The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-08-25
Muskogee' Beauties
"Seeing" Net0 York



TO my way of thinking. And so much
prettier. too"
MINI" agreed Lila Dalton and
Maud Elliot. and we certainly were
disappointed to see all those old
chestnuts over again. Why don't they
get up something new?"
One declared by way of explains
tion that COney island was most all
burned up not long ago. and ihe folks
there were just kind OF worrying
along nowadays.
I'm going down to see the stock
exchange said one girl, and | wish
you'd tell us when they whoop it up
the loudest down there. cause want
to see If they can make more noise
than the boys down our way"
The Indian girls, who had not mucn
TO say while the conversation turned
on the East, sat quiet. But when II
came to a question OF oil Oklahoma
families. II was their turn to talk.
Ala Foreman. who looks like the
face o ma penny, said: I'm a half
blood Che'okee," with a little Indian
lisp, but otherwise quite with the
manner of a ghl who would remark.
we came over on the Mayfiower."
The Chickasaw girl and the Choc-
taw miss felt just about the same way.
They know why their pspas and NAM
mas happened to be out in Oklahoma,
and that's something. They don't
mind talking genealogy one bit.
Al confidential inquiry among sew
eral Of the girls, paleface and redskins
developed tSe fact that they could all
ride Observation-Disclosures, ponies
buckers, bareback, sideways. front
ways But the girls say It Is much
nicer automobiling. There are lots
of automobiles in Oklahoma. they say.
Boydie Graham added
Put ii in your paper that they new.
er stop automobiles for going too fast
out in our country. Perhaps thatll
bring settlers from the East"
Just no wyou can buy several mil
lion acres of nice rich farming land
real cheap, $5 or so an acre. Miss
Kate Bell wants that put in the paper.
She wears one of the big 2-incn Gel
luloid buttons Of the party, old blue
and yellow, and telling attractive
things about the state. A lot OF reser-
walton land has just been tarned loose
and cut up for sale, AMI. AMI that be-
sides the negro freedmen had just
acquired the right last month to sell
their 140-acre lots and were -elling
out as fast as they could.
What were the freedmen?
20, they're the slaves that the In
dians used TO own, and they were all
set free, same time as the Southern
slaves. But" said the Indian girl
they're TOO lazy 20 make good farm.
ers and they never made any use OF
their land, so now they're selling out
TO any one who will"
The Indian maidens and tne pale
faces are one in their behalf that
there's no place like Oklanoma-but
Just the same. they wish they could
stay in New York Just a little longer
than till tomorrow evening. It's SC
hard to see everything iil two days
( They wanted to know what was 8
4 good play TO see this evening. anC
I how you get in. They thought "Tht
| Devil' sounded lively. but when thel
heard that II was one of those thing!
( by foreigner, they stampeded owe
I to one of the lighter comedies. Il
/ the meantime they are shopping for
so they hear. New York stores ar,
still ahead OF anything in St Louis
Ana later in the afternoon, of course
there will be a seeing New York
ride.