Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1921-01-13

~ the river seemed only ankle deep
and we were amazed when party
OF wading fishermen approached Tor
ti.ey were waist deep In the wafer
Later in the afternoon when our
p,ide announced we were In Indian
Town could see only the fiat wood
through which we were driving.
watchful waiting finally revealed 10
my surprised eyes number OF
matched roofs and thin lines OF blue
| smoke.
And then we went to visit Johnny
Tiger. Four poles about six feet
high support mat Of palmetto
leaves. Half way between this roof
and the ground logs, with the bark
still on, made a kind of platform
and this Is a Seminole home. There
| were Ave such structures at Johnny
Tigers and several shelters without
the platforms for the domestic AMI
mails and two constantly burning
fires.
We were received with such cour'
teous ceremony that had to curb
my curiosity about theheaps OF
things on the platforms. where con-
fusion worse COMPOUNDED reigned,
Ia dresser drawers I have met. But
my rowing eye discerned hand
sewing machine, glass demi1ohn
of snake oil, great festoons Of Jerked
meat, bolts Of gay colored calicoes,
twisted piles of lacy clothes, baskets
of vegetables, several great wooden
SPOONS and many cooking utensils,
smoked and grimy. At night space
is cleared and the platform becomes
a bed but saw no bedding and mar
vel that any race could survive a
generation under such conditions.
Missy Tiger and Lady Tiger
looked hundreds Of years old. One
was the round faced fat squaw Of
western type and the other the slen-
der clean cut featured Egyptian-like
Indian. They wore the usual long
calico skirt and lace trimmed ruffle
which serves as waist and nifty OF
sixty strands Of cheap glass beads
Each strand is supposed to signify
n year of life and grow with age
longer and heavier life ones years
The squaws spoke no English bu'
Johnny Tiger told us at great length
of his recent visit to some Oklahoma
cousins who have struck oil on theil
land. He showed MS pictures o.
them and their really fine homes
and a great contrast Of the Tige
household. The Seminole men act
ually wear the garb you have seel
pictured and look like walking rain
bows, though the color scheme o
their dresses is often a work OF art
Some of the Gala Fetes
, We had a splendid time at Miami
sPa:m Fete" as her gala week
called. Columbus rediscoverd Amer
e lea in a very spectacular scene OF
= the bay. Everyone enjoyed this NOR
p than Columbus for while bowling nj
v acknowledgements to the first citi
a zens who met him on the shore, tn
O irawstrings of his trunks broke
@ Being very portly and much abashe
t by his costume anyway this was tn
s last straw and although the keys
il the city, ETC., had just been deliver
ed to him with great pomp and tn
whole week was in his honor b
made no speech, beat a hasty retire,
and we saw him no more.
, On Flagler day the business firm
g gave a great parade-the last thre
floats being a paper machine engin
g fiat car and coach, making a yer
: clever immature train. A Mr.
4 Wood B. Highbrow near us made a
q amusing remark about this.
v Gust see," she said to her part.
h nowadays we all come down hel
e in our automobiles but when Flagl'
e began coming there weren't an
: roads or anything and he had
d come in his own little train just lih
s that"
s "Stam" Expert Pitcher
+ We had quite a visit with Scot
g Stambaugh and his wife whom W
e met on the street. Scott's fathe
f had just been elected president {
J. the Horseshoe Pitchers associatio
r of Miami and Scott says he is in e1
e cellent health and spirits. Horsesho
pitching is as serious pastime a
r golf down here. Every park has II
e pitching grounds, ours has six, a
e busy all the time. Another pastim
Y that goes on forever in the parks
the game Of checkers, tables bein
e provided everywhere for them as
t we'll as for cards. In fact our park
] look like busy play grounds 70
grown ups which of course is jus
what parks should be.
Speaking of parks reminds me o
really romantic afternoon we ha'
not long ago when Mr.. Riddle wa
asked by Captain Roach to lool
over a collection of rare birds whicl
he wished to sell the city.
The road we were following grad
ually became trail winding AM
twisting up the only hill on tn
island. A complete jungle began IT
envelOp us, wierd contortions o
trunks and branches and great pain
leaves like hands seemed to reacl
greedily out for us. We seemed 81
far from reality that we were all ,
little frightened. Then quite sud
denly we turned into grove o
ghostly eucalyptus trees in time t.
avoid smashing into a low, ramblin,
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