The Ralston Tribune (Ralston, Okla.), Vol. 2, No. 4, Ed. 1 Friday, July 13, 1917 Page: 2 of 8
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V Y It grips us when Big Chief
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Indian brave quickens our pulses and
especially has the Cunu Cuna or San
Bias tribe uroused my Interest, writes
Alice 8. Macqueen In the Los An-
geles Times. For more than four cen-
turies they have dwelt along the At-
lantic coast of Tannins, about 00 miles
with the spirit of adventure, we crowd-
ed Into “Charlie’s” waiting “cayuco.’*
As we neared the Island black heads
bobbed up here and there In the wa-
ter. IIow they chattered, those furi-
ous hoy Iudiuns!
The doorways, opening fairly oft .'he
water edge, were crowded with men.
women with babe* In arms and chil-
dren. The women were gurbed In
“llestn” attire, as a flve-duy celebra-
north of Colon toward Colombia, llis- tlon, the nature of which we were un-
torlcal records tell us that formerly 1 able to ascertain, wns being held. Clay
their territory extended as far as the turkey red. yellow and purple calico
valleys of the eastern reaches of the encased them, while behind, covering
Chngres river, covering both sides of every available spot of ground, were
the Continental divide between the
present Canal zone and the bays of
Atrato and San Miguel; hut much of
their belongings have gradually been
taken from them, although they are
constantly on the watch for the hated
Invader, ready to light for their pos-
sessions.
The very withdrawal of llie San
Blus Indian women from contact with
the outside world lends romunce and
mystery to n visit to their country.
Until recently, I am told, white women
had not visited their dusky sisters,
who hear little resemblance to our In-
dians of the United States. These
diminutive people, seldom reaching
more than five feet, with their dark
copper skins, could hardly he taken
for Africans, hut for their telltale crisp,
black hair. Years of ocean ha till tig
and basking In the rays of the sun lias
given them n deep bronze complexion.
At the Island of Cortl.
Karl.v on a bright July morning we
sat on the deck of the S. S. San Bias.
Our little steamer was low In the wai-
ter. Twice an alligator grazed her
how. creating great excitement. The
brilliant sun had converted the ever
blue Caribbean Into a glistening Jewel
box; eoconut palms clothed In verdant,
sheeny green lifted proud heads from
water edge to horizon.
their homes. Narrow sticks. Imund to-
gether by mountain vines, formed the
sides, and they were surmounted by
palm-thatched roofs. As we drew near
the women anil girls quickly concealed
their faces in bright mantles, hut pierc-
ing black eyes still spied at us In-
quisitively. Abashed or afraid the;
would not even permit us to caress
their babies.
“Come," said our guide, and we en
i tered the first of the long line of dwell
i ings. Kuch one. we were told, house!*
from ten to twenty families. In the
, dim light, furnished h.v two low door
ways, we distinguished n tretnrndmif.
room, with floors of hnVd parked clnv
There was little furniture, except a few
hammocks strung about, while clothes
lines seethed to form ii division for the
family quarters. An occasional wooden
bench was occupied by groups of men
recovering from too much celebration.
Cleanliness seemed the rule. The
I ocean serves as bath bouse, toilet and
medicine man to these primitive peo-
ple. The Indians stood about In groups,
ever watchful, apparently waiting fof
our departure.
Long Hair Only for Young Girls.
The women nnd children soon I
came less timid, and followed ts
through the narrow passageways, eo-
An hour’s ride and the island of i deavorlng to loosen our brooches.
Cortl. our destination, was In sight.
“Cayucos," large and small, danced
about on the waves. Tiny Indian hoys
»>f five or six years valiantly paddled
boats no larger than themselves; each
ripple threatened disaster. Big broth-
er manned larger craft. Sometimes
seven or eight occupied one bout.
“Nliede" they greeted, so "Nuode” we
called hack over the water. This
meant “How do you Jo?" the captain
told us, although l cannot vouch for
the spelling, using sound for my guide.
Soon n reception committee swarmed
the deck of our ship, accompanied h.v
•’Charlie." the Interpreter, and after
considerable consultation among them-
selves. he advised us to follow tdm.
