Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-09-15
VOLUME XXXVIII TRONTON, MO-. TIL URsDAY SEPTEMBER
With the Camera.

When two or three people start
out to the fair with camera or
kodak. but with no knowledge as
to the best methods to get the de-
sired results, something unex-
pected and uniptended is sure to
follow. Two young ladies and a
young man came huNiedly through
the gates evidently intent on get
ting pictures of people, buildings,
and anything else that might prove
of interest to them. The young
man carried the camera, but when
it came to the picture taking, that
was left for the girls. They
walked and looked, tried this spot
and that, but none seemed to be
tho proper place. Jefferson guards
eyed them suspiciously, and tour
lists hurried to and fro, stopping to
see the view, often times getting
squarely in front of the instru-
ment, in their eagerness to see
what was to be taken. A man
came by, who had evidently had
some experience trying to get the
Festival Hall, cascades, fountains
and lagoon, and ventured the in
formation that it would be neces-
sary to go. on top of the Manu-
factureres building if these all
were to be included in one snap.
The next venture was a scene on
the lagoon, and just as group of
boats left the landing, "click,"
and they were taken. On the west
side of the lagoon where the wall
of the lake curves out from the
cascades, the girls climbed out and
from that vantage secured a good
picture or two. Once with the
camera all set, ready for taking
what promised to be the finest of
them all, when just as the little
button was pushed, there appeared
before the apparatus ponderous
form of humanity weighing no less
than two hundred pounds, be-
decked in purple plaid and topped
with gorgeous picture hat. 1t
developed into a large piece of
plaid, crowned with the dome of
Festival Hall, with one arm lost in
the fountains, and the other arm,
we'll, what matters if it entirely
disappeared!
Monday was the last free chill
dren's day, and right we'll they en-
joyed it. A big parade was one
of the features, coming down the
broad avenue amid cheers and
flag waving. It did seem as if
books and circulars were purposely
hid, and souvenirs put behind lock
and key, for usually you get them
by the score, but somebody has
said the children did not appreci-
ate those things, and only spot the
registers with ink, therefore, bet
ter give them clear way.
| Up by the pygmies, the children
swarmed all day, trying to get a
peep at them. Their little huts of
boards and sacks, and the dirt
covered houses were securely
closed, unless the "tin sints" was
displayed, when with smile you
were admitted. All the children
wanted to see the little three
months old baby, and it kept the
little brown mother poking it back
and forth all day. For only a
"nilkl" you can get a peep and only
a peep, because the little blinking
eyes are quickly covered. At one
time the future greats got SO
numerous and so persistent to see,
and were peeking through every
crack and rent, that it became un-
endurable, and out came pail OF
water on the youthful heads, which
sent them flying to the next shack.
Just west of the pygmies the
Indian school furnishes hours OF
interesting sightseeing. There
you find them much IS they live
on the reservations in Arizona,
California and New Mexico. A
wide hall or passage way extends
the full length of the building, and
in little stalls or booths they worl,
or have little stands to sell their
wares. Very attractive beaded
moccasins are sold at from SITE
to $3.50. Beaded purses with long
leather fringe seems the most
popular selling article. The drawn
work and embroidery is really
marvellous in beauty and intricacy
Of pattern. Such delicate tracer
les seem so foreign to their sur
roundings. The blacksmith is
there, forging his necessary tools
the silversmith is to his left with
his little smouldering GOALS, he
fashions you a souvenir spoon OF
silver ring; while on little further
in another stall, you find an old
Indian woman shaping the clay tc
form vase or jar. In this same
enclosure, a young squaw sits or
crude bench and plays with a
little creeping baby, who squints
and laughs at you, and holds out
its little hand for money. Further
on you find the school room, and
here young Indian is Teciting
something about the Louisiana
Purchase, but the hall is SO crowd
ed it is impossible to get neal
enough to hear more than word
or two, and quite impossible tc
secure q picture. In a small re.
ception room is seen the drawings
and paintings of the school chill.
dren, and a very excellent mode
Of the Indian schools made from
wood covered with grain. Corn
wheat, oats and the seeds o.
grasses are so used to produce al
effect like that of different colorec
paints. A model dining room il
chnwn md q m ndal Indinn enhnn