Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-11-04
SCHOOL STUDENTS
 PRESENT PRETTY PLAY
Pi Psi Society Puts on "The Arrow Head" at High School TomOr-
 row Evening.

The Pi Psi society of the High school will present "Tha Arrow Maker" an Indian play by Mary Aus tin, at the auditorium of the High school tomorrow night, starting at IS o'clock
 The scene of the play io laid in the | Central valleys of California and the the Paiute group Of Indians. The Sagharawite tribe is one the eve of war with the Castacs, their bloo,l brothers, on account of depredaticns of the latter. The chief of the Sagharawite tribe is too old for war, therefore new war leader has to be appointed. In the council, no de- cision can be reached, and SO the Chesira, the medicine woman of the tribe, is called upon to ,ake the ques- tion Of th3 decision to the gods. There are two aspirants to the leadership Simwa. the arrowmaker, and Pada- hoon, an older fighting man. The sacred sticks reveal to Chesira the will of the gods, which she interprets as a sign of Simwa's leadership The
  Simwa, and gives him the leader ship.
 The rash arrcwmaker, who cares not fer Ch-sira, leaders his tribesmen against the Castacs, winning a victory Afterwards, unknown to Ch sira, the arrowTcker weds the chiefs daughter. When 4Chesira finds this out, she withdraws her blessing from her tribe, and they fall into sore sra ts. They implore her to give back her blessing, but the arrowmaker scoffs at her. The tribe becomes dis satisfied with Simwa, the arrow maker, and deprives him of the leadership, which is bestowed upon Padahoon, the elder aspirant. Fin ally Chesira resolves to go bafors the gods for her people once more, when a foreign tribe threatens de struction. The arrowmaker knows her blessing will ruin him with the tribe, and juss as Chesira is going into her trance of communon with the Friend of the Soul of Man, he shoots her with poisoned arrow.
 The play has been out four years, and is an authentic account of the customs and conditions prevalent among the American aboriginals of he west. The Chesira is simply the genius, one of the powerful char acters that, despite all modern learn ing. remains yet unexplained. Made medicine woman by the death of her father, she occupies the position of communication with the gods, amongl her primitive companions.
 Cast of Characters.
 The play, in throe acts, runs about ninety minutes. The following is the cast:
 Choco, Sylvia Rosenzweig.
 Pamaquash, Frances Land.
 Yavi. youth, Marie Atkinson.
 Seegoochee, chiefs wife, Virginia Crutcher.
 Tiwa, ag:d warrior, Camille Wat son.
 Wacomba, wife of Pamaquash, Jose- phine Martin.
 The Chesira, medicine woman of the tribe, Kathleen Collier.
 Simwa, the arrowmaker,, Ruth Arnett.
 Padahoon, rival of Simwa. Pauline Wright.
 Rain Wind, chief of tribe. Dena Moore-Fisackerly.
 Bright Water, chiefs daughter. Pearl Burks.
 +White Flower, Elizabeth Gross.
 *Pioke, Lucille Simmons.
 *Tuiyo, Ida Sheppard.
 *Companions of Bright Water.
 Indian chiefs-Flors Brewster, Mildred Goshorn, Corinne Smart, Hazel tMlcseley, Laura Ragsdaie and Minnett Scott.
 Indian youths Dorothy Seabrooks, Zelda Davis, Eugenia Manees, Jean Ezsll. Grace Cunning, Pearl Free meyer, Hazel Cornmesser. Christine Puddephatt and Gladys sMcEntire.