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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-06-08

'"The war has done more than any other
POLITICAL influence, since the declaration of
the Monroe Doctrine in 1928, to promote
Pan-American solidarity and to emphasize
the importance of the common interests of
Western republics" says Mr.. John Barrett,
director general of the Pan-American Union
Undoubtedly he is correct, and this example
stands out as evidence that even wars as
gigantic and destructive as this one may not
be without their good effects 1t took some
thing just as cataclysmc as this to properly
promote a long-needed Pan-American unity.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-06-08

Whether with the idea of forestalling
spring poetry we do not know, but at any
rate the Campbell News gets this out of its
system: "When we look out on the alluring
scenes of nature, at this beautiful spring sea-
son, arrayed in their beautiful robe of green,
we are almost constrained to believe that life
is worth living after all the freezes and aches
and pains of a dull and disagreeable winter
of long duration"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-06-08
Painting Farm Homes.
From the Progressive Farmer.

This thing of painting farm homes y
mighty catching said an ObserVant man "
us the other day. you let Bill Jones PAM
his house and have all the passers-by admir-
ing and the next thing you know IO rom
Brown and Henry Sykes say, Well, blIl
Jones amt no better than I am, and guess
my folks are as much entitled to palnte,G,
house as his are So they paint, too.
It's q mighty good sort of contagion to De
going around. Paint pays not only IN pre-
serving lumber, but in giving new pride anu
dignity to the family in the painted nous.
A farmer in painted house seems to rath9i
feel that he has lined up with the progTes
sive folks, has advertised himself as sucH'
and that it's up to him to make good
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-06-08

Under the head of Yesterdays Results"
in the Federal base ball league the Macon
Telegraph few days ago tabulated thusly
Buffalo 8, Pittsburg 6.
K.52s..G8 etaoi shrdl Cmfwy vbxzf
Ready cash is painfully scarce hereabout'
but we would have freely surrendered six
or eight bits to have seen that second-men-
toned game. Do the last four words refer
to comments on the umpire's decisions?
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-06-08

AS spring advances patriotic newspapers
are informing the gardeners how to get rid
of the potato bug. The best remedy we
know is to slip quietly around the patch
while the old bugs are away from home and
hide their eggs.-Dalton Citizen. Yes, or
lock the garden gate while the old uns are
out calling
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-06-08

''Gittin' married amt it all, so far as a
oman is concerned-its gittin' a husband"
So said a negress the other day to the DaW-
son lady who employs her. The philosophy
is not to be gainsaid, even though its phrase
ology may be slightly involved.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-06-08

The Swiss navy is no longer joke. Swift
erland has purchased several power boats
to patrol Lake Constance during the war.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-06-08

If we could only have had touch OF
spring instead of this rude jump from win
ter to summer even an influx OF poetry
might have been endured.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-06-08

Mexican mob in the streets of Vera
Cruz the other day called for more to eat
and less revoluting Maybe an era OF COM
mon sense is about to dawn upon the repub-
lie to the south of us.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-06-08

Senator William Alden Smith says "one
of the most formidable movements in Amer
lean political history is booming him for
the presidency. Well, now!
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-06-08

Now if that English jury which indicted
Wilhelm could only bring him before an
English court.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-06-08

The Georgia woman who has been given
100000 by tramp whom she Defnended
several years ago to the extent of 10 cents IS
no doubt figuring out new tables of COM
pound interest.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-06-08

The problem, what Shall We Do With
Our ex-Presidents?" would be greatly sim
plifed, so far as one of the exes is concern
ed. if MIR. Barnes of New York had his say.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-06-08

That Indiana woman VINO is going to di-
vorce her thirteenth husband should nave
known better.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-06-08

Straws are already showing that the re-
publican party of these United States is 60
ing to have to wat few more years.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-06-08

The kaiser accuses Italy of treachery,
which must be highly interesting to Bel
GUM.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-06-08

Right off the bat Italy seized German and
Austrian shipping in Italian harbors valued
at $20,OOO,OOO. That will help pay ex-
penses for a little while, at any rate.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-06-08

General Sherman would be surprised at
the mildness of his description if he were
alive now.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-06-08

