The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1917-04-13
SPLENDID INDIAN PROGRAM
GIVEN AT PALMETTO CLUE

Two tepees amid forest of palms
and live oak branches. walls hung
with Navajo blankets, floors covered
with still other Indian blankets, pot
terry. baskets. moccasins, wampum
belts, and war implements. made of
the stage in the auditorium
of the Palmetto club yester-
day a village so typically Indian.
that two hundred guests forgot goth
Century days to go back to the ro
mantle era of the North American In
dian.
The Indian program given by the
calendar committee was one of the
most interesting that the club mem
bers and their guests have enjoyed.
A program of Indian music. legends.
poetry, camp fire ceremonial and
a talk by Charles F. Burgman carried
out the Indian note to the smallest
detail
After Mrs. n. c. Sears, president.
had called the meeting to order and
read several announcements, Mrs.
Smith G.. Young. as chairman of the
calendar committee took charge of
the program.
An amazingly realistic squaw was
Mrs. Young in her Indian costume.
turkey quill thrust in her braided
hair, immense rings of gold in her
ears, her blue calico dress bordered
with Indian symbols. In the door of
one tepee sat Mrs. Charles Z. Gardi
ner, costumed as a squaw, who stolid
ly strung bright colored beads to
adorn her already much bedecked
wrists and neck. At the other side
sat Seminole squaw, known to her
white brothers as Mrs. Emma Free
man. who passively ignored her audi
enee while she fashioned a wampHm
belt for her Indian lord. And presid-
ing over his village with naughty mein
was a chief. who was not revealed tn
his audience as Charles F. Burgman
until he dotted his costume.
The first number was a piano solo.
ITO An Indian Lodge" (McDoweln
by Mrs. Snyder With delicate phras-
ing OF the lighter strains and full
phrasing of the somber passages.
Mrs. Snyder rendered her number
with the touch of an artistic
Mrs. Young gave series of stats
tics taken from the last annual re-
port of the Indian commissioner of
the United States, that told her audi |
ence many interesting facts. Accord
ing to statistics given by Mrs. Smith
the Indian population of the United
states exclusive of Alaska is 335. 753. |
and the race is found in every state
IN the union, Oklahoma having the
largest number with 119, 900 and Della
ware the smallest with s. The audi |
ence further learned that 80 per cent
OF the Indians are church going, the
same percentage can speak English /
and 20 per cent, of the male popula- |
tlon are voters. The Indians are ack |
nowiedged by authorities to be the /
best sheep raisers. owning 1000 900 !
sheep.
Led by Mrs. W. o. Epson, guardian i
or the camp, the Silver Beach Camp
nre girls gave ceremonial that prov |
cd one or the most charming numbers |
on the well arranged program. After |
stately ritual of "Wehelo." the |
watchword of the camp fire, signify |
ing work, health and love-" Mrs. |
Epson gave resume of the aims |
and accomplishments of the organiza- I
tion. The beautiful ceremony given
Dy the girls ended with the impressive /
camp fire oath. and they left the
s.age amid appreciative applause. The /
girls or the Silver Beach camn fire
are Mildred Davisson. Agnes Lowe.
Aiieyne Weber, May Haigh, and