The Simmons Brand (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 7, Ed. 1, Saturday, October 28, 1922 Page: 3 of 4
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APPEARS UNDER AUSPICES OF
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'n ' ENTERTAINER.
j'' Chief Rcdeather of the Cherokee en-
tertained a largo crowd In the Simmons
auditorium Friday at chapel and Friday
evening. Ills program Friday evening
given under the auspices of the B. S. U-
began' with the song "Holly City" better
known as "Jerusalem; Jerusalem" given
in a way that convinced the most critical
that here' was extraordinary talent. He
followed this with a demonstration of tho
famous Snako Dance which he said the
Indians .originally Intended as a training
(or the. women and children that they might
' learn to drive off tho wild beasts and
snakes that infested the country.
ft The Chief then explained "Why In-
dians JWear Paint" saying that married
women wear 911. red mark across their fore-
head single women a dot on their checks.
Xhero' are also distinguishing marks for
married and single men. Thus when a
young Indian approaches a young lady
if ho sees the red mark on her forehead
no bids her a polite "Good evening"
while Jf he sees one with a dot on her
'cheeky ho may seek her acquaintance.
Thus nobody gets confused and makes lovo
to another man's wife as is tho case-sometimes
with the white man. "And" in tho
words of Chief Red Feather "you don't
See any old Indian bucks running around
looking for what you call 'Chickens'."
' .In the course of this talk he explained
the different dialects of the Indians of
which there are moro than a hundred and
gave . the word for "HowIo-y6u-do"
In several of these beginning -with the
Six Nations of New York and going west-
ward. .
..'"Gimmo the Leavin's" a wot comedy
in negro dialecct representing a man of
f 'trj out-of-luck style wlio never got any
i ?''.(-' ' thing exactly as ho wanted it and became
''iM' content' with "tho leavin's" gave proof 61
the Chiefs ability as an Impersonator and
'brought roars of laughter from the audi-
ence. "
. Another noteworthy feature of the pro-
gram was the Indian engagement song
which Hedfeather gavo with his mellow
voice . in the rythmical language of the
Cherokee. He followed this with a
'"TalkFrom the Heart of the Red Men"
In which hosimply and impressively urged
his hearers tho White men to give his
people a fair chance turn them loose to
. so as'-thev choose in the same freedom
whichj'.lhe white man enjoys ano? o 'glvel
them Leducational advantages at a .lime
when ..we' are sending missionaries to the'
foreign fields; He asked that the white
men riot dig into the Indian graves saying
"It seems they will never let my people
rest. They haye gathered them from their
once boundless possessions' to little sec-
tions pf country and they hold them there
' "without: giving them freedom. And they
go and dig up the graves of our. fathers for
. the arrowheads aruL saw' 'Here is an In-
dian Skull. There; Is -hU; bones." Thus
in 'ihe-isimpleeloquence for 'which -the In--.
dian chiefs are famous he plead the cause
of his :peoplc He said "Turn them loose
from the reservations. Let them go'free.
It is not right to keep a man bound down
to one. little spot of country all his life."
.r "Doi't go to another continent" he
added "to find peoplo to help. There
are hundreds of thousands of poor needing-
help at your yery doors. Of course it
is good to send missionaries to foreign
lands but let us also look at those who
are poor and sometimes starving at our
very doors. 1 havo. seen worthy men men
of the highest character who naa to as
for something to eat. I have seen a man
who had but sixty cents and didn't know
where he was to get something to eat and
place to sleep divide that sixty cents
with' aman who was hungry. I went two
and a-half days once without a bite to eat.
I walked until I went to sleep on my feet.
And now I guess I could write a check
with four or five figures and give to all
worthy causes."
- In speaking of the Indian custom he
told of tho annual pow-wow held by the
'people of 'hs tribe xi which over ten
thousand peoplo met together and were
fed and. entertained for a period of from
one to) ninety days. He said that with ell
this crowd of men and worenVthej 'was
'rarely' any drinking and no police ptotec
tlon needed. An unruly or drunk man was
pounced upon so quickly and punished so
sufficiently by men of the' tribe that mis-
. doraeanors are practically eliminated.
vTltey call my people heathen" he add-
ed "but I haye never seen anything hea
then about 'them. They always worshipped
the Creat Spirit. They never bowed down
to Idols. They haye always believed in a
Happy Hunting Ground not as a" place
where 'they would hunt again but a place
.(? " " where .they- should rest 'forever'"
iiv ; . He mentioned the respeot the Indian
'$!&' always! shows for womanhood. He paid a
' -KjA' "tend 'tribute to hW"bwR Mother who"oar-
rled hfcn about on her. bk wfcesf kj Ws
a Httlppoose and spoke jtftW faetjjwt
an Indian mother is never separated from
her eklW but keeps hlrawkh hr attittte
time .'.
