The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-01-26

contrary, as a matter Of fact For instance 1t
may be cited that, generally speaking, the Indian
girls of the present give far less thought
| 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 devotfng their energies a
terry of cookery and sewing and the other essen
tails Of successful home making to which, in the
estimation of some oldfashioned folks the white
girls of the period giving all too little atten-
ton. At the same time many of the redskin
bellies not content ignore the social accom-
plishments which supposed to enhance the
tractiveness of modern young Accord
ingly at the Indian School at Carlisle. Pa, and
other large institutions OF this kind find the
daughters of the forest crowd1ng the classes in
music, painting, ORA wing, dancing, modern
letics, ETC., and behold these descendants OF
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
Indians. The remarkable life stories CT
Of the self-made Indians who have, after
acquiring the white mans book learning adopted
the white mans mode OF life, amply attest the
success of the transformation in individual
There is however, and perhaps always Will be
a difference of opinion to the wisdom OF 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 for the Indian
girls than for the young of the tepees.
We say oddly because when conditions
have confronted uncvilized semi-civzed
people 1t has usually been the who have
| 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 exactfons 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 it has not been as diff
fcult for the Indian girl to forego such pleasures
as she enjoyed in her old life as it has been for
! the young brave to foresake the excitement OF
the chase and the carefree nomadic life and to
settle down in fixed habitation 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
| noma and other parts OF the west
/ Even at the outset OF her career in the conven-
| sionai environment OF the age the Indian girl has
| many advantages over her brother who COM
| pletes his education the time. 1t not IN
| frequently happens that young man OF todan
blood graduates with honors from some Indian
! school only to find opportunities awaiting him
commensurate with his ability Small wonder
that in some instances the young re
vert to the ideals and mode of life OF their fore
i fathers The Indian girl, on the other hand, can
! be that when she finishes school course
that includes domestic economy there Is a place