark t. t 11 1 s 's spent ent some time In iq the Congo Gongo where the natives Ire are severely practical said Lord Dewar They are not troubled with some of ot the little of ot civilized life especially in tile the matter of ot court- court Ship When a native wishes to win wilt a bride he does not riot dr dress r Si ll up in his b best beat st clothes and pur purchase hase flowers Clowers and candY He lie selects a st t club l ti and without any hy thought whatsoever t of his personal e hs adornment g tent he starts ft forth fOHn ih on art hl his quest e But there Is bArt barter t i In wives also and that is where the high cost of ot living Is hitting the Congo natives There was a a. time when a fine upstanding sixteen hands high wife cost four tour Th COstS t eight ight spearheads teh 1 SinS and there e is a possibility b that the price e ego may go to ten spearheads which would be a calamity Indeed for tOr the tho production Of ot spearheads Is not keeping up with the rising cost of ot wives Ill In the cattle ral raising part art t of the C COrt- COrt 1 go the medium of or barter buter is cattle in ine cne good old prewar days a wife and a regular regu regu- I I lar mr belle with black shiny face and j thick topknot of kinky hair cost four I cows Now Wow that sam SamS belle brings e h I tows Cows and there Is mUch ClamOr over tile the Increased price The young med meil In the Congo are Ie much disturbed while the young worn women h. h are more or less less' of ot the fact that they can only be bought by a a. man with witha a a. thick bankroll of spearheads or a large pasture full tull of cow cowS I |