Ir sneaking et the future of hte re
' W tO. " Waw reeiv)M'.yM- e4n-
going higher and higher I would not
take ten million dollars for the education
tho whl(o man has given me."
In closing tho chief Urged tho young
people In. his hearing to keep their lives
clean arid then added "My friends it-may
be many years before I seo you again. If
hot here I hope wo may meet In some
other city and if not there I want to meet
you In the Happy Hunting Ground."
Tho program closed with the song "In
the Garden of My Heart."
Early Life.
Chief Red Feather was born Feb. I
1864 near where the town of Vanlla Ok.
no stands then a wild and unsettled coun-
try. Few white men ventured there ond
most of those who did were usually out-
laws who according to tho Chief would
Often indulge in shooting at the tallow
candle that served as their light in order
to sea who could shoot it out first.
He reviewed his early schooling obtain-
cd under disadvantages' almost equal to
Lincoln's. He would rise at five in the
morning milk two cows get wood and
water do the other chores walk threo
miles to school do the janitor work there
and after school walk home and do tho
chores again. He says he has always been
independent working in his spare timo to
buy clothes and anything ho might want.
He was soon carried away from his na-
tive state and placed in the homo of a
Quaker family at Philadelphia. Here he
attended tho Central' High School from
which he was graduated thirteen years
later. Concerning his school life he said
"When I went to college love sport all
that bund I left at home took my brains
to school and trained them there. I never
had any trouble with my scboolmatcs for
I realized that I would want friends and
couldn't afford to lose one and enemies
ore easily made."
Returning home from school Chidf Red
Feather was surprised at the condition of
his own peoplo and resolved to be a mis-
sionary the rest of his life and to tell the
while man of his people. The lack of edu-
cation' among his own people was so force-
fully impressed upon him that ho began
to lecture in their own behalf that year.
Since then he has visited almost every
country in the world and made lectures
at almost every school and college in every
town he has visited. '
Last August while Red Feather was giv-
ing an address in Boulder Colorado Mr.
Charles R. Smith of Dallas son of the.
founder of' Baylor-Belton College heard
him and was so favorably impressed by his
Indian songs that he persuaded him to
come to Texas and carry on his work in'
the Baptist Colleges of the State.
Lifted father arrived in Dallas a month
later and sang in the First Methodist
and Baptist Churches there addressed the
Lions and Boneheads Clubs sung in all
the scchools there and went from there
to Baylor-Belton. From Belton ho came
to Abilene accompanied by his wife the
Princess Ah-de-ta-alu
Tho Chief in his chapel talk blended
with his humor the spirit of bis race and
a loyalty to the white man and his flag.
In conclusion ho paid tender tribute to
his Indian mother "I know'.she is my
mother bless her! I know she is or she
wouldn't have carried me on her back from
day to day J5he carried mo' fn the pap-
poose to protect me because she loved me
and with her arms free she could better
protect me from danger. It is a great
thing in the' modern day for one to be-able
to keep up with his own mother!"
BETTY COMPSON IN PLAY
AT THE QUEEN MONDAY
The latest Betty Compson production to
bo distributed by Goldwyn "Always the
Wpman' written by Perley Poorq Shec-
han and directed under the star's super-
vision by' Arthur Rosspn will be disclosed
at the Queer theatre on Monday for two
days. It Is a romantic love story of an-
cient Egypt with that ancient story re-pn-acted
in modern times by American Eng-
lish and Egyptians in the wastes of the
Sahara'.
Miss Compson selected the story herself
after reading hundreds of scenarios' and
succeeded in fitting herself with a perfect-
ly gorgeous role the most colorful and
'pictures que that has fallen to her lot on
the screen For a brief time at the begin-
ning of the photoplay she appears as Neco-
Tok'rls a queen . of ancient Egypt but
soon thereafter she js seen as a slangy
American vuudevHlo performer on board
a ship bound for Egypt.
