The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-05-12
Wild West Show Has Some
of the CuteSt Riddles"
Imaginable With 1t.
THERE WILL BE 500
IN THE TIMES PARTY
Ranch 1O1, With Its Ponies, BG-
faloes, and Other Wonders, Will
Be Free to the Unfortunates.

And stin The Times party grows,
Each day scores Of children are added
10 the list Of those who viii see the
Wild West Show next Monday after
noon as the guests Of the paper Al
ready the invitation has been accepted
for 500 little ones. The matron Of one
home for notherless and fatherlsss
children, Y 10 had declined for that in
stitutiOn tie invitation of The Times
called over he telephone today to ask
f It were TOO late 10 have her boys and
girls placed on the list
Il thought II was Just the usual cir
Gus that The Times had invited the chill
dren to attend" she said. and I was
not so anxious 70 take the children 10
that But since reading the daily show
stories in The Times I have learned
that the Wild West show IS something
every child ought 10 see. and that its
Indians. TanChmeD, buGaloess and
bronchOs- represent types Of American
life that. are quickly passing away. i
want my Childen 10 60 10 that show
There Is Room for Al.
And she was assured that there would
be room and 10 spare for every orphan
who wished 70 Join The Times party
The children a. our home said an
other superintendent today, always
clamor to hear The Times show story
and are interested In every word that Is
printed telling about the wonders OF
RanCh 16I- and, please, they want g
story about the Indian children IN the
show
why, Of course, they shall have Il
And-it goes without saying tlat every
child VINO VIII attend the snow next
Monday afternoon, and the gToFVn-Upss
too, for that matter VIII be interested
TO know something of the Isdian chill
heHn~lr
At the show. the children OF The
Times party viii have an opportunity
70 see several dozen young redskins,
representing many different Indian
nations languages, and customs
Some Little Indians
There is Little Teddy Bear. a full
blooded Sioux Indian child Eve years
old. whose mother and father died
when he was a papoose strapped 20 a
board like all other Indian babies 10
seph c Miller. one OF the three broth
ers who Own the 101 Ranch Is the guard
ian Of Little Teddy Bear. and the child
Is learning English under the tuition
OF Mrs Miller
Joe and sam Lone Bear are The tint
est OF indian twins, fuIl-blOOded POnCas,
who are seeing the country in the
children were born on Christmas Day
Of last year. and Dan DIX, a cold
mum BED COWBOY STUN DIED on EEelT
log cabin as their mother lay breathing
her last
As fife left her body. the cowboy
wrapped the sQuallinE babies in a olan-
ker and rode with them TO the nearest
ranch house. and later George l. Miller
secured his appointment as legal guard
ian Of the twins
Little Girl Shooter
Cha1-xu-t a-wea. OF Little Shooting
Girl" is a Crum Of Little Teddy
Bear. and though still a small girl.
cannot re.,sember the time when she
did not use a shotgun. She played
with one as other children play with
dolls and now her skin is the wonder
CT every famous gun man who has
seen her
Then too there are LeoIa Lookout,
NgVermOTe Sharpe Blade. Nancy Good
Bear, Minnie Lone Fox. Laura Green
Grass and others who viii be there
20 welcome the children who 20 in
The Times party Besides these. the
tiniest of the redskins, the copper
CuIOreC babies securely tied 10 their
boards and looking out on the world
with solemn. unwinkinE eyes. viii be
there TOT the children TO see
Indian children VINO are old enough
20 walk are c1mIcaI figures. clad in
little SmOCks that reach TO their
knees Many wear an amulet or
charm TO keep OF disease and ghosts.
The boys are armed with headleSS
arrows and practice shooting COutin-
ualIv. while the girls make dolls out
Of bUCESkin and play house" as do
their little white sisters