Show cannibals spurn whre white mans flesh rather eat relatives traveler says an ornithologist for the philadelphia academy of natural sciences says that a white mans life among dutch new guinea cannibals la is generally uneventful because the cannibals prefer to eat their own relatives relates a philadelphia united press correspondent in the detroit free press the philadelphia man recently returned from a years stay among the karoon cannibals of new guinea ile he said nothing rates higher gastronomically than a relative who oversteps over steps the bounds ot of cannibal P propriety the sy system stern he said results in a mini minimum mum of bores and love thieves in the tribe relative eating he said resulted in part from the dutch governments attitude toward consumption of white men and chinese besides cannibal lore he returned with 1000 1000 skins and 70 live birds and admitted he owed his success to the coop operation cooperation co op aeration of cannibals he said th the e have good features brown skins and a certain amount of beauty among the young girls but their minds he said are low and conn conniving iving for instance lets suppose a tribesman steals from u fellow tribesman his wife or some personal possession the victim lodges a complaint with the chief and the chief calls a council of assistant chiefs and priests if they decide the meat shortage is acute enough to warrant drastic punish punishment menk the offender Is invited to a big blowout he know he Is about to lo be barbecued he dances dancea with tle the rest of them and the only indication of unusual honor to be bestowed on him is a garland of flowers about his neck when the dancing ends the unfortunate Is killed with specially lally selected poles and divided the guests then roast him to individual taste |