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» swift How it was “discovered,” after being apparently “‘lost” for nearly a century, by Alanson Skinner, the famous anthropologist, who gained entree to the councils of the Indians by learning to perform the secret “medicine dance.” By Harriet N. Pettibone. ning World), by Press Publishing Company Copyright, 1922 (New York E IDDEN behind nearly a century H: Indian reticence, the most Sacred personal possession of the Breat Chief Black Hawk has been brought to light. On the eve of the ninetieth anniver- Mary of the defeat of that intrepid leader of the bloodiest Indian war in American history, his war bag was @iscovered and purchased for the Mil- waukee Public Skinner, curator of anthropology, formerly connected with both the American Museum of Natural His- tory and the Museum of the Ameri- can Indian of New York. Mr. Skinner found it near Cushing, Okla., where the remnants of the Bauk and lox tribes now live. Proof that the bag his de- scendants, under Mr. Skinner‘s per- suasion, were at last moved to reveal Museum by Alanson which really was the property of Black Hawk's chief dissenter prior to his of the old men of the tribe, among them the son of Chief Keokuk, Black Hawk's chief his crushing defeat ¢ River on Aug. 3, 1532 It lies also in the iteelf, wh the la the charms an dissented Bad prior to Axe buckskin wrapper t object among amulets is a black hawk, crudely carve The v of th augmented by Skinne William Harri unheard-of obje find ormation offered historical is interpre This is a heretofore larging bag he called it. The distinction being that, unlike the usual war bag, it is actu- ally worn into the fray The Sauk and Fox war bundle like those of other tribes, is acquired only when a warrior sees its contents in a vision. He may be away fasting seeking the love of a maiden or the arts of the doctor when the vision occurs, Such a bag contains magic talismans, done up in a buckskin wrapper, whose assistance is sought before a battle. While his followe to fight, the owner of a war bunc pens it on a small platform and red hymns calling upon its potency for victory But the charging bundle is itself carried into the fray. And he who carries it, tied by a woven string over his left hip. its owner it all protection not turn back. To arms, clothes, serves as In war bundles are some objects individual to the owner's chin, per- taining, perhaps to the bold eagle, the hawk, the night-seeing owl or the tireless wolf, acc: ng to wh animal is supposed to be descen- dant Be these ave the origin of the earth and the I who walked its forests—the gods and animals who gave of their powers to make life possible for their sons, the Red Man nk of the power in war of th young sivage in whose behoof worked the ferocity of weasel, the stren and endurance of tl falo. s might be exp 1, bag was found the tail of a . a snake's skin, some deer hair Hints for the Vacationist room than an ordinary towel and will doc Nent service on the trip. Cut the che nto twelve-ineh squares and use them for washcloths and towels. Sufficient for the journey can be carried in the ip. ¥ will always have a clean towel ready at hand, and there wil ing to think about using res be no launder- as in the case of lar towels. The girl who is spending her vaca- tion in outdoor sports will save herself discomfort by rubbing a little of the following lotion into her skin after washing: Mix half a glass of lime water with one-fourth glass of olive oil, add a quarter teaspoonful of borax and shake well. Apply with clean cotton, then gently wipe with a sot towel. This will protect the skin against vind and sun If your sheer dresses are wrinkled and Mere is no « for ironing them perhaps you can fill the bathtub with hot water, then hang the dre is. The steam to their pristine loveliness, e8 over will quickly restore “1 usually begin by telling my host who I am, why I came, not omitting that I am from the 1 1 which was once their home, nd that I am a Menomini by adoption.’* He tells enough of the secret work to convince the old men that he is a member of the medicine dance, gr sacred order of many tribes, and therefore has a right to discuss such sacred relics with them. If they a sceptical, he actually gets out in signia which he owns and goes through the ceremony for them Although many present day Indians, he says, are willing to sell old bag they are fearful of public opinion. 