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New-York tribune., 1922-08-06
DischGrgtng Ones Gum
Meant Friendship

when an Indian is far away on the plafnx
and he discharges his gun that means friend
ship. He has disarmed and wants to gay he ia
friend. That sign grew out Of the days when
we used the old muzzle-loading guns of one
shot each. When closer, the sign for friend
ship is handshake. The throwing of a
blanket on the ground designates Il want to
talk; come and sit down
"A rose is designated by the peeIing Of
petals from the punching of the fingers of the
other hand and throwing the petals on tbe
ground. The sign for water is making sign
for drinking. The sign for water followed hv
holding the hands wide apart means river.
1he sign for river followed by a stirring ND
process designates the Missouri River. The
river sign followed by the sign for Big Horn
means Big Horn water. Custer was killed
near the Little Big Horn
An Indian making sign for number of
trees says forest The sign for mole roeans
tepee, and a number Of tepees a village. There
is surface line in the Indian language. This
line IS about three feet from the ground tn
place the hand under this line and slide T. one
IN secret manner means to steal. The equal
lty sign is two lines running together which is
the same as the universal sign for equality.
The minus sign is designated by placing
finger on the other hand and taking it awav.
while the sign for adding is made by adding
hnger to the top of the opposite hand.
1T took me several years to discover how the
Indians came to make their sign for buffalo
lhe sign consists of making fist of the left
hand, holding the small finger toward the
ground and drawing the index finger of the
right hand back from the hollow made between
the thumb and index finger of the left hand.
New-York tribune., 1922-08-06
When Yellow Buffalo Made
the Haircut Sign

cone evening at retreat Yellow Buffalo was
reported missing from the ranks. l asked
panons had shaved half his hair off while he
slept in the barracks. Yellow Buffalo had
told his company commander ne was ashamed
to come out with half his head shaved. ! left
orders that no one should say anything to him.
'That night Yellow Buffalo sent word that
he wanted to see me. When he arrived at
New-York tribune., 1922-08-06

had sign for the Kaiser. Two fingers point
ing upward from the sides of the mouth meant
Kaiser. To the Indian the big thing about
Wilhelm was his mustache."
General Scott grew reminiscent
II remember a curious incident connect
ed with my learning the sign for haircut I
had about 400 Indians under my command
years ago, and they stoutly refused to obey
the army regulation for cutting the hair close
to the head. The company commanders re-
ported to me that the Indians refused to obey
the order I knew there would be serious
trouble if ] ordered the regulation to be en-
forced at once, so l waited. l ridiculed each
Indian | saw because of his long hair.
called them squaws. In time few, unable to
stand the joshing, had their hair cut Inside
Of six months every one of the Indians had
gone to the barber and had his hair cut ex-
cept one--Yelow Buffalo. This one fellow
was obstinate.
New-York tribune., 1922-08-06

"By extending the arm and drawing the thumb
and last two fingers into the palm of the hand
to make w of the first and second fingers
means 4 a Pawnee.' The same sign in
conversation means wolf The two sepa-
rated fingers are supposed to appear like the
ears of a wolf. The wolf being considered
wise beast by the Indians, the sign also
means wisdom When the two fingers are
pointed toward the ground it means 4 have
considered.'
An open hand signifies rock If point my
index finger into the middle of my open palm
and move it sideways I say, 4 have had an
unsuccessful hunt The index finger indicates
an arrow which hit rock and bounded away
meaning / failed to hit.
New-York tribune., 1922-08-06
The Origin of the Signs?
"My Father Told Me"