We had seen many of these Indian
men on the streets of Tnnmnu, hut a
closer study wns Interesting. Huts,
far too small, chiefly black derbies,
were perched aloft the stllT upstanding
hair. Sldrts of different lines, worn
outside blue Jean or black trousers of
uncertain length aud an occasional
necktie completed their costume.
Gravely the elder* surveyed us. while
the younger generation eagerly wait-
ed our tossing of coins into the water,
w lieu their shining, naked bodies would
|Milse for an Instant on the boat's side,
then splash they went Into the water,
only reappearing when the victor had
secured our offering. So clear was the
water that their agile bodies were not
lost to sight for an Instant.
Before u* lay a brown patch. A
"wart," we ngreed, on Mother Nature's
face. This wns Cortl. The Island
seemed to he floating about on the wa-
ter and looked ns though It might s*n\
MS FOB sum BRIDES
fag ataeat Camera lode* cart Q'!a* {'ng *hvn?
trinkets and belt pins. They exclaimed
over otir clothing nnd asked mnny
questions, which our guide answered
to Ids own, nnd apparently their, satis-
faction. There were four women and
three inca In our party. 8urt to sn.r,
the latter received slight attention.
One of our girls hud very ll^ltt lit ir.
This Interested them. They removed
Iter hat and quickly loosened her hair,
and lo. It was spread before them "pur*
gold!" “Blit why had this level j
maiden long hair?” they questioned
“Charlie.” We found that only tlia
young girls of tfielr tribe wore long
tresses. This discovery was made by
our being halted before n booth sim-
ilar to thut of a church bazaar. Two
Indian maidens were sunattert on tho
Moor ready to he shorn of their SttfT,
Jetty locks, the priestess of this hair-
cuttlng ceremony being a withered old
squaw. Twelve years old the maiden*
were 11slay—mature women, ready for
suitable husband*. So after all th*
children' hearing children in arnx
were young mothers, though immature
of feature and form. A picture of
three little girls, daughter* of a mem-
ber of our party, was shown to the ot$
woman. "HumphI" she grunted; “too
had, all girls." Then slyly site slipped
tlie photograph Inside Iter bodice, and
we saw It no more. Perhaps It will be
treasured by her grnndehlldren. cer
taInly she considered It n prize.
An unlooked-for bargaining spun
wns displayed when we endeavored to
purchase some of their handiwork.
Throe, four and five dollar* was asked
for the waist*. Paper money would
not he pon-tdered. only Ulcer oat'ajy*
New York.—Many a weddiug will oc-
cur this summer that was scheduled
to occur next autumn.
Wur weddings have become so much
the social pastime that the cynics in-
sist that hundreds of girls are getting
husbands who might otherwise have
remained old mulds. *
There Is no one class so grateful for
these constantly occurring weddings as
the dressmakers. They have been on
the verge of nervous breakdowns ever
sluce war was declared. They Lave
seen themselves go out of existence,
and they have seen good clothes be-
come one of those rare luxuries that
are sold at Infrequent Intervals, like
Jewels and Chinese rugs.
The dressmakers have doubled aud
turned on their tracks In trying to
get new clothes for the summer nnd
to attract the coin out of the purses
of even the economists by presenting
a class of costumery that vurles from
the spring models.
You can well imagine, therefore,
that the decision on the part of the
brldes-elect to have their weddings
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the loose girdling and the attenuated
droop of the hem can be gotten
through crepe de chine as well as
sutln.
Once upon a time, ultra-fashionable
folk thought that It was high time to
udopt some of the primitive methods
concerning wedding gowns. They in-
troduced sea green, pale blue aniLtose-
plnk Into the white draperies. They
borrowed from the peasantry of oilier
countries the glittering gold nnd silver
rtrihrolderles. They filched from the
Itullun days of Catherine de ^lcdlct
the metallic tissues and soft and bril-
liant tinsels, and they borrowed from
Uussiu the massive luces aud deep-
toned white nnd cream velvets.
Not content with tlds, they had
subtly woven lace gowns, the patterns
of which had been originated for roy-
alty, Doucet once ntude nu entire
luce frock dropped over ivory satin at
the cost of $1,200. to be worn by a
young girl In Washington.
A thousand dollars was puid for
court trains of subtly woven lace,
which were caught on the shoulders
with diamond ornuments and Held out
at their extreme length by tiny pages
in white satin and Louis XIV hats.
