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4 SIMPLEX ~
MASK WIDELY USED

Indian and Eskimo masks one sees many
of the faces he has viewed in show Win
dows and is surprised to find these of
Indian origin. IT is fact. however. that
the maginations of these people run
much more to the fashioning of the
hideous and grOtesIue than dc the mag
nations of more civilized races. Civilized
man finds. therefore, that ne can borrow
better designs of this sort from the In
dian or the Eskimo than he can make for
himself.
The great, square-faced, goggle-eyed
god of the Eskimo is quite familiar.
There is the sun face. favorite among
the northern tribes that await the ending
of long arctic night. There is many
huge image hung in the meeting houses
of these tribes that is too large to be
worn as an actual face. 1t is suspended
by a cord and its operator stands behind
il and puts it through its stunts. The
strings are pulled that make it roll its
eyes, stick out its tongue clap it's great
jaws together. Even transparengies are
we'll developed and flame is ISlde to
shoot through the eyes and from the
mouth of the demons of the celebrations.
AS the old Germanic Halloween par
took largely of the nature of ancestor
worship, so do the rites of the Pueblo
Indians of the southwest. This is true
of all the celebrations of the Hop and
even of the snake dance of the Moqui
Indians. both Of which are branches of
the Pueblo tribes.
Among the Pueblos every clan has
its own ancestral god. 1t may be rep
resented by the bear, the wolf, the wild
turkey. the eagle or any Of the in
Vulnerable animals and things that
make up part of their lives. In the
case of the Moquis it is represented
by the snake mother from which the
tribe is believed to have sprung.
Each of these animal ancestors is
very clearly symboliZed by what are
known as Katcinas. So each elan has
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gunny sack, with great welts upon it,
caused by smaller bags of seeds.
a typical celebration in a Pueblo town
is the visit of the monsters to every house
on a. given mesa. The object of these
visits is to tell the people that the mon
sters will return again at Il given time
for meat and bread. The members of
each group are clothed in the costume
peculiar to the given clans and are like
wise masked.
Upon its arrival at house the group
halts before the door and its leader calls
in a high falsetto voice, asking for the
inmates. The monster that represents
the mother carries collection of snares,
and when boy appears she gives him
one, telling him to hunt game and that in
eight days the company will return for
meat. She gives the women and girls
ears Of corn, telling them to grind ii and
that in eight days the visitors will re-
turn for bread. At every house the
clowns perform their usual jocular feats.
When eight days have elapsed groups
of monsters go forth and call at every
house in the Pueblo, demanding food from
the inmates whom they had formerly
notified to prepare it. The demand is
made in the same falSetto voice and is
emphasized by the presence of attendants
armed with 1assoes which they attempt
to throw about any person who refuses
their demand. AS a lawful part of the
ceremony boys very often prefer rat
on a stick This is refused and a piece
of meat. ordinarily mutton. is held out.
The monster examines it and i'll case It is
not large enough hands it back, shaking
his hideous head When the desired
quantity of meat is presented it is placed
in basket carried by a woman monster.
Tor women are always the burden bear
ers. The woman Of the house is then
asked for meal and proffers that which
was ground from the corn given her on
the previous visit. This is refused and
she offers more and more until the mon
SterS are finally satisfied.
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come TO have a certain very definite
katcina. which represents it in all its
ceremonies. The masks and the
clothes of these katcinas. are always
the same. and each season these are
freshly painted. Their repainting thus
successfully for centuries has develop
ed some very able artists among the
clans and the symbols have become
quite striking.
Second in Importance to the Kat
cinas, or clan gods are the clowns. No
celebration Is complete without its
clown. He is the buffoon. the laugh
provoker. He uses all the devices of
the circus jester in provoking a laugh.
He knows the slap stick well. There
are those among him who gormandiZe
TO the delight of all beholders \
favorite joke upon one of his fellows is
to rub that individuals bare flesh with
a handful of the thorns of the prick
ly pear, greatly to the delight of all
5eholderS.
DIR. J. w. Fewkes. representing the
bureau of ethnology, has spent twenty
five summers among the Pueblos. His
study of the different clans has been eX-
haustive. He speaks authoritatively when
he tells of the origin and meaning of
these mask customs.
"All these varied ancestors" said Dr.
F'ewkes, "came, in the belief of these In
dams. from the earth mother and the sky
father. They found their way to their
present abode by emerging from the
Grand Canyon of the Colorado. After
reaching their present abode they gave
birth to the different tribes. The katcina
