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k HE United States government has recently undertaken to do something that a great many peo ple have been declaring for years past ought to be done. This is to record and perpetuate the ,trlial music of the American ludians. All over the world people' of ev ery nationality' have of late years been striving to perpetuate the folk songs of the different races that inhabit the globe, because it has come to be recognized that . these primitive songs which have seldom been written but'have simply been hand ed down from one go/neration to another con stitute an invaluable,'link with the past. In the case of o'r Indians, however, in great er degree perha s than with any other prim Itive people, is t ere need for quick work if the old songs and h nelent music is to be chronicled for the benef!t of future generations who will know the Indian ondy from books and pictures. The Inkdian/music alike to the folk songs of Euro V44zn nations, which have been brought to the ./fore in recent years, affords most interesting side lights on the peoples In whose lives it has so long played a part and what is yet more Im portant many of the old Indian songs have a historical significance or at least expression to traditions so interesting and poetic and beauti tul that it would be nothing short of a calam Ity were they to be lost. Aside, however, from the fact that the Indians of North America is a vanishing race and that their music is passing with them there is yet an other incentive to urge energetic work now that this musical research has been undertaken In earnest. This extra spur lies in the fact that A fYP/6V?2 14.0AiX k'/Z&16CZ -iere is a tremendous wealth of Indian music to be ptudied and chronicled in permanent form, vgdh individual tribe havingllad from time Im _f'One emoral Its distinctivo songs anI chants. A man who is a tempting to c011p1) ia Comlhplete plc ~omi:li reecNV of the In(lians has already spent 'wenty years in the work and It is likely that as much timno will he required If there Is to be .mirrored for- the benefit of future generations the distinctive music of all the various tribes. Private individuals, musicians or-scientists, have from time to time in the plast made effort in a rammall way to perpetuate American Indian music :and while they deserve credit for what they have accomplished it is an undertakIng which 'through its sheer iimgnitude, if for' no other rea - son, needs the resources of the national govern ment. That it is pre-eminently a government func tin is likewise attested by the fact that it has ;promise of success only whenji plrosecuted through 'the organized channels of intercourse with the Indians,-channels which enable federal ofelis to get into tihe confidence of the more intellectual men of all the various tribes in a degree that ~would scarcely be possible except in the case of an individual who lived for many years among the Indians whose secrets he sought. -T1he governmental study and perpetuation of Ilndian music is being conducted under the aus plices of the Smithsonian Institution and National ~Museum at WVashuingtoni. The bureau of Ethnol ogy is tihe particular branch of this great seat of' research which has the Indian music investi gationl in charge. Probably tihe most interesting phlase of the wholo unldertaking is that which has to (do with the activities of Miss Frances ihensmuore. Miss Densmore, whol. is an accom pllished st udent of music, has spenlt much time amonlg the Chlip'pewas and other' tribes whose muslic is at once notable and rep~resentative and hans recorded as many as two hundred songs bo lonaginig to a single trIbe. Oddly enlough the phonograph 1has been the edief means of capturing tile songs5 of the for est. Th'~ere is no system of wrItten muisic among most of' tihe tribes anid the plhonlographl was hit uploni as tile only possible means of providing thle means of studying tihe music carefully and leisurlely. AS may be surmised it was anything but. ani easy task to ind~uce seome of tihe more su perstitious of the red mecn to sing into the str'ange mlacilne or to induce themii to even permit the r'eordling app~aratus to be set up withlin earshot of thleir' camp fires when there was in progress thlose ceremonial rites and dances which call up the musical lo