The Romans licked the unbeatable Ger
mans once upon a most memorable time.
No doubt the entente would welcome the
shade of j. Caesar just about this time.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-06-08

Wanted-Some expression to serve in lieu
of this hoary-headed old gag: ''The speaker
was introduced by Mr.. Blank with few
well-chosen remarks
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-06-08

Franklin county has a tax payer who
"gives in" dog at $25 and household and
kitchen furniture at IS. We would like to
see that houn and also the h. and k. furni
ture.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-06-08

Southern Farming says editorially that
s'Lusitanian' is now coined as word. 1t
is, to the eternal shame of the German en-
pire and Prussianism gone mad.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-06-08

The New York Herald which wants
council of neutral countries, forgets now
slender an attendance would be provided I'M
der present circumstances.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-06-08

Of course this new-fangled scheme of
kissing through a screen is all right. Ex-
cept for the presence of the screen we are
unable to find any Objectionable feature.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-06-08

statisticians say 1000, 900 men have died
in battle since history was first recorded.
The mere statement is a sufficient comment
ary upon itself and all it implies.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-06-08

are as vociferous Chalmers as the other pow
ers
Evening star., 1915-12-19

is all quite irregular and informal. no
special hours or service being set apart
for any one feature of the morning
after the regular mass.
On the day after Christmas there is
little of the ways of the white man
noticeable in the continuance OF the
observance. There is a great feast, and
all the time not taken UP in this way
are dressed in buckskin. and array
their necks and arms in beads and sill
yer ornaments. paint their races IN
many colors and don tpeir war pom
nets. Long poles with brushes OF hair
from horsetails are carried by some OF
the men, to recall the time when their
ancestors SO carried scalps as trophies
of war. r Other dancers bear bows ana
arrows with sleigh bells attached.
The women who accompany these
dancers have their dresses planned by
their partners, and the softest featners
of the eagle are placed in the black
are painted white and their faces the
favorite color of the happy Indian
with whom they are to tread the meas
ure of many weird dance that day.
These dances are called "Comanche
dances" and are the war dances OF
other days among the Indians. Those
who sing beat a tom tom and wind
in and out among the circle OF dancers
A large drum is sometimes made of z
carved out log with goatskin
stretched over the ends. When the
singers begin, the female dancers are
standing in a circle around the men,
who are grouped close together, giving
warwhoops as sign that the dancing
which will go on now for three days
with little cessation is about to begin.
At the end of these three days, on the
fourth day after Christmas. the Acoma
pueblos gather in council and elect
their officers, and so end the holiday.
About nine miles south of Tucson.
Ariz. is San Xavier. Papago reserva-
Evening star., 1915-12-19
WOMEN OF BETHLEHEM.

father knows what that means. Such
was the message of the angels at
Chrst,s birth. Behold. 1 bring you
village the birth of a baby is~(sur-
rounded by the most peculiar customs.
Every baby in Palestine is wrapped
in swaddling clothes. These are like
bandages, and are wound tightly around
the infant making it impossible for
him to move his little limbs When
child is born. the first care he receives
is that of being rubbed all over with
oil and salt. The shepherds were
given the sign by which they would
know that the Christ Child was new
born; that He would be found in swad-
ding clothes. and that He was at the
inn in the compartment for animals.
X
After seven days the child's bandages
are unloosened. he is washed again
same clothes. For forty days this
treatment continues. Then the child
is dressed in Fellaheen-Arab clothes.
The father makes great feast on this
occasion, calling his friends to come
and see the boy and, of course, to
bring presents to him. These presents
generally consist of money. The faith
er, in true oriental fashion, helps him
self to all these gifts and presents and
SpenuS tneIu Oh IllIuScll. HIS IcCdllS
the story of the wise men bringing gifts
to the newborn Babe in Bethlehem.
In some homes another custom. mem
toned in Scriptures, is observed. that
of offering a sacrifice as thank Of
fering. If a father wishes to favor his
son particularly, he buys a little dress
of many colors. This is generally done
for the eldest son. All remember the
story of Joseph and how much trouble
and jealousy. the little coat of many
colorsS caused.
The Arabs believe strongly in the evil
eye. They think 1t is at the root OF
all their troubles and sickness. They
consider that certain persons are the
mediums for the evil eye, especially
those possessing blue eyes. To praise
a child or to express admiration for
him will bring harm to him. The way
to evade this is by saying: Marshall
lah, what has God made?" which ex-
preston is understood as praise with
out being open enough to harm the
child.
The father now becomes of greater
Importance in the whole village. Even
his name is changed. Henceforth he
will no longer be called by his own
name, but by the title of father of
Salim," if the boys name be Salim. This
is also the case with the mother. and
a woman receives the real respect of
the community only when she has
son.
He soon grows up to realize his i'm
portance in the home and to use his
privilege to the utmost. But to his
mother he is always gentle and loving
Evening star., 1915-12-19

