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J»ty a. IHü» ILLUSTRATED FEATURE SEC TION Will African Juju Win Modern America? beliefs and practices W ill th is J u ju « i.le a n e d fvwea Me m abe any headway juirnnn A m erican J dug ditch from tU clim nnd N itn * » ? I t la dUBrull to foretell | New* Jew s. ; say* m fluensa d eath * are beiow i » * - Asw tarnt Huiuuvft, Mr rev ' I'e a r Mr Normalcy. (irvwka. Chinese In d ia i» . R rltu li* lual (le tm a n s aad m any oth er pauptaa all Hume thing m ust be dune abo u t this practiced Ju ju anil there are maJty survivals o f It in present day r e ligions T lie m an who w ants lo sell Ida C ertain ly the c o rn u * of th is cult u ran i and roomUig lumse be lo lia r le lit. th e cap ital of Uie Negro cause o f hie poor h e alth nuaet have world. k> a n om inous sign W ith the wldeaiwead belief m hark and charm s e a te n and slept a t hla own piare. According to Uie A frican natives, already among Negroes who ca n say | a t lEW Y ork City w v re- Fvtichi»«. Rsklmne Mi Alesha e s t » ire e rra a i how m any may eventually bow to I I x | J ce n tlr astounded l>v A,Mt »h *1 * »YMehism'’ The wril souls are supposed to dwell In plant«, Uir snow, end sugar m ysterious and som etim e* bl.« s ir from fish oil. 1 „ , ,, comes from tlie Portuguese term trees, m ountains, lakes corn. sun. Ju ju cu lt? hounds fidiv doesn't I t f ^ news th at the re- ( f l i i m . w inch m eans ch arm s, amt moon and. in fa ct, p ractically every porter of an aftern oon was applied to the wooden fig in «*- T hese spirits are som rUm e* t ' a t i e r t h e T e l e i r r a t n h a d v i s - ^ r e d stones, e t c . th at th e early thing p a p e r , i r u t e l e g r a m . M U M S Portuguese travelers saw v lir n Uiey in anim al, xau etu iies m hum an, T h e sam e Is true of bea I i t e d a Ju ju t e m p l e in a H a r - first visited West Africa, it was form lem c e lla r and observed the n“tunkl tm Portuguesw u> apt.iy who tlie natives believe are Just as T hey ... , __ . . . ■. this te n n to Uiese o h lecls. because sm art sod running as m en W C in i and nivstrrious r i t e s Uuu tim e Europe VM ovrrfloaring are even supiKwrd to br able to speak 11 I f y o u w a n t t o r o a d a T H R I L L E R , t u r n t a p racticed by the devotees of Witii relics of saints, rewanes. and and a re thought to br last inferior to hum ans the cult. It seem ed in cred ible £ £ £ “• • suw, * d “> "’•** W illi so m any spirits about Ut e v ery hedge and stone, branch and th a t, in the jrreatest m etrop- xlH. ( har* h w * lin e anim al and bird, it Is nreeosarv olis o f the world, w here civi- n . e ch arm -h o u se o r *.al-h o u se is th at certain of them be propitiated lization and culture have supposed to be th e h a b i u t a n of a or th at Use native try to bring to his and ch a ra cte r some of the quail reach ed their flow er, men , ^ cu ter tne ub.Kit* by a n *ti\ r wlvo y soul ----------------------------------------- ---- « j» - n ©f e n r or mure of these uMriU x s h o u l d b e d e l v m j r in ancient has made tui offering to it. Various If a nauve trip« and fall» on a lug. X m ysteries and devilish su perstitions cerem onies are perform ed, and th e nr assum es th a t lie haa done some a S h o rt S to ry X im ported from th e depths of the ^ ‘h “is “S e n kept" t e ^ *» oflend th e .p e n t ■< th a t log. and Immediately seta out to prop! X A flcan jungle I If no good fortune results. It is con- lia t r th at spirit If h r is guuig Ml X b c o r t e d by an A frican Negro re- eluded th a t eith er th e sp irit dal not a journey, he first m akes offering o n P a g e 