is the original parent.
Although the Indians themselves do
not realize it, l believe the clowns origi-
nally were more than mirth provokers
They probably represented members of
the tribe in its earlier history. OF all
these clowns the mud heads are the best
known. These have u mask made of
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In the kivas, or meeting houses, vari
Gus symbolic performances are given.
these often being in many acts and lasting
throughout the night. My wife and L at
tended one of these and squatted on the
floor among the Indians throughout the
length of this tedious but enlghtening
performance.
While we waited voice was heard
at the hatchway, for the door is in the
roof. and moment later ball of meal,
landed the floor by the fireplace in
the center of the room. This was a sig
nal that the first group of actors had
arrived. After considerable hesitation
there was a movement above and the
hatchway was darkened by the form of IA
man descending. The fire tenders rose
and held their blankets about the fire
to darken the ROOM Immediately there
came down the ladder a procession of
masked men bearing long poles, upon
under their blankets certain objects Were
concealed. Filing to the unoccuped end
of the kiva, they rapidly set up the OBJ
jects they bore. Wien they We're ready
a signal was given, and the fire tenders,
dropping their blankets, resumed their
fore our astonished eyes We saw a minia-
ture field of corn made of small clay
pedestals, out of which projected corn
sprouts few inches h;-h. Behind this
field of corn hung a decorated cloth
screen reaching almost TO the rafters On
devices, among which We're pictures OF
human beings. male and female, and of
birds. symbols of rain clouds. lightning
and falling rain Men wearing grotesque
masks and ceremonial kits stood on each
side of this screen, one dressed rs a
woman and bearing in one hand a has
ket tray of meal and in the other an
ear of corn.
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MONG the many
interesting women
" ho viii spend the
coming winter az
the capital Mrs.
John Miller Horton
of Buffalo stands
olt conSpicuously.
Mrs. Horton passed
several III ont h 5
here last winter
and her hospitali-
talit.eS enriched
Mrs Horton il This
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philanthropist. Mrs. Horton as Kath-
crime LorenZ Pratt was the companion
and for many years the executive head
of her fathers numerous charitable ac-
Invites. She acted on boards of different
institutions and faithfully distributed
thousands of dollars in charity accord
ing to her fathers desire. Since his
death she has practically adopted his
proteges and to the list has added many
of her own. Her Buffalo home, filed
with art treasures gathered from every
part of the world, is always open for
rhilanthropic and benevolent purposes
For more than twenty Years Mrs. Hor-
tons name has been associated with
every public event of Importance in Buff
falo and she has been honored by the
choice Of her associates to fill many dig
nitied positions outside. She was among
the directors of the worlds fair in Chi
cagO ard of the Louisiana purchase in
st. Loti. and was chairman of the lady
managers when her home city, Buffalo.
WAS hostess of the Pan-American expo
SitiOn.
Mrs. Horton is her own business di-
rector, and since the death of her father.
followed some years later by that of her
husband she has kept her enormous in
terestS under her personal control She
has not only retained all that she inner
tied, but she has added considerably to
her holdings. Her business acumen is
among her strongest assets as available
timber for the ID. y. r. presidency.
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II II Gun niHS vi tile
civilized man with
all modern appli-
anccS at hand is
unable to devise
halloween masks
more hideous than
those made for
centuries by the
North American
Indian. W h Q n
Halloween fun
m 3kerS run RIOT
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with this sum to which others interested
contribute we have wrought all our Won
der in the civic way. Buffalo, as d poly
glot center. is perhaps unequaled for its
size. Our populat ton has component
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''The act began with a song. TO which
the masked men. except the last men
toned, danced. A hoarse roar made by
a concealed actor blowing through an
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She has taken up their Mancial inter
ests with the established reputatio of
having directed her own with eminent
success, and in this she resembles Mrs
Matthew T. Scott, the retiring president,
who has made such an admirable record
as an executive head. For eleven years
Mrs. Horton has been regent OF the Buff
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EY MARCAEEr =. DOWNING
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[EBe, RID MA&y HALLOWEEN

EALSE-FACE. Ceremonies
L Common to Many Tribes
and Have Their Origin in a
Mythology Much Like That
Upon Which the Druids Built
Our Own Celebration-Those
Aborigines Make Many Gro
tesque Masks.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-12-19
BY ESTHER GRIFFIN WHITE.

