CHEMAWA AMERICAN.
7
Ten Nights in a Bar Room.
Feb. 22 1902,
"Ten Nights in a Bar-Room" was pre
Rented ty Ihe pupils of Mrs Cloutier, Mrs.
Campbell and Miss Freudian a moat cred
itable manner on Haturday eveniff. When
- all Ihe parta were so well taken it would
hardly be fair to make comparisons. The
boys and girlB all did their best and entered
Into the spirit of the play in a manner
which demonstrated not only their ability
hut iheir wlllingness,to make the evening
asucceeB.AThe audience expressed Uheir
Biirpriae and delight at the excellent pre
fortuance. The following is the cunt of
characters:
Sample Bwichel '. .. , JohnRaub
BirrionSlade Tom Young
Joe Morgan Charles Cutter
Frank Slade : Martin Wollen
Harvey Green .James Smith
Mr.maine William lilougett
Willie Hammond John Harris
Mrs, Morgan Lucy McCloud
Mary Morgan Irene Campbell
Mebimble Cartwright Elvira Pnrteh
The play was well set. John Harris
painted an addition to several of our
regular scenes which add.'d urcatly to the
effect.
The Long Hair Must Go.
There has boon widn-prend Ci.mnent
upon the order of Commissioner Jones
prescribing "close cropped hair, faces un
pninted and the abandonment of the blan
ket" as the twentieth century styles pre
scribed for Indinns. Casting about for a
renHon for this order, the Youth's Compan
ion cays that it is believed that "paint on
the Indians' faces melt and runs into the
eyes; producing disease." the'infereiiee be
ing that this part of therrderls thus based,
Ii i also conceded that the shirt, for hy
gienic reasons, may he preferable to the
blanket, but, It is asked. "Why not leave
the way of wearing the hair to individual
taste?" The whole reason underlying this
order ismissed in this estimate. If we are
to civilize these reservation Inrlians(which
ih conceded to he the government's plan),
they must be induced to discard the Insig
nia of savagery, indolence and tilth, get
into working clothes and work. The paint
nn their faces may not aflect their eyes,
hut It is unclean, and stamps them as sav
ages, and it surely needs no argument to
convince any practical person that men
cannot work to advantage with lone hair
blowing about their faces and blankets
falling lonsoly about Iheir limbs. The
"blanket Indian" Will mock the efforts of
civilization in his behalf until these i neia
nia of tilth and laziness irive place toclothes
in which he can have the free use of his
body and a chanoo once in a while for a
change of clothing.
The Orevnnian views this matter of hftir
cntliiiir, painting faces and wearing of
hlnnkets, exactly right. Commissioner
Jones is a ptogressive man. He wants the
American Indian to adopt civilizuiinn,
before the wneels of civilization roll over
hint and crush him out of existence. He
wants nc monkey-bnaine-8 about it, hut, is
in earnest, as in evidenced by his instruc
tion to his auenm on the reerva'ionw Mn
dnce'hp Indian tn cut off their lnar h-iir,
throw away their old breech Jclour, gee
string and blwnkets, wear working mens
cb-ihing and get out and work for a HvinK.
like other human beinjra have to do.
It would bean amusing aight to se- a
man trying to plow or pitch hay wearinga.
blanket. His long hair is also a nnisimce,
and a detriment to his progress. The In
dians of the Coast States excepting two or
three eastern reservation have abandoned
the long hairstyle long;go, thrown awnv
their blankets 'and'taepees, and it did not
cause them to die of a broken heart.
It made men out of them and good self
supporting citizens. Let the proud Sioux,
Cheyenne and Comanche do likewise.
Commissioner Jones thinks thesoouer
the better, and he right.