L asked thousands of Indians whv they
used this sign for buffalo and the answer WAS
always the same-'My father told me that was
the sign for buffalo One day was out on the
plains with a number of Indians who were
hunting buffalo. | stood on a small hill and
looked down along the herd before me- The
indians singled out the fat ones only when they
began to shoot, and as looked along the backs
OF these big bulls l saw that the OUTSTANDING
feature OF buffalo topography was the fat
hump on his back. This hump was similar to
the formation between the thumb and index
finger of the left hand in the sign. The finger
of the right hand indicated an arrow and the
action of the sign the shooting of the buffalo,
Ethnoog1sts agree that General Scott under
stands more about the Indian sign languaae
than any other living white man. SURVIVING
chiefs have been quoted as saying he knows
more about the language than any living In
dian.
a large man, about six feet in height. witt,
Whlte halr and mustache, and eyes that speak
nothlhg but friendship, he is the best friend
the American Indian knows. General Scott
mas mastered the art of pacifcation through
MS sympathetic understanding of the red
mans psychology.
In 1915 General Scott quelled an uprising Of
the Piute Indians without allowing a shot 70
De flred The circumstances of that incident
are an illustration of the mans method og
handling the brave. At the request of the
Secretary of War General Scott tackled the
Flutes after the authorities of the State Of
Utah had admitted failure.
General Scott asked some of his Navajo
friends to assist him in his task. Years be-
fore he had checked an uprising of the Nav
aJos, who were impressed with his fair
treatment that they considered him their
brother.
General Scott sent Bi-Zo-She. a Navajo
chief, message saying: "Your brother wants
you"
Bi-Zo-She came at once.
He said: "My brother has sent for me,
What does my brother wish?"
General Scott told him. Bi-Zo-She said he
would go into the land of the Piutes on one
condition: that if he was killed he would be
buried beside "my brother"
This was solemnly agreed to, and the
Navajo chief and General Scott set out.
Neither one was killed, and their mission was
successful. Now the Piutes also regard Gem
eral Scott as brother. Courtesy, sympathy
Justice come out on top where cold steel
Aa'is' 4sx1l 4x..4 szaaeasasa As1aesn6 eA4d
New-York tribune., 1922-08-06
Ol, Institute gives
the fnauh
nothing for the General

''The sign for money is the making of an
outline of a cartwheel dollar with the thumb
and index finger. The placing of the money
sign into the palm of the other hand means
cash., money in hand. The sign making
writing motion in the palm of the other hand
means credit-the Indian considering that
record is kept by the white man of money
owed. The sign for money and child is
interest To the Indian interest is moneys
child During the war the Indians of this
country bought over 25,oooo0o worth of
Liberty bonds, and the sign for interest was
frequently used"
''Then the Indian Of to-day is still adding
signs to the sign language?" asked.
ooh. yes,' General Scott replied. "They
New-York tribune., 1922-08-06

rnYAN! The thought dimensions of that
rrord are vast. The sunsets of the West.
The victims of raid. General Custer
.~a,.ing for aid that arrived too late.
n..,..s. beads, wampum and pipes of peace.
r,.,.n bronzed warriors from the late Carlisle
,a.a School tearing holes in a football line.
rha greatest Indian fighter alive to-day is
!. crsat-great- grandson of Benjamin Frank
). Although it sounds like paradox, this
,.a,n fighter carried the American flag sue
..s.fully through eleven small wars by being
,.eon,piished diplomat. Bloodless victories
...;nss men in primitive state accomplished
..roush soldier psychology. Fame and honor
"a. achieved because Of the magnetism Of the
ssrd Indian
n 1871 President Grant sent this descend
=. a Poor Richard to the United States Mill
,.rv Academy at West Point. On June Ia,
,s7e in his early twenties, he sat in a group
= voune men who had completed four years Of
she hest training America can give. The Sec
-s,arv Of War had completed talk on "Duty,
ponor. Country" From pile of diplomas
The Secretary picked white roll tied with red
yibbon. The name Hugh Lenox Scott was
rallied and thick-set, chunky youth marched
to the platform to become second lieutenant
the United States Army.
New-York tribune., 1922-08-06
rent West at Time
of Custer Massacre

Eleven days later the newspapers Of the
country announced that General Custer had
been killed Every member Of Clusters band
had been massacred on the Little Big Horn.
Young Scott read those accounts. Indian.
The word drew him like a magnet A few
months later he was an officer of the 9th Cav
sry near the Southern border. In the course
Of another month vacancy occurring in the
7th Cavalry at Bismarck, Oak, Scott was
transferred.
Since then much has transpired in the life
Of the young lieutenant To-day he is the only
American to have risen through every rank in
the army to the post of chief of staff. Ad-
venture has made his life picturesque A cav
alryman of the frontier and jungle, General
Scott has fought and pacihed Indians, Cubans,
Spaniards, Filipinos and Mexicans The In
dams cab him "Mole Tequop," meaning che
talks with his hands" Through this accom-
plishment Mole Tequop became the firm friend
Indian warriors
General Scott was in New York the other
day as the guest of E. E. Olcott, who, accord
ing to General Scott, is the moving spirit of an
organization which leads all others in welfare
work for the American Indian. Here is the
Generals own story of the Indian sign lam
guage as he told it to me in Mr.. Olcott's Office:
There are two kinds of sign language,
universal and the Indian. Everybody knows
the universal signs. Take the sign for 'Stopr
Every one has seen a traffic officer put up his
nsnd with palm outstretched, and, although
ne speaks not word, a motorist knows Whist
he means
Then there is the sign Help me!' It is
me extension of your hands upward in front
you In an appealing manner A little child
earns it when calling for the only help it
snows-its mother Later this supplcation is
transferred from the mother to the power of
neaVen Not only Christians but Mahometans
employ it. This is what mean by universal
signs.
New-York tribune., 1922-08-06
Scott Served a Long
Apprenticeship in Signs

