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Young Artist With Spirit Teachers
Michelangelo and Others Assist
thatsfk^ual}^ arK **$?** ihe &n FrandMco art student T»ho claims
avXT^t% m/ i Uen< f m ( , W ™ her * or *' and * Photograph of the study,
<" clay that »on for her the scholarship in the Art Students' league of New York.
CITY GIRL WINS
'SCHOLARSHIP IN
EASTERN SCHOOL
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Gladys Marie Hobart At
tracts Attention by Ele
gance of Design and
. Detail
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In.the judgment of the well informed,
it speaks well for the sportsmanship
of the students in modeling at the San
Francisco /School of Design that none
has protested as yet the award to Miss
Gladys' Marie Hobart of the scholar
ship given by the Art Students' league
of New York to' most proficient
student. There would, of course? It Is
said, be no grounds i for protesting the
prise on the score ', that the young girl
did not deserve the honor. Her work,
since she first /entered? the school, has
been pre-eminent. ? She has won the
first prize in every competition she has
entered?" ? "".?"'?■'? ,-'?"'?* '? "' ?..
Miss Hobart admits that/ all of her
success is not due to.native talent. She
claims help from spirit land, Phideas
and Michelangelo Buonarroti are in
terested in her, "give her advice and
counsel? and another influence in the
realm of shades, a youth nearer to her
in time and sentiment,.fills her with
inspiration and stimulates her natural
proficiency. - * •
NOTHING IXISIl!., SHE SAYS •-?.,//
"There- is nothing exceptional, in the
«ict that I have help and direction from
.ft 'other side.* '* said Miss '-/Hobart;
'"nor in.-the,-fact; that one" departed
'comes most frequently and inspires me,
guides -me in my art work. ■_..'; Many
artists have had this help, but few will
acknowledge it, Man is too egotistical
to admit that/his" success is due to any
Influence that arises outside of . him
self?? I freely admit, however,'; because
it is the truth, that whatever success
I have had is due* chiefly to the in
spiration I have had from ■ the /'other
aide,' in particular from \ the/ spirit
one who has gone before, but who
returns to direct and "guide me through
the difficult paths of my work." ?
With that added/advantage, "or ,in
spite of the.; spiritual intervention, or
independent of it, whichever: way the
phenomenon may be* considered. Miss
Hobart is beyond-question, according
to authority?the most talented modeler,
neophyte in sculpture, in the San Fran
cisco School of Design/where she 'has
studied for four years,.and she accepts
as gracious, but not ."unusual,* the aid
and inspiration which come to her from
noted ones gone before, and -one other
whose less conspicuous name, but more
Intimate inspiration. Miss} Hobart pro
tects from publicity. ? " / # *
SPIRITS FROM OTHER SIDE*/
Into the material, physical life ;of
this girl modeler, /whose exceptional ap
titude for transforming the living shape
into the firm grace that only: the rarely
gifted can discover in the clammy,* in-/
crt, stubborn bulk of ; clay, into her
daily experience, come these spirits
from the "other side" to guide and in
spire her.
•"My daughter ?is ;.. an inspirational
artist," said the * girl's proud,» mother,'
The mother? by "the? way, for all ? her
firm belief In. the occult aid which her
daughter receives, will not concede ,that
Miss Hobarfs talent 'A is due solely to
ext*i(» na i a nd shadowy influence." -.*
D...ing the period ?ofq Miss Hobart's
tuition at the art school she} has -taken
every prize "offered? her talent winning
"■her. successive scholarships ? arid now she
|has;wori one of the ten scholarships
Swarded in the United 3 States £by the
lart Students' league of New York.
m- Miss' Hobart and hen trio thai are 1 cer
tain : there has been the help from' the '
"other",side,'% her "influence" comes ;to
her, / fills / her?brain, with ; inspiration,'
| guides her fingers -as /they - mold /' the
> clay?/not ? tangibly, she will g hasten to
explain," but; none the less guides them '
to copy the living grace ./into- the
plastic medium beneath her inspired !
fingers. - - ??*/■;? .'*?-.-?' ??'/ X.y..
