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INDIAN BASKET COLLECTING
By Frederic J. Haskin.

An increasing interest is developing in
the southwest in the collection of an
tique Indian baskets, because of the de-
creasinS numbers to be obtained. Fine
basketry is one of the arts fast becom-
ing extinct 1t is claimed that within
the next decade not a single Indian
squaw capable of making baskets of real
value will be in existence. 1t is impor-
tant, therefore. that as many good speci-
mems as possible should be preserved for
the future. Museums. as well as private
individuals throughout the country, are
competing with each other in the col
lecting of rare baskets.
One of the finest private collections of
Indian baskets in the country is being
made by Mrs. Charles Schrader, who has
recently erected a museum building in
Tucson, AriZ., for their exhibition. Mrs.
Schrader has confined herself to the
basketry of Indians native to California
and Arizona. Her collection now in
cludes several hundred baskets. 1t is
valued at thousands of dollars. Each
basket has some special claim to dis
tinction. Some are centuries old and
have come down through generations of
Indian chiefs. Others are the ceremonial
baskets of certain tribes. She has no
duplicates For years Mrs. Schrader
has been in close touch with old Indians
as we'll as settlers who have had oppor-
tunities to secure baskets directly from
them The prize group of her collection
consists of twenty-four baskets made by
a single tribe now extinct. These baskets
were collected many years ago by an
old German. Last year New York mu-
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poor quality. They are attempting color
and are making some decorative pieces
by using the red fiber from a root of
certain kind of cactus.
Attempts to revive fine basketry are
regarded as hopeless by those best quali-
fed to judge. The old squaws are not
willing to teach their art to any save Of
their own tribe. The young women are
not willing to spend the time to acquire
the art properly. Strong tribal laws and
superstitions forbid teaching basket
weaving to outsiders. Last year an
American woman in southern California
who had befriended the Indians upon
several occasions finally induced an old
squaw to give her lessons secretly. The
news leaked out and within few weeks
the old squaw was driven out of the In
dian village. Despite the kindness of the
American woman, the squaw died shortly
afterward from grief over her humilia-
ton and exile. 1t is rumored that sew
eral squaws have been quietly put to
death by members in their tribe for vio-
lating their ancient laws and teaching
their native art to outsiders. So the fin-
est basketry art is becoming extinct be-
cause no teachers may be procured to
continue it.
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portant to the Indian weddings as is
the ring in
Marriage Basket ristian
Important in Rites. tas,,a, n,as

usually provided by the bride herself
In most cases she took quite as much
pains in its weaving as did the oriental
maiden in weaving her betrothal rug
The marriage basket was fiat in shape
A cross was made in meal upon it.
The bridegroom first took a bit of the
meal in his fingers and conveyed it to
his mouth. Then he placed a bit of 1t
, upon the lips of his bride. This mar
riage rite is fast dying out. The modern
Indian maid is married by a Christian
priest or a justice of the peace. She
needs no marriage basket.
Friendship baskets were exchanged
between chiefs after the signing of
peace treaty. They represented the
highest weaving skill a tribe could
command. In some tribes a long basket
was woven to hold the arrows sent as
a declaration of war. These arrow
baskets are extremely rare and valu-
able. A few American Indians used
basket shields to protect themselves
!, from the poisoned arrows of the enemy
as do the South Sea Islanders. The
shields are very rare and much sought
for
Birth baskets were important in every
household and some beautiful speci-
mems of these are to be seen. They
are small and oval shaped They held
the young baby until he was strong
enough to be strapped to his mothers
back. Some of the baskets designed for
chiefs sons were richly ornamented
with beads and feathers. Mrs. Schrader
includes in her collection birth basnet
which held the numerous sons of one
of the fiercest Apache chiefs who ever
threatened the white settlers of Ari-
zona- In the case of first-born the
birth basket went to the medicine man
for three moons before it was to be
used in order that special cha rms might
be devised to insure the welfare of its
young occupant A fine birth basket
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TWO SLAY BY MISTAKE.
Impulsive Shooters Cause Tragedies
in Ohio and New Jersey.