"They keep on finding it out" said
the other person.
WHAT" growled the misanthrope.
THAT men are a cold proposition
when met on the business plane" re-
piled the other person.
"What'd you expect?" sneered the
misanthrope. isn't that just what you
want-to oe treated on an equality
with men,"
Whatever Mrs. Helen Britton, own
err of the St. Louis Cardinals, of the
National League, may or may not have
wanted, she publicly states that she
has found men dishonest and mean in
their dealings with her.
And because she's a woman.
Mrs Britton had this inheritance
thrust upon her through the death of
her uncle.
She is petite, pretty, trig and femi-
nine.
But she has shown herself to pos
sess much uncomfortable business
acumen.
According to Mrs. Britton, who has
just been in attendance on the meet
her professional confreres regarded
her as an easy mark.
That is, in the beginning.
They don't any more.
Mrs. Britton didn't say this.
But the public-the baseball public
is aware of it.
Thus Interestingly comments Mrs
BrittOn:
Let any woman dissatisfied with
the 'drab reality of home life and do
mestic surroundings just fall heir to a
baseball team if she is looking for AN
outside interest-a career Well, all
! have to say is that is the last thing
| would wish to happen to another of
my sex. It's been a terrible revelation
into the dishonesty and meanness of
some men.
'In fact before | become possessed
of this white elephant | thought ev-
erybody was kind and that good ma
ture and honesty were to be found ev-
erywhere among men, but this has
been an eye opener | have found to
what degrees of meanness men will
go to take advantage of woman
whom they look upon as novice in
the business world.
II have found how little chivalry
and loyalty there can be in some men
| have learned lesson which, after
all, is such an unfortunate lesson for
any woman to have to learn.
while | have made success where
failure might have been made I have
done it at demands upon my femininity
and my optimism. 1t has not really
made a cynic of me, but it has made
me feel that life for a woman left with
an extraordinary inheritance need no,
expect to depend on chivalry and upon
her status as woman for a fair deal
81 know there have been a good
many stories going out of how | have
handicapped the Cardinals by my per
sonal interference-that / have block
ed deals. l did not block them Men
who have been too cowardly to come
out in the open and tell the truth
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-12-19
FOOLED THE MEN
Did the Owner of the ST. Louis Cardinals When Her
Masculine Confreres Proc eeded on the Assumption
that She Didn't Have Ordinary Sense.

when | have been accused are respon-
sible."
The fact is that, on the average,
women are more honest in business
transactions than men.
Of course there are plenty of eXcep-
tons
And some notorious ones.
But, on the whole, you'll find women
on the balance side of the ledger.
The thing that women find out at
once they enter what is sometimes
strangely called the business field" is
that, with or without the franchise,
mans attitude toward them has com
pletely changed.
They don't expect drawing-room man
ners.
Nor the little attentions that women
like from men.
They expect the probabilities Of life
And really want little else.
When you're tied up with lot OF
! things every day that you have to look
after, you have little time to waste
| in sentiment and pretty speechifying
. The thing women object to, as voic
ed by Mrs. Britton, is the disposition
of men to take advantage of women
/ in a business way, especially if the lat
ter are inexperienced.
| Now Mrs Britton is evidently hon
est.
She was nice little woman who
had always led that famed Sheltered
and protected" life and the gentry
who administered on the St. Louis
Cardinals gave her little credit for
the most ordinary business sense.
! She surprised 'em.
When she found that $4,000 a
year manager was lazy, side stepping
his duties, losing her money and be
ing generally good-for-nothing, she
gave him notice to quit.
! He flourished a long time contract
under her nose and pointed to its ex,
piraticn-two years hence.
Mrs. Britton practically says that
she don't give the celebrated "demn
about that contract.
] It's been forfeited by his negligence
She can't afford to lose money.
Gives him to understand that he
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-12-19

