Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-16

time will soon grow into sympathy with
the actors If he waits, and finally yields I'M
consciously to the indefinable charm they
exercise over him. The final scene. where
Hiawatha vanishes into the infinite is quite
Hiawatha vanishes into the infinite, Is quite
''Lohengrin." The latter disappears in the
distance with his swan Hiawatha enters
a canoe and. standing in a statuesque pose,
is slowly drawn across the waters of Crook
ed lake by an invisible wire until he dis
appears in the forest on the farther shore.
ION the shore stood Hiawatha.
Turned and waved his hand at parting
ON the clear and luminous water
Launched his birch canoe for sailing,
From the pebbles OF the margin
Whispered to 1t. Westward! Westward
And with speed it darted forward.
Thus departed Hawatha.
The conversation of the play is in the
Ojibway tongue, and the actors recite their
lines indifferently. A libretto gives the
English of the Longfelow's poem and the
Ojibway translation, but even this is not
necessary. for the man with the mega
phone, like the chorus in Greek play ex-
plains every movement and translates every
word as the scenes follow one another
Back of the rude stage Is a village of
birch bark tepees in which the Indians
live during the season. The play could not
requires the natural surroundings that are
described in Longfellow's lines and the
background of forest-fringed lake.
Little Traverse Bay Colony.
Some thirty years or more ago a party Of
Cincinnati and St Louis people purchased
tract of land on the north side of Little
Traverse bay, from Blackbird. successor of
Pontiac, as the hereditary chief Of the OF
tawa Indians. who has resided here since
the dissolution and dispersion OF his tribe
Ihey cleared passageway along the
shore and laid out cross streets and sites
for cottages in the birch forest. They
built roads and walks casino and a
n hut ofpr tai 10 hot
piped the ice cold water from the Springs
in the surrounding hills and gave every
house a fountain The Grand Rapids and
Indiana railway gave them access to the
place by running track from Petoskey
around the edge of the bay to Harbor
Springs. and the steamers Manitou and
Northland and the ships of the Goodrich
line stop here on their way between Chi
cago and Mackinac Island. The cottages
now extend for mile and half along
the shore of the bay and present grace
full variety of architecture. Although they
differ In size and design and costliness, there
is no ostentation, and their occupants, solid
| people OF Chicago. St Louis, Cincinnati,
Louisville and other cities of the central
| and southern states who come here for
| the summer, devote themselves to plain
| living, to rest and recreation. The men
play golf. the women bridge. and the young
people get their exercise at tennis and
| other games. There are golf links back
| of the village on the BLUM. leased from the
wife Of Blackbird, the Indian chief. She
lady's maid in a royal palace In England.
| When young man Blackbird went to Lon
| don to see the queen. He was presented
| at court as an example of a civilized and
Christtanized savage. and for time was
| the ruling fad among the British nobility
| While at court he fell in love with one of
the waiting maids. She responded to his
| affection and married him. She came to
| Michigan to be the queen of a native tribe
| and to assist in ruling the aborigines. But
| upon arrival she found that the conditions
| had painted them, and for many years she
| supported the royal family by taking in
| washing. Both she and Blackbird have a
little property which pays them enough to
buy their bread. But the glories that she
! dreamed of never appeared. and the only
satisfaction she ever derived from her con-
nection with the noble red man has been
| found in telling her tale Of Woe
Indian Industrial School.
Harbor Springs is the site of an ancient
| Indian mission established more than 2O(
| years ago, and the Franciscan order, under
| the direction of Father Damase Erkens
now maintains an industrial school for edu
| CO ting and teaching trades to the Indiar
| children from the civilized and half civiIizeC
| families in this vicinity. The girls are
| taught housekeeping and the domestic sci
! ences and the boys the useful trades. I'm
| der the direction of devoted sisters the girls
! do the houseWork and the boys the outdoor
| expense OF maintenance except for food
fuel and clothing. The only newspaper II
the Indian language is published by the
| pupils. 1t is Jailed Anishinabe EnamiaC
| Uhe Christian diam. The Office from which
| II Is issued has published q number Of
books, including an Indian grammar,
catechism, a collection Of hymns in the
| Ottawa and Chippewa languages, severa
other devotional books. two volumes Of
| travel, The Franciscans in California" an6
| The Franciscans in Arizona" both BY
| members of that order.
| This school was established In 1929 ant
has been in charge of the Franciscans since
1884. Among the early principals was the
| famous Bishop Baraga. the first bishop OF
the Catholic diocese of northern Michigan
| a man of great fame and usefulness, who
| came into this country in 1880 and laboret
| among the Indians and the lumbermen un
| til his death In 1864.
| Wequetonsing Is a favorte resort for doc
tors of divinity. babies and people with hay
| fever. A large portion Of the summer popu
lation is composed of those classes. Among
them several bishops, famous theo
clerical consultations. They find the atmos
phere congenal and the fishing good They
can get very close to nature here. On the
gof links and along the trout streams on,
can find physical and spiritual refreshmen
and consolation. After their too brief vaca
| lions they return to their pulpits and theo
| logical schools refreshed in body and mint
| with a clearer comprehension of the soof
| as well as the evil things in life
I found an old friend here, a friend o.
my boyhood days-and at that time an ex
ample l tried to initiate. He was ths
strongest man in college. a prize -taker
the best debater of his generation and the
most brilliant scholar in his class. He wa!
Just as good In sports, as In scholarship
and was a leader in all things among tn,
students. He Is now doctor of divinit,
and professor of theology. AS we hat
not met since our college days we had
good deal to say to each other. and sitting
on the shore of this beautiful bay we Otter
talked of old times; of our adventures since
We last had met; of what we had done
and where we had been and of the strang,