Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-03-27


er in their beautiful colonial memorial
building before long to engage in their
annual struggle for the election OF
officers, and when that is over to drop
animosities and to work for the causes
which brought the organization into
existence.
One needs neither prose nor poetic
license to speak of the delegates to
these conventions as fair daughter"
for surely they are a body of comel;
women, and the shades of the fore
fathers that are supposed to float about
the capital city of the land that they
made. need not fear that flush will
steal into their cheeks or a frown fur
row their shadowy brows at the sight
of degeneracy in their descendant
daughters
When spring comes the guides in
the capitol whose duty 1T is to pilot
visitors about earn their daily wage
with half the usual effort because the
guided ones in large majority are the
Daughters Of the American Revolution.
The guides who are obliged to talk
themselves tired explaining things to
the ordinary tourist simply walk ahead
of the daughters and point to pictures
or bust, and the tongues of the daugh-
| ters do the rest.
Show Their Birth.
The Daughters gather from all the
states in the Union It was not hard
the last time they were here to sepa-
/ in%o 81 hirfA ND hYif o..
ing up those who attended an after
noon service at St. Johns Episcopal
church. 1t was not a service for the
daughters. 1t as just plain everyday
evening prayer, and the daughters had
| dropped In to see the historic build
ing from a pew view. The spirits of
their ancestors still dwelt within
them. There were those from Massa-
chusetts with the Ironside blood in
their veins, and those from Tennes-
see and Kentucky who in the person
the old Covenanters live again. Then
there were the Virginians, the New
Workers and the South Carolinians-
daughters, so to speak, Of the old
brick sanctuary at jamestown, tower
ing Trinity and gray ST. Michael's.
| At evensong in ST. Johns the daugh-
tiers of New England, Tennessee and
Kentucky looked upon marble altar,
cross and candle stick and apparently
| felt stirring within them something of
the sternness of the spirit of their an
cestors who struck hard-fisted blows
at things saYoring Of prelacy. True to
family tradition and to the division
line of things spiritual, the descend
ants of the Independent and Presby-
terrain sat bolt upright during the
| chanting Ct the creed. Their sisters
whose ancestors had stood for church
and king until they were forced to cut
the bond and to help kick the king out
of the partnership, made all amends
for their companions ritual and spir-
| itual shortcomings. and knelt and
stood, and even genufected at times,
in a good old high church way that
would have delighted Archbishop
! Laud.
Rocky Boy Now is Happy.
i Word came to the Indian bu-
reau the other day that Chief Rocky
Boy and his Indians IN the far
northwest were satisfied with the
home life, being contented and happy
Chief Rocky Boy once was very much
in the congressional limelight. For
years this Indian chief and his fol
lowing had been wandering about the
country, homeless, unable to hunt and
doing little else but beg for live
lihood. Finally congress took action
and the wandering mendicants were
given a place to live. Former Sena-
tor Begeridge Of Indiana is given
credit for having done something for
Rocky Boy, whose picturesque and
somewhat suggestive name attracted
more attention than did the supposed
starving condition of the man who
| bore it.
! Mr.. Beveridge who is now in pri-
vate life, would have been given, If
Chief Rocky. Boy had done his duty
and had had the material to make
them, beaded hunting shirt. mecca
sins, leggings and eagle war bonnet
of craftsmanship in recognition Of serv-
| ices rendered.
Rocky Boy and his warriors and
women and children had never been
able to get a home They had been
wandering through Montana living
from hand to mouth and spurned alike
| by reds and whites, Bill after bill
had been introduced for their relief,
but no bill ever came within sight of
! the passing stage.
The name Rocky Boy finally struck
a newspaper mans fancy. Possibly
he had had the feeling himself. In
an idle moment he drew up mock
measure and in it Senator Beverage
| figured as Chief Rocky Boy, while a
dozen or so other senators figured un-
| der other names as members Of Rocky
Boys band Of wanderers. The naIaes
| fitted admirably or misftted just as
admirably Senator Allison, who in
no conceivable circumstances would
commit himself in words, was called
| Chief Talks-Too-Much. Senator Aid
rich, for reasons which may be ap-
parent to people who know something
| of him. appeared in the relief measure