AKRON. Ohio July 23-Thomas Wolf.
aged forty-five years. well-to-do busi-
ness man. was shot and instantly killed
early yesterday at the home of his
son-in-law, Fred Brown. when he was
mistaken for a burglar by Anthony
Olschefski., Browns neighbor. Olschef-
ski knew the Brown family was away
from home and when he saw Wolf leav-
ing the house he opened fire. The first
shot pierced Wofe's heart. Woke
rolled down the steps to OlSchefski's $
feet. The slayer surrendered.
BURLINGTON. y. J.. July 23.-Thomas
Rogan. policeman. was shot and killed
on the street early yesterday by Winfield
Templeton. a friend. who told the
authorities that he had mistaken Rogan
for a burglar.
TempIeton said that his wife woke
him and told him she heard noises on
the sidewalk a few doors from their
home. Templeton secured his shot
gun and went to the front door of his
home and when he saw the figure of
a man in the darkness standing in
front of a grocery store he fired.
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[ i.i4 M 4it. II Z q h1t' I.f.
J rheumatism. cart
wea knesS or $ O m q
acute forms of dis
ease. IL is an indis-
\ putable warning that
Your kidneys ed
help, and just the help
they need is supplied
by Warner : Safe Kid
ney and Liver Rem
edy. 1t soothes and
heals Inflammation and
irritation. and eradu-
ally restores the kid
( neNs to their normal
condition. At all drug
( gists' in SOC and Sl.s
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Why the kidneys Need Relief

Do you know that every ounce or
blood in your body passes throuch
[ the kidneys every three minutes
Well. il does. and. rs il is the duty OF
J these frail tubular structures 10 fi!ter
all impurities from the blood. II is
readily realized that the least In
\ tiamTation or irritation results in i'm
perfect work. which is sure 10 impair
your health.
That is why. IL you suffer from
Evening star., 1914-07-23

Wilbur Robinson. aged twenty-one
years. and Roy Kendall. aged fifteen
years, were lodged in Jail at Hagers-
town, Md, to await hearing on the
charge of holding up Joseph Dusang, a
farmer. while the latter was driving to
his home near Wolfsville and robbing
him of a sum of money and a check
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Rewards Also Great.

But ii the sorrows of golf are great, so
also are its rewards. There is a feel and
a glow about a clean-hit drive, or an ap-
proach that dribb!es up to the hole, that
very few strokes at polo. cricket. lawn
tennis or billiards are able to evoke In
the course of a two-hour round a player
has every variety of chance to cover HIM
self with glory or disgrace. Il depends
altogether on his own skill and nerve
and Seif-controi. One suffers for ones
own shUrtcoIn ngs: one profits by ones
own proWe<s-with just enough Of luck
and Chance thrown in to remind one of
the muta5i!ity Of lie And TO many peo-
ulr tbs sense of standing on ones own
merits or defects, and of being solely re-
spousible for vlSto-y or defeat, is part Of
the attraction Of golf. II comforts the
difiideut. il inspires the self-reliant: and
.he essential conpanIOnableneSs OF the
gam saves Il from eSot!sin. Even on the
black days Of retnorse!ess incapaClty there
a. CrIS''-st Tons II being Out III the open
az. IA the scenery anu surroundings, IN
hsabSo!Cte escape from mundane worries,
IN the JH'y sporting spirit that blows over
the links. ana il the consciousness that
Is tcnorroW ones good shots VIII be re-
me,nLercd, ones bad ones forgotten and
LCle again in the ascendant. Judgment
and concentration and the courage never
10 submit or yield, and eveuness ot tenl-
per- these are all tested and disciplined
- -''i' "I'-i' ~ d l'4i' - * 'N'- SiS" II
has tre supreme v!rtCc of being equally
good TO- the yO:u2s. the mIddle-il ged and
Jle o-G of both sexes. y veteran y! 1ftv-
ave with 4 touch Cf lumbage defeats Il
champion Of twv;-ty-seVen: Il boy OF twen-
~ d.sQCs,s OF famous and seasoned mas
tefS -: the game .Vao have been Yiaying
it longer than he has been alive. People
.nay 20 ~ at The golfer as a but TOO
iHr4cai product OF or SOFT ard leisurely
age. but golf tseG 50 long as It remains
4 gstli! ard docs not grow IntO a disease
ccGGs 10 excuse.
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ON the other hand, the way of the
-Ea's-ressor frequently seems to be
pretty smooth
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a married man who owns an auto
mobile is in a position to acquire a lot
Of experience.
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scum offered $1,000 for duplicates of this
set, but they could not be secured.
4; x
For centuries the patient squaws of the
different tribes put in their leisure hours
in weaving bas-
Older WeaVers kets for many
Fast Disappearing. poses as Wen as
for the ornamentation of their homes
Each woven basket indicated some mood
of the weaver. No two were woven just
alike, although the same general form
and pattern might be followed. But the
Old basket weaverS are fast dying OFF ana
the Younger women have not learned the
art in it's finest branches. The present
generation places higher valuation
upon its time than did the past. The In
dian women of today earn money by
making cheap baskets to sell to tourists
With this they purchase for their own
use manufactured articles which they be-
lieve express a higher civilization than
the beautifully woven baskets which their
grandmothers so proudly used.
Now that no really fine baskets are
being manufactured, the value of the old
ones is steadily growing. AS their age
Increases they take on the soft, mellow
tints peculiar to oriental rugs. IN some
respects hasketry and rug weaving are
similar. Both arts evidence the desire of
a comparatively primitive people to give
individual expression of feeling or senu-
nent in the manufacture of articles de-
signed for daily use in the home.
Baskets played important parts in all
the ceremonial rites of the older Indians.
Snake charm baskets for the famous
snake dances, medicine baskets of various
kinds, marriage baskets. friendship bas-
kets and the tribal ceremonial baskets all
have distinct differences in design in
dcative of their uses.
X X
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Many Originated
by California Tribes.

