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Show BATHING DOES NOT BOTHER LAPLANDERS Clothing Is Changed but Twice a Year. New Vork. The Laplander?, who belong to a nomadic race which wanders wan-ders in the Swedish territory north of the Arctic circle in pursult'of reindeer, rein-deer, change their clothing twice a year, drink reindeer blood, and sleep with their guardian dogs, still cannot be classified as a primitive people, according ac-cording to Carveth Wells. On the contrary, said Mr. Wells, tbey are civilized nnd educated, since maDj of them speak as many as four languages fluently and ire expert botanists. Each Laplander, the lecturer said, owns o herd of wild reindeer whose migrations he follows through the lovely Arctic summer and settles with I it In the forests north of the Baltic sea during the winter months. The meager nourishment offered by the , Arctic regions manifests Itself In the Laplanders themselves, who never measure more than 4 feet G Inches in height, the reindeer, which stand two feet high, and the many rhododendron bushes, which, when in full bloom, measure no more than two Inches. If a Laplander dies during his wanderings, wan-derings, continued Mr. Wells, he Is buried on the spot, dug up on the return journey, and is then taken to church, where as many as 30,000 nomads no-mads gather once a year for funerals, marriages and baptisms. |