The sun., 1901-10-13
SOJtWS COSTLY ATTIRE.
Indian women VINO Wear suits worm .
Thousand Daiiar.


n has ju.; cropped out Ia sbcial circle.
that the Oklahoma Indian women 1re nrNons
tho most svtravsgant dr~ss"r. IN America
this TACT - worth Irssentiug - thos" no
hook "a Psr,, ior their fashions The" nav
com. . tir'r vixen Piri. lool- ~ oklahoma
% things GO on M the waN II T. = fact very
usrrowly known. that many women oi the
Kiows. Cofuanche. ,rrpab,c and l'onc,
t-ibe- have drc~~c- "u-tius from $3.50 -
81 SGo Apiec- Thsy urc not mndc " vh1- vs
should cell The la;o-; style. the d"cotations
are vha, couni
The sduaws' money IL nearly all spent In
purchasing costly ornaments for their cloth
ing These ornaments are H. The shsps of
iewelry and precious stones. ok teeth and
pearls II T. no.hing out ~ the common g
800 an indian CIR, walking around over her
reservation with siOp Worth of ELK teeth 'i~d
% her dres IN decorative - 10 igaia. \
tNo-kaTlt diamond - no curiosity - these
dusky rollss Most ot 'h' dresses arc mA de
from soft bucs~kin lined with s'lk ~ satin
Rcd A. tin Il a great fhvor.t" 'or dress lining
and shirt waists among the !adian women
yellow silk I. anoth~r OF their favoritss. but
viol-, vss IN. prevailing "olr This y"1r
Nex, year the indian man who leads th-
fashion wt.l decree q ne " sni a. shv color u
u. he w-to late thing. an', OF course. all
of the women Niil follow her
society - "" nan" II - thinR unalowu
RmoGg the reservation indian women. but
they hsve . s"rw.n envy ~ soeill -, ,iandinS
Sied ,STetSi hundred u the vornsn from
various parts of the country and thew gather
IN The agency and talk over events among
themsslv"- S'SsiP up9n the .'sndais ana
IL l. during th's finetton that thew may
he seen ~ their bost dress, and each ope
Iu"s % ou,do he. neisheor In otnam.nt.
the more popular she - At these we.slv
meetings at the asencv buildtnss They
cNAmiur each others dresses carefully and
the quality and cost II the dress meeis
with the dt.appr"va ~ one, she has nc hesi !
trncy about saving 80 90 the owner of srch
times open auarrcs ensue ~ these session.
bccauss some woman has been too bold in
take vote On tho dresses. aud the owner of
tho b.-i IL crowned leader ~ fashion Tor the
n"Si week. aud AL inust r"irain from cfiti-
"i-,ng her dr"-- barring ~. cnsuins we"k
tuere l. = great race tp outshine her garments.
and this Il gerrrallv accomplished. no mat
I.cr piSce 70 The lead The squavs do nj
have u work as hard "a 10 ReneIally s'ippos.d
They do little outside their houses. d. the
Indians who have hH income from the United
States do not farm All 81 the money due
ths women l. pild dire, 10 them, aud they
spend I, 10 rleose their own tastes. which
The sysile-' s9rg. are nsd. from tanned
II is made m into ; ccrfor,sblv fitting .Eir,
and loos" wais' Al dresses arc cut ~ shout
the decoration. arc added Thi. is whers
the es'ravarancc besins Not less than
hu9drcd ~ i~.'h adorr the bosom ~ dre-.
sold st from o. % So apiece Then q row ~
gold braid must GO around tNe bottor Of the
sxsIy ssr IsT sdson sd s%, Of a. ,s p
and oys,'r shells the dress soon becomes
A. the Comanchcs and their nsishbors
the kinWas, We great hunters they have
tie mos, elk ,.e,h aud bahaio hide. hence
tribe. are supposed 20 be the best dressed
Not until hst iast-r did the sausws inir0.
duoe Ne ysaJinS Of hats, By, hsr spcn, t
began They ail lad Their hats uiTinsd
,~ih rcd roses snd ,iol.t. Sem. of tho
""I iss i inssions r,s, ,cile% AZ. sery anus.
e O. serious business aud thc women are
whi,e U woran woaid ~. ~. S,"nisq cf ons
of tho largest millln~ry hou-es IN New York
1I'sGr tS -: !. .Ss y srs-TSr rs -h .sas ,se,. .
| many matters be-id-. tro.e ~ dress Most
% ,Le young msIrisd CoupIe. q ~. kiovH
| ir-'ssd q t~r~~. They are vel ~ducaied
haNihs been iuI.rd - attend the .'Nstu;
M. ,hs ysshs -Si men .ni w. ~oSss ne. sts tfay
\ but the elder class vii have none & ti~sr
hsi cGFMe,ss t,,, 49, Z, ,,:s,: .s,,. a. "' 'n
Ths. rouns ludi'u vile q H-dsl :. olcs',
| . fsifly good oo"A afe t.dy ssih hsf lsousr
She a. not a uell Nef 81 4 H. ihe arf ut dfUurH
tiun, nnd % aud .fN~n ATE rtedcmina''
4 ing color- ir sl ~ heT rsors ~Aefh-t W
hsrmony - 49, Tts hoy.s hs' sod 'gInI.
tHr. nut y strangely ara az Ths
| isunss o. faNurtte Iiers - fufuii we aud
unr s-ss % lr sN~rY ludisu huasrle.I 4. .' :
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| 1hs NntNs hu-t ts-.f =sddls sue- ~
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/ sisot tls val isd rluh aIs are tt-d % sNsff
| thInE even fHr faI| tf firs 'Hf. fuf uo lnnisf
| huusHiI.. IH rHIuIIlrif ntthuut . "ai .ur lnt
>s n.tt~f n--. r.e-r. rssi,sa.s
thau fat rHs and lvrNfNs srN To-
tedftaf - tpsf o. - up-ta aats fsaAios