LHTiS WITH HER MOTHER; ..??..
s Miss Hobart lives /with/her/ mother,' j
! Mrs. Harriet ?K. Hobart, in a * snug
I apartment at* 907 Valencia/street, and
I into? the little living room there comes
I to/guide the' girl artists * whose -names
| and X works* go ? insistently?, down the:
i ages, and the young artist who died 37
'■ years* ago ? and - who -is- the especial
guardian of , the genius that is Uudding
in the girl's mind. , :',?'*?>
.»' It; is a matter of course to Miss Ho
bart and her mother that this/ aid, this
spirit* companionship? should * surround
the/ girl -to'lnstruct/and/ inspire her. j.-/?.
/Miss : Hobart-Is a slight young woman
|of 5 20, with '■■'&.'- cfelicate / pallor* that '% fur
| nishes? background for the /,flushes? of
! pleasure that come -when; her work Is
praised* " Her /face;*is/ a perfect oval, a
medieval type; her hair is blonde, to be
classified somewhere between-hazel and j
auburn; her wide open eyes are set ■
well' apart. '--- When: found ' her/living |
room in the Valencia? street "apartment ■
she was - studying? Josephus—studying i
Josephus, fit?must? be emphasized,'*riot I
merely,reading, the work \of that prolix
Hebrew historian. ??A * student's bible,
open at the maps of Palestine, lay on
the* 'drawingy board ?next?the/ volume?]
There was no doubt that Miss Hobart i
was taking 5 Josephus seriously. "To
succeed in .. art/ one must? have posses
sion i/of/ all knowledge,"; said ; she.? se- '
riously. - Outside the window was a |
.flower box, in which ? bloomed/ gera-1
niums, forget-me-nots and -China" lilies?l
In tall vase stood ,'a cluster of bride's |
lilies? the virginal sister's? to the wanton i
gladioli of the later summer. /???/ ?■ !
ROOM NOT A DEN ?_, j
' But the/ room was not a "den," al
though y the/".lions* /'- of history • come ]
there /under the Invocation,, of medium-:
istic power and consult with the \ girl. |
A- ' pencil drawing ?of : ?a - friend?'., was:
framed/on! one wall?.-the'sole work of |
Miss?" Hobart :on "> display.? ■/A curious I
sketch} of * Queen i Elizabeth • was \ on i the ]
wall, a white chalk? sketch on a? blue?
surface/""-.?..' 7'X-y y''- ???.????/-'--* X- "?■"■ '-?*???
?/j Miss J Hobart is.j Interested yin all*/ the
philosophies of the day.?? She is an in
dependent thinker. -.Vl?,am not at
tached to any creed, "4 she said. "I |
am not a ' spiritualist in the sense that
I belong to any congregation. I believe |
In reincarnation, but I am not a theos
ophist." ?? --?.'. ?■/?'.???*?' XX- : - ?-/*? K-X\
/The.'girl and her} mother always j
been most closely associated. Twice j
has Miss been to Europe, first 1
when she ; was 7 years /ofAge?/arid' again
when*? she /was *" 13. Now it Hls the * pur
pose of / her - mother? to ■*. have J? the j girl
complete -her art studies in Europe,
after a year or two years' more in New
York. The scholarship which the girl
won entitles her to a year *of V free}
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THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, JUNE 8, 1913.
tuition In , the Art Students* league.
Every? year!., the league awards 10, schol
arships in the United States, and stu
dents S from ? every « school? of /> art? com-,
pete. i| Miss ; Hobart sent'; on ! photographs
of her modeling, and .from/these photo?
graphs ' she '.was', selected as -worthy of
the j instruction? which is afforded at
what? may?-ibe ? considered the "'-. best '3 art
school ' in * America.
