Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-01-26

contrary as matter of fact For instance, it
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 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 devOting their energies to mas
terry of cookery and sewing and the other essen
tials Of successful home-making to which, in the
estimation of old-fashioned folks, the white
girls of the period giving all too little atten
ton. At the time, many of the red-skin
bellies not content to ignore the social accom-
plishments which are supposed to enhance the at
tractiveness Of modern young women. Accord
ingy at the Indian School at Carlisle, Pa, and
other large institutions Of this kind we find the
daughters of the forest crowdng the classes in
music painting drawing dancing, modern ath-
letics, etc, and even 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
some Indians. The remarkable life stories OF
of the sefmade 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 cases.
There Is, however, and perhaps always will be
a difference Of opinion to the wisdom OF at
tempting to fix the AngloSaXon 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 uncivilized semi-civiliZed
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 or
most Indian clans however, the women have
proven amenable to the eXact1OnS OF the
life wherein 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 Care-free nOmadtc 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
homa and other parts of the west.
Even at the outset OF her career in the conven-
tiona environment of the age the indian girl has
many advantages over her brother who COM
frequently happens that a young man OF Indian
blood graduates with honors from some indian
school only to find opportunities awaiting MIN
commensurate with his ability. Small wonder
that in some instances the young
vert to the ideals and mode OF life of their fore
fathers The Indian girl, on the other hand can
be sure that when she finishes school course
that includes domestic economy there Is pace