Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-08-20
SHOW INDIAN Is
A Matinee IDOL
Standing Oak, With 101 Ranch,
Causes Stir Among the
Fair Sex.

One would hardly look among the !
hardy sons Of the plains for matinee I
idol. Boiled shirts" and starched col !
lars and cuffs are not among the ward |
robes of the sturdy cowboys and In
dams, but this does not prevent the
lO1 Ranch Wild West show from hav-
ing an idol that has played havoc in
the affections OF more than one OF the
matinee idol worshipers. The shrine
at which the maidens are doing hon.
age 10 a simon pure Sioux Indian, and
he is fine specimen OF manhood.
The fact that he cannot do justice to
the affection that is being wasted upon
him by reciprocating in honeyed
words, does not seem TO make any diff
ference TO his fair admirers. stand
ing Oak"-for that is the name OF the
Indian-cannot speak sentence in
Anglo-Saxon. His language is confined
TO that OF his fathers. Being an In
/ dian, he is vain, and the eyes that will
not behave and look beseechingly on
him are met with a response stronger
than the words OF either the Indian or
the white mans vocabulary. He loves
10 be admired, and he is not particu-
I lar who his admirers are. His tepee
| is well decorated with the favors that
have been bestowed upon him by the
/ fair ones Of every city where the show
/ has been this season, and il the Indian
has a sQuaw back on the plains, some
one should send her word TO come on
and take care of him, for he is very
likely 10 forget her and fall a victim
to the powers of one of these seekers
for an affinity. Edward Arlington
who. with the Miller brothers, is own
er OF the 101 Ranch Wild West show,
is inclined TO take the matter serious
! ly. He is not favorable TO flirting in
any shape, but when some of the wo-
men who should have better sense, try
TO win out one of his best Indians, he
becomes decidedly aggressive
4 In speaking OF this infatuation, Mr.
Arlington a few days ago said: Can
you beat It? The women seem to have
just gone crazy over this Indian. ! am
glad that he is not well up in our ways
OF lOvemaking, but am in fear that he
will soon learn. On the plains he was
a good fellow and did not show the
least inclination to depart from the
straight and narrow path, but there is
no telling what he will learn before he
gets back 10 the plains again. Why. in
some of the eastern states we just had
TO send him down TO his car with a
bodyguard of cowboys, and even the
guard we had reason TO believe were
. bribed to accept gifts for him. can
see of no other way of his receiving
them, and he surely has received a
/, lot. The women just line up to make
eyes al him after the performances,
. and he is getting so that he is there
with the eye-making himself
why, last week one more than or
, dinarily foolish damsel followed UP the
: show for three days, just to be near
this Indian. We had to get the police
: 10 keep her away. She was there at
every performance with a bouquet of
flowers 10 throw at him, and after each
| performance struggled him boxes of
cigarets. Can you imagine an Indian
! receiving flowers for doing a wal
dance? | have since been told that
70 the woman was married one, well
connected socially. and the mother of
a family. Such gush makes me sick
In Paris I have seen white women &c
dippy over some colored man. but
: gave our women more credit. OF
course, whites and Indians marry but
, that is generally in a country where
, white women are very scarce. Why, il
, we are not very careful this Indian
worship will become fad and we will
o have all our best Indians clipping from
us"
Possibly some OF the women are
aware Of the fact that many Of the
: Indians with the show are independ
emily wealthy. They are all owners OF
grants OF land by the government and
some of this land is almost beyond Dur
chase. On many Of the grants in Ok
lahoma. oil has been struck and the
= Indian like his pale face brother cut,
- coupons az certain periods OF the year
The 10l Ranch Real Wild West show
= will be in Moline Aug. 81 and Dayen
: port, Sep. 1-2.