The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-05-07
INDIAN DELEGATE
WRITES TO FOLKS
Ruth Muskrat of GROVE,
Okla, on Trip to Far
East for Y. w.
NJ LOVE WITH JAPAN
Thinks Nippon Fascinating
Country; Describes Many
Strange Sights

specsI TO The World.
ray Ruth Margaret Muskrat,
,,Sa sailed from san Francisco, on
Dnbruarv "a, as the representative
~ the North American Indians TO
rerresent oklahoma at the World's
it.5orafion Of Christian students at
Tr,pVng china, reached Japan on
--tt',1h 30 after a safe voyage. Miss
BH',,L,af at the time Of her selection
detngate to the conference, was
ssuJent at Lawrence, Kan, and
,.r,s previously court reporter here.
4 tter home is near Grove, In Della
80 county, where her parents re-
"a at this time. Miss Muskrat has
wr,tten a letter addressed to my
Dcar People" which follows:
Her Letter.
The mail leaves Tokyo for Amer
tc, tomorrow and l am Fastening to
sst this letter written so that 1t can
go along with all the rest. The past
II days on the ocean have passed
50 rapidly and have been so full that
have not had any time or opportu-
,ity 10 sit down and write you as
fully as / wanted to do until now.
And YOU can not imagine how nice
a is TO be able to write when every
thinr Is still, and does not roll
around as we did aboard ship. |
think | was the happiest of all the
members Of our party to set foot on
firm. solid earth again. l loved the
ocean. and l enjoyed every minute
on board the ship, but I'm afraid
that | am not much of sailor, be-
\. cause l had my share OF being sea-
r sick.
think perhaps you would like
resume OF the trip across the
ocean, wouldn't you? 1t seems so
past. We sailed. as You know,
from San Francisco on February 81,
about noon. When / went aboard
the ship, | found a whole host of
letters waiting for me from students
in the most of the Indian schools.
want 10 tell you here how much
those letters meant TO me. II seemed
as il you were all there close, wait
ing to tell me good bye, as If you
were so deeply interested in what l
was going for in my trip and in me.
They sent me off feeling happy
clear down to my toes and for all
the long days out on the ocean when
] would be seasick or lonesome 1t
was like medicine to get those
steamer letters out and read them
over again. There We're so many
that 1t will be impossible to answer
them all, but l hope that when
come back to America | can visit
your schools and can meet every
one who sent me a letter.
Sailed on Jap Ship.
The "Tailyo Maru" was the name
OF the steamer our party sailed on.
1t was a very large steamer with
about l,017 passengers on board. 1t
is a japanese liner and is manned
entirely by Japanese. There was a
larger number of Orientals' on board
than Europeans. Most all of the
second-class passengers were ORR
entails and all of the third-class or
steerage passengers were Japanese
and Chinese. There were about 400
n passengers on our part of the boat.
There are 10 of us in our party.
women and 10 men. DR.. Mott
and Mrs Mott are the head OF the
whole party and of course, are the
most important of the group. Mrs
Mott Is the most thoughtful. most
gentle woman / think l ever met
and Mr.. Mott himself is mighty Won
derful. 1t Is such a splendid thing
mat we were part of his party and
could come over on the same boat
that he did. y
must tell you about Honolulu
we reached Hawaii about noon on
FEBRUARY 26. Before we landed lit
Tie Hawaiian boys swan out tc
meet the steamer and dove foi
quarters and silver pieces that the
passengers threw into the water
Their naked little brown bodies glist.
ened in the sun and darted dowr
INTO the water making, fascinating
picture. The Y. w. c! A. women Il
haWaii were there to meet us ant
drove us all over Honolulu and tn,
isidnd to let us see the beauties O.
u IN the short time we had to STAY
there. 1t was a marvellous six hour.
we spent there. There was riot o
color everywhere we turned. Mar
Seious reds and browns and greens
crimson, hubuscus, cerise bougain
NHiea' great yellow cups OF gold.
ana everywhere was green! / saw
polnsettas in bloom, actually grow
ing IN the ground. Before, l Away
had an idea that those lovely flower
must nave been made by fairies ant
never grew at all. 1t all SCENE,
me me dream. 1t was warm in Hou
p.ulu' as warm as 1t gets in June, a
nome, and 1t seemed so good afte
the cold ocean winds. | stood OF
me peach at Waikiki and took
picture that l must show you whel
come home. / visited the AQUA
rum where l saw the most gorge
ous-colored fish: and | saw banyaI
uees and cocoanuts and rows an,
loWs OF stately palms that l ha
ph!y read about In geography books
u,dnt want to leave Hawaii, an
thlnk l should like to go bac
osaIh some day. 1t Is heavenly ther
90 much beauty and sunshine an
wah; warIhth; loved it. and do 20
In Love With japan.
put II l loved Hawaii a lot I hay
,pved Japan just as much. This
me most fascinating country | thin
tnere ever was. (Perhaps sa
T,dt Smdt because l have not yet see
ohina.l But 1t is impossible TO i'm
aEihe Japan. 1t is still more impos
SID'e TO describe her, When ~
landed In Yokohama last Frida,
marGh 10, 1t was just like steppin
out into new world-a world mi
seIiy different TO anything | ha
wen thought of before. We arrive
al the pier, and went ashore ahoI
O'Clock Friday evening. Nv IN
tline we had finished with our hae
sage II was dark and we were he,
IIoly tired, but 1t was one OF IN
most interesting evenings of INV lif
Wlsh that everyone of Won som,
Ilme In NOIIr lffa ~'''