The daughter of a great banker paid
$2,00d for a wedding gown of old Ital-
ian tissue, woven with crystals and
embroidered in silver threads, wlih a
deep tunic of old French lace that had
once belonged to royalty.
These gowns were worn at a time
when such prices wera considered
monstrous, and that wns ouly a few
years ago
For the last three years, tills ex-
travagant idea of wedding finery has
passed out. It Is faintly possible that
the war may have something to do
with this condition, hut probably not.
The actual reason for the disinclina-
tion of women to use colors Is «hnt
they prefer white for the wedding day.
It Is a tradition that dies hard and'
may never die.
No bride of today will conslde.* na
extravagant wedding gown. She may
pay a reasonably high price for It at
a good dressmaker’s, hut there will lie
no lavish display of lace fioun«-s,
metal underskirts. Jeweled ciurt
trains or gorgeous girdles.
The Russian Influence is still b«'ng
strongly felt In ail wedding costumery,
Hut It Is content In expressing Itself
through the headdress. Every l.role
has looked for something new in the
way of headgear. She has experiment-
ed with all mariner of crowns, firm
the coronet of a countess to a copy nf
the royal crowns that are sufficiently
obsolete to be placed at Bil’i.di
museums.
The rather splendid headdresii ft
the Russian, which Is used for court
Wedding gown of Ivory satin, with-
out ornament. The headdress and long
veil is after the Russian fashion and
is made of handsome lace.
occur In the summer instead of the
autumn Is n flag of happiness U|s»n
which the dressmakers cast their eyes
In hope.
Even If tlie brides of this summer
Insist upon telling each other often
and rapidly that they Intend to he
economical In the purchase of their
trousseaux, they ut least yield to the
temptation to have an extraordinarily
good-looking wedding costume for the
outfit.
Even though tlie weather Is warm,
there are few brides, even In war-
time, who care to relinquish the tradi-
tional white satin gown. It must be
that each woman-chllA from the cra-
dle to maturity, has that kind of
bridal frock fixed in her subconscious-
ness. Throughout all her nursery
days, she dresses Iter dolls In white
satin to go to tlie nltnr; in her school-
girl days site giggles and confide* to
her Intimate friends the plan for that
sumptuous frock. It may he salt! that
site thinks more of the gown thau the
man, for she always sees herself at
the apex of her career as a radiant
vision lu tulle and satin, slowly ap-
proaching a flower-hanked altur.
And now thut It is wartime nnd
weddings are rushed nnd romance*
sometime* end at the altar almost ns
soon ns they have begun In a corner
of n drawing room, the thought of the
white satin gown rides triumphant,
until It I* finally expressed through the
skill ut the dressmaker.
War-time simplicity, however, rules
over peace-time extravagance. One
might add that extravagance has been
squelched In nppcnrnnce more than In
actuality, for the demure outfit that
the brides wear at the summer resorts
from Newport to Cjproaado Beach has
Its price, and that price Is not low.
There are those who maintain that
the heaviness of Ivory satin should he
substituted by dead white chiffon.
These two materials divide all the
honors. Taffeta has Its claimants, hut
artistic women know that the stiff-
ness of this fabric does not lend Itself
easily to the various'ways iu which
a wedding gown Is made.
Crepe de chine la the third choice.
We have remarkably good weaves of
tt this aumnier. end the flat plaiting.
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Twenty-Five Years*
Experience With
Kidney Remedy
Between twenty-five and thirty years
_j-o I commenced selling Dr. Kilmer’s
Swamp-Root and during all that time I
have never heard a single complaint from
my customers: they are more inclined to
praise* it; and judging from their favor-
able remarks-and the repeated sales 1
enjoy I am confident that Swamp-Root is
a valuable medicine for the troubles for
which it is Intended.
Very truly yours,
OITO H. 0. LIPPERT,
Pharmacist.
1601 Freeman, Cor. Liberty Sts.
fept. 19, 1916. Cincinnati, Ohio.
Prove What Swamp-Root Will Do For You
Send ten cents to Dr. Kilmer k Co.,
BinghamtoiX, N. Y., for • sample size
bottle. It will convince anyone. You
will also receive a booklet of valuable
information, telling about the kidneys
and bladder. When writing, be sure and
mention this paper. Regular fifty-cent
and one-dolhtr size bottles for sale at all
drug stores.—Adv.
has a Fine Edgo.
