Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 189, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 August 1918 — WHERE BATHTUB IS UNKNOWN [ARTICLE]

WHERE BATHTUB IS UNKNOWN

Alaskan Town Should Be Close Ap-t preach to Paradise for ths Average Small Bey. Etah is the most northerly town* in | the world. It was visited by MacMillan, the great Arctie explorer, to whom: we owe a good deal for the interesting’ information he has given us about the life of the people in this remote part of the earth. As is the custom of the Indian squaw, the Eskimo mother of Etah carries her baby on her back, and often she has it here while she Is attending to her household duties. Possibly the youngster on the back of the cheerful-looking Eskimo mother has r never gone through the process of taking a bath, for we are told that the Eskimos have a superstition to the effect that it makes babies cross tobathe them. Explorers tell of babies several months old that have never been touched by soap and water.