1a some cases transactions are shrouded Sa thee A*young Indian came up behind him Besides these, in some of the bags ~ «. © got some furs to sell you are sacks of sacred tobacco, bits of sinner knew he had no furs and war paint, a human nose, several ‘ scalps—doubtless, says Mr. Skinner, showing what a deserving brave he who owned it. Alanson Skinner knows the psy- chology of dealing with the Indian as well as most men do that of ordi- nary salesmanship “I find out who the old men of the tribe are,"’ he say hose who still remember the old ways, yet have given them up 60 far as to be will- ing to part with relics for a price, “Halfbreeds make the most satis- factory guides. They understand both sides. as Above CHIEF BLACK HAWK and, at right, Wah- Com-Mo, typical of the Sauk and Foxes, wearing part of ceremonial reg of sacred medicine dance, to which Mr. Skinner belongs and by which he gains entree to old men of tribe who can furnish him with valuable relics. knew that the Indian knew he knew it So he inquired which house be- longed to his friend and in @ drizzle that made the appointed time, 4 A. M., look more like midnight he opened the door Spread out on a reed mat were the r-teeth neckpleces and war bags he desired be . The Mosquito Pest ‘By Dr. Charlotte C. West 7 are worse this sea- vent the mosquite breedin han they have been in pour kerosene urmant water ny years. No one can ac- moist places ull retus their Increase in size, num- cans, nd Vers and viciousness, all of which house and 4 Potassium 4 makes it more than ever necessary to. manganate destre ott 1 yourself t them, for the 1 solu mosquito, as you know, is a disease nd ca tbitations should The female injects poison into your be carefully screened. When blood with her bite, which causes not possible, t ute t ng, swelling, and if you are very jeast should be carefully guarded wit eptible you will experience con- mosquito nett flammation and pain. Cer- i : ; ; The follow ' ure among ieties of the mosquito are 4, the sole cause of malaria those given us s ' Cae ellow fever in the human being. TPellents ¢ Culex is the city pest and the Anopheles, the malaria carrying, is more common in the country, How- ever, both require water in which to Gee Ameo Ter ail de tavendee on thie deposit their eggs, and will do so on pillow and one an. the, head the smallest amount, on an oyster brerbent petten susled to alt 11, on a little moisture in the back Seca eh a nisin rd, in the sink, on the drain, any wee Where they can find a . ‘ moist The winds blow these in- five drops, ts from outlying districts into the — &lycerine cities, and physiclans are cautioning To free a room tror sau 16 public take every means to burn the following p T sufeguard themselves against the pos- leaves, two ounc sible invasion of the Anopheles, oth two ounce vise we may have a scourge of ma- cunces; p: 1 this fall ounces; pota 1 te pow thing with which to pre- one dram ~ Courtship and Marria; U———________By Betty Vincent_____ “Dear Miss Vincent: About a have spoken to him when he month ago |! went to a dance acted this way? It is impossible at a school which my brother for me to give a party and invite “attends. As it was an out-of- him because we live in different town school | did not know towns, so what shal! | do to find any one there, 80 my brother got out if he really cares for me? me a partner who was about a “PUZZLED.” year older than | am. There was a dance each of the two nights When the young man glanced we were in town and this boy You while he was « with was with me all the time, but a those other people, tl was the short time after at another dance time you should hiv 1 hi he showed no recognition of me. Il is always the vilese One time | saw my friend just a Speak first. A bright smile and nod few steps away talking to some would have probably hi ' people. He glanced my way sev- rectly to your sid ) nad eral times, and once we lcoked tal card of the schov wt ’ right at each other for a minute, = and in all probability lie ¥ rite to but we did not speak. Should | you. Look Your Best® (New Pub EAR MISS DOSCHER: D lam sixteen years of age and weigh 115 pounds. | am five feet two inches in height. Please tell me if | am overweight and if | ought to re duce. York Evening World) shing Co. HAZEL You nh t ort ind this m ur weight a little bit ongspicuou However, it ufficient for you to go on ° ing diet 1 well d proper exercise » Miss Doscher: yo please tell me through your helpful column how to restore a natural curl to the hair? | am fifteen years old and my hair is practfeally straight t h when | was small my hair was very curly. D.H Possibly the reason at does not curl readily is due to t fact that it may be too oly. If y low th eze to play throug ha and occasionally sun it, this help a t deal Letting the last rin Water of the shampoo to be as cold you can stand helps to close the pi on the scalp, Occasionally you ean Iternate with a dry shampoo. Dear Miss Doscher: ' have a very oily skin, Would the application of peroxide on the tace harm the skin or do it good, especially if there is a superfluous growth of hair? SHEILA D. ' oxide is only suppose ap root of the su 8 hair. Unie your skin is su sitty } not do it any harn cepecially as it is an olly skin, f yy Doris Doscher—~ F russDAY, AUGUST 8, Black Hawk’s Famous “War Bag” Found at L CONTENTS REVEAL “SECRETS” OF CHIEF’S PROWESS IN BATTLE Copyright, tOM the s resounding roars of Master Wil- 1922. War bag and, contents. 