The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-08-23
PRINCESS cAuukAs CHAMP. Pu.LA

The Princes Chunkas Champ-Pu-
La, otherwise Miss Georgia Lee Med
dlook, n fullblooded Cherokee indian,
from Seyquah county, Oklahoma, is In
New York studying music.
II am having my voice trained
she says, ito show the world that real
Indians these days are going In for
culture, In our tribe which consists
of about 80, 900 people, the uneducated
man or woman IL the exception, Many
OF our men are college graduates and
are in good standing both In the pro-
fessional and business circles"
TIL princess first went on the con-
cert stage when asked to sing for some
soldiers In camp. She is proud of her
part in the wal and also Of the fact
! that Oklahoma Indians sent 3,750 men
to the war, all Of whom were volun-
teers. Her two brothers who went over
seas never came back, They were used
as scouts, being adapted by natural
instinct for such work.
Miss Medlock Is the descendant of
a long line Of chiefs, Her father,
Boone Chambers, was ruler OF his tribe,
and her grandfather, Red Cloud Brew
err, was also a chief.
She was born In Seyquah county,
oklahoma, n years ago and educated
at st, Agnes academy, Memphis, Tenn.
she spoke no English until she was IL
years old. For the last three years she
has studied music under Laurent Che
yauS and she Ia now In New York for
further training. She expects to com.
plete her studies In Europe. Her voice
Is a fine dramatic soprano.
When speaking of her vast lands, In
the West, the princess said, THE In
dians worship the memory OF Theo-
dore Roosevelt and In his lifetime they
adored the man, He liz the only presi-
dent who ever gave us a square deal.
He arranged that we should pay no
taxes ON our land-that which fell as
our portion when statehood came in
for Il years"
The National Security league IL pro-
crossing In its anti Bolshevlsm program,
1t has now organized flying squad
rons'' OF open-air, street corner orators,
|Who are now concentrating on shat
tering the arguments Of radical disturb
ers, Mrs, William T. Black Is one OF
the star women members Of the leagues
New York city flying squadron, She
has just returned to New York from
| Minneapolis. where she assisted In the
organization OF a similar squadron" In
that city.
In her speeches, Mrs. Black bases her
attack on the internatlonalists' menace
OF the home. She says, THE many va
~rietles of the radicals each make vague,
indefinite promises for the development
of the future state. Inc Ohly uellnltc
promise to which any international LIST
will commit himself il "the elimination
OF exploitation" To effect this they
propose to abolish private property. to
rest all ownership In the state. The
family relation is materially affected by
the property relation. II there exists
no private property relation, the family,
as we understand It. will disappear.
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The only woman honorary member OF
the Forty second Utainbow) division is
Mrs. Amy Gillette, associate director OF
the department of military relief OF the
Atlantic division OF the Red Cross, This
distinction was conferred upon her by
the officers and men of this famous
fighting division just before II was de-
mobiliged some time ago. b
Mrs. Gillette had charge of the work
of caring for the soldiers bound over
seas before the armistice, and when the
hrmeward- bound tide eof olive drah
flowed back from Europe she was kent
I'M charge of the WELCOMING band OF Red
Cross workers which met the returning
transports, Thousands of members OF
the A. Il. i. will remember her and her
workers who met them as they left the
transports. with candy. hot chocolate
and cigarettes.