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Show anaeaaBaaaKagagtgSfgar1 Rival Sets of Albinos i t8rf.cial Com aponilonce ) Nowhere In Mataarhuaetl la then i a ronmunlty which pr cnt atich a mate of forlornnna aa the Albino eelllemenl In Ijikivlllc Practically ircre are two dlatlnct village, rollo-qu'ally rollo-qu'ally known aa lkbrd village and Hoglown, and the ri-tldetil of each community think that Ihoae living liv-ing In the other are the mnat degraded degrad-ed example of humankind In the world. Anwa, there l a bluer rival r between theae two Mltlemenl. and ' the people who look on are only I awaiting the time when the queatloti of anpremacy I aettled by hloodahed i lloaboard Village la on the Ijihe-tllte Ijihe-tllte aide of the railroad, and Hog iowii In on ihe Taunton aide The .letllement are within half a mile of erch other and about three mllea aottth of Mlddlehom The Kentucky irotintalna never ahi-ltered n more wild nr more rltnnlah el of people than thoae who make up the (Kipuln Hon of theae two village. It a than forty mile from Horn or All bei iitme a atreak of Albino blood run through the people. 'and becauae the) live In abject fear that a child into he born with the mark nf the Albino upon hltn Til fear weigh upon tlnlr mlnda iitavlly, and on lhl account they hold themielve apart IntermnrDlng und weakening the nice In each aiicccaelto generation Origin of the Albino. Account differ greatly n to tha nilglnal Introduction of Albino Into tho race Tho generally accepted the-or) the-or) I that the flrat Albino rnmo to America In 175C nnd acttlrd aomc-where aomc-where on Capo Cod. Eventually he married, and hit wife waa ontrnclrcd at once. Their children wcro not all Albino, hut they wcro bncd with a few who had tho white hair of their fuller and the pink eye, that con-fntially con-fntially blink becauac of their extreme ex-treme wenknet Theae children, on nrrlvlng nt mn-urlty. mn-urlty. Bought wle or htiahnnda, nnd It If doubtful If the) urceeded In marrying Into the beat element of tho community The recurrenri- of Albino Al-bino children among the tirfprliiK I aa certain a that the un will rle but aome of the fnmlllc who live In the dltlrlcl cem to be free of tho Albino mark One family of eight children haa llttlo loy with pink ) nnd hnlr n ;hllo n alum One old lady In Hoglown Hog-lown It a pure Albino She lint children, child-ren, grandchildren and gront grandchildren grand-children living In the aelt lenient, nnd among them are cteral who have Inherited In-herited the iecullar mark of the Albino, Al-bino, or "pink eyed one," n the) are known locally It It doubtful If any commitnlt) In Maaaacliiitetta poaee people with inch peculiar acml clvllltcd trnll aa thoao In the rlvnl aettlcincnta on thn dividing line between Uikevlllo and Taunton A utrntiKcr I thitnued for no apparent ronton The onl) per-tcna per-tcna who havo an) chance to tee tho Inhabitant nnd their mode of 111 Iuk are the few tradespeople who aro known Kvcn thone are treated In n dlrtant mnnncr na though they wcro likely to aro aomclhlng of tho Inner life, and mako It the mitiject of ridicule ridi-cule Tho houae pretent ever) appear-inco appear-inco of abject poverty and lack of HOME OF AN ALBINO IN HOOTOWH t rleanllnct. nnd thu people bear nut the look of tho places which they call their home According to Town Clerk Harvey of Ijikevlllo. tho men nro not voter, na thoy are unable to rend or write, and take no Intercut In public affalra. "They nr not tubjectt for tho xior furm," lie aald, "but It haa always been n wonder how- they mannje to live. The cenaua taker limit great dllllcttlty In getting even nil approxl-mate approxl-mate eatlmnle of the number of children child-ren In n family. The) make po record rec-ord of birth or death smonf. their number, and about nil the town (initial (ini-tial can do la let them teverely alc-no." Purine Ihe winter the few fen In the commitnltlea who work get odd Join In harveatlng Ire During the aummer they engage In berry picking or In working for the fa-mora In Ihe district The keen Jealousy existing between treao two eltlement dalea back to the time when the ton nf one of the oldest families In lloatown derided to Uave the parental roof Hla wife, who la hi first.' oimtn wanted a homo of her own so the) il rlih d io go over the railroad Into f.iki-tllN and build a ehark Inside of (hno months one Jl"'"-''iTinri,ifflt half of the population of lloRtown had Joined them, and slnco then tho bleach hns widened until there Is no ptesrnt prtMpcct of reconciliation Tho warring between the little settlements set-tlements may Inivo Its humorous side, hut tho undercurrent Is filled with much food for deep reflection One. llttlo girl, scarcely fifteen ears of nge, and almost ttinpla In hci nppenrnnco nnd action, has twlco nppeared before the local minister and nsked to be married to a man who Is more than twice her age She Ij his housekeeper, and has rot attended at-tended school for oier five years When she did attend school she lenrn-eo lenrn-eo nbtolutely nothing, nnd the life that alio Is to lead, after she and her Intended husbsnd have prevailed upon sotno minister or Jtistlro of the r? v Ml ClODOARP VILLAGE JM peace to marry them, will bo ono of absolute Ignorance nnd squalor. Cannot Prevent Intermarrlagea. According to tho olllclals. Inter-marr)lng Inter-marr)lng I" being cnrrled on to a degree seemingly tontrary to nil stnto laws, und the olllclals of neither I-nko- 111c or Taunton tire able to prevent It In a wa) that will bring about n piuctlcul solution of the dllllculty. Tho n.cre piinlthinctu h) Impilionment wt-tild not help matters and might v ork untold hardship upon thoso who art dependent upon tho offenders The conditions under which tho large families live are past the belief ol any one who hat not visited heath, en lauds. Ten children nro reported a i sleeping In n single bed. unwashed from week to week nnd In such condition con-dition pli)slcnll) that tho teachers In the schools prefer not to have tnom attend, as tho) are n menace to tho lienllh of the other children The truant officers not only have to hunt for the children, but hnvo to order them properl) w untied before tho) return to the schoolroom, and ope w nihlng In two week Is contld-eied contld-eied u great hardship Under such difficulties tho cducn (tonal advantages obtained by n compulsory com-pulsory nttend.inco nro icr few. nnd iKiiurancr Is stamped Indelibly on i ihe urn of most of the growing i chiliin n of llogtoun unit llnxbonrd 1 Vlllnci Wlm iho end Is to he no ono can for si i The Albino blood (lows In the veins of nil the children, although the characteristics are not apparent, except In the weakness of iho mcntnl equipment but the mere fact that the) arc descendants of Albinos It stithVirnt to set them nnart The) feel that tho) nrc outcasts; I there is tho fear that In their chlldron i tho racial rccullarlt) Is liable to crop out with the terrible working ot tho pink c)os and snow white hnlr, nnd , the know no friends except of their ' own rare So the) muat cling tOKth-er tOKth-er tho boys of one family mutt mar-r mar-r the girls of the other families In ' tin village Then, If nature shall itAc to them a child with the Albino markings, mark-ings, they will share the burden ir-ircther ir-ircther This Is their creed their religion their law They have no other, thci care only to share the dread vlsltn- ' tlon of their ancestors' pecullarltleit I with each other. j A sad state of affairs but there t teems to bo no remedy that Is expe- , dlont. and no ono of the residents Is capable of lending hln relatives Into the light lo show- them Ihe moral or lesnl error of their w)s ) |