The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-11-26

nominated ~ Kansas city tho second time
he was nominated for the Presidency"
This WAS IN 1900, and according to the
age given ny Miss Edmordson in applying
for her marriage license, she was 2 ycars
old ~ that time
Il am sorry that the news has leaked
out and ! wish that nothing would be said
about it until after Thanksgiving Day"
Nr. Croker Happy.
Mr.. Croker himself was IN good humor
when intcrviewers met him a. he left his
house, with bis son Howard. IN tho morn
ing
lie smiled checrfuly arI waved his
hand a. the newspaper men who gree:ed
him.
Not now, not word now" he said
WHATS happening ia the war zone"
Then he was shown the despatch from
Memphis whlch was the first Indication
New York had of the real identity OF the
bride T. be.
so" he said The news comes from
Memphis, does It? How in the world do
!ou supnosc any on- down there knows
about it?'
But you don't deny the truth of the
despatan.' h. Was told lis it true?'
When man does a good thing" re-
tor;ed Mr.. Croker, somewhat irre.eyantIy
the newspapers never mention it. This
j. purely personal matter. Of no inter-
sat TO the public, and viii not talk ab,u,
IT. But when "a man docs a bad thlnz
the newspapers hound him for years"
lie added thu; n- mad mover done ANY
thing wrong Taon be went into the hom"
o.. :. ,iugEenhri.u. 923 Flfth avenue, and
later drove off IN an automobile wiki Mrs
Guegenheim and her daughter
Miss Edmondson is writor singer
suffragist and lecturer. According to the
records OF the Hippodrome, a leIter was
". fhaHa in,
Charles r. Smith, president OF the Okla
homa Water Company OF Muscogce which
described her as a charity Indian girl. then
living at "a West Fifty-fourth street, who
had been called by the Chicago Tribune
tho most beautiful Indian girl In Amer
lea
Miss Edmondson appeared n few days
and eventually obtained "A part in the sur
frage parade, in which she appeared IN
indian costume, mounted on a horse. She
held this part for three or four weeks
and then was dropped back to the chorus
This was not TO her liking, and che left
the show. The manager OF the Hippodrome
recalls that she had good, although un-
cultivated voice.
L. slim and Fair.
She is tall. slim, with grand ar and
good color No one looking at her would
suspect her Indian blood, as her skin and
hair arc fair.
Since thon stN has been featuring
throughout the country on Indian Gus
toms and Indian music. She always lee
tured in full Indian costume. and usually
sang a fcw songs in Cherokee.
Her father, q Scotchman, was born in
Georgia, and he went to oklahoma many
years ago, marrying and having ono child.
Miss EdmondsOn was tiSt sent to an In
dian school at Tulllequah. Okla. and when
her father prospered and she becam 10
years old, she WIS sent 10 the Chicago
University, where she took n full course,
Later she took up music. Her parents left
her IA stable farm near Muscogee.
Her grandfather invented the Chero-
kee alphabet, and she has done much for
the betterment of her race. She has
translated many OF the legends OF her
race.
Here Is a poem she wrote:
"Then from all parts Of the nation
From humblest homes and richest
Came the bright faced Indian matdens:
Maidens fair and mtidrns dusky.
Naidens short aud tall and willOwy,
Came they 10 this scat OF learning
Drank they from this sparkling fountain,
And with thirsty souls unslAked
IOugcl for more OF lIehe's potion
l.ong'd and an their lives kept longing;
Ana in time sent back their daughters,
That their lives might he 80 swcetened
Ana their days and deeds h." fruitful"
Mr., Croker has already engaged train
accommodate for himself and his bride
on a train leaving for Palm Beach, Fla,
this afternoon,