She is recognized by Mahmuh; ah-Egypi
ti'an mystic as a reincarnation of the Queen
Necq-Tokrls Others in'her entourage soon
emerge as the reincarnation of other per-
sonages involved in the ancient love trag-
edy and tho story begins to re-enact itself
In modern times and terms hut is deflect-
ed into a happy ending by the atonement
of the. reincarnated priest whose jealousy
in ancient times caused him to. betray his
quecm
The supporting cast In "Alwoys the
Woman" is as notable and distinctive as
that seen wjth Miss Compsoa in her other
Goldwyn releases Prisoners of Love1 d
"For Those We Loye.'! It includes Emory
Johnson as leading roan Gerald Prlng
Mseey . Hsrlani Arthur-Delmore. Rfekard
Reon and Doris Pawn.
"A Pair of Sexes" and educational com-
edy and topios of th "Day wttl 'alse be
GLEE CLUB WILL HOLD
FIRST PRACTICE MONDAY
The Men's Glee Club met at their regu-
lar time Monday night at tho Mary-Frances
parlors and. held their first real practice
of the year. Several pieces of new music
wcro oh hand and the. singers set to work
in earnest on these. Fourteen men were
present.
This was the third meeting of the Club
this year. They niet for the first time
oh October 9 and elected officers for the
yeir. Miss Sibley Was chosen director;
Tructt Butler president; Wendell Fore-
man vice president; and Rudolph CalTcy
reporter. Tho office of Secretary-treasurer
Is still open.
The club has four each of first tenors
second tonrs baritones and basses but
they desire five of each. Any boy who
would like to sing and can sing is urged
to join. Regular meetings are held each
Monday evening at 7 o'clock at tho Mary-
Frances parlors.
A LITTLE BIT.
A littlo bit of winning
A littlo bit of loss -
A little bit of gold.
A littlo bit of dross
A little bit of work
A little bit play
A little bit of sunlight
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A little bit of grey; . .'?." '
A little bit of heartache ' '
A littlo bit of care.
A littlo bit of faith '. '
And a little bit of prayer;''. -'' .
A little bit of twilight
Fading' in the West
A little bit of anguish
And a great eternal Rest!
Vlmir Bird.
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THE NEW WEST.
The' lonely trail is changing to. a crowded
thoroughfare
Thrd valleys green with cotton' and with
grain ' "
And tho grass for ages growing on the
prairies everywhere
Must pass and yield -dominion '.to the
riders of tho plain.
Tho riders on the sky-lino in the distance
pass from view; .
Tho' their day was one 0 grandeur it
is best
For1 tho cotton to be grdwlng where the
lonely cactus grew.
Other men must build an empire in' the
West. '
And the peaceful hills and valley of the
.early pasture land
That for ages stood in silence thru the
past 1 '
Have awakened now to living and -reward
v the farmer's hand
With the age:old buried treasures in its
vastness long held fast.'
With many home- fires burning where a
campfire long ago
Lit a little glimmer in the prairie's
broad- domain - ";.
In the span of one short life-'time the
cities- that wo know
Have lit the lights that glimmer on the
plain. ' . "
And in these years of building in the land
our- fathers found
As God Almighty made" it boundless
.broad and free
With a faith as theirs unswering and a
-manhood clean and sound
Let us build as they-have built it for
the ages that will be.
With a few. short years behind us and the
ages on ahead
And the tread of coming millions heard
afar
The way we build West Texas with our
hand and heart and head
Will prove in terms undying the kind
of men wo are
Ulmer Bird.
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SOCIAL FRIDAY EVENING
Members of the Buckner B. Y. P. U.
met at the College Heights. Church Sat-
urday evening at 6:30 and went in a body
to the home of Miss Hazel Hart on the
Anson Pike for a social.
The first thirty minutes were spent in a
"get acquainted" meeting after which in'
formal games were played.
"Magic Battle"' brought peals of laugh-
ter from tlie happy hearted crowd as that
future-seeing article satisfied their curiosi-
ties on vital questions.
Much disturbance was caused by try-
outs on lifting the lemon from tho carpet
with a teaspoon after scraping it around
the room somo few were able to get it on
their spoon.
Refreshments of brick ice cream and
dainty cakes were served after which tho
guests departed declaring Miss Hart and
her assistants to bo delightful entertainers.
FIVE YEARS AGO.
The Philo-Phila Confederation meets at
Howard Payne.
Liberty Loan Day is recognized by stir-
ring appeal in chapel.
Tho Mary Frances girls defeat G. I. II.
15-6 In match game of basket ball.
Two Simmons students Hyman Harri-
son and Homer Trantham left Thursday
morning for San Antonio where they will
take . examination for entrance in aerial
Tho Hallowe'en Reception was the bril-
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