1—Swansdown against harm. 2—Weasel, which lends bag's owner the ferocity of that little animal. 3—Reed whistle, which sends the chargers into the fray. 4—Prisoner’s tie, the rope which will bind the arms of the first victim brought to the camp fire a prisoner. 6—Buckaki.. apron decorated in beadwork and buf- falo tails—given to the man who strikes the first blow in battle. 6—Charging bag at would wear it. The Jar’ Fami By Roy L. McCardell (New York EB above, Mr. Skinner demonstrating neckpiece, an amulet of charm left hip, where Black Hawk ly ening World) by Presa Publishing Company. 1922 street below came th 1 don’t believe you wiil, not if it was a second tooth, t testily, “and a pretty sight y« Ne Jarr ok Without a front 1 tcan Mrs, Jarr clutched at her heart 18 get enough money to take you rushed to the open window, Had dentist co juggerna stor cars maimed yp : juggernaut motor cars m UBhea ct can Got phecugs ‘usr toatl ind mangled that venturesome street- clear across the pavem playing boy at last? Visitor am- Miller does, ‘cause he's bulancee | ductors mursee| hospitals) KNOOkAd outiton 4 ' “Just at this point, Mr. Jarr arrived is and crutches filled her jome in a testy mood. ‘The boss had with dread, She had hardly n him a good calli f trength to totter to the door to de- cause of Something My. dart was not responsible foe—but hae scene 2 stairs to the street when Den nd the ial been abused by his wi rnin he clamoring boy came blubbering UP and had to take it o to the landing below so Mr. Jarr was hastening home to ‘What is it, dear? What is it take it out on Mrs, Jarr ar Are you killed, are your lexs | Before he could say a word Ss nt Ol Gan oh dear) Woy 27) ae tarp coated and t I take you to the country uid, “Why don't you keep a week, and this might not have your children? Do you expe ' k after them, when I ened, even though you did get killed 100k ' : ‘ 7 © downtown and work like a slave for a y a bull or drowned or somett Fue GA Nenescuee dad ‘ Willie's broke his toot, front doesn’t dare to call his soul his own t I've seen him when he done & 0 ppose the voice of little Emma Jarry )% et : ete: er d vimpanzee in conseq w ard to say, as she came clir Mrs. Jarre could have stood p the stairway behind her bawl- jne ehimpanze f W i Waugh! Waugh!" bellowed vn as Bernard Shaw j he clutched at his mother's How dare you si rv sympathy. own dear, int usn't a@ good new tooth »eried, Abuse ister explained, “it wa nly your wife and t one that was loose, Willic Tam used to it t to pull it out with hi ull my darling boy a « Loohoo! ~~ Waugh wed the boy again, 1 Mr. Jarr saw he had gone too f s and mouth on and besides he was sorry he had nd and in a@ perfectly rational Come home cross snd calm voice and manner ask Why, my dear, you m 1 | have ten cents to buy ive entire he said placat maw, ‘cause I'm hurt didn't say Willie was a chir ep your tongue out of the What I was trying t new tooth would not grow!” can't hurt him much, 4 Ira, Jarr. “And take that and mpan but ‘he I ind that for searing me t t I ever get another toot er eanheat naw?” asked the boy, whor 1 do Mrs. J t and that and that hadn't lars ad drawn in advan . burt but @ Utue, walary. MAXIMS Of a Modern Maid By Marguerite Mooers Marshall If the summer girl wants a job, after Labor Day, she need but submit copies of the letters she wrote to the Man at Home to win employment anywhere as a creator of “come-on” literature. ORGIVENESS should mean wiping the slate clean. But a woman often F uses what she calls ‘forgiveness’ as the answer to the sum of her wrongs; every time she finishes drearily adding them up, she remarks, “Of course, dear, I've forgotten you."* No, Lucille, a man is never curious—even If two male commuters do wonder, from Fast Orange to Hoboken, whether the wife of one of their neighbors really IS “carrying on’’ with the young divinity student next door Tt must be nice to be a man. knees, or skimpy shoulders, or a broad, Paunch—and yet walk the bathing beach Apollo's assurance. He can have knotby balloon-Nke with all It the Paris fashion of wearing divorce rings ever catches on in New York, some women—and men—will have to make every finger a ring finger. When women wonder "what men see"? in a blue-eyed, peach-skinned baby vamp, the critics seem to forget that it's not necessary to see any- thing IN her—there’s an eyeful on the outside. observes the male philosopher, ‘‘is