and to the hammock in the corner, and
so she is able. by moving her foot to
and fro. to rock the baby while she pre-
pares the flour for the bread.
In this way, though she is only in her
mothers home for ten or twelve years,
she receives all the training she needs
to prepare her to keep house for her
husband.
The day of the Arab girls marriage is
one of great rejoicing, not only in her
home, but in the whole village, for the in
habitants of a village are true neighbors
On the morning of the wedding all the
women who live near come to the
brides home and adorn her with many
glittering things. They paint her hands
and face with allhenna, a dark juice.
making hideous patterns on her al
ready dark skin. They braid her hair,
fasten flowers in it and cover her bare
arms with glass bracelets
They spend hours dressing her: all
the while they are singing her praises
to announce the happy event TO the
whole village. When she is well be-
decked they throw a long. heavy red
crepe veil over her head and let II
friends are ready. the bride is seated
on a cameFs back under a gay canopy
and led slowly to her future husbands $
home. A long procession follows her,
and drums are beaten and guns fired.
All the guests have been furnished
with wedding garments, as in the story
of the parable. A banquet is given to
all the guests. The men are served
first They sit on the floor and large
trays of food are placed before them
containing the victuals. which they
will eat with their hands. as they know
nothing about knives and forks.
After this an important part OF the
program takes place. Certain persons
are chosen to collect presents from the
assembled guests. These are usually IN
the shape Of money. After this the pro-
cession moves on to the future home OF
the young couple, who in all proba-
bility have never seen each other be-
fore.
The bridegroom lifts the dark veil
from the brides face. He throws the
veil over his shoulder, signifying by the
act that he is to be master henceforth.
By this act they are married Some
times the bridegroom holds a sword
in sign of his authority.
Sometimes there is little romance
in the marriage The boy may have
seen the girl at the village well, and
he may have asked his father to find
some man to negotiate with the parents
of the girl for her marriage to him,
but even then he may never speak to
the girl himself. and especially not
after they are engaged But usually
the man is from some neighborins
village, and the marriage arrangements
are all made by a third party The
girls wishes are never considered at
all.
Evening star., 1915-12-19

When the Christmas tree first came
under the observation of Indians IN
South Dakota a very interesting chtef
on the Rosebud reservation was much
delighted with the idea. Evergreen
trees were familiar things they ana
the snow and a new kind OF festal day
made combination that appealed to
big Ring Thunder. He said to a trader,
who had set up a tree for the pleasure
of the Indians he was trading among.
that if a Christmas tree was such
good thing as the white man pro-
claimed and he. Ring Thunder. be-
lieved, why shouldn't there be one fixed
up every week rather than every year.
X x
Trees naturally appeal to all Indians;
they are like the walls of an old home
stead which has been shelter since
earliest recollections An ancient Gus
tom which at once suggests Christian
use of the evergreen tree at Christmas
time was prevalent among the southern
Cheyennes long time ago, though only
a story now. In the very last days or
winter the medicine men brought IN a
cedar tree and planted it before the
medicine lodge. Just before this plant
ing announcement was made OF the
fact, and the people of the tribe were
told they might make gifts to the
grandmother of trees" The young
people came with objects of the arts
and crafts of the Cheyennes and deco
rated the tree. These children were
forgiven all wrongs committed prior to
this and were blessed by the medicine
men, who closed the ceremonies of the
day with a prayer that these youths
might be blessed with the everlasting
life which the grandmother" tree en-
joyed.
At the approach of winter this same
community tree was festooned with the
mecca sins of the youngest of the tribe.
and again the medicine men prayed for
blessings to rest upon the wearers OF
the shoes. The laden cedar was then
carried by these men to the shore of
the nearby Missouri river. and as the
people gathered there and sang an
ancient song about the grandmother
tree" the big evergreen, which had
been placed in midstream. rode away.
with its deerskn shoes, on the breast
of the waters.
Evening star., 1915-12-19
E(lO the Indians on most of the
reservations that pay any heed
to Christmas. feasting and