General Scott said this incident aroused in
him an Unsuitable desire to learn all he couId
about the sign language. He would observe
Indians by the hour, waiting patiently for
them to make sign. Then he would study
the sign, the purpose back of the sign. and
then enter a complete record of the sign in
his notebook. The signs for eating, drinking
and hearing were among the first and easiest
to be learned
Drawing the index finger across the throat
is the sign for am a Sioux" said Scott.
New-York tribune., 1922-08-06
ll0'sns Were the Esperanto
The Red Man

Tie ihoian sign language is real Ian
e4@ee' ohe can talk in sign language all day
'"hou' saying word. When first went out
"e pains learned the value of employing
4dian scouts IN campaigning against hostile
A'0es' We always secured Indians who were
'''D'es 10 the tribes we were fighting. But
.''a learned that a Sioux could not talk Da-
"'a--nor could Dakota talk Cheyenne.
S4 'f'oe mad its language and would learn
osner The scouts were valueless as inter-
pfeters.
'neh learned of the sign language of the
ss'as' which had evolved from necessity when
ayes met while hunting. l have found records
N sign language which antedates the Eu-
'A on THIS continent. The Importance of
agn language to the Indian fighter was
!, '' so set about mastering it. To-day
'&'S over 1000 signs which represent many
assnds of English words.
sae indian took the most salient feature
sasshing in making sign for it. A white
was the only person an Indian saw wear
nat' The sign for white man is the
's OF the index finger along the forehead
~ ehe brim of your hat comes.
4s sign Tor man on horseback or horse
Asradole your index and middle finger
closed fingers of the other hand Back
20 mad an Indian tell me in sign Ian
" mat ne had been to Washington, where
seen circus in which there were ele-
ana a man who rode a horse that
1sa over five other horses.
= made the sign for white man; then
New-York tribune., 1922-08-06

for white man on horse; then by employ
in row. He started the sign for white man
on horse at high point and had the horse
run down slight incline and jump over each
of the other FIVE 1t occurred to me that the
government had taken delegation of Indians
to Washington in 1872 to impress upon them
the power Of the white man. There was
circus in Washington at the time, and this
Indian told me about the elephant. He stretched
one arm in front with the hand curved in and
down. He reached over and picked up an
apple and curved his hand under and up to
his mouth, just as an elephant would eat"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-12-09
/ Down Prices, Raise
Up Business r
Recipe For Prosperity

WELLESLEY HILLS, Mass, Dec.
9-Last week while Henry Fond
was visiting the Babson Institute,
he discussed the business situation
and prescribed a common sense dose
for American business. This man
whose daily income runs into SIX
figures, stated plainly that all this
money was incidental-a ~bi-product.
His remark created SO much inter-
est that, today, he issued the fol-
lowing statement:
THE trouble with most business
men" said Mr.. Ford, sis the fact
that they go into business to make
money-to make as mucf as they
can, as quickly as they can. They
have a hard time of it because they
are trying to get something that
someone else has. The principle is
wrong and eve If it weren't. it
would be pretty hard because there
are so man. of them trying to
Get that the competition is terri
fic.
The man who will use his skill
and constructive imagination to see
how much he car give for a dollar
instead of how little he can give for
a dollar, is bound to succeed. l can
not understand why people don't
see it.
What applies to an individual
applies also to the entire country.
A nation grows as it serves, as it's
people give the most they can TO
others-whether in the form of la
Dor, material or distribution. We
are now in a period when this IS
kerry important. Business is doing
it's best to come back but we must
encourage it in coming back by
holding down prices, especially
prices of the raw material which go
into our manufactured products. 1
have in mind coal, iron, lumber,
cement. bricks, etc, 1t is a great
mistake for manufacturers to say
that they do not care what they pay
as long as all other manufacturers
must pay the same price. We do
wrong in paying higher prices SIM
ply because we can pass it along
to someone else.
mos manufacturers continued
Mr.. Ford, begin at the wrong end.
They ask the production depart
ment how much it costs to make the
article, then they add a selling costt
and a profit. Next they call in the
sales department and say Here's
the article and this is the price,
go out and get til At Detroit we
have always figured from the other
END. We began with a human need
then we wanted to give just as much
as we could for a dollar. The pro-
duct must be right, it must give
service, SO I experimental and
tested for eleven years before we
were sure the product was as good
as we could build it. Then we be-
a to figure out ways to make 1t
more efficiently-to give more Cor
the dollar.
when sales slow up we don't
drive sales force and try to force
folks to buy, we cut the price, then
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-12-09
By o