ATTENDED CONVENT
At? the . age of *13 Gladys Hobart be
came ' a pupil at the Dominican vent
at San Rafael, and 1 paid? particular at
tention there to ; ?muslc?xwinning the
■ monthly competitive medal for profi
ciency so of ten# that? the? mother?; su
;perior had ?a? special? medal '.* struck > to
attest? the \ child's \ merits. She did not
study ? drawing there; though V; from
early childhood she;has shown an ap
;titude ?for? sketching, and when '.but
3 f years old -.would draw the butterflies
and ? caterpillars jj of the garden. When
she • was? IS?Miss?Hobart gentered the
San '•'; Francisco »School fof I Design. Now
she is ' 20,? but she might seem younger
were? it ? not for ? her ?general > knowl
edge and her?particular; maturity of
thought on.; the [occult.??" ; ?,. ?.. V ;' - ?
The f* first * year "at i art school • Miss
Hobart? studied still i life and painting,
and * won jl an -■ honorable - mention at j the
conclusion. Then ?' she? devoted * herself
exclusively' to modeling at the end
of her second j? year, ? and ? also "f. at s the
end; ofs her third year,? she was given
school/scholarships. Her talent has
carried / her ? through her entire course,
her proficiency? always being rewarded
with> scholarships. Her work in model
ing has been under \ the> direction of
Earl Cummlngs, and, while Miss Hobart
declared?that L -her success due chiefly,
to ? the ",:. inspiration 'she received from
her friends on :- "other side," she
gives ;to / her mundane ': instructor?/ full
credit * for / his .'. work? in? schooling / her
:in i the/ technic of ; her /craft. "I ; learned
a ( great deal, from; Mr. Cumminga," in
sisted the? student * artist, "and' can ; riot
speak .* too highly of h his ; kindness • and
thoroughness and ability." , /? .
IMPETUS FROM BEYOND
"But the great ? Impetus jto my art
has 'come i from > the inspiration .' I have
received from the other. side? Without
inspiration ;we :■■ are ? nothing, "' and / in
spiration '; can only ? come to us /from
one? who ? has ? advanced? further ; than
we. This life. our ; life throughout
eternity, is one /• of - advancement. It
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I can -not»be said that - those. who : live "in
j this life are so far advanced as those
! : who '■ have lived other lives * and have
l gone on in the spirit, 'expanding, im
proving, developing under the influence
that is ; found -beyond * this? life. *? *."-/ X
'--, "All of those, who? have passed fori* are
not so interestedHn: this life, 7 that they
will return to ,aid 1 those of us . who are
struggling X onward. Those" of" great
heart'- do. X.yX _■ ;■' ,;.,'?'???:?''/'?''??•/"?::
"Each of us has, 1 throughout eternity,
| one ;|true- mate.? Often that one true
mate? will not live j contemporaneously
with us, " and so we may not be united
in? this ; life/y Then? we /who" are -in /the
world -'must-struggle and prepare our
selves I to? be worthy of him when we
meet ' r him beyond, on the other/side.' My
help comes-from*one who passed to? the
other side 37 years ago. / He ; comes to
me and ; inspires <me in ;my work. .He
was an artist. y I have seen some of his
work.'. An- artist will progress in .his
artistic sphere after? he has ''t left 7. this
world, just as i the soul will develop.", 77r
-il Miss : Hobart is ;an enthusiast on her
belief /in f the communion which f exists
between this world and ■ the next. /
TIE BETWEEN WORLDS * •
/ "Some might not "believe? that II have
this inspiration, this influence that has
made my work what it ? is—though by
that I do riot presume to say that as it
stands my modeling had any unusual
merit —but .I ? know the • influence of this
friend who has passed beyond,has come
to me, > has benefited | me, has ' brought
me to where I * am. I{am ■ merely a stu
dent. 4 '/f All that ; I have done in* modeling
has been merely studies? modeling j from
poses. I ? have ? tried -% no '■' imaginative
; work; tl' have not ' sought, as! yet, \to lex-'
press' my/ ideas, my| ideals iin, my work.