specimens made by a San Diego tribe
show designs of fruit and flowers One
basket of this kind known to be more than
century old shows birds and grapes re-
sembling the cross-stitch embroidery
done by maidens in colonial New Eng
land. The Tulares, another California
tribe, introduced feathers and beads into
their baskets. In some cases the weav-
ing is almost hidden by the plumage of
different colored birds.
The influences of civilization have been
against fine basket weaving. The Papa
go Indians Of Arizona We're the first to
receive the ministrations of the early
padres. They have been practically civ
iliZed for more than century. They
have acquired skill in farming and civil
lized trades, but are represented by few
baskets worthy of preservation. The Pi-
mas and Apaches. who were their fiercest
enemies, produced fine baskets at time
when the Papagos had practically discon
tinued the art. At present the Papago
squaws. many of whom have been edu-
Gated at the government schools are
making baskets in large numbers, but of
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A woman Is seldom older than a man
thinks she is.
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J bottles. Sample free II YOU Write
Warmers Safe Remedies Co. Dept.
$40. Rochester. y. Y.
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farther north is the students military with 145
Troop X 5th Cavalry. Capt Preston Brown
The house is the property of E. W. Grove
and has been in readiness for the Secretary of
family by Fred l.. Seely son-inaw of Mr.. Grove,
of the Atlanta Georgian. The
in addition baths and linen
is located the famous Grove autoway the
exclusive automobile constructed
this country, three years
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may have been passed down to several
generations. but if it was ever used
for a squaw child it was degraded. No
amount of publication could fit it for
the occupancy of a young brave. Two
birth baskets were considered neces-
sary to the equipment of prosperous
chiefs wigwam
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amount of publication could fit it for
the occupancy of young brave. Two
sary to the equipment of a prosperous
chiefs wigwam.
The baskets used as water jars were
cemented with kind of gum unknown
to the modern
Baskets Were Used Indian Com
Also as Water Jars. pc pSiattse's thass ,em ars
now obtainable and they are costly. Their
advantage over the clay pottery jar or
ola Is that they were not brittle and cas-
fly broken in travel. 1t is said that the
substance with which they were coated
had the same faculty of cooling water lby
evaporation as have the clay ollas now
in use among the Indians and MeXicans
Baskets were also used as mixing
bowls. Many of these were so closely
woven that they We're absolutely water
tight. The largest baskets made were the
grain baskets, some of which were large
enough to hold two or three persons.
They were shaped like an ola or water
jar, being largest at the middle and
tapering off at the top. The best OF
these were so finely woven that they
We're vermin proof and strong enough
to stand hard usage for several genera
tions. 1t is doubtful if fine basket of
this sort has been produced within a
half century. although large baskets
similar in shape, but OF coarse modern
weave. are to be found in every tour
lists store in the southwest.
Most Of the ordinary domestic baskets
were woven in only two colors, light
yellow ground with the figures in dark.
Usually the connoiSseur can tell the
tribe by the pattern. 1t is said that the
Apaches represent figures and that the
Pimas decorate their baskets with only
conventional or geometrical designs.
This is not always true. Several fine old
Apache baskets in Ms. Schrader's col
lection are in conventional patterns,
while her finest Pima basket shows a
continuous circle of men with Joined
hands. Other Pima baskets are in
existence with well executed figures
of both men and animals.
1t has been claimed that the most Or
namental baskets in existence have been
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The marriage basket was as i'm
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scum offered 5000 for duplicates of thi
set but they could not be secured.
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The baskets used as water jars were
cemented with a kind of gum unknown
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For centuries the patient squaws of the
different tribes put in their leisure hours
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1914-12-03
GREEN GOODS GAME
ev WILLIAM n. OSBORNE.