NEW YORK-This is the seaso
of the year when all your thoughts
do turn to distant friends and rela-
tiyes that other times you spurn n
intimate and casual acquaintance
untold, and also to all s%ervitors, the
ones both new and old. For you
must hand out Christmas gifts to
each and every one. You simply
can't escape it for its's what you've
always done.
There are always divers infants
born to friends anew each year.
Who says that from race suicide
we've anything to fear? You've pur-
chased woolly lambkins and pink
piggies by the score, till now they
push them at you when they see
you in a store.
Happy Last Christmas
Get out the last year treasure
trove and see what you can find.
The Gifts received you didn't like
you'll have to bear in mind who
gave each one of them to you
then they'll be simply prime to pass
along to other helpless victims
Christmas time.
q copy of THE Sheik" will do for
dear old grandma. She is getting
very weak. There's the pogo stick
for grandpa that you gave to Jack
last veal. The dear child never
used it. It may seem a trif1e queer
since the poor souls rheumatism
has him almost bent in two, but
there's nothing else to give him so
twill simply have to do.
Here's a lovely Batik dolly will do
for Baby Bess. The Rubaiyat in
leather for wee Buddie, and you
guess you'll polish up this ash tray
and then send it on to Joe. If he
doesn't smoke, how yer should you
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-12-09
CARTERET OIL
PLANT PEACE
Borough Council Agrees on
Final Passage of Ordinance
to Vacate Streets

CARTERET. Dec. 9.-The bor-
ough council, at a special meeting
held last night agreed upon the fl
nal passage Of an ordinance, provid-
ing the vacation OF rights to certain
lands held and owned by the Next
can Petroleum Company. The or
dinance will come into effect at its
third reading at the regular meeting
of the council scheduled for Decem-
Der IS.
Mayor Hermann with the consent
OF the council advanced two police
officers John Donovan and John J.
bowling, to the rank of sergeants.
AT the suggestion of the police COM
mittee, it was also decided to have
a police patrol at the Carteret juno
ton of the Public Service fast line
trolley station, formerly known as
Chrome Junction.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-12-09
RARITAN TOWNSHIP,
F0RDS, AND VICINITY

Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Bloomfield
are spending a few days in Wash
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-12-09

more of them can and do buy.
When the price is cut it is usually
cut below the cost to manufacture
at the time. Then the production
department has to figure out new
economies, new short cuts that will
deliver the same a for less money
and they've always done it!
The more you give people for a
dollar the more there are of them
who a buy. The larger your pro-
duction, the more you can give"
Here We have the rule that has
built up one of the greatest COM
mercial successes of our day-the
organization that has supplied cheap
and efficient transportation to every
country round the world.
Things r coming along very
WE'LL" added Mr.. Ford, commenting
on current business recovery, and
If they will only keep from jumping
prices there's no reason why the i'm
provement can't continue. Hold
down prices and raise up business.
IF the merchants and manufac-
turers begin boosting then costs of
living will go up, wages will try to
keep pace and we'll all go on an
other grand scramble of Getting"
1920.
Maybe l am wrong but I believe
these words demand the earnest con-
s~ideration of every business nan.
We certainly do not want to repeat
the experiences of 1920 and early
1921.I
In connection with this statement
the Babson experts have been
checking up commodity prices and
find that in 1915 prices were travel
ing sidewise mar that more or less
famous 1914 level
Under the steady pressure of Eu-
ropean buying the trend turned up
ward in October of that year and
continued to climb steadily for two
years. After a brief reaction the
climb started again and for another
year prices scared.
A temporary decline came on the
heels OF the armistice but this was
followed by a speculative orgy and
prices 'skyrocketed' once moro to
the peak which was reached in July
1920. At this point prices were 140
per cent above pre-war levels. What
had cost $1.00 now cost $2.40.
Then prices broke and we exper-
fenced the most radical comm dity
decline in history. During the next
IL months-July 1920 to July 1921
prices dropped to a point but Is per
cent above 1914. By January of
1922 they had worked down to about
40 per cent. Since then prices have
climbed about 20 per cent so that
the average level today is 60 per cent
above pre-war levels.
If prices hold at around this level
with q gradual adjustment-lower
building materials and higher farm
prices-there is no reason why i'm
provement should not continue. If,
however, grasping business inter-
ests try to raise sprices on the
strength of increased activity. busi-
will have another setback.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-12-09
THOMPSON TO GET P. 0.
POSITION At MATAWAN
BY GEORGE FL. MANNING
washington Correspondent of the
Perth Amboy Evening News)