I«must have'far A proficiency, far
more ! help, * before -I will :be able ;to do
that. /?:?"???? ? ; -??"?/.?-? : '???>??^?-- s
."I-will continue my work in model
ing. I want to ; learn, ; also, to chisel my
work into . stone. But that will come
later."?? /?-*?.? '" ?/ ■.•'-':/- 7;;
ARTIST INSPIRATION y, •
/'./: Most of r all 1 comes J this ;- young artist
who died 137 years V ago. tC He % comes to
influence the | girl, to < guide ■? her hands,
to quicken her? brain/ to the better un
derstanding of the problems of her
difficult task. :r As she works she feels
his ? inspiration. 1 The girl finds Ino
tragedy? AnX the fact that t this f young
man ' died ■':■ 17 years h before? / she was
born. Time is a trivial incident to
those who believe as this girl believes.
'■:'. For those who may //doubt that she
receives /.this" aid and |Influence ? from
the "other side" her mother will give
what she considers //proof of Its reality?
r■■ .-Iti/isPv the ? curious y picture of Queen
Elizabeth, framed fon^the?wall//' 7"XXX
■It can be taken from the*; wall* and
then It, is?seen? that the /picture was
drawn upon a slate—a slate being the
favorite? stationery of spirits.* -" In a
corner of the portrait of Elizabeth is
a faint signature; it is the name which
Miss Hobart most frequently mentions,
but which she desires to shield.
? . f "When you f have proof that help and
inspiration comes -from-'the • - 'other
FEAR RETARDS
WOMAN, AVERS
MRS. BRIGMAN
Mrs. Annie W. Brigman,
Oakland photographer, T»ho
preaches gospel of absolute free
dom.
* • ■ ■ - *«•■
Freedom ;Is Philosophy of
Woman, Who Takes Dar
: ing Photos
OAKLAND, i June "Absolute -.. free
dom" ;in • the philosophy.: of • lira Annie
iW. Brigman,,artistic photographer, is
! not dependent, as so many -women un
happily . married believe, ~ upon divorce.
Separated ; from ; her ? husband, * Martin
Brigman, a retired master mariner, for
three years, Mrs. Brigman denied em
phatically today the f report which her
kind - friends . have circulated i that ■/ she
intends to sue for divorce. "There is to
be ?no divorce.; between ? Mr. ; Brigman
and ? myself—of my seeking, -at j least,**
said the woman. \ "Three years ago we
separated. He had his way of thinking
arid I had mine and we developed along
different a lines. r\ So /now,'. I>am -, here,
working out my destiny. 1 have 'abso
lute? freedom—why should ,I seek di
vorce 'that could/give me nothing-more?
I am , unhampered now,/ that .I • have *no
fear; no \ more . fears." y , ( ;;,
Mrs. Brigman expressed' her emanci
pation . from , fear . by, the means r of ./dar
ing 'photographic -studies? for which her
friends daringly pose. 7, .; ?•
"My friends are ; brave," ! said »Mrs.
Brigman, ' { "and ~> they enter , \ into ? the
spirit of smy work. HI j; never use ; pro
fessional : ■ models. J i Though absolutely
part' of the picture and the t idea I seek
to depict, : , the model Is I portrayed iin an
impersonal atmpsphere. Many of them
have 5 told me that 'j in the very act of
posing* t they have experienced an ex- J
altation of mind and soul." : - -.-?. '}''
FEAR IS WOMAN'S DRAWBACK / ?
- "Fear Is the great ! chain which binds
women ' and v*prevents ; * their ?; develop
ment, and fear Is the one , apparently
big thing which ? has no real - founda
tion ?In life. Cast fear out ;of the ' lives
of '-' - and they can't and !■ will -; take
their> place in the l scheme. of mankind
and in the plan of the universe i .as the
absolute "equal iofg man." ; Thus * does
Mrs. Annie W. Brigman, artist, f photog
rapher and philosopher, expound her
philosophy by precept and example in
a tiny cabin| studio in Thirty-second
street, surrounded by trees • and; shrub
bery, where she lives alone. She has
her?red dog, "Rory," and a dozen tame
birds and her camera and her art
treasures for her constant companions.