1 1 , in t h i s le e u e c cently com e over from the Dark C on- en ter the offering selected or does lo th e sp irit of tlie river over w hich X not wish to extend its protection In tin en t. the white reporter was taken eith er case th e cerem onies m ust all he will propel his can oe or the feggit X through which he will travel. X to a cella r n e ar 135th street and Tth la- repeated I'n a lta e h cd Sp irits avenue, wtiere m any oth er A fricans F etich R eliefs T h ere are also lliiium ri able u n and a few A m erican Negroes were B efore going further. It la n rers attach ed spirits _____ capable _____ of en terin _____ g ---------- gathered , sittin g on th e floor w aiting sary to point ou t th a t the devotees ' m , souls of m en through fetich es or to O r th onies — to — begin — e - cerem ---------HI— — On tile °* Fetich ism . w hrth er in A frica or ch arm s Som e are good and some table was a sm all ca ta lp a tree, four elsew here am ong prim itive p eo p les.1 are bad spirits. If an evil person crude images m ade of wood. and believe th a t a ll things, a n u n a lr and m akes a clay or wooden im age of two wooden gongs. T h e Negroes were in an im ate, have souls and are Iden- an o th er and cau ses an evil spirit to w ated in weird positions heal with m an in reason, m telll- en ter then evil will poasess the b r - . gence and action Wuitr natu rally, «itc h e d person lik ew ise. if a n a- . tr ii.e e ProerOnrr there u * belief connected with th is live well versed In his J u ju m ake* Soon an old black m an entered basic one th at dead people have no proprr conn ection w ith the good and squatted before them . He ““ souls and no shadows. B re a th Is a J- sp irits inhabiting another, they ra n th e m edicine m ac He placed a so considered, often, as being th e be induced to h a v e th e person they string of heavy beads, about his sam e as the soul. T h e Baautns of occupy, w lierrupon the dispossessed neck. From tin s necklace were sus South A frica believe th a t if a m an prrson grows ill or die* pended three g o al-sk m bags c o n ta in walks so close to the river th a t his If good spirits o r souls can be m ade ing charm s. He placed a feath ered shadow falls on th e w ater, a cro co- to en ter a sm all bug of roots or u headdress on his head, while th e dtle may seize it and pull him in. stone, or a piece of wood, and this oth er Negroes took ch arm bags from ^ j uj„ soul ch arm is worn on tlie prrson. Uieii th eir pockets and placed them around __ . . __ . , . no evil ra n b rla ll Uie w earer, and their necks. T h ey sal th ere w ithout t*le breatli good luck will be his portion If -lotlu ng clothin g on th eir upper ^ soul Is the basis of the -om ecne steals th e ch arm or Uie .'lothing on in eir upper bodies, tn eir »'d esp read prai tice of kissing a dead relative, w w hich hich is m erely erely an an effort effo rt to to owi * T *1' prote« Uon Backs scarred with taUw w arki. relative, is m a Near.. rv«e stnu -s . a.uur .m i ensure the soul a living resting place. and ____ luck . . departs, . and ... lie is a t the J ie r e ^ L s Z c i in Hence also, prayers a t burials are a » * " 7 h “ r " T n“ ” r w * rt h e r e was silence An image Irom . f ^ r)rav*r s of the m edi- an o th er and stronger ch arm or rr- Uie table was placed on th e door in survival ot u ie prayers ot tne m eal ^ jd on» r r .r n , t r of the ., a -« -■ rin z m an in his effo rt to bring th e (overs u i e o i d on» fro the m edicine „ m .a an A goat *"* skin was spread, and the old m an put soul back to tlie dead bodv P rim itive pc,.pie believe th a t siek - J* *° m u r d r r a n - the im age upon It- All was silence »>**> is paid bo T he image bore close resem blance to ness w absence of soul, and from th a t <Hh* r thT toU> ,0 " « * ™r,TT ■“ a m an. was three feet high and new grows the belief th a t if one is sick. someone has obtained possession of o ft l U'e P *rson * ho* * Mr 1» ly m ade VmTtT .b e e medKUie medu-.ne m m an an reo.