The Washington herald., 1917-01-26
Interesting Chats
From Hotel Lobbies

Woman suffrage existed among the
Indians long before their paleface sis
ters ever thought of It," said Richard
C. Adams. member of the Delaware
tribe OF Indians. Mr.. Adams is stop
ping at the New varnum Hotel and Is
supervising the publication Of his
book, The Adoption of Mew-Ssu-Qua,
Tecumseh's Father and the Philosophy
of the Delaware Indians" Mr.. Adams
father was half French and English
and his mother was full-blooded
Delaware Indian woman.
Not only were the Indians FIRST in
woman suffrage, but they were hrst in
organising ritualistlc work in frater-
nal and secret orders. Many of the
rites and ceremonies used today in
secret fraternal orders originated with
the redmen. and some of these rituals
were copied almost word for word
Before the Delaware Indians decid-
ed on war, council of women of the
tribe was called and allowed to vote
on the question.
The Delaware tribe was the head
of the Algonquin federation of thirty
seven tribes. They also recognised the
Council of Mothers and when there was
a plea for peace 1t was the Council of
Mothers who made the plea
When we consider modern civiliza-
ton in Europe today and the brutal
treatment Christian nations impose on
one another, 1t appears unfair to call
the Indian a pagan or a heather brute.
You cannot say Christian nations have
any better ideas of justice and right
The ideas OF brotherhood, justice, right
and effual suffrage of the Delaware In
dams might we'll be emulated by peo-
pie who consider themselves the su-
perior Of the Indian"
"A great deal of the mystery surround
ing the death of Gregory Rasputln. the
Russian monk, has been dispelled," said
N. A. Debkin, former agent of a jap
anese firm In Russia, who up until three
months ago was IN Russia. and who now
is stopping at the Willard. II had the
opportunity to see this human monster
once" remarked Mr.. Debkin, ''and
shall never forget the occasion. The rev.
erence paid this fake priest was marvel
Gus, even the intelligent Russian was
afraid of him
'Rasputin was born a lowly peasant
and from the time he was IA until he
was 80 he tried to drink up all the vodka
in Russia. He had a reputation as a
wholesale liar, thief and panderer, that
is, among the townspeople who really
knew him. In this country he would
have landed in the workhouse. BY acci-
dent he was introduced into royal circles
by a dlssipated son of a noted Russian
duke, and from that time up. until his
death he climbed the narrow ladder all
the way TO the palace of the Gar.
His career from the time the Car
made him his conidant would make Lu-
cretia Borgia and Nero look like pikers
Rasputin had way OF having a man
exiled for not selling his daughter to him.
or for not giving her to one of his
friends. and a great many of the respect
able members of the Russian court stay
ed away because of the sensual orgies
and indecent abondon OF the court when
Rasputn became a member. Salome had
nothing on the dances at the functions
of the nobility who used to invite Ras-
putin to their parties. Rasputin had
very narrow escape at one time when
the mother of two daughters, both of
whom had been sacrificed to the lust of
Rasputin. tried to stab him. His death
occurred at the hands of a young Rus
sian noble when Rasputin tried to per-
suade the Gar TO make a separate peace
with Germany. This act marked the
downfall Of the pro-German element. and
ended the career of the worst scoundrel
In the empire. His powers of magnetism,
like those OF Joseph Bsalmo, really made
him what he was"