The brand new dress suit case or
the long legged chap upon the ferry
boat published to the world at large
that his name was Hiram Jenkinson.
It also indicated In fresh black let
tiers that his home was Sandy Marsh,
N. ]. His clothes we're new. That ne
was quite a countryman and a back
woodsman was quite patent, chiefly
because he had apparently made every
effort to hide all rural traces. If he
had worn long whiskers and SLOUGH
hat, people probably would have ia
ken him for an eccentric urbanlte;
they might never have suspected his
hayseed origin. AS it was, none could
be mistaken. Mr.. Hiram Jenkinson
was countryman, through and
through. In his eye there was con-
siderable amount Of shrewdness. This
deepened as he hauled from his breast
pocket a small envelope and read and
reread its contents. He did this Sc
cretly. The note inside was type
written, and inclosed with 1t was a
crisp new dollar bill, through which
was stuck cheap brass scarf pin.
Dear SIR" ran this letter, AS per
yours in answer to our first, we In
close handsome article advertised.
which you can easily dispose Of any
where. We are in the market for any
number of these articles and are dis
posing of them to select few at 20
cents apiece. They will bring one
dollar anywhere. We will furnish 500
of these for 500; 1000 for 5000 and
SO on. This offer is unlike any pre-
vious one These articles are the gen.
uine stuff, stamped from dies obtained
from Washington, D. C. Trusting you
will like the pin, and that we shall
hear from you at once. we remain
yours, etc, d. C. Wilkes & Co. P. s.
Telegraph only the following mes
sage Ten tons of COAL if you desire
to DEAL"
This letter, Of course, though Mr..
Jenkinson only grasped half the truth
was the letter Of green goods gang
1t had been ingenious!y prepared. SO
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1914-12-03

that cursory reading of 1t gave the
whereas, Of course, 1t was directed
solely to the bill. Strange as it may
seem, there are many fish in the sea
that as yet have been uncaught, and
Mr.. Jenkinson. unfortunately for him,
was about to nibble at the bait.
Now. the green goods game is as
old as the hills. It is a scheme based
upon the safe premise that the victim
being as guilty in intent as the men,
bers Of the gang, will never squeal.
Messrs. D. c. Wilkes & Co. con-
sisted Of gentleman known by the
name of Shifty Shift, and another Of
the name of Strong Arm Smith. Each
of these gentlemen were men on whom
the police of the borough of Manhat-
tan had long had wary eye, but at
whose door it had as yet been unable
to lay directly any crime.
Mr.. Shifty Shift and his companion
were working the green goods game
In manner all their own.
Its great, Shift" said Smith, sim
Fly great. We don't need no goods
no paper, no money. no nothin.' It's
a snap. And we can't get caught"
Messrs. Shifty Shift and Strong Arm
Smith had waited at the ferry to note
the arrival of Hiram Jenkinson. They
saw him, but did not then approach
him. They wanted to be sure they
were not watched.
| THE post office fellers," said Smith
haven't got onto us yet, but we dom
want to take no chances. Plair
Clothes Billers of headquarters ha
got his suspicious. and by George, W,
don't want to have him a-reckonin' o
US up"
Mr.. Jenkinson made for the cas-
side of the town and the two men fol
lowed him. The coast seemed clear
There were no followers of Mr.. Hiram
Jenkinson.
Jenkinson, the Jay, finally reache
an East side corner, after considers
BILE trouble, and then stopped an
looked about him. No sooner had b
done so than two welldressed gel
tlemen approached him. They wer
Shift and Smith of D. c. Wilkes 4
Co.
Mr.. Hiram Jenkinson?" aske
Strong Arm Smith.
4 Mr.. Jenkinson looked blankly q
him. He was not to be taken In. NJ
Strong Arm Smith nodded.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1914-12-03
New Style in Flats.