To her friends, poets and artists and
patrons she ?. keeps? open house, and
Rory barks J welcome.?* But ? the institu
tion *• is ' a.' poor | citadel |: a dja s, she \ moves
about and performs her work she dem
onstrates' her faith in her/ doctrine that
by only casting fear out of mind and
soul has she won her greatest measure
of freedom. : X:y:X~ ■' -X7XXX
"Why fear?" said?': Mrs. ? Brigman.
"What shall ?I * escape by giving * way
to my fears? Would people understand
my aims '•• better if /they y knew ' I was
afraid? Will my ways of ? expressing
what I:, see? and feel be more lightly
handled by those to whom /they* seem
strange If j I gave myself over , to? very.
paroxysms of fear? I think not; and
my experiences verify my belief. /?y y.
"/ "Women are, and always have .been,
afraid/, and /?/ ordinarily they do not
know r what they? are afraid of. X They
fear lest some of the little thihgs of
their domestic drudgery I will • go. wrong
and lead to some? little Inconvenience.
They are afraid of their families when
they? are j present and when they are
absent. They fear to make changes
and that Is why they do/riot change,
and why they do ;! not v develop. In
trinsically,?/ * women are exactly?? the
equals? of men, and men of women, but
women are y afraid and": men / are ; not/-
Part of the cure of fear In women Is
making/ changes. A man gets change
by going down town to his daily work,
but a stay at home woman/does not;
and -;' she suffers - and? grows I' afraid of
things being different ?, than what they ]
are, ?or what ; she * thinks *; they ':■; are." j
BAREFOOT HIKES ON SUNDAY
-}? In her belief / Mrs. Brigman /goes, far, I
from the ordinary lines of convention.
Her Sunday recreation Is a run on the I
pebbly beaches of ' San : Mateo or Marin i
county?? barefoot. /"My. feet ■•? feel **' fine j
afterward," she ; explained, "and \ I hay
learned n how to walk. Most people do I
not know-how?* but /it/ is an art easily
acquired when ,you are barefoot on a
pebbly ocean shore." 7 /? ? ? */ '•/ f/'f«
\y In the high Sierras she climbs with l
her camera In the summer time, and it I
is ? there where she}? finds Hi the back
grounds of twisted pines and Junipers
that figure In the series of photographic
studies which have won her an /Inter
national . reputation. Her} women
friends," as * she said, volunteer as? her
■ ■--■-•- .-. .. -*.: ,'■■■ ?■■- ■-.■ -*=■-.■■■ V ■■■■'■ --:*■*■---"■ ■■-.."" : - ■-;3. *vr.\.* :«*■ .. ■* .- .-,,■- -_~.■ .. ;;.-, v -,,.,,
side,' " said . Miss-<Hobart, "then you
must'believe."?.'??'?'-}/??/}; ??;?: ;???-•??-.;
W There ;Is the proof * for Miss | Hobart,
but the youths and maidens of the San
Francisco school of design, while they
possibly know of her occult tuition,
which" 1 none of them will admit they
receive, have offered • no. protest
against the award-of the scholarship
on transcendental grounds, but on the
contrary have ", had nothing but praise
and congratulation for the -pleasant
faced "fs t? mannered, intelligent, in??
dustrious, indefatigable student In the
modeling class, who has never let the
fact that she has Inspiration from "be
yond the great divide" deter her from
employing every, means of. self-Im
provement, and advancement which
might-find on this side of the pale
realm, *< * ." " ,
Chief Is His Tribe's Light Bringer
He Teaches Despised Race to Aspire
'We Got Our life,' He
Tells Folk in Appeal
To Strive
"Dirtier than a" Digger Indian."" Ever
hear the phrase? ,' -, '
There is a current Ideal to the '/effect
'-■--'. ; -: •--••'. - ; '.','-:-s.::-*■> i-» "■%"<;f&'*iip*a&»<a
that there Is nothing lower in I the scale
,of - human * existence in; California than
the Digger . Indian. The" idea? is more
strongly rooted in other sections 'of the
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country, but > many Californians, native
fen; ■- . ■ i - ■, - ■ ».•,»
and ? adopted as>well, so believe.