find men teachers getting more money
than women teachers in the same DO
sition.
Why?
Simply because they are men.
Not because of superior merit or
ability or qualification.
All kinds of superior women are la
boring under this handicap
And the attitude of the men in this
profession toward the women is lust
as offensive as their salaries are high.
err
You will find everywhere mediocre
half-and-half men at the head of de.
partments where should be capable
and efficient women
For no reason on earth than because
they are men.
And yet men say that when women
go out into the world to match their
abilities with men they must expect
to be treated on the same plane.
You'll find this in every business
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no good and may as we'll get out now
as any other time.
Mrs. Britton seems TO be a nifty
young women.
And to have enough business sense
to get rid of poor employe who is
deliberately Sinking the terms of his
contract.
This is what any man would do.
And yet Mrs. Britton is lambasted
and knocked all round the ring be-
cause she sees its necessity and logic
Men say-'if women enter business
life they will have to expect to be
treated like men"
All right, says the business woman.
Just what | want
But she isn't treated like a man.
Men take advantage of her sex,
whether she's competent or not.
In no profession in which women
dominate is this more fragrant than in
that of the teaching.
In almost every locality-save where
women have made fight-you will
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every profession, every trade, thai
women enter.
For men, Notwithstanding their SIC
gan-'when women enter business lif.
they must expect 10 be treated lik
men''-continue to treat them hk
women.
That is. the women lose all the emo
luments of their sex and gain nothir
but the disadvantages of MASCULINE!
This will hold just as long as tn,
universal franchise is lacking
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-12-19
Applied With a Sponge.
EVERY POPUlAR."

EVERY POPULAR"
Opera cream is now used by Act
resses and Society Women in all the
cities, when making up for the street
or fancy occasions, when desirable to
look nice and still not have powder
showing on the face.
OPERA CREAM
A LIQUID BEAUTIFIER.
For the complexion. when properly
used, imparts a velvety loneliness and
softness to the skin that is unobtain-
able with any other preparation.
1t never roughens or irritates.
T3T IT.
For sale by all druggists, or by
mail direct from manufacturers, on
receipt of price, 25c. Manufactured
by Dayton Drug Co, Dayton, Ohio.
advertisements
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-12-19

Fairy Sticks. Buttercups. Prize MI
lures and other hard boiled candle
that are pure and delicious, at Prices
lat
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-12-19
Reckless Question.

- wasted "a full hour yesterday
How" Asked Green how his baby j.
getting ou."-netroit Free Press
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1912-09-25
1912 FOOTBALL CAPTAINS

Annapolis Naval Academy, Peter
H. Rodes, capt; fullback.
Beloit College, George A. Dahlgren
capt.; tackle.
Carlisle Indian School, James
Thorpe, capt; halfback.
Cornell University, Edward W
Butler, capt; halfback.
Harvard University, Percy L.
Wendell, capt; halfback.
Haskell Institute, William Will
liams, capt; left tackle.
Kenyon College, F. Lane Rhora-
baugh, capt: tackle.
Leland Stanford University, Louis
Cass, capt.; halfback.
Northwestern University, Louis A
Stimson, capt; halfback.
Oberlin College, Duffy Seay, capt. !;
quarterback.
Pennsylvania State College, J. Les
ter Mauthe, capt; fullback.
Princeton University, Roy R.
Hutchinson, capt; quarterback.
Purdue University, Roy R. Hutch
ison, capt; quarterback.
University of Chicago, Halstead H
Carpenter, capt; halfback.
University of Illinois, William H
Woolston, capt; fullback.
University Of Minnesota, Clifford
Morrell, capt; center.
University of North Dakota, John
Mcknight, capt.; left tackle.
University of Wisconsin, Joseph H
Hoeffel, capt; end.
Westpoint Military Academy, LIE
land Devore, capt; tackle.
Yale University, Jesse Spalding
capt; halfback.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1912-09-25
SNEAD DEFENSE SCORES.

