Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-11-20
Chosen Representatives of Win
nebagoes to Appear In Gay
Vaudeville Theater
FORM A GENUINE ATTRACTION
The Band, Under the Care of Mr.. Ern-
est Elmer, Includes the Families OF
John T. Thunder and Albert Hensel-
Will Sail For Paris From New York
On Friday, Nov. 81.
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Sioux City, Nov. 20.-Erom the plains
of the Winnebago reservation in Ne
braska to gay Paree;" from the wig
vans of their fathers to the palatial
hotels of the French metropolis; from
the daily monotony of an Indian res
eryation to the most brilliant and gay
vaudeville theater in Paris is to be the
experience of company of ambitious
winnebagoes who will leave Sioux City
Saturday under the direction of Ernest
Elmer They will sail for Paris on No
vember 26.
They will be the only real Indians
in popular Indian play which is go
ing to be put on thruout the sea-
son by Loeb brothers of Paris in one
of the largest vaudeville houses of that
theater loving city.
Yesterday the reds were stopping at
the Vendome. A casual glance at the
little band shows that Mr.. Elmer stud
led beauty and grace when he chose his
company OF aboriEines. A part OF the
company was seated in the Mondamin
last evening, and IL one OF the young
bucks could have heard the compli-
ments which were passed upon the
beauty Of his youthful squaw pride
would have pulled him up.
The little company was the center OF
attraction as the commercial travellers
and men accustomed to novel sights
and strange conditions watched them
with interest. The little papooses, In
their swaddling clothes. the young chill
dren, CARRIED in military garments. with
soldier caps fitting snusly over their
straight black hair and their brown
eyes peering restlessly at all the
strange sights about them, were at
tractive. The general comment was
that they were an interesting COM
pany, and the farther east they went
the more attention they would attract.
Especially will this be true when they
land in France.
And what are you going to do In
the play?" was asked of Mr.. John 7.
Thunder one of the bucks who is a
member of the company.
why, all we have to do Is to sit on
Inc stage IoT uIlceu IIliHuteS each
night" he said.
Don't you have to dancer"
NO. we don't need to dance, guess.
Maybe they will show us something
else to do when we get there he add
ed modestly.
Positions and privileges which many
pretty, vivacious American girl
would give anything to attain have
come to the uncultured, uncouth. ig-
norant Winnebagoes in a single night.
1t is predicted though. that they will
not care for more than one season OF
Partisan gayety. AS their dark-skinned
relatives and companions babe them
farewell yesterday, when they left the
reservation for this city. they dropped
many a SLY remark that they would be
glad enough to come back when the
season was over.
Besides the sparkling, climbing In
dian costumes which are to be made
for them in Paris, they are taking
with them the blankets. the war paint,
the beads, the eagles feathers and the
buffalo robes from the wigwams. On
the street the squaws wear the ordi-
nary Indian costume and the braves
are dressed in American clothes.
The families of John T. Thunder and