?? In Tuesday's ' Call! appeared an article
concerning'/ the /?activities of "»' Captain
Thomas Odock, chief of the Kbru'baatt
of Indians and able * coadjutor of Rev.
Mr. and Mrs. F. G. Collett. but It was
riot mentioned that Odock is a Digger.
He is, however, and as has. been said,
it was through his appeal; to the Col
letts that they became; Interested in the
campaign J for. schools for his ; people; in
this t state.. , ./. --, -\y??" ,?/?'," '-.'-.•.-.?'.
X In? the ) course ; I of their . preliminary
work in starting ?a"! system of schools
for the Digger t Indians ?of . California,
Mr. and ■ r : Mra Collett, as £ / field secre
taries * for? the . Indian ? board of co-op
eration, ; ; made the'?; discovery that for
each Indian child j; enrolled .; as?a. pupil
at a ; district . school ; the United ; States
government ■ wouldvf pay.; ? toward ?'the
maintenance of. that school the sum of
*»3 ' per quartern-provided the state "and
county ,in which : said * school \ was./ lo
cated would also do - their part, j This
is because * the i Indians live on nontax
able land, and hence no schools can be
built and .-«' maintained r -by /.taxation
..-.•..-•* -4: :r ~' ,-v 'y; .. <.-,'. ■:». ■ i i* «. .J.» ■ .:.%■
methods. :-fi^- 1 ?
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BOARD AIDS ; UNITED STATES / / ,■.
?? The 'work *of ' the Indian - board of co—
operation in •?this ; state?? is ■;' already
known to many, but it is not as widely
known ;as the needs of the survivors of
the /red race In • California justify.? The
Indian population of the state is about
stationary, ? numbering some X 20,000,
most of tit being concentrated/ in the
northern and extreme - southern part fof
1 the state. ? Federal »appropriations? pro
vide for about a*? quarter ;or less, v"on
reservations?.. The rest live in : scattered
bands?/ like '* the Korus, who live ! 4 on a
rantheria above Colusa, and a federal
appropriation/has also been made/for
these scattered bands. «.?•?/? \? •
But ' the federal appropriation cares
for their physical f? well being- /only.
Their <" educational needs ? are far • from
being '.< well provided for. The total
number ,of Indians 'of? school age -is
about 4.000. -For a small proportion of
these provision •'- is made in a < limited
number of boarding ? arid - ; day schools
under .the supervision .of; the v federal
government.- The. rest depend on -dis
trict schools *■ in / various * counties, but
in a majority i of/cases their wants are
not supplied, and about 2,500 /Indian'
children have no education advantages
whatever. 1 ' ' " "" '
■ ? It , Is? with .'. these ": facts " before ? them
and the strikingly successful? results
in the/few}schools that they have been
able ' thus far -to bring • into being;
that the? Indian board/of co-operation
has been working toward the establish
ment of more . schools. This is the? purl
pose *; of '■ the \ lecture * that' Is / being
made by / the board's?, field - secretaries,
Mr. and Mrs. Collett, *; taking with : them
as /they.,- go a - strong argument ?as/ to
the amenability to *I education of J: the
Digger ; Indian in the person of Captain
Odock, a quiet, dignified, well dressed
man of some 60 years. The pictures
shown by / the? secretaries at these lec
tures are as strong an argument as
the J captain J is, but not rso strong as S the
plea that jhe * makes in V 3 his / own? lan
guage [to- their hearers. /* The gist 'of his
appeal |? appeared In the t 'first? printed ■
number of the paper}?.! sailed ?by the
Indian' pupils/ at the ;< Hiawatha semi
r nary at Colusa, which was the first !
of the schools established through the
efforts of Mr. and Mrs. Collett. Here
it is as it appeared, verbatim: ••',.