F1o the Indians on most of the
reservations that pay any heed
to Christmas. feasting and
q drinking constitute the big idea
Of the celebration. The Pimas designate
Christmas. New Year day, Thanks
giving and Easter as "feasting days."
while the Shoshones term Christmas
day the big eating" One aged Sho-
shone, the only one coming to an Idaho
mission school celebration who dared
define Christmas. knowingly announced
his understanding of the day as Same
as Fourth of July, when paleface drink
heap much fire water" Turkey day"
and Turkey Sunday" are other ap-
pellations.
other tribes celebrate Christmas ac-
cordfng to their understanding Of the
holy day as taught many years ago
by the Catholic Church and handed
down with greater or less addition OF
certain local and tribal decoration.
They celebrate for four days, begin
ming with Christmas eve at midnight,
at which hour the church bells are
rung. and every Indian, young and
old has gathered outside before a
in the next few hours. The fire is re-
plenished from time to time, stories
are told by the old chiefs, and when
morning breaks they all troop into
the church with harps and whistles.
Two or three "Acomas'' are selected
to guard the place OF worship during
the day, and the governor remains
there all morning while the Indians
are fling in and out of the doors. Each
member of the tribe goes up TO the
altar and kneeis in prayer, and the
children are taught certain prayer
To use on their way to the altar. This
Evening star., 1915-12-19
In the Long Run.

MAYOR THOMPSON of Chicago was
GVU talking at a dinner about the
monstrous parades for and against
Sunday closing that have been thrill
ing the Windy city.
.The Sunday closing law is now being
enforced by u.s." he said. But can we
keep it up? We have the advantage. but
to make our advantage permanent we
must work very hard. Otherwise our
opponents will be in the position OF
the bachelor at the Christmas ball
down and out at first. but victorious in
the long run.
This bachelor. tall and lean and
distinguished looking. approached a
careworn fat man and held out his
hand.
"'Hello. Smith" he said. cordially.
How glad l am to see you. It's seven
teen years since
! But Smith frowned and said in
worried. cold voice:
beg pardon. You have the advan-
tage of me-
Eyes. know have said the stran-
ger. That's why Tn so pleased. We
were rivals for Minnie -Madden's hand.
don't you remember?-and she rejected
me and married you.'"
Evening star., 1915-12-19
Chilelren To-day in the Land Of the Christ Chi

ONES. of the Peasants and Shepherds
IL on the Rocky Hillsides of Judea.
Birth of Child an Important Event, Espe-
cially if the Newcomer IS a Boy-Old
Customs That Have Come Down Through
the Centuries -Swaddling Clothes and
Salt Baths for the Infant-Arab Schools.
How Marriages Are Arranged When Chill
dren Are at Ages Of Twelve and Thirteen
Years.
Evening star., 1915-12-19