WTgg—Is the- very keen In money
matters?
Wagg—Will, her husband says It’s
wonderful the way she cuts Into his
income.—Town Topics.
IMITATION 18 8INCERE8T FLATTERY
but like counterfeit money tho Imita-
tion has not the worth of the origlnaL
Insist on "La Creole" Hair Dressing—
It's the original. Darkens your hair la
the natural way, but contains no dj*
Price $1.00.—Adv.
A'd the Enemy.
“Many a feller Is sorry his love
letters weren’t censored.”—Columbus
Citizen.
DANDRUFF AND ITCHINQ
Disappear With Use of Cutlcura Soap
and Ointment—Trial Froe.
The first thing In restoring dry, fall-
ing hair Is to get rid of dandruff and
Itching. Rub Cutlcura Ointment Into
scalp, next morning shampoo with
Cutlcura Soap and hot water. Prevent
skin and scalp troubles by maklsg Cutl-
cura your everyday toilet preparation.
Free sample each by mall with Book.
Address postcard, Cutlcura, DepL I*
Boston. Sold everywhere.—Adv.
English as She le Spoke.
“That was a grout send-off they gave
Jabbs.”
"Yes, if there !* no coiue-bnck to It."
FRECKLES
New Is th* Time to u«t Bid *f These
t'fly a pet*.
There's na tongvr the slightest need *f
feeltn* ashamed of your frerkles. as tha
preaerlptlon othtno — double strength — la
guaranteed to remove thea* homely spots
Simply get an ounce of othlne—doubts
Strength—from your druggist, and apply e
little of It night and morning and you
should soon see that even th» worst frerkle*
have begun to disappear, while the lighter
ones have vanished entirety. It Is seldom
that more than mu ounce to needed to com
pletely clear th» akin and gain a beautiful
clear complexion
Be sure to ask for the double strength
othlne, as this la sold under guarantee af
money bark If tt fails to remove freckles.-—
Adv.
Her# is a restaurant hat of black
horsehair. It Is a wids-brimmed tur-
ban turned away from the face and
trimmed with a fence of burnt gooee
feathers.
ceremonials by royalty, a* well as the
folk of the middle class at sttch af-
fairs as weddings, has appealed toon
to the Anglo-Saxon women than tt
the French ones.
It came to America vlu London mu.
has almost become an established
fashion In this country. It hits taken
the place of tlie litinche* of tulle nnd
orange blossoms w Irtch the Americans
adopted from the French a century
nr so ago.
It Is very satisfying, from an in's
tic sense, that the clever design*# el
this season Is making severe welkin*
gowns, without ornamentation, wh<o
they are to be projected against a
background of a Russian veil and head-
dress.
<( ep| right. ItIT. thj Meetv»r* Hi >*f*.
Contrary Yearning.
"Hns your new neighbor found out
all about how you are.llvlng?"
“No, but she's Just dying to know."
WOMAN'S CROWNING GLORY
la her hair. If yours is streaked with
ugly, grixzly, gray hairs, use "La Cre-
ole" Hair Dressing and chauge It In
the natural way. Price $1.00.—Adv.
' - The Difference.
A bachelor's exclamation; “A lass!"
A maiden's exclamation: "Ah Men!"
RED CROSS STORY.
Red Cross Ball Blue and what tt
will do aeeme like an old story, but tt'a
f~ue. Red Cross Ball Blue la all blue.
No adulteration. Makes clothes whiter
than snow. Use It next washday. All
good grocers sell it.—Adv.
Even So.
“Blinkinn is an odd specimen."
•now's that?"
"He never tries to get even."
COVETED BY ALL
but possessed by few—a beautiful
head of hair. If yours Is streaked with
gray, or Is harsh and stiff, you can re-
store It to Its former beauty and lus-
ter by using “La Creole*' Hair Draw-
ing. Price $1.00.—Adv.
Always.
"What does your electricity cost
you?"
"Oh. I puy current prices."—Boston
Transcript.
One Exception.
“There Is no sense of humor among
animals."
"How about the laughing hy-
enas?"
EyesgKagss;
Druggist* or by moll 10c per Bottle. Martas
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