1674-1 ShadowsSVIPDAY, JULY 26, 1926
MIAMI DAILY NEWS
FISHER HOUSE
MOST COSTLY f -
1 THIS SUMMER
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Developer. to Have $400,-
000 Home—The Allison
Place Elaborate
LAKE PANCOAST AND BISCAYNE BAY AFIi ORD LOVELY VISTAS
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Outstanding residence, of
the summer construction pro-
- gram of Miami 1leach include
the house of Carl 0. Fisher,
which, it is announced, will
eeet I41).0oo eoclus!ee of property
value I0' the re.Idencee of James F.
Mathew. •rad James A. Allison on
titer la:and which will cost •pprool•
mete], 1100,000 each.
Desi -l., these the Fleh,r properties
■re erecting six new homes on North
beach. lira. Katherine H. Talbot Is
building :are. residences In the sans.
section. Seven more hou.e. are being
built 1_divfdusllythe North
Beach Fisher propertriea. With the
other houses. a nutneh of which will
coat up to 1.50,000. which are going
up in ra.rioun sections of the city.
brach co-atruclion amounts to well
over •10.0,000 1n hones alone th!.
summer.
The Fisher bone will he one of
the 'no•: beautiful and elaborate In
south Florid., racing Hineayne bay.
the hone ■rad grounds will extend
from Alton rd. to the bay Netter -en
north by and Surprl.e waterway.
Sir, Fisher intend. (het his new borne,
designed by August Geiger to repre-
rnt •0 1:aflan villa of the rensie-
*one, period, will fee turrets.. his old
Collins ar, home.
Elaborate l.nd.cnping will feeture
thin home. which It ie expected, w11
be com;:e:ed by the first of next year.
There will be a sunken garden which
will be Commanded by the view from
the dining room. Henn, deAlgn la
being carried out In tie landacnping
an weft an In the architecture. The
garden will entrain statuary, fou,-
[eine, ornamental gateways, expen-
sive
xpno-sire shrubbery And Bonen. The
ground., eneasnring 400:1.000 feet.
will b nrrounded by an ornamental
• wail,
The roidence proper la to be von-
' •traded of reinforced concrete, tiR
•nd .taw, art.. of It w111 rise three
stories fn height. John 11. Orr, ton•
era nor. has rhorge of the building
operation.
A $x.000 pipe organ of the latest
theism will be feature pl the home
and wig! be located In the living
room. Otter rooms of the main floor
iudnde a dining room, stair heti
soleri•. with marble mosinr floor,
breakfast room, butler's pantry, titch•
en and serving room,.
Ceilings of the main rooms are to
be finis_5ed In Italian design, hand
carred ar,d hand pinrrd wood, model-
ed gate: famous Florentine vdifaa
. Th• frpnt of the pipe ?r an will be
covered with ornamental work of Im-
ported hand carved tiger wood which.
with yellow and block .tripes, in con-
.iidered one of th. meet beautiful
coda for decorative purposes. in-
terior ails 1(1 be hand plastered in
blue and r'•ld and the Boon will be
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Camps of Seminoles Well Planned
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Visitors Wise to Follow Customs
By J. P. ('win \1)
1. )i wafer-ir.der-Tr.pper
celan,so., 0510.
The big cypress village of the Sem-
inole Indians Is situated on a large
Indian mound at the .tine of the big
cypress swamp. This village is the
Seminoles' headquarter. and from this
point they go forth to hunt and trap
In the cypress ■rad 'glades.
The village Is built in the Shape of
a horseshoe, fenced al! the way around
except the front, watch is open to
the 'glades and can.• landing. The
canoe slips are dug host and the enacts
between sodded with Bermuda grim
brought from the mainland. There
are always many canoes of different
adzes In the slips, the number vary.
hag with the number of bunting
parnea that are out.
sugar ran, end Mil down the i.yrnp
They kiwi let their cnne skimming
ferment •n.l when tele u double dia
tilled it make, a wonderful produc
wbieh the Indians call Teehomee
this liquor they use at their Gere
mcmlal dance,. After taking
shots of this, they dance for serers
sesta more or lea., and wind up by
making some wonderfol speeches.