-evted ¡» Person's soul It also follows. £ th e " r.wl «*■ en ters the wood until m he T h e n th requested ^ tim e he reasoning, tlie image to persuade th e moon to according to prim itive leaves it. and m ust refrain from th at, if by some m agic, one's enem y j I.eip them . A young m an began to d eath - m entioning th e nam e of any living seat a cerem onial drum T h e Ne gets possession of one's soul being unless he wishes th a t person groes swayed, and the old m an will follow. T h e driving o f nails in | to die and his soul to en ter the lan ced before the image. T h e d run.- to th e wooden unage as described fetish m n g stopped, and. producing a above was an effo rt to persuade the W hen th e image ts all prepared, handful of large nails, he d ro ic one ^ beheved had th e nam e of th e m arked prrson ts ..... »— ai t s . been taken from him in part, to re n t o th e _ im age's forehead. At the m entioned and he is believed to die sist and fin al blow, he ch anted s en ter his body through th e image. w ithin ten days T h e nails are driven prayer. T h en the ham m er was passed into th e im age Ul order to procure T h e Ju ju T ra n ce uound and each person present In Ju ju cerem onies the w itch due- the vengeance of the indwelling sp irit drove a nail into the hand of tlie tor. co n ju rer, or m edicine m an o ften o ' ^ enemy ___ One head -m an held the nails falls in to a tran ce froth s a t the ' W hile ch arm s. Indestones, am ulets n place. m outh, and during th is period * sup- and oth er protective and good luck __ _ posed to be In co n ta ct w ith d istan t o b jects are widely wild am ong Ne Im ages groes In the U nited S ta te s, th is Is th e first tim e tju it an effo rt has b»en T h e n ^ u n a ie of ¿ ¡U S ! rx n n o i hope to be e o n o id erad b e a u rrr«onslltT alonr rannof bring aside from Uie aforem entioned •" of of »«v eb i abroad: and being In a tiful if you h a v e n k n t t . r o a r « « , w iry :o u n teract the evU d e s * « * of •^ of K slniU&r dream mg In Uie Voodoo ism in Louisiana and oth er popularity. At every patty, every So u th states, to introduce in a h a ir. gathering, everywhere you go, you bis enem ies, the idol * a s Uid sense 'h a t th e person is unm nsd O Bi. tjou u ern down on the goat skin. T h e Negro l a i r ,,. way th e weird A frican religious nee the proof of thi'. T o have a who owned th e im age drove n ail D o n ’t think you c a n 't h a v e beau pleasing personality n ; but iff after nail into it while he perspired tiful h a ir . Y o u c a n . By the uae of ix not enough. 'I*he woman*wb# ia freely. T lie last nail being driven, i he m a r veloo a new Hi J a W h ite really popular, who i* the renter of the medicine m an beat the drum H a ir F ia and ( ¿ I w i i n r «he mo«C attraction, aurrounded by admirer», three times and then rubbed a ch arm ugly, w iry h a ir ia eaaily m ad e long« alway» ha» onmething in«>re than on th e frig htened Negro s shoulder. aofi and silky jtttt a pleating personality— «he ha« S o the cerem onies continued, as a pleating appearance. She haa m an a fte r m an cam e up and rep eat f i« i thia w o n d e rfu l p ro d u c t »*>w ed the driving o f nails into d ifferen t beauty. It i« d ifferen t fro m a n y th in g elar images- e v e r m a d e . P u re w hile in co lo r, it T h e Discovery of W eird and M ysterious Practices in a Harlem C ellar Has Started the Popular Belief that Voodooism is Gaining a Foothold in A m erica Despite the Widespread Diffusion of Scien tific Knowledge. txxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx NICK CHILI) ft xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxi 1 Personality plus HAIR B E A U T Y Popularity means Ttae.w L' strong rum or th a t the J u ju cu lt is finding more and more ad heren ts in Negro A m erica. More over, it is sig n ifican t th at, a fte r three hundred y ears’ of co n ta ct with C h ristian ity and civilization, more th a n h a lf th e Negroes in th e U nited S ta te s do not belong to any church and large num bers believe in ch arm s ; and powders of all kinds designed to drive away bad luck or bring good luck T hese beliefs are practically | xfen tical w ith Ju ju , or F etich isn i M any people, two hours a fte r e a t- j excess acids. 25c and 50c a b o ttle th e religion or philosophy th a t is lng, suffer Indigestion as they call any drugAtorr -M U i of MAgnesta” has been the ** « w l t h T n ' a l k i r i ^ - h T ^ t way U 8 Kegtetered T rad e Mark of T he ^V oodooism which is prevalent in th e ^ p h ^ 1^ Magnesia* i C h arles H. Phillips C hem ical C>>m- and its predecessor C h arles H pany an ^ T ^ h ^ w h t h 'ri , Pr « “ r a m ^ m ’ ^ r 5 2 S & “- *> y r o T ^ e rh in ip s since 11H5. and O beah. ar2 stand ard with physicians. One m any of th e W est In d ie sista n d s. are I ^ o n iu j ln w aU r neutralizes m any m erely vulgarized offshoots of the ltJ| volume in stom ach acids, e l a b o r a t e cerem onies of J u J u . ot an<j a t once T h e sym ptom s dls- GLEAMY WHITE TEF7TH F etieh lsm . as p racticed by the m ighty (n nve m inutes mul a Sw eet H reath peoples o f a n cien t Benin and in D a- , y () ij « m never use «rude m ethods hom ey before the F ren ch occupation. w hcn JOU know th is b e tter m ethod ------------------------------------------- And you will never suffer from ex T ry P h illip s' D ental M agnesia cess acid when you prove ou t this see for lie p aste Just once and m«aA>«iN<3 sauui ------------------ »asy relief Please do th a t for your T oo it th yourself how w hite your teeth be ________i r » « « «a to a sake now. mrtt*o4 M>nqu*r* O mot p tr a w a w tly , Ml»* come. W rite for a free ten day sure to « e t th « genu in* P h ll- fit«. ___ Milk kMlgr, without of of M M agnesia prescribed by ¡tube Address T h e Phillips C o , 117 i ton. Dept. I l f . W r it« EufFn« physicians for 5« years h i co rrecting I Hudson S t., New York, N. T . OTffUu £ And thiw beaulv i« fir«« and fore mo At a matter of hair. For how ever wall you look otherwiae, you Special F R E E Offer W ith M all t»«r iw k a fM , ra r r • t«n a w as« *»• mu w ill •< m *4 hi 1 « ahi* riMgiiH «••» i f * aim »•« m A#*n»g. P iM Far A «n «g y mm . at. write 0 «a* ca n n o t »tarn linen o r clo th in g . It haa the o d o r of a fine p e rfu m e that a ttr a c t« an d c h a t m i A n d it will quickly g iv e you a tr a ig h t, atyl»»h lu a u ria m h a ir th a t you c a n a r ra n g e any w ay you w ith . I ^ r H i J a H a ir F ia and C f naaMit am i «»«her III J a B e a u ty aid« help >« hi to o b ta in B e a u ty . F o r S ale ar D ru g S to re«, by H i - J a A gent«, e r «ent poatpau l upon reeeip r of price. Other H i -J a Beauty A id s Mi te OM Crw« HI-la K m « « wm « HI-la I ms Fowtw N l Ik H E la M l- la Ml la M ite i T a lc «« » F w t M r V a n ta a i«« C r w * f*#rf« « • • IlM w fy II« M il* m e S u p e r io r P r o d u c ts —f o r S u p e r io r P r o p io *