The Coconino sun., 1927-11-25

exposition closed February g. This ex-
position was in the interest of wom-
en-, for women, and by women
The object of the st. Louis women
to get up this affair at great ex-
pense and labor is to educate some
of the boys and girls that have not
the means and are ambitious to get
an education. Last year after all ac
counts were settled S10,500 was left
in the treasury of which $500 was
voted on to be given to the different
organizations for scholarships. The
remaining sum was left in the bank
to open another exposition for the
same purpose.
Admission of so cents was charged
at the door of the Coliseum where
the exposition was held The Coli
scum is large building. Judging by
our ceremonial grounds at Gallup, i'm
agine seats side by side all around
in circle up in the balcony and stage
at each end. The stage was occu-
pied with different programs from
eleven o'clock in the morning to elev-
en- o'clock at night The booths, all
of women's handicrasts were on the
floor of the Coliseum. Our Indian
booth drew more crowds than any
other booth. We worked from elev-
en- o'clock in the morning till eleven
at night and we were well tired by
the time quitting time came. | fin
ished my blanket / had taken there
to work on, working myself out of a
Job. | took a half-finished loom out
of the school exhibit and worked on
that. We stopped in between our
weaving to show our way of prepar-
ing our wool for weaving. Mary
would card while / spun. We cer-
tainly did look gay in our native cos
TUNES vet we didn't care as to who
saw US just so it wasn't any of the
Fort Defiance people.
There were funny remarks made
about our way of dressing, as lady
said to another, "She doesn't believe
in hobbled skirts, does she," and an
other lady asked if it was all Mary'S
own hair that was on her head, she
says, what lovely lot of black
straight hair" This is what | heard
two ladies say as they stood back of
me, not having an idea / understood
the English language; one Of them
said, "Here are the Indians, when
you speak to them you can't get a
word out of them; they won't answer
you. Look at all the beads she's got
on. Some of them wear SO much
beads they can't move their heads"
By that time | turned around and
grinned at them, | felt like saying,
"Thank you for the compliment"
The first day we were out on the
street colored boy came up to US
and asked if we could tell fortunes.
Then there were others that asked if
we were Indians from India, and how
long we have been in this country.
These were some of the funnies we
came across. We were strange to
them and in turn they were strange
to us as to some of the things that
city people do.
Some of their stage scenes were so
shocking that | would not go across
the street to see it, as to girls, young
ladies with tights on and only a mar
row ruffle about their hips, this dane
ing was in the Coliseum. did not
mind the music the orchestra rem
dered, and we certainly did enjoy lis
tening to the different kinds of mu-
sic. Scotchmen playing bagpipes,
pipe organs, and the colored people
playing on all kinds of stringed in
struments.
/ met quite good many people
through Rev. j. r. Smith interceding
for me through letters before our ar
rival. We had many invitations to be
shown through the city, our time for
both Sundays was all taken up as to
dinners and seeing the sights of the
city. St. Louis having the largest
park in the United States we had the
privilege of seeing all kinds OF ami
mails, birds of all sizes and colors,
and monkeys of all species. ! laughed
and thought it funny when the man
that was taking us through said.
"Here are the turkeys; we keep them
too as you know some people here
have never seen turkeys only when
it is dressed or roasted and ready