The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1912-01-26

comprehend COUSINS. quite tn6
contrary. as matter OF fact. For instance. 1t
may be cited that. generally speaking, the Indian
girls of the present give far less thought to
fashions In dress than do feminine members OF
the white race. Similarly they are not exercised
over suffrage and they do not place such stress
on the development of musical accomplishments.
But, on the contrary, the twentieth century In
dian girls are devoting their energies to a mas
terry Of cookery and sewing and the other essen.
tias of successful home-makng to which, in the
estimation OF some old.fashioned folks, the white
girls of the period are giving all too little atten
ton. At the same time. many OF the red-skn
bellies are not content to ignore the social accom-
plishnents which are supposed to enhance the at
Effectiveness OF modern young women. Accord
ngly at the indian School at Carlisle. Pa, and
other large institutions OF this kind We find the
daughters of the forest crowding the classes IN
music. painting. drawing. dancing, modern attn
etics etc. and even behold these descendants or
the savages developing marked dramatic ability
In amateur theatrical entertainments OF various
kinds
Every person Is forced to admit of the wisdom
and benefits OF the white mans education" for
some Indians The remarkable life stories OF
some of the setmade Indians who have. after
acquiring the white mans book learning adopted
the white mans mode OF lie, amply attest the
success of the transformation in individual cases
There is, however and perhaps always Will be
a difference OF opinion as to the wisdom or at
tempting to fix the Anglo-SaXon standards for
the entire rising generation OF Americas native
tribes Oddly enough there seems to be more
widespread belief in such policy tor the indian
girls than tor the young men of the tepees
We say. oddly. because when new conditions
have confronted an uncivilized or semi-clvzed
people it has usually been the men who have &C
customed themselves to the new order OF things
more readily than the women In the case OF
most Indian clans, however the women have
proven more amenable to the exactons OF the
new life wherein seems to lie the only salvation
OF the entire Indian life Various reasons have
been advanced In explanation OF this one OF the
most plausible being that 1t has not been as diff
fcut for the Indian girl to rorego such pleasures
as she enjoyed in her old life as IT has been tor
the young brave to toresake the excitement OF
the chase and the care-tree nomadC lite and to
settle down in fixed habltation with the irksome
monotony OF the white mans life Also, it is I'M
possible to overlook the influence exerted by the
example OF the considerable number OF Indian
women who have married white settlers In OKLA
homa and other parts OF the west
Even al the outset OF her career In the conven.
honal environment OF the age the indian girl mas
many advantages over her brother who COM
pletes his education at the same time 1t not IN.
frequently happens that young man OF indian
blood graduates with honors from some indian
school only to find no opportunities awaiting MIN
commensurate with his ability. Small wonder
that in some instances the young men re-
vert to the ideals and mode OF lite OF their tore
fathers The indian girl. on the other hand, can
be sure that when she finishes a school course
that includes domestic economy there Ia q place