WASHINGTON, Dec. e:-Recom-
mendation for the appointment of
orman r. Thompson as postmas-
ter at Matawan, N. j., and Of Corne-
nus Hanheen as acting postmaster
at Jacksonville, Monmouth county,
N. j., was sent to President Hard
ing today by Representative T.
FRANK Appleby Of the third district.
MT. Thompson. who is al present
collector Of the borough of Mata-
wan was the only applicant to take
the civil service examination for the
once. he passed with an eligible
rating. He succeeds Patrick Deviin
who has been Postmaster for the
$ eight years, following his an
polntment during the Wilson ad-
ministration.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-12-09
KEYP0RT LADIES AID
HOLD SUPPER AND SALE

KEYPORT, Dec. 9:-With the
idea of increasing the funds now in
their treasures the Ladies Aid of
Calvary M. E. church and the
N~eedlepo1nt branch of the society
VIII conduct a. sale and clam chow
der supper in the church Tuesday
night. The regular clam chowder
supper will be served at 5:30 and
continue until 1880 o'clock. For
those who do not care for clam
chowder, ham sandwiches and COT
fee will be served at a nominal cost.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-12-09

ington.
The Young Mems Club of Our Re-
deemer's church will play the Me-
tuchen basketball team tonight at
the 7. M. C. A.
The Misses Irene and Helen Var
go are Perth Amboy visitors.
Mrs. Arnold Nonenberg is con-
fined to her home on account OF ILL.,
ness.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-12-09

The women are already selling
candy, the balance left to be
brought to the church and sold that
night. The candy sale is meeting
with success under the direction Of
the president, Mrs. Edward F.
Many.
Under the supervision of the
N~eedlepoint branch of the Aid a
sale of fancy and domestic articles
suitable for Christmas gifts will be
held. The ladies are busily engaged
in making both fancy and kitchen
aprons for the sale to meet the de.
mand for these articles.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-12-09


be supposed to know?
The manicure set, hankie case
and pin tray which each year meier
fail in your collection of surprises
to appear, should all be promptly
ticketed and laid away with care
so you can pass 'em all along next
Christmas without scare that you
will hand them back again to those
friends, tried and true. who have
proved SO very strong by sending
them to you.
just a Mite
There's a mite of compensation in
giving books you choose. You can
buy the latest novels their contents
all peruse and the ones you do not
like, present to friends most dear.
This Is the way to do your reading
cheaply for the year. But last years
gifts and well read books, alas
won't do for all who on your Yuie-
tide-giving list make such an urgent
call.
There's the iceman, milkman,
postman and garbage man as well,
the Iaundress and the grocer's boy.
whom you have got to tell a very
Merry Christmas and remember
money talks, so say it then with
specie.
They all Belong
There's the man who cleans the
walks, the butchers boy and paper
boy. the cook and furnace man. the
flremen and policemen, too, all
members of this cvlan.
Oh, Santa is a merry wag. bu. I
think all the same. st. Nicholas, by
far is more appropriate a name
That st. Nick's kin to Old Nick did
it e'er to you from the way
he always puts a nick in us each
year anew?
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-12-09

OF Beacon Cloth and
other fine materials; dandy
patterns trimmed with satin
and pockets; some have
corded edges.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-12-09

New shipment. of mahogany
finished serving trays with good
center pattern and covered with
glass.