Between the cane mill and the next
building 1, a yerd for scraping the
hair from Jeer hide. sod the pile of
hair 0((1,(J the fact that many a
hide lea been scraped there.
The next building is the squaws'
.lee -dile quarters, and next to this
is the dress rocking boildiog:. here
the -situ" Ws were making the•rari-
eofored dower, tieing portable hand
sewing machines. They turn the
wheel with one hand and feed the
cloth and tuck it with the other. The
rapidity and sure way they do this
/naval bad 0•I1, 71.ws Photos by 1tol.bun
., dunning 1.k. In the center of the elty of Miami Beech 1. named for the Pancoul (amity, early
pioneers It muerte a4 much admiring r•nmm,nt as the bay and octan, which •r.• so close to It. The
causeway. Venetian 1dan4 and new Wand tauwway !arra eaect:Ye connection link. belwen the bay citing.
end small toy dugout cannel. 01.1
repllru of the big enut.a of their
fnth•ra. The little clrla had home
mode doll. mode from cypreo..
The young lupins, were Loaded
around the neck with breve, It being
e
tribe/ custom in add A string of
`senile for each g: al Art up to • ter
thin age, and the heads are taken
off one After another with the de.
dining ',Ars until she has only one
miring left, thin being the gteAleat
I nag of honor for n 'moan, Aa it
.hos s that she hes tired her young
Andold (1!e a good end virtanu.
squaw. The old oneMring emuaw*
y1.ld great power In the trite, es-
pecially in the social rite. and have
tower over the younger women and
centro! the family purse
There fa no race Ihnt ahow's greeter
respect for their Aged than do the
Seminole, their veneration of the
old people being very much like the
Oriental race.
In hontlog with the Lrdla a there
Are never -al tribal cu*toms that must
be obeerved If one don -not went
some sulky Indian In ramp. It le
well for ■ white man to remember
never to speak to it equew. If you
do you will get no answer and you
hill only make your Indiana sns-
plcioue of lou. They nt,o have strong
religious fen. And respect for annken
and do not want any of the party
ro kill or talk about anake,, espec-
iAlly the hideous oottoo-mouth mores•
of them (bey bear seemed to look
(mone•t to death as a rvw'ard where
they would Iain their father. and
hunt forevermore In 'glades full of
came.
Their Deity 1. moth closer to them
than the white man.. They do not
.rem en ...imitate the Idea of hell
and the fear of . vengeful, rlthteon.
God •a yet, but girt them time and
missionaries, and they will probably
reach that high plan. and fear God
and death an well as acy other Chris-
tina.
10. Every lir'nn thing that comes
voluntarily to aril. camp 1s protect-
ed. Birds neat in the orange tree*
and quail walk In the greet and wild
ducks feed at the water', tags. The
Indian gays "No shoot: My duck,.
Come erery year."
This will giro 70e1 a aketcby Idea
o! some of their beliefs end customs
and these should be oburred, tepee,
laity ,o whelk hunting with them
where your safety and comfort de.
pend upon cheerful, arnmpetent gulden.
Tn ley aside our civilized habits and
adopt three heatlen Inatome for
few weeks while sojourning In their
hunting grounds and •rcepting "their
hoepltalit7 1s no more than fair.
The Seminole has never allowed e
white man to suffer for food or ,hel-
t.r when treated right. During the
World WAr many ariaton fell in the
glades while learning to BY from the
fields at Ifiami and from Carl,trom
and Tann. Field. •. •..-.1t.
ever' Instance the Seminole. lent
them every fid and brought them
ufely to town.
