| Show utlol VIUn I iiilnui A fact remarkablo to our clvlllied women Is the one that Ibo AlasU squaws lunkt their age public They wear n piece of wood or bone In the lower lip the site of the ornament Indicating In-dicating I the age of the owner When n girl marrle her loner lip Is pierced and n pea Is I Inserted As ale grows older this la I Increased In slse until u Is almost aa loch a hlahr chin and Ullo fourth of an Inch high The result u natural most unsightly There Is I nit Interesting family at Port Wrang i which Illustrate perfectly this peculiar custom tit on A oung girl may be wen sluing at cna lido of Iho one rouniix square frame house while her mother grandmother grand-mother and greatgrandmother an quitted 1 on Ih earthen floor near tin door offering mall nnd baskets to the ihlp passenger who come on shore There Is I nod l1nllmlnl no < m Ing ornament on the girl s chin hut there Is I a big one on tha lips ot her great grandmother |