of the savages. Finally, after much perseverance, howvever, at Indian agencies and elsewhlere, tile music hunters have succeedled in making a creditable beginning * in securing the priceless phonographl records of Inldianl music. In the case of one or' two tribes ilhe song collecti$l of "canned music" is priac tically complete. After records of Indian songs or music are secur'ed they are transcribeid in p1 ano score and studied scientifically. Meanwhile 0the collection of records will be kept 0on file for tile benefit of the musIcal students of futur'e generations who will find it a priceless been to .hear tile Indcian music as originally rendered. 1 The researches which have been mad e show that Inflan music is as complex as is the tribal life of the original Amer' 'ans. An accomlianimient of song is prlov'ided foevery public ceremony as w'ell as for every important act in the career of an ilndividual. The music of each ceremony has its 'Peculiar rhythm, as have also the classes of .songs which pertain to individual *cte suchhvts fasting and prayer, hunting, courtship, the playing of games and the facing or defying of death. An Indian or a person thoroughly versed 'in Indian T oll Eula or a e temn th cas o a ogb.maso miusicalor stan dont, terymia the so thortm of then u muc.Th cops From an toehreca muctalsanlsoenof the sngiave muici ces no semr to th parm ofheir owfnit m eaug-Tee smc ie.orhs singiaon heIdinadinsm trbe ther og arehs ofpcedsnes .h r paom foreo ersrie hntheyapeaea readers andlearn oftsm fth nincm munitons ae 1ke1 frmsc0htthyee hu ot mscam tontss im-oit om fcm petirti seeslodtermaing. whsner is mruh horf singing canmong the Ibest awnd in soepo truienger arsen ciara ffter hing whoeare Thefo teia sne ries then thoey ofansa so erhpary rdyeformaerne. I many pistanye thedr toivlearaoe of thenyinIiancy-owe hold musica cnesurchAse fartefomf com- n pItitio cseek o terons wichansnger or gsrthe rihof sing can melodhes bestrcd showigi epbr of te casng iteah accnracs specrahavingcers to itnbureth nexattas.so adrniino he Id songse he mpoert uof ans, mem ther whivlo ofe isoi singing ayidvdal.oInd won he comossan of the sogbeslasnt onlfi the rnihnt singsh inlig rullabie, sponningeand ofthealuteac clnhatpca W oldt Sir songsa Ramsay he dsinguoe shed01 i enih icientist, has invented a pair of scales delicate mnough, literally, to weigh a thought. Their r-ec 3rd so far- is one seven-millionth of an ounce, Avhich is considerably lighter than most thoughts isually are. The scales are kept under Sir WVil tJam's own laboratory in a small subterranean Iihamber. The room is kept in semi-darkness. So deli 'ate are these wonderful scales that their bal mce is disturbed by the alteration of temperature yaused by the turning on of an electric light at he other end of the room. The operator has to eavo them for an hour in dlarkness-after he has iptoed from the roof, so that his footfall should lot sot up any vibration---and then read them mwiftly, before any change in the tempieratu-e has had time to affect them. Hlanging by one end of the beam of the scals y a str-andl of silica ibre so slender that it is scarcely piossible to see it is a tray. Upon this is )lacedl- a minute glass tube. Imprisoned in the tubo is a whiff of xenon, a gas discovered by Sir William Ramsay. The mnovemefit of the scales when the tube is dropped upon them is so alight that it cannot be detected at all by the eye, B3w the movement ta made to swing from Bide to aide OCOVD - m MORM9 4 TYPIC41- IIYOYAIY PIUAPE 11Y rHZ" owroYWZY T e-P NZA51CMAY P4AYWY6 T/Ye//e-s 7-,IVZ AIMICA4 I1Y.37,eV1lFhT5 IN BELL PHONES EVERYWHERE "rmars Express Their Apprsciation of the Service. The rapid extension of the Bell iel iphono service into the farming sec ion from one end of the country to he other is a strong feature of the 3ell development. In a conversation by the Suffolk nanager to one of its farmer line sub scribers, it was found that the serv. ce was something more than a con ronience, and was looked upon as one )f the main necessities. This sub. criber referred to the saving of trips o town, of the increased information n general, particularly the market iuotations that have recently brought o much money itno circulation in his section. This feature of the serv ce more than pays every farmer for he small outlay of