Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-07-25

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dress. and giving few Of their dances.
The papoose OF the party received an
especially hearty welcome by the aud
fence, and clapped her tiny hands in
response to the applause which broke
out when DIR. George Lamonte Cole.
the explorer in charge of the party,
held her up
DR.. Cole has given years to searching
out the ruins and monuments of pre-
historic man in this country. and has
spent much time in studying these
Pueblo or village Indians Of Arizona and
New Mexico, the strangest people in the
world, yet about whom less is known
than almost any other. They are peace
full and Industrious, and in their cities
a maternal form Of government rules,
the women being at the head of affairs,
and the home builders and house own
sers. DIR. Cole was fortunate In secur-
ing as members of his party of eleven.
the Queen of the Teseqaes. as this par
ticular tribe Is called. her husband.
Senorio Romero, whose position in the
community is that of governor, and
their papoose, the previously mem
toned baby. Romero is in command OF
the party on their tour, and the others
are governed thru him.
These indians stand for the oldest
form Of social life and government. and
are being introduced to chautauqua
audiences for higher purpose than
mere exhibition, as DR., Cole explained.
This tribe Is In addition the Oldest rep
resentative OF the Pueblos.
In the evening, following the con-
cert, he explained something Of their
customs and manner Of life, how the
social order of things is reversed and
the girl takes the initiative in love at
fairs as we'll, taking her husband home
to live with hei. how q new terrace to
the old home is built each time a girl
marries,s etc. Their peculiar style OF
architecture, of which splendid stere-
opticon views were shown, followed.
Already this style of architecture has
been adopted by the University Of
Mexico, buildings being constructed
very similar to those Of the Indians
DR.. Cole spoke very Interestingly of
his, and others, Investigations of the
ruins and monuments of the people
known as the cliff dyyellers. This OPP
portunity to see the ]?ueblos was inn
portant he said, because they are fast
disappearing.
Before introducing the Pueblos in
the evening, DR., Cole spoke Of the fact
that one of their number had just re-
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boy, and Of the sorrow Of all Of them,
for they are an affectionate people, and
solicited the sympathy Of the audience
The bereaved fathers absence from
the platform was thus explained. Sew
eral Of their dances, more elaborate
than those shown in the afternoon,
were given, and one Of their number
made brief address to the people in
his native language. which was trans
lated by DR.. Cole as an account Of the
kind treatment accorded them by peo-
pie whom they have encountered on
their tour. and treats given them, such
as automobile rides. etc. d
Animal Husbandry.
The afternoon lecture was given by
Mr.. H. p. Miller, Of Ohio, a practical
farmer, who spoke on animal hus-
bandry,' subject Of more especial In
terest to farmers. Mr.. Miller was in
troduced by Mr.. Merritt Greene, Jr.
Mr.. Miller spoke Of animal hus-
bandry as one of the branches Of farm
ing, and Its relation in general to farm
ing. He said that only when man
learned to use the powers outside him
self, did he really rise above the lower
animals. The Importance Of fixing
types Of animals to special purposes,
was emphasized. While only a quarter
of century ago the only thought in
feeding animals was to satisfy the ap-
petite, now 1t is understood that the
animal is machine for the utiliza-
ton of natures raw forces into some-
thing we can use Feeding material Is
composed Of compound substances. he
said, and devoted a large part Of his
talk to details Of what should be fed
certain animals for various desired re-
suits, thus bringing out the immense
loss Of food material thru ignorance Of
food properties. He closed with the
advice. ut pays to thlnk-if you've
never tried 1T. do so.''
SteIzI Quartet PIeases.
was the Stelzl quartet, composed OF
two brothers, sister and their uncle
They are musicians of ability, playing
both horns and victims, and one of
the young men, who acted as accom-
PIANIST, the cello. Their concerts, both
afternoon and evening, were very
pleasing, especially the violin solos,
and in the evening, Miss Stelzl APP
peared in two vocal numbers.
Last Morning Session.
Mr.. Mangold. who has been giving
sociological lectures during the chau-
tauqua morning sessions, concluded
this morning with Recent Political
Tendencies" He said that the problem
of distribution is a new one. and that
Roosevelt is the first of the presidents
to call attention to this. Some of the
social unrest he said, has been brought
about by Roosevelt and others in
terested in these problems. Now we
are beginning to think about them, and
whether his solution is the right one,
Is not the question The question is of