The National tribune., 1911-04-20

age, as she had right to expect she
would die. She had grandchildren over
40 years old.
Senator jeff G. Davis, of Alabama,
astonished the natives Of Washington
by declaring that when he came up
here he would never ride in a raxicab
or automobile, but he does this now
right straight along He did another
stunt the other day which will probably
be shock to the ,ultra-religious Of his
district This happened on Sunday
night. and the thing he did is some
what unusual even for United States
Senator. He had a party of some half
dozen men and women, whom he en-
tertained at five-cent shows They took
Sunday evening for 1t, and gave three
hours of time, seeing all the moving
pictures that could be crowded into
this one evening and visiting four diff
ferent shows.
Awful, Awful.
Rev. DR.. Charles A. Eaton. of New
York. and formerly pastor of a church
in Cleveland, o., evidently does not like
New York. At least, he makes a noise
like a man who does not like New York.
While In Washington the other day he
spoke Of New York City. and declared
that there is less culture in the great
metropolis than In any other large city
in the United States. He said: New
Workers are amusement mad as well as
money mad, but the poor things do not
know how to enjoy life" This seems
a little paradoxical, when It seems to be
the chief aim and ambition of people
from all over the world to flock 20 New
York City. and DR.. Eaton was asked
how he made such deductions, and he
replied:
"Primarily, people go there to make
money! but they also go there to hide
and to indulge themselves. People
from smaller cities like New York be-
cause they have more personal liberty;
because they can do things that they
wouldn't dare to do in their own home
towns, for the reason that public opin-
ion in New York Is not brought to bear
on the individual. Every man or woman
IL made up Of a small amount Of inner
reality and a large amount OF social
scaffolding. After living in New York
for a short time, the inner reality
shrinks to very small proportions in
deed. 1t seems to me that New York
character is obsessed by externals. At
least the typical New Yorker Is eter-
nally putting up q front And people
to be, instead of what we are. This
spirit is shown in a thousand ways.
Even the architecture of the city shows
It. The houses have Queen Anne fronts
and Mary Ann backs. The people wear
fine clothes on the outside and cheap
ones beneath. Nearly every one tries to
give the impression that he Is more
prosperous than he really Is. In short,
IL l may descend to slang, nearly every
one in New York is putting up bluff
from the time he awakes In the morn
ing until he goes to bed at night"
Indian War Bags.
The National Museum has just come
into possession Of some very interest
ing relics from an chronological stand
point. These are four sacred bundles
or packs Of the Usage Indians. Among
other Indian tribes these bundles are
known as war bags. The reason why
these bundles are 80 valuable Is that.
as a general thing, they are buried with
their keepers. They are as precious
from the religious standpoint OF the
Indian as they are from the scientific
standpoint Of the ethnoloEist They
represent the highest fetish Of tribe,
and are guarded so Zealously from any
proclamation that they have seldom
been seen by profane eyes; that is. by
the eyes of q white man. These sacred
bundles are always put IN the charge
who keeps them carefully hidden. At
certain periods they are opened with a
most elaborate csreni ony and Indian
prayers are made to them in all rever-
ence but even at such times only chos-
en- men of the tribe are allowed to see
the strange articles that are kept in
the bundles. The curator OF the Ma
tional Museum, Dr. Walter Hough,
opened one Of these bundles, and found
the outside, representing a sack, to be
made Of q rare Indian fabric woven Of
the silky brown hair OF the buffalo.
This was bound with a buckskin band,
which wes decorated with human
scaips and tho leg Of an eagle. Inside
this buckskin bag was haversack. the
contents Of which were curious. indeed
There was tobacco bag, braided
cord made Of wooden fabric. and a
bundle Of buffalo bladders bound with
q thong ornamented with a scalp. and
one other bundle which was the most
important of all, for it represented the
"holy of holies" This bundle was
buckskin case. to which was bound
buckskin object resembling head
band. Inside this bundle was found
the most sacred object Of the pack
the body of hawk. which had been
mummified and then painted brilliant
verrnillion and green. Attached to the
tall was q clrclet of human scalps. The
body was suspended by braided banu
made Of wooden fabrics which evident
ly had been obtained by the tribe thru
trade with other Indians.
One of the three other bundles was
found to contain the tattooing appara-
tus and materials used by the Usage
Indians, all Of which are regarded as
sacred, as the tattooing ia . religious
ceremony.
Uniformed SnObs.
The snobbish performance OF shoul-
der-strapped man at Annapolis will flnd
no twin in Washington. II seems In
credible that in the United States there
would be found any man or woman
who has achieved any kind OF social
position thru merit who would object
to any lady being received in society.
whether that lady were a nursery gov
ernass or a chambermaid. Time is
great leveler, and there are instances
on record Of those who have been high
in the councils of the Nation and on
the honor roll who have been reduced
to penury and want, but this fact never
obscures tho brilliancy of their record
or lowers them in the social scale un-
less they have deliberately gone about
to do things which would lower them;
but certain II is that as long as all hon.
est work is honorable. just SO certain 1t
is that men and women who have held
high positions and who are still honor
able are honored. no matter how poor.
At Annapolis some young understrap-