Amarillo, Texas, Sept. 25.-Coun-
sci for the defense scored heavily yes
terday afternoon in the habeas cor
pus for John Beal Snead, charged
with the murder of Al. G. Boyce, Jr.,
when the evidence of Mrs L. A. Bog
ers of Dallas, Texas, was declared ad-
missible after debate of two hours.
Mrs. Rogers testified that she with
her husband and child occupied the
upper story of house in Dallas, IN
the lower portion of which Snead, his
wife and two children lived from July
8 until August 13- g..
She declared AL. G. Boyce, Jr.. call
ed at the house numbers of times
during Snead's absence, and that
Mrs. Snead received letters signed
'Albert'' practically every day.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1912-09-25
NO MORE CANE BUSHES.

Minneapolis, Sept 25.-Minnesota
university students will drop a GUS
tom, honored since the founding of
the college, this year, in the passing
of the cane rush. The faculty coun-
Gil has decided that the pursuit of
the blackthorn is too dangerous and
accordingly, a tug-of-war will be sub
stituted in its stead.
President Vincent has offered a
silver cup as trophy to the winning
team, and it is to remain in the DOS
session Of the class winning it as long
as they are able to hold it. The num-
erals and number of points won will
be engraved upon the cup each year.
In lieu of the various field events
that have been staged before the
main feature each cane rush day, a
series of wrestling bouts will be stag
ed. The ban has also been placed up
on boxing, and all the rough features
have thus been eliminated. October
II has been set as the day for the
event and the underclassmen are
starting to train their gladiators.
DR.. Cooke. director of the depart.
ment of physical instruction, made
an effort to have the push ball in
stalled this year, but the expense i!
such that the athletic hoard of con
troll refused to accept his proposals.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1912-09-25
KENYON ON STAND

Arthur Kenyon took the stand at
2 p. m. this afternoon in his own de-
Tense on charges of robbery and lar
ceny. He is proving a reluctant wit
ness having a hard time to remember
dates and places. He was placed on
the stand following the testimony of
DR.. Ward and DR.. Henderson who
agreed that he was monomaniac.
Kenyon claims that he is controlled
by Jim Stepp, his stepfather. Both
doctors agreed that he was sane and
rational on every other subject DR..
Henderson said that he might or
might not be capable of distinguish
ing between right and wrong. The
Kenyon jury is composed of George
Anderson, F. E. Lloyd, John Gilsted,
J. Peterson, Earl Helmer, c. c. Hag-
en-, Fred Iverson, O. B. Olson, w. M.
Haberly, Demp Moler, Hans Torger-
son, and A. R. Garvin.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1912-09-25
TURTLE RIVER.

Mrs. Keiser, who has been in Be-
midi the past several days, returned
home Monday night. Mrs. Keiser
was accidentally shot in the calf of
the leg last Thursday afternoon by
Miss Ruth Guthrie, who was trying
to load % rifle.
On Sunday morning the NJ & l.
passenger train ran over and killed a
handsome black horse owned by W.
T. Blakely, OF Farley. The horse
with another, was grazing along the
road and had wandered onto the
track. The animal took first prem
ium at the Beltrami county fair, re-
Gently held.
Mrs. G. H. Paquin and Mrs S. A.
Paquin shopped in Bemidji on Sat
urday.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1912-09-25
IS FOR WOMEN ONLY
Miss Eddy Prepared to Show House
wives Place of Cheese in Fam
lily Diet.
DEMONSTRATION THURSDAY P. M.
Miss Beatrice Eddy, instructor il

Miss Beatrice Eddy, instructor in
domestic science at the high school,
has invited the ladies of Bemidji to
demonstration tomorrow afternoon
of various methods of preparing
cheese dishes. This is the first Of a;
series of demonstrations which will
be given by Miss Eddy during the
winter if the ladies show that they
are interested.
The demonstration Will be given in
the room used by the cooking class
es. 1t is located on the second floor
of the high school building near
Professor Dyer's Office. Miss Eddy
will give an informal lecture and at
the same time will be preparing the
dishes. The pupils in the cooking
classes may be present if they wish.
Il hope the ladies will attend this
demonstrations said Professor Dyer
this morning. Eff they show an in
terest in this line of our extension
work, the first demonstration will
be followed by others. Miss Eddy
has outlined a series in which she
plans to cover many food stuffs which
are good body builders if prepared
properly but which are not used
much in our homes today. The
weather may be bad, but it will be
pleasant inside"
The demonstration is for ladies
only and the number of men who
will be- admitted has been limited tc
three . s.,