The Washington herald., 1914-09-07
indian HEIRESSES
Invade CAPITAL
CARRIED in Partisan Gowns,
They Capture Hearts of
Many a Man.
ANOTHER REASON, TOO
Each of These Three Dainty Okla
homa Indian Maids Has $3.000.-
900 in Her Own Right.

| With all the absorbing interest in the
European struggle diplomatic Washington
! has found time to stop and surrender
! itself completely to three Indian girls
| Such n strange thing. But then these
maidens are totally different from the
American idea of Indian girls.
Were 1t not that Paris is In state
Of seige one would believe that the
three beauties who have encamped in
the National Capital are exponents OF
the latest fashions from the French
capital They are so unlike anything
ever seen in the moving pictures. yet that
is what they are-moving pictures.
The three young women in question.
aside from their natural beauty and their
modish styles. possess still another attri-
butte which has endeared itself to the
hearts OF Washington men. TO wit: they
have money-and much OF it. In fact.
they are about the richest young women
who have shown here for some time.
Through their Uncle Sam, they have been
given. in round numbers, close 10 5000
900 each in payment for OF lands, be-
longing originally to the richest nation.
per capita, in the world.
And now 1t may be we'll to introduce
to their American friends Mrs. Ada
Shaw York. Miss Josephine Mathews.
and Miss Louise Bruce. They are all
natives OF Pahuska. Okla. They have
started out on a tour of their native
land. The girls are descendants OF IA
nous Indian chiefs.
Instead OF the conventional costumes
OF the Indian girl, these girls wear the
dress of their American sisters That
is why today they walk the streets of
Washington and are mistaken for ex-
ponents of ultra-fashion. They are
smartly frocked in the latest basque
models with tight black velvet turbans
perched jauntily over one eye and they
wear Partisan models with the grace
and ease Of never having known sight
of a bulky blanket.
Her Complexion Rosy.
Pahuska, whose band OF Osages founded
the city of that name in Oklahoma She
is French and Indian. While her eyes
are typically Indian her complexion is
clear and rosy and bespeaks her French
ancestry.
Mrs. York is known among the Indians
as Little Black Bird" She is a Roman
Catholic and was educated by the Sisters
Of Divine Providence at st. Mary's In
stitute at POnca City. Okla.
Miss Mathews. who is distinctly
blonde, is the daughter OF Judge William
S. Mathews. counsel for the Usage tribs.
Mr.. Mathews is a frequent visitor 10
Washington. coming TO confer with the
Indian Bureau in the interest Of his reO-
pie. Miss Mathews was Christ'ned Little
Deer" by Chief SauCyCalf. whose murder
has been a mystery in Oklahoma for zen
years. She was educated at LOrCttD
Academy, in Kansas City. Mo, and h--
sides being a writer OF skill is an au-
thority on interior decoration.
One would easily mistake Miss Bruce.
the third member OF the PARTY. for Ger
man: but she has n mixture OF English
in her veins She has large blue eyes and
a wealth OF light hair. Her education
was completed at Crescent College.
Eureka Springs, where shc .tudied dra-
matte art and painting. SorIe II her
works in the latter have b5"n presented
in various exhibitions throughout the
country.
These three girls. who already have
found a host of admirers in the capi-
tai city. represent the true aristocracy
OF the Indian race. There are two
other classes Of Indians. namely Kaki-I
stoeraCy and ReneRades. These young
ladies, therefore. are looked upon as
true members of the nobility in their
own country and even above association
with the one time carpet baggers who
now own vast acreage OF land and form
the so-called society In some locali-
tics.
The Indian trio will tour the Eastern
cities before sailing for Cuba next month.
After a trip through Cuba they will re-
turn home via Mexico and Texas.