Appeals" TO HIS folk
: "When my greatunele / was the cap
tain of our people, 'the Lowintun or
Koru tribe' (the white people called
us 'Kolus'), we owned all the land
where Colusa 1 now Is, . and. there were
our brothers, the Doc-docs,*} the Coo
coo-as and the Cow-Pecks, and many
others living all* around us 3in the val
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models, and ?in ? a studio with every
property provided by nature she makes
her pictures. "The Soul of the' Blasted
Pine." "The? Dying Cedar," "The Pine
Sprite".;and /"Dawn" have made distinct
stirs \in the - artistic * world ;as studies
of the human figure ?i in natural sur
roundings, and designed to give human
expressions to natural phenomena ,
"My pictures tell of my freedom of
soul, of my emancipation from fear.
Why should I seek the artificial atmos
phere of a court to secured legal free
dom from my husband, when my soul Is
free without that relief? We have sep
arated, as Is well known, but those of
my friends who " say that I contemplate
divorce do not understand me. No
court could make me more free than I
am, but if Mr. Brigman ! Should seek
decree I should not hamper his move."
Cover design of the first issue of the Hiawatha Indian seminary paper.
drawn by Lizzie Mitchell, a full blooded Digger Indian girl. The signature of
Captain Odock. Kara chief, is shown as he first learned to write it. ? The small
picture is of Lizzie Mitchell and her brothers, Joseph and Andy, after they had
had a fair schooling. ..., .^
I ley. X General | Bldwell, \whom \ I ". knew,
used ?to say?; there were 20,000 of :, my
peoples- within? 10 miles of my, uncle's
I place. ? My : old Auntie Maria, who was
| there, then, and is ; now living next j
'to the schoolhouse here, says that
they-* pounded -up?the' acorns and • made
bread'and soup and had seeds and juni
per berries, with salmon and .wild, ducks
and plenty of 5 nop /.(deer? meat); and
they were well and ; happy then. * ?;.??
* "When my. greatuncie died, his son,
Hu-ke-la,-.took > his place. ;■ Then one
day Colonel -Ha'gar came along and told I
Hu-ke-la he '.wanted to make a town j
there, arid for us to move up the river !
to a new place.' He said %he would T ; pay
him / for, the land, and < give ;us 160 ■ acres
to live oh; .so we moved up and \ called
the new place 'Tat-no.' ?i\ was just
little 'clock' (boy) then. But the peo- j
pies they called 'settlers' came? along
and ;we never got nuthln for- our land.
"Then Uncle Hu-ke-la died, and then
we moved again, farther up the river
to i Wytera. '//Here * we \ stayedf till Mr. j
Kelsey ; corned? up one day ? and telled j
us about gettin' land for us here where i
we are now."' X- ~.•"<'»' ..- "• '"*"• > -'- '■»■-■
■j:''. "We have 0? acres f for - ourselves -In j
two parts, some 'overflow./-land across ;
■ the ? levee, where we can? raise -* vege- i
tables, and * some for our homes on I this
side/ 1 /?/! i: divided? this into two strips,
one on each side, and'numbered those j
of one part and lettered the others.
Then each man had to take the strips
which went together, arid' there was no j
(kick) comin'. ?t- ;■??•■ *?* = ?
"Now 'we ?: is X somebody—-got * school
house, teacher, preacher, meetin's and j
our own life. I have gone on ahead to I
find light for my peoples././ I want .them !
to follow as fast as they can. y We've
-been In lawful/darkness; y Now we? see;
a light. ?? I /want we go ahead, be / like
other folks —so make something of our?
selves." ;;.""?..; ' ■
OTHERS PROVE TALENT ?* r ?y.:.;
if.- Rather good or? a Digger Indian to
"frame? up," «is it /riot? Now turn to the
reproductionVori this I page" of the cover.,
design of the Hiawatha* semi nary, paper?
