The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-10-24
MUSIC IN SAYANIS' CONGRESS.
FAIR WONAN,S IMAGTNINGS ALSO
AN INCIDENT or YESTERDAY.
Gentle Rebukr From the chair 10 the
Cnscieptinc Feminine News From the
indian Tribe where woman Openly
Rules ~ erting ~ Q Color clash.

Il thank you for your courtesy to the
land I represent said DR.. Karl Won den
Steinen Of the University Of Berlin, vice.
president for Germany Of the Internal lonsl
Congress- OF Americanists, VIXEN he was
int reduced al chairman Of tho day, at yes
, terday's session Of the congress- In the
American Museum.
DR.. Won den Steinen in one OF the hest
speakers Of English Of any of the foreign
members of the congress, and he used
English in all that he had o say yeste rday.
In his introdu tory rem ,rks, he said:
Il can spvak to you IA to tho ardent
wishes Of Germany that the scientific rs-
lationship Of the United States aud Ger
many may grow In intensity and vtgor
| even as grows your interest In scientific
! west igstion.
sOn the closing day OF this congress-.
when tho time comes for you to fix the place
Of the next meeting. 1 shall have the honor
to invite the Congress to one OF the loveliest
places in all Germany
DR.. Won den Steinan said q few words
remsrking that he deemed them appro-
pirate in this place. In memoriain OF Prof
Virchow. who" he said. though never
in the New World, Wa always. I know.
There never lived. he added. not even in
Alexander Won Humboldt. more notable
representative Of the Internal ionality Of
science than Prof Virchow.
MUSIC OF THE INDIANS HEARD.
In the presentation Of his paper on
American Indian Music: It's Ethnic and
Artistic Significance with illustrations
uron the pianoforte. Arthur Iarwell ex-
hibited what Prof Boas called applied
ethnology." Mr.. Farwell had an avdant-
age over many of the speakers before the
congress in being able to demonstrate
through the music his ideas he sought TO
explain.
He said that 1t was while studying abroad
that he became impressed with the necessity
Of folk basis for art music even II II were
to be obtained among a people not ad-
vanced in culture, II they only put their
emotions into expression at a certain stage
Of their progress.
From the starting point OF this sympa-
the,ic feeling, he set out to establish a re-
lationship with the spirit Of the Omahas'
music, which would enable him TO harmon
ize it's melodies In compositions rejecting
and bespeaking the genius Of the Indians,
while at the same time presenting the
character of admirable music.
1T lis the composers duty he said. sas
deem It, TO express not what he fancies
to be the Indian spirit but TO And out what
that spirit Is and then to strive 10 give Il
the best expression possible
As a concrete representation OF his views,
Mr. Farwell played on the piano. TO the
great interest Of his audience. first the
4 IL, lDI, thAn har pt1at Ian
and finally an orch,s raj renderng-so
far "a might be given on piano-of an
Omaha lyric known a. The Old Mans
Love Song" The song IL greeting TO
the dawn, which is sung each morning by
an old man who climbs a hill to sing it
thu dawn being the time for love songs
among the Omahas. His remarks and
his illustrations of them met with hearty
! applause.
INDIAN CUsToMs--oSE OF woNAS's RULE,
Frederick Starr, of the University OF
Chicago spoke on Physical Features OF
| South Mexican Indians" exhibiting front
and profile photographs Of the heads of
| thirty Indians Of various Mexican tribes.
| He snid that he knew the length Of the nose
| and the length Of the left ear Of each Of the
| thirty Indians, whose noses and ears he had
| mentioned
When he showed the photographs repre-
senting stupid tribe to President Dia1,
| the Presldent said An, the schools will
| change that stupid expression" There
| were now schools among all the indians IN
| Mexico, remarked the speaker, President
| Diaz paving close attention to the develop
! ment OF the school system
! L. Van Panhuys Of The Netherlands
in connection with his subject Are there
! Pirmies in French Guiana" q question
/ which he did not answer-said that, OF
Dutch Guiana, only half had been dis
covered but the other half Of the country
! was TO be explored this year.
George Bird Grinnell read paper on
! The Social Organization Of the Cheyennes. "
| Among other things he said that the
| CHEYENNE women were the real rulers OF
| the Cheyenne tribes. II the women wanted
thing done It was done. Men. when they
married, went TO their wives tribes, and
| children BELONGED to their mothers.
He spoke Of illn' IS as under the Cheyenne
notion following the stepping n beaver
track or tn p,oking up OF "a stick which q
beaver nd cat Own. One cd woman
he knew of had many illness Of this sort.
Skiful ,cturs were kept busy with her.
ard managed at each illness to extract
much bea yer fur from her skin.
Alfred Toz2er. In his paper on a Nava 10
Sand Picture of tn Rain Gods and the
Attendant Ceremony" said that among
tn Navajos scln, rs WAS counted always
No - .iN'''' - 'A'N ''N'-''N'' " $500
tri al law.
In connection with paper on The Ian
guar Of California" by A. H. krocber
and Roland H. DixIl, it was nd that the
art of the NorthN, stern IL dial = Of Cali
fon.ia YVES NOR. highly developed thsu
that found among IN other Il da'.s Of the
talifyTlia'. region, and hat 'ciety amonG
than W div.d not g. much into chiefs
aud peop,y 80 into the rich AID tn poor.
FEMININE INSTINCTS CONE OUT.
! There had been r. q ia correction with
tn paper II M,ssrs Dixon AID Kroelei
very large chart with great yellow
splotSh. all over Il, II was far az one
side of the wide platform from which III,
r cCchs We're made aud the papers read
When tha next paper wat Announced, "Ih,
People Of tho Puebl,s," by Mrs Virgil Ia
McChrg Of the Colorado CHI Dwellii g
Association Of Women, Mrs. Nc lurl
VIII ser, d TO Secretary Saville, who has
tened To the IA side Of the platform ano
with help p, shed the Generous chart far
far back into "A corner.
Then Mrs. Mcl lurg, fair haired, Of larg,
prss'ncc ard much dignity. in a blue arc
white dress, took the centre of the Mat
form, and well away from the aggr, ssivs
yellows which had irepr,s -nted Californian
comparative lingIstics, she Delivered an
eloquent address.
She told Of the women's troubles with
| stle hrppZy. bOlrtpous West =" In their