and they sing in Latin, which. which mahes 9ar
for. the imagination the setting Ior a
long line Of thought and wonder. ,s 1es
there is little time for this, lot sooi'
Catholic sisters sing hymns with ,ne
children of these Indians until tne ios
has burned out and there Is no.nans anow
but smoldering ashes IN the sno"
where the bonfire burned. s,bool in
At the De Smet Indian Schooi: IN
Idaho. the observance by the lndians
of Christmas festivities is much tne
same as that of the whites IN ma
ner. Indian children in the oia ovn ru
bucks of the tribes. the whole welgnt
and responsibility for them resting
upon the squaws. The Difference e,, TO
the young children at Cnrlst.nas .tinr tioln
is. therefore. distinct innovation
mnon old customs On Christmas eve
the yery small girls. dressed IN wnite
gowns and carrying ighteo sahuaSs' als,
await watchfully at the cninueS ~
ners the coming of Santa Claus as srnrs ene
hsrbinper of good wishes to all from
the Christ that is come INTO tne u WIZ eo,th
They accept the ceremony m tuia .I, enoa
of its efficacy in establisnlns tmI So
will that it is said to foster. Inat ne
vii WIN Lie oon,as down another chimney
aiwass sl. Ids ynst TO their anxiety the next
year.
In New Mexico tHc i-''SNAA
also taught by the Cathofc missionaries
for more than a hundred years, retain
Gsbristmas custom no other tribe Is known
To have held. though in the rural parts
of Eurone especially among the noun
famous districts, similar practices seem
to he very common. This custom Is now
M more than a tradition with them,
Following in the footsteps of their fathers.
but none the less really acted out py some
81, y "
made by the Indians themselves, In the
form of goats, sheep, cattie' norses' cats
and dogs. even garden vegetables are
taken into the church on Christmas eve
and laid upon the altar for the priest to
bless Being blessed and therefore pre-
cious the little images are taken away
and scattered throughout the houses,
barns and fields, to keep watch, the horse
and COW in the barn. the plant on the
mesa, etc. as the New Year comes in
and to see that it brings prosperity in
each quarter. Then, at dawn, the sculp-
tors of the four tribes of the pueblo
join in a dance which ushers in Christmas
morning and lasts four days
A former Indian commissioner says
that one of the most touching fea-
lures at the Christmas dinners among
the less advanced tribes where the
white men have charge of the proceed
ings is a number of old men and wom-
en- who never having been to school
and learned to sit at the table or use
knife and fork, squat against the
side walls of the room to be served by
kindly teachers and employees OF the
Evening star., 1915-12-19

youth owning many camels is always
in demand. A man so poor as not to
possess either a camel or donkey is
obliged to serve as porter or laborer.
The market place is where these
would-be wage learners are to be
found. The suk. or market. is the gen.
eral meeting place for rich and poor,
active and idle. Here the men sit for
hours on stools, slipping coffee and
listening to the storyteller. while the
boys take care of the donkeys for sale
or exhibit the produce of their gar
dens.
The circumstances of the birth OF a
daughter are different from those of
a son. The messenger comes to the
father with these words: blessed be
the bride." This is intended to COM
fort the father for his bitter disap-
pointment by reminding him that in a
money to him. for her future husband
will have to pay her father for the
privilege of marrying her The father
in answer says: God bless thee.
him for wife If the man is willing
to wait for her to grow up he answers:
IT accept" If he does not wish to
marry her he declines by saying COD
bless thee, father of Ohe sirfs name)
If he accepts this sudden proposal of
marriage and becomes engaged to the
infant, sacrifice is offered to
solemnize the betrotha1. and from that
day on preparations are steadily made
for the marriage of the girl, though
she may be but few hours old. AS
she grows older and nearer the mar
riageable age. which is twelve or thir-
teen, her father can receive credit for
groceries because his eligible daughter
represents so much capital to him.
man with several daughters can con-
slider himself worth about S1,500.
In speaking of his children a father
never recognizes his daughters If he
is asked how many children he has
he gives only the number of sons. A
girl never goes to school. She is not
considered worthy of an education. Her
burdens begin early in life. At ten she
is working hard from morning until
night. Every morning aid evening the
little girls either accompany their
mothers or go, instead of them, to the
village we'll At an early age they
learn to balance the stone pitcher on
their heads and to walk so steadily as
to carry it safely without holding it
with their hands.
When the mother goes to market her
small daughters, in their long white
yeils carry home the purchases of but
ter, cheese. eggs. bread and vegeta bles.
The fact that the veil becomes soiled
IS no reason against it's being worn on
the head after it has served as tempo
rary market basket.
The dress of the women and girls is
short and narrow and of coarse blue
cloth. The sleeves are wide and flow =
ing. The corners of these also serve