the- same that ?contained:? Captain
Odock's -- appeal. ~i That = design was /" the
IRELAND ALARMED BY
INCREASE OF CANCER
Deaths From ? Disease Will
Soon (Dutnumber Thosey
x : ;/;': 1 From Consumption
(Special Cable to The Call) f
1 DUBLIN, June 7.Proofs that can
cer Is I growing alarmingly prevalent
in; Ireland are submitted, by Augustine
Birrell, Ireland's representative }in * the
British cabinet. During the last 30
years the cancer death? rate has * ex
actly ; doubled. f.-yy,???/?_„, '•;. .'?•?> ?
"The time has now arrived," Mr.
Birrell says, /"when the attention "f of
the public must be directed to , the fact
that cancer >is just at the point of
overtaking yconsumption,.;, statistically,
as a bringer of death to 'English men
and women. Fifty years ago for -every,
100 deaths from . "consumption 5 * there
-...--.wis .»>;'" ™a- -..-.. -_r, ...» », , n S-. » ~-..».,. "■,>.y.,«ias *;'
were 16 from cancer; today the per
centage is six times- as' great r:
"There' is little rashness:! in prophe
sying that in five years' time cancer
will .' have ? outstripped ;?* its | rival, and
.will? have '/a?* heavier . deathroll - than
consumption. The one, moreover, is I a
conquered £ and ?« dying; " be ■/"* the i* other
/shows Ja'aV, prime vitality, ? arid -/rides
roughshod over the? whole realm -of
medical ingenuity. The? mean death
rate from cancer during the ;'■' last 10
years is recorded as exactly 900 to
•very. 1,000,000 persons living."
work; of Lizzie Mitchell, herself a"full
blooded Digger Indian. With her broth
ers, Joseph and Andy, she was £ refused
entrance *to i a public * school i whenl they?
'were? children—and, /-be "■ it '-;>admitted.
dirty ones. They never / had ? "had 7 a
show." Later, _after attending an In
dian school i elsewhere; the three came
back• to » the community where they? had
been ;refused? art?* education,'! and those
who •? had refused them ■'.. were \ both ;, en
lightened as to their, capacity for devel
opment and chagrined at having turned
them down as youngsters. y?/ ■ , /
Numerous similar? examples XotX the
ability /of the '■ California ' Indian to as-.
similate an * education ~ and ?become a
useful member of the community have
been proved: by Mr. and Mrs. Collett in
their?; work. The > main need now, to
; which „they, and their ; task call s atten- .
tion, is co-operation with the /Indian
board .? of ? co-operation.*;: in,?, enlisting'
tangible ?? co-operation, financial ;■-,;; and
otherwise, far the/ establishment vof
ether ' schools, such as the ones they?al
ready have established, which are piti
fully Inadequate? for;, the t needs they
must try to fill. r ?/?'::-. - y ? '?/"/??'- y
i i m.^——.aj—jjaal
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It's almost magic:" - "GETS-IT" . gets
| 'Tfevw Could ? Do? Thla ' Before' // 'GETS-EC*
Made Every Cora Vanish Like K*sio." ,:
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sun rises. y It' takes about ■■■' 2 * seconds '
to apply It.?/ Corn pains stop, you for
get the corn, the corn shrivels up, and
it's gone! Ever try anything like that?:
. You? never did. //There's no - more fuss-.
ing-,'with//plasters/that* press on the
corn, no 5 more - salves :, that * take /off the ;
surrounding *•' flesh, no ' more % bandages.
No *3 more knives, files aor • \ razors tf that'
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It , "gets'**"" every corn, r - wart, -callus and
bunion you'vei got. -/ ? ,* ; .
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at •25 v cents a bottle, or sent on receipt
of. price by E. Lawrence & Co., Chicago.
Sold! in < San Francisco ;by Owl; Drug ' Co.*
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I BBS-vdw <*»r«*« I the !moat obatiaat* rases
In S to 10 dure. Price, $3 baa
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