The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-06-11

mani II aoWs n through the Fair i
gaIswssg and spreads Itself out in
I'll aife ys between wooded Hill
and GIBBS again at shutdown,
4 fisa1ine ouf d lotsasn Of acquired in
formal ion and ajetsanl$cf acc:lmula
ted souvenir.
ior ara noon it climbs the
shiIl he west ana lands for hours
about h rioccasinad feet Of the In
q 8 dian who have come TO see and learn
To show and teach. Out there is
;Ea second key, and it runs straight
e throaghS the indian building. and trails
on down thea bill among the tepees-
ON either side Of it are the booths
ssgof concessionaries, who are their
own most effective barlSers, although
Ut quietly within at nonely
tasks. }s5
sensation chaser has been led off
! saffff TRANCE gods since the ad.ent
Sof the sleek chocolate caramel accre-
ton hat stuck to the finger OF Uncle
Sam poked into SDain's pie. The said
aschaserSlo oks with amusement at the
tile Filipino with his tobacco box
his armpir and a clothespin
through ear, and laughs and calls
Il I'M cut and envies him his enamel
patton from laundry bills, while shur-
Il dering# at his fate when the mosquito
feet shall anch or IN Arrowhead
BurS nobody calls q grown Indian
BIT takes him with dignihed
3Sseriousness, even While secretly de-
riding the turkey feather in his hair
SS3sand the sleigh bell at his knee.
long ne Indian Pike are many
cont rasts that will be Still further adj
ed ftoSsas arrangeme are compile
$gted artling contrasts between the
( and new hat have been wrought
wi hin the space Of one short genera
ion. one place an old brave sits
I'll e sun and yellow ochres his
face, On shoots diversing arrows at
nickel in a cleft stick, while at an
5other place a young brave makes a
fine set Of harness or prints a daily
paper of the doings on indian Hill.
In one corner an old woman in blan-
tets and beaded noccasins. sits fat
4 on he Hoors before. her loom or shapes
the crude pottery a bout her hand,
Will across the aisle a trim, dark
maid Sin Immaculate shirt-waist suit,
stock collar and beribboned pcmpa-
sdour%turns off daintily beautiful gar
from the sewing machine.
n From one booth comes the aiInless.
otonous beating OF a skincovered,
hollow log, and the droning "ai-ai-
hal t t but both are drowned by the
5ssrin Of hammer and anvil from where
young man builds a useful farm
wage
On one side of the aisle the Indian
SssquaWs--e encouraged by the beat OF
he drum grind the blue corn into
#a dark flour with stone slab and
beater,%and mix it with water to
Isl hin gray paste. Then, on a large,
smooth stone, over a fire of charcoal,
they smearai t with the hand in thin
layerY3W which, when baked, is of paper
like consistency and of a slate-Sray
color, and reminds one of nothing
so much as a hornets nest ironed out
into tissue paper by a street roller.
2as3S5sS But Just across the aisle in a fly
screened kitchen are Indian girls in
neat ginghams, white aprons and caps,
under the direction OF an expert
electric ovens great pans of SNOWY
q rolls and loayes of cake and the tooth
81 some pies that one can buy warm at
4 the lunch counter.
Near by, too, neat, pretty Indian
girls in white serve coffee and cE1oco-
u late 10 callers, in hand-painted china
cups, done by Indian students Out.
:sS side among the tepees are q fe"
Sshapeless calico garments tapping on
drying lines or poles, but inside in
the school laundry the neat iaundress-
les are at work with stationary wash
tu BIS. improved Ironing boards and
irons heated by electricity.
The capability for all this expert
work is developed in the short school
III of life which shows the latent energy
NJ and capacity that have but waited the
call to rise in a mighty upheaval and
H make the younger Indian generation
;Ss quickenings leaven to lift the great
%# inert mass of the race.
;as89G; Willy, elusive old Geronimo is there,
virtually a prisoner. and what he
A inks of the change nobody can
guess, except by the readiness with
which he accepted it in its 10-cent
SsyfOrul for which he barriers hie a,,to.