mother to the man she of course, is HIS alibi for numerous perfectly childish per- very wife, Which formances' love When marital conversation becomes chiefly a monologue, the chanees that it will soon be reduced to a soliloquy. are first husnand was the man who put the ‘lie’? in alibi Sally’s Summer | By Caroine Crawford Does a Girl Ever Marry Her Summer Beau ? BILLY CROTON TO THE RESCUE. landlady and hurried out to Billings’s ALLY rushed ‘to her room and car. S packed all her clothes as hur- “‘Better drive around to my place, riedly as she could. [tall seemed &¢t my valise and ask my sister to like a nightmare and for a few Chaperon you,” he said, as he started the machine, But just as they were pulling away from the Billy Croton rushed after them, mounted the running board and demanded ad- mittance. ‘What does this valise, Sally in her travelling gown and this car mean?’* he asked half in jest and half in seconds she was undecided whether she would elope with Billings or not She settled up her accounts with her curb earnest “it means that we are going to elope,” announced Billings, ‘‘and it means that you are to keep it's secret."* “But we're not going to elope claimed Sally. “Rather a funny situation he: summed up Croton. ‘'Girl dressed for travelling, suit case, fast speeded Famous Women. MARGARET BEAUFORT. roadster. Man says they are going to ARGARET BEAUFORT | lope. Girl says they aren't. Now M was the daughter and who am I to believe?"* Neither of us, We don’t know what we are going to do,"’ confessed Sally, heiress of the Duke of Somerset. Being very beautiful, she was at the early age of fif- teen eagerly sought in marriage by the son of the Duke of Suffolk, and Edmund, Earl of Richmond, “The dickens you don't. Say, what did you people have for breakfast te half brother of the reigning | start the day going?” monarch, Henry VI. Marsarre Billings and Sally laughed, then the was advised to consult St. pas Nicholas, patron saint of unde- latter burst out with ‘We are just cided maidens. Evidently St. | ®0ing to leave Round Lake, that’s all. Nicholas decided upon Edmund, | I for she married him. Edmund died soon after the birth of a son, who became King Henry VII. After the death of her first hus band Margaret married Humph- “Just this,” explained Billings, sud- rey Stafford, son of the Duke of denly taking the initiative, ‘‘Sally and Buckingham, and then Thomas, I ye to get out of town." Did you steal anything?" playfully inquired Croton. ‘What do you mean get out of town?" are engaged. I wrote to Sally's Lord Stanley, subsequently Earl Parents to gain their permission to of Derby. She founded several wed her. They are agreeable and have colleges and did other works of announced our marriage in all the charity. She died on June 29, papers. Naturally enough because [ 1509, at the age of sixty-eight, | am well known and reputed to be fair- just after her grandson, Henry | ty well to do we expect a score of VIIL, ascended the throne. _} Teporters up here after us, Well, we have nothing to say, so we thought ————————, we would just skip out of town and that’s all.’ My Favorite Mini ecole clacineli tore Coiffure contradicted Sally, and again Croton looked at her with peculiar interest. “Why not?" he asked, paTiitave: Tall (AAaate “That's rather our affair,’ an- Sereen Stars Tell Secrets Of jounced ‘Billings as he stopped the Hairdress, car with the intention of dropping Croton “If Mise Peters doesn't wish to elope with you it is going to be rather my affair,"’ declared Croton, remain- ing in the car. “I am only a good triend of ers, but becau: Tam ‘good! one I Intend to see her through, If she is going out of town [ll go along too and see that she is not forced to marry a man simply bee cause he is d of a little pub- hesty T wish would Sally whispered to Billy Hillings caught the d pression w upon t th's FACAtL A Gin eihd ISIHA Goachinw Aaaie Guess we won't t ket my, y ap- r to S. Li. me we'll call tt off and you can write whatever you please to pars ents to nd gain the posit she all her hfe, but the t an elopment, of By Leatrice Joy. suddenly bs 8 Wife, repulsed HIS coiffure is most fitting lier She wanted a wedding, brides- trousseau. To be married to a fat, mine, and is in keeping with = pudgy, bald-headed little man, with my personality. My hair is long just a few hours’ notice, did not ape and full and has just enough of a peal to her. T too, she felt that natural wave so that no marcel- — Cyoton’s presence 1 something to ling is necessary for this coiffure, do with her sudden revolt The hair is brought down low on I have good news for you,'? he the neck, and, while extremely wispered several times reassuringlys simple in effect, is very attractive, To-morraw—Boyish Promises. eee me ene eee aor