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Show TPJADE OF EATINC luilUna lllra I'rufaaaluiial lalara la i,. alat Thai- lluaala. One of the most striking customs of the past that are preiervid by the h-dlatis h-dlatis ot today Is found among tbt tribes un tho Davit's I.iko reservation In North Dakota. Supervisor Wright of the Indian serilre gives the following follow-ing account ot this peculiar practice "From time Immemorial tho Dsvir, take Sioux havo adhered to an old cm-torn cm-torn In regard to tho treatment of t guest According to their stlijuatle. It Is Iho bounden duty of the host to supply his guest with all the foo hi may deilto.ond as a rule tho oppo 15, ment set before the Indian la much la excess of tho capacity of a single una. Hut by tho same custom, the guest Is obliged to eat all that Is placed brfoft him, else he gniMly Insults his entir. tnlner. it waa fuund that this pr. tics would work a hardship, but j. Head of dispensing with tho cuttora, tha Indian method of reasoning wu applied, nnd what la known as the professional pro-fessional eater was brought to tie front While the guest la auppoaed to aat nil that la placed before him, It aervea the same purpose It his nclih-hor nclih-hor -mists In dciourlns the buunttral repast, the main object being to hit, tho plato clean when the meal Is jj. Ished. It Is not always practicable to depend upon a neighbor at tabl to assist In getting away with a lira, dinner, nnd In ordor to Insure tht Ihui consumption of the allotted porUoa visiting Indians call upon thess -.,.' fesslonat eaters, whoso duly Is to ii beside thorn through a meal sad ut what the guest leaves, The profeiiloa. al enters aro never looked upon la the light of guests, but rooro as traYellaE eompanlona with a particular duty to perform. These eaters receive from II to 2, and ecn 13 for each mail where they asalat. It Is stated by ts. agent at tho DeiU's Uke rcierviuon that one ot the professional eaters hi, 'been known to dispose of ssventsen pounds of beef at a alttlng That tw aro cspablo of eating an almost fib loua amount, I myaelf can testlfr-Zl Youth's Companion |