money. The particular thing to be observed s that once these farmer lines are >uilt they are never discontinued, but tro extended by the high appreciation %xpressed by the Bell service to oth. )rs who do not have it. It follows hat others begin to find they are get Ang behind their neighbors, and, as a result, thoyq, too, begin to work up i farmer line. Every new farmer line means in, ,reased business for all parties con. sect with the Bell system. Thosc who have not yet installed a farmei line station can best be informed why by talking the matter over with any :f the farmers now connected witi, the Bell system. Some of those wh< now have this service say that on( day's saving in time or knowing 01 the market conditions pays them foi the year's outlay.-The Herald, Suf folk, Va. Book Review. "WANTED-Companion. Wealth3 woman recovering from nervous pros tratJon, wants young, good-looking well-bred, well-educated, well-read tactful girl for companion. Mus speak French, bridge, football, base ball, automobile and golf. Prefer i musician who sings. Name your owi salary." This is the want ad which induce( Loulie Cadman, a rich and well-bori Boston girl, who had lost her fathe an4 her fortune, to seek enploymen as companion to Mrs. Maria Crownin shield Hazard, a wealthy and fash ionable widow. Secretary of Frivolous Affair (Bobbs-Merrill Company) by May Fu trelle, illustrations by Frank Suapji tells of the trials, tribulations and ad ventures of Miss Cadman during he employment by Mrs. Hazard. The story is recommended to en liven, to entertain and to amuse. CURRENT EVENTS. The Oneida Historical Society o Utica, N. Y., at a recent meeting e, hibited a relic of slavery days. It I a chain used for confining escaped n( grocs, and attached to it is a loc bearing this inscription:- "Three hur dred dollars wvill be paid for- the tali ing of tils slave if found runnin; nway. Flog him and wr-ite or retur1 him to his master, ID. Jacobs, for r< ward, 7 Grand strneet, Rye.'' WV. Dayton Wegefarth's first story c the series he is contributing to th College Work, "The Adventure of Mi Wopple, Theatrical Patsy,'' appeare in the January issue of the magazin< It is a breezy tale of theatricals. Mi Woople is commissioned to tour th "tank towns" with a very peer vaud( vylle act wvith the idea of forcing th performers to break their contrac with his agency. J. L. Morris, a farmer living nea Van Vleet, Miss., is being credite wvith having a new record for rawv oys ter eating. While visiting in Va: Vleet during the Christmas holidaym he ate 144 oysters at one sitting I; a restaurant. H-e offered to give th proprietor $1 for as many more, bu the proprnietor refused to serve then fearing, he said, that if Moris shouil eat himself to death, he as proprieto wvould be held responsible. To obtain water power frori streams without interfer-ing with nav: gation by the erection of dams, a Cal ifornian has invented a barge carry ing a wheel driven by water passin, thrnough a flume in the craft. Miss Olga Larson has been electe< county supernintendlent of schools 11 Supei-or, Wis., and Miss Adelaid, Steele B~aylor- has been appointe, mlanuscrip~t clerk in the department c public instruction of Indiana. He salarny is $2,000. Representative Gilbert M. Hitcla cock, who has been elected Democrnai Ic Senator from Nebraska, wvill hay the unique distinction of wearing senatorial toga that once re-sted o1 the shoulders of his late fathei though his father's bore the Republi can label. The woman who wants to mak money today must be prepared t, work, and work hard, by an ordere< system for a definite end. This I the only possible method; to makr money by home employment, and a odd hour's at the worker's will, fr-ankly "impossible!" Cutlery makers in Sheffield roer that a demand exists for the filing and sawings of celluloid used in th manufacture of knife handles which I greatly in excess of the quantity bE ing produced. Until a few years ag this form of scrap was throwvn awa as useless, and as the mater'ial is em ceedingly inflamminable its disposi was a troublesome matter. Then began to be used in the manufactur of interior grades of celluloid, an retchued from 3(1 to 5d a p~ound. Ev lehntly new uscs have been found fo At Are you suffering from any cause? 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