The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-02-27
ST. PETERS, MONT.
Indian Girls Entertain.

a neat little program in honor OF
Washington's birthday was rendered by
the Indian girls of st, Peters Indian
mission The quaint, interesting invi-
tations to the entertainment were the
work of the Indian girls own hands.
and consisted of homemade" slips of
birch bark OF which were painted tiny
wigwams with footsteps pointing to-
wards them and the inscription: Foot
steps pointing towards a wi5wam,
were Il sign of invitation.
The program was us follows;
Exhibition of work
"America.' chorus ..,.,,,.-.-.......
............AlI the Indian Children
Picture Writing" recitation.
.......... Five Little Indian Girls
Columbia" chorus, all
Selection from ScOtt,,,,,,,,...-----.
...... Miss Annie Pukanaki
Orchestral selections:
Home, Sweet Home. '..........,.
America ...... The Minnehaha Club
1.-THE Man Without a Country
................,,,,,M Miss c. ]. Moore
Spinning Song ............ ........
Quiet Night" All the Indian Children
Address .......T The Rev Daniel Dineen
When the guests assembled they saw
sea of little Indian faces looking out
from a background of American flags
and Indian beadWork. This was not
the least interesting feature of that
item which figured on the program as
Exhibition of Work" To the left of
the hall was an illustration of the an
cient Indian picture writing; while on
the right were displayed neat speci-
mems of penmanship and drawing by
the Indian children of the present day
In contrast to the elaborate beadWOrk
of the wild camp days was also eX-
hibitcd the neat darning, mending
hemming, marking and embroidery of
the Indian school girl; and besides TIE
ell1-tooth squaw gown was the ma
Unrestricted school dress with its
perfect button-hole and its neat tuCks
and gathers made by the little Indian
girls of st. Peters, industrial school.
The whole program was intelligently
and gracefully rendered by the chill
dren, and an exquisite touch was given
to it by Miss Clare Jeane Moore in her
beautiful and delicate Interpretation of
"The Man without q Country AS the
children listened to her words they
could not but imbibe something of that
true love of country which makes for
purer living and higher thinking. Miss
Moore who is now the honOred guest
of the Ursuline Nuns at st. Peter
Mont. is well known at home and
Ethical Culture School Of New York
City-more familiarly known as the
Felix Adler schooI-and also as prln-
cipal in the Alabama state college, at
Troy.
Finally the Rev Daniel Dineen adj
dressed the assembly. In feeling words
he expressed his appreciation of the
great god work being done by the Ur-
suline Nuns in this particular branch
of their many educational and charita-
bic works: he praised the Indian chill
dren for their success, thanked them
for the pleasure and consolation they
had afforded their friends, and encour-
aged them to go on to yet higher and
better things.
The children of st. Peters Indian in
dustrial school will have another eXhi-
bition of work ready by April rs.
The boarders of Mount Angela aca-
deny whose centenary celebration in
honor of Lincoln was so much en-
joyed will entertain their friends again
on St Patrick's day next. An exhibit
ton of school work will be presented,
together with Celtic music and song, in
the assembly hall of the Ursuline
boarding school for children and young
ladies', Mount Angela. st. Peter, Mont.