A new style of architecture, novel
ana not unpleasing to the eye, has
been introduced in the Rue Vayin.
Paris, in a large six-story house of
mats recently constructed. Each story
OF the house retrogrades on the one
below. leaving wide balcony or ter.
race IN front of its windows. The
house has a distinct resemblance to a
huge Hight of stairs. 1t is argued that
the hygienic advantages of such a
method of construction quite compen.
state for the waste of space.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1914-12-03
SEEKING KNOWLEDGE

Il wish there was some way Of
knowing all about the pronunciation
OF the queer names we encounter in
the news"
Here is list showing how every
one of them is pronounced.
Yes But what / want to know is
how you pronounce the way that they
are pronounced"
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1914-12-03
Auto Beats the Wink.

What did you think of the motor
car race, Pat?"
Il didn't see it,
You didn't see it? Why. saw you
at the track"
"Yis. was at the thrack: but had
to wink just at the wrong tonne. and
whin l got thru the race was over
Judge.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1914-12-03
Preiudice.

Papa, what is religious prejudice?"
The convictions of some one else, my
son. Life.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-06-05
THE MEXICAN SITUATION

HENlSFtIN OFRi iSiN
Annapolis, Md, June SAN i'm
portant message from the A. B. G.
mediators was received by President
Wilson on. the presidential yacht
"Mayfiower" while he was en- route
here to attend the graduation exer-
cises.
1t was believed that the message
was protest regarding ammunition
ships speeding toward Tampico for
the constitutionalists.
The president told the graduating
cadets they should work for the bene-
fit of humanity instead of fighting at
''the drop o fthe hat
Washington, June 5.-The Ward
liner Antilla, and her enormous cargo
of arms and ammunition, furnished
the critical element in the Mexican
situation today.
Carranza is believed here to be de-
laying his answer to the Niagara
Falls mediators until he finds out
whether he is to receive the arms.
Admiral Mayo, with his fleet lying off
Tampico harbor, expects Commodore
Azueta, with the HueTta fleet, COM
prising the Progrezo, Bravo and Ear
agoza, to attempt blockade before
the Antilla reaches that port.
Mayo's instructions, up to the
present unmodifed, are to prevent
any blockade.
Torreon, Mex, June 5.-Constitu-
tionalist officials in the confidence of
Gen. Venustiano CarranZa today de-
clared the new constitutionaliSt
cabinet had been selected, and would
be announced by the first chief"
himself when he reaches Saltillo.
The portfolios of public instruction
and agriculture have not yet been as
signed, although Carranza. has in
mind men for the positions.
WANT SENATORIAL VOTE
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-06-05

San Francisco, Cal.-Earl Grey,
former governor general of Canada,
has turned from politics to business.
Travelling as plain Mr.. Grey" he has
been investigating oil wells in Cali
fornia and it is said he has made an
investment of $100,O0O,OOO. He ex-
poets to return soon to England.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-06-05
WANT SENATORIAL VOTE

The women of Chicago want to
vote for the United States Senators.
They will go before the election COM
missioners and press their demand.
Mrs. Grace Wilbur Trout will talk for
the women. She will argue that if it
is constitutional for women to vote
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-06-05
THREATEN BIG STRIKE

Pittsburgh, Pa, June 5.-Westing-
house plants at East Pittsburgh,
which employ between $4,000 and
10000 men, were threatened with
general strike this morning. About
1900 employees of Z o'clock shift
gathered at the gates and announced
they would not go to work until COM
panies met certain demands.
1870
The U. S. Senate has wisely cut
$257 900 from the agricultural appro-
priation bill, which was to be spent
on free seeds. The only crop pro-
duced by the free seed. distribution is
a crop of politics.