New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-01-04
Dolls From, Rosebud.

1,io YELLOW, Hair-isn't that pretty name?
And Rose Charging Eagle, Julia His war AAA .e
White Prairie Dog Rebecca White Wo1nah-sien
thew all quite Irresistible? behind each name
and this Is the best part Of it-hides little girl
with flashing black eyes and jetty lashes, snowy
teeth and raven tresses That is to say. they are
first Observation-Disclosures. They all live at 81
Narv's Mission School, Rosebud. s. d.
while Christmas was still a long way off, ana
one could not catch so much Whit OF santa
nine a happy thought popped into the heads OF
Rose Charging Eagle. Rebecca White Woman al"
the others-oh. lots of others. whose names are
not so much as mentioned here! They would SEND
70 Tho Tribune Sunshine Society some Christmas
presents and they did. When the presents were
ready they got Mrs. Theodore r. Jenness, VINO is
president Of the Sunfower branch, to box them up
and express them to The Tribune ONCE "here
they were duly received and opened with the
greatest pleasure and admiration
For the sunshine that Rose ana the TWO 'uiioS
and Lizzie and Rebecca and all the rest took the
pains to manufacture in Rosebud was hlnd ol
sunshine that does not grow On the oar gam
counters of New-York department stores. EVERY
article among all the dressed dolls and bead
work-chains pinballs, saddle blankets hear'9'
hat hands and the rest-was the handiwork OF a
wee Indian maiden anywhere from hve TO Twelve
wears of age, who had put her very heart anu
soul into the sunshny work upon IL she hao
,avsbad her best taste and craftsmanship. and into
it she had poured unconsciously, quite hkely' ner
reoa inheritance of artistic feeling. Each little girl
EXPRESSED herself as best she could through tne
medium of beads and flannel ana the result -
something wonderfully interesting Inc WIFI
frontiersman the Indian squaw with her papoose
SLIME, IN her back the bronco blanket, the neck
lace of woven peads-these were the stories tney
knew nv heart so these were Inc stories tney tofo
to The Tribune using their deft myers Ior
+ono,,e and a needle and thread for the words OF
their language ,,,.s 49,.
Beads which for centuries have oensnteo INC
Indians sense of beauty, were used 10 oecora'e
everything and the patterns that have been woven
into baskets and blankets and painted on pottery
NV their ancestors for centuries are shown In
dacora tions layished on these dolls and dolls FUR
nishings. -. ao.va, ,r..-s
A rakish doll clad all in scarlet flannel wears
cowboy pantaloons with broad Zap down each
leg ornamented with bands Of red and green bead
norir In his right hand he carries a m1nlatu
tnrlav wing in his left beaded and fringed bag
11non a head of real hair which shades face OF
cha mois SKIN with two black beads for eyes ana
three red ones for the mouth. The Indian girls
bave not only dressed these dolls. but have MADE
nc doIIs in the first place. Ali the lady dolls
ere eenh clad in a tasteful nightgown with wide
the hips. IL. .tL ..,oso .r,
The cross is favorite emblem with these sun
chine dispensers In PARKWAY Dakota, and one gor-
yanus head chain shows it sketched in purple and
SeIlov on dead white ground, while a half-mou
ing chain has Latin crosses recurring in black on
IVbite one of the loveliest of these chains is of
TURQUOISE blue and white crystal beads, whlle an
cher is black and terra Gotta, with over three
inches of black and white bead work of the same
pa tern let it boldly, showing where the little