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Show mi, nilUM III I ll'IIIIIT1" r?IMM""TWlFBfflllirBIHJIHIllwUPM wiiiiWb H . I TWO UNIVERSAL CAMERAMEN SHIPWRECKED I AE!UKG CAN?,TI3ALS ' " i i r ' i iniwi r li WWPMM MTfl B Although tho oavagci of New Guinea nro rated almost at the bottom of tUo human beale, tboy havo much In common with higher civilization, and especially their women havo many customs which link them to their moro civilized sisters. They paint their faces and wear earrings Painting tho face In tho land of tho Kla Kla hcad-huntors of New Guinea, howovor, constats In claborato designs In white paint, with which tho Kla Kla bcllos adorn their features. Their earrings' lonslat of many loops of wire, metal or rattan, Tho ear-lobes aro pierced and elongated several Inches, so as to bear tho weight of their heavy cirring3 This elongated car-loba Is considered ono of tho chief elements of fcmlnlno beauty among tho Now Oulnca cannibals. Another unusual prnctlco among tho Kla Kla women Is tho dec- pratlon of their bodlci with scars When jounc. tho breast, abdomen mid back Is slashed in decorative design vtlth a sharp oyster shell, and dirt rubbed Into tho wound to malto It fester. Tho result Is a oerloj M. of broad permanent scars J , Although tho hair of tho Kla Kin trlbo Is short, thoy weave strips H A t rami and rattan Into it which fall over their shoulders protecting H thom from tho hot sun. Tho Kla Kla warriors uso a similar headdress t lor protcctlvo purpose H Tho strango ways and customs of the Kla Kla cannibals wcro - ' turned by two Universal camera men, Wllllnm F, Alder ond Udward H L rmmle, who wero shipwrecked on tho southern coast of Now Oulnea H v.iiio touring the Orli nt for unusual moving picture subjects. Unl- H ' r 4l bis put the fllru story of their odvontures among tho head- H tors In. u thrllliug moving picture entltlod "Shipwrecked Among |