The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-03-11
,sSAkAKAWEAS ASKED
TO DENVER TO PUT
ON THEIR OPERETTA
Bismarck and North Dakota Of.
] tered Great Opportunity
for Publicity
PLANNING STATE EXHIBIT
Possibility of Accepting De-
Ponds on Raising Fund; Aid
Of Friends Urged
PLANNING STATE EXHIBIT

80
Of Friends Urged
IS Plans r being made to give Bis
marck the most outstanding repre-
Scntation at the biennial meeting of
tho national Federation of Women's
clubs at Denver. June 5-l4 next. It
is to be novel. original. colorful and
at the same time of national scope.
The plan proposed and being con-
sidered is to send the Sakakawea
girls club of the Indian school to The
convention as Bismarck's representa-
tion. If it Is carried through. the H.
spitation viii include the presentation
of the Indian Operetta Mon-dah-mjn
or some other musical drama.
The national leaders of the feder-
alton ere prepared to break precedent
and give the girls a half hour in the
operetta on one of the evening pro-
grams. Heretofore nothing in the
nature of entertainment has been al
lowed to take up the time of the fed
Grafton.
Only Indian Women's Club
The invitation has been extended
to Mrs. Alfred zuger. chairman of
junior membership in North Dakota.
hy Miss Anna M. Kruse. chairman Of
Indian welfare. Oberon. N. D. But
national leaders who. in the past.
have visited the school here also are
interested and have urged Mrs. Zuger.
who was sponsor for the SalsakaweaS.
to arrange to bring the girls to Den
e
: In part this interest in the Saka-
kawea club is due to it being the only
Indian club in the federation-in fact.
as far as known. in the world. The
wishes of the federation leaders arc
that the girls present the operetta
Man-dah-m min. This will include q
special North Dakota song.
Would Be in Professional
Two of the outstanding program
features of the convention are to deal
with the spirit Of youth. or junior
activities Of the federation. and the
department of Indian welfare. The
Junior program sent Mrs. Zuger by
Mrs. Edward Bevens. Of Helena. Ar
kansas, national chairman of junior
membership. is in part as professional
of juniors as follows:
Sakakawea junior girls dressed in
Indian costumes bearing banners In
scribed. "Sakakawea club, Bismarck,
North Dakota"
Junior Women's club. Havana,
Cuba, dressed as Spanish scnoras.
The Puritan girl from the East,
the Dixie girl" from the South. the
Girl of the Golden West" and the
North Dakota Indian girls.
In addition to %presentin. the oper-
eta. the girls would put on an exhib-
it. of indian handicrafts at the fed
Grafton convention. The school at
Fort Bcrthcld and that here are en-
gagged In making exhibits of basket
work, pottery. beadwork and Indian
costumes to be taken along.
Nationwide Publicity
The plan, it readily will be seen,
will give North Dakota and. especially
Bismarck, nation-w wide publicity OF
the most striking sort, both at the
time Of the convention and afterward
when the participants get back to
their homes and tell their clubs and
t~ownspeople of the doings OF the
Denver meeting.
There Is only one feature Of the
proposed trip to Denver that is both
ering the girls, their sponsors n the
national federation leaders, and that
Is the expense. 1t was found that
the round trip to Denver and return
by train would entail a cost Of 81 300.
This virtually made the plan pro-
hibitivc.
Bus May Solve Situation
However, there are other ways. The
Indian school has an old bus and
SUPERINTENDENT c. B. Dickinson is
considering the renovation Of this for
making the trip by way OF Rapid
City and Cheyenne, giving a pre-
sentation of the operetta at each place
il time affords. It also is possible
that club women going to Denver in
their W cars car give some OF the
girls a lift.
AS for the financing of the trip, the
club women must depend on their
friends and those who will be inter-
ested in seeing Bismarck put on the
map Ill v e the nation in this novel
way. It is suggested that friends
contribute to q fund for the trip,
sending in any contribution from 81
M. The contributions will be e
ceived by the Tribune and will be
announced in the paper as received.
or they can be sent to Mrs. Alfred
Zueer. chairman Of junior member
ship In North Dakota. All checks in
tended to contribute to the plan
should be made out to Mrs. zuger. Is