They are a hnaplt.Lle, friendly
people (5.t are making their lilt
stand on the American frontier. 1
hove known thew and had dealing.
with them for yeera •nal hire, only.
personally, known of two that bad
crop ears. T'be, do not steal and no
guard la ever nodal at camp 1f
only Seminole. Ara In the vicinity
of the camp. When an Indian tells
you hum bog a chay, hum pee (Ivr—
ea( with me and eat plenty—he
meanie just that. but don't think for
one moment that you can est u
much a be can when the game is
plentiful •sed the tomml.sary to full,
NOTED PIONEER
Kirk Monrrre HA, Led Most In.
teresting Life
Kirk Munroe, one of Coconut
Grove's "Who's Who" citizens. noted
writer of toys' book.. It is said, was
born on a steamboat In the Missies
ippi river. He later graduated from
Harvard. Hs has penetrated the
wilds of Alaska and is said to be
the first white man who ever eroe,ed
the Everglade-. In a canoe, without o
companion. from Fort Myers to Kis-
.Immee. His great -great-grandfather,
history has it, was the first hero to
151IA2C BEACH SECTION 11
Health Conditions at Beach
Ideal With Warm Salty Air
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Stan and Bea in Sub -Tropics
Make Rare Combination
for Human Welfare
Mi•mi Bearh may soon rent among
the most anted health centers In
America as well as the world famour
mineral spring. end spas of Europe.
The beginnings of tele Ile In the feral
snit breeze off the Atlantic ocean.
Florida sunabine and the Allison hos
pital which Ie being erected nn the
month end of Allison and Carl G.
£..her.
While the atilt. of the hospice].
whirls ate now being completed, are
largely for the use of gerer•I hos
pita] purposes, It Is the nim of the
builders to creel• a nnitartum and
a clink to be composed of .pectel!ate
who will rank Among the foremost
In the tar. of dlo.aee.
Even et the start, treatment of this
nature will be given prominence. The
entire west side of the ant floor will
b• devoted to specl•Ilots •od hydro•
eherApy treatments. Future unite, it
'.s expected, will be devoted to unl-
tartum purpose. with full adrantnge
taken of the .tin's rays.
Dr. 5, 11. Adkins, formerly of the
Mayo Brother.' ho.pital at Itochoder.
Minn., now practicing at Miami and
Miami Hench, egrets with other proms
Inco! phy.id•us who bare visited
?trod Beech that the sons cart may
be utilised herr prrb.bly to better ad•
rant..• than any other ,ectlon of the
United Slstes In effecting cures of
the most baffling d'uessee with the
main exception of tnberculods.
Dr. Edwin h:. Sloanon. director of
the •clean 'service of the Amer -ken
Chemical satiety, In npcoklog of the
effect of *nnohtne upon the human
skin, recently said:
"!t hos long been known that Keble,
who got plenty of sunshine Were not
likely to suffer from ricket., the most
common of children's complaints, and
i1 5ge been recently found that it wan
a narrow band In the ultra -violet or
Invisible component of the sunlight
that somehow facilitated the proper
building up of the bones out of the
lime and phosphorous In the food.
"The ultre•violet role siren off
from a mercury electric. lamp in a
quarts globe are still more effective
than the small fraction that exists
in the sunshine. But there ultra
violet rays are of stitch ■hors wave
lengths lent they cannot even peas
through the Akin: en it ha, been A
mystery how they could produce such
beredcial effects upon the blood and
bonen.
"This mystery seem, now to have
been' solved by Dr. Alfred T. lieu,
epeciAliot In children's diseases in
the College of Physicians ■nal Sur•
Krone of Columbia University. who
has for year. been experimenting on
white tate to find a way of prevent•
Ing and curing rickets.
Dr. )les has eome to the ronclu
atop (het the agency that tr,n,mito
the InfIusnce of the superficial sun-
shine
uo-shine to the interior of the body 1,
a .nbstence called "cholesterol." Thi,
compound hes long been known to
biologist.. since they have found it
..-.....r +.. .n nn mal reit•. h,:l Pince
they did not know what It wa rood
for they were dlapoaed to regard It .
as good for nothing- But now they
are coming to eonlider it not as an I
netidentnl waste product, but a an '
Active and estntial constituent of all
anima life.
Cholesterol Is veiy abundant in
the akin and In the brain and certain
glands. Ordinarily it I. Inert, but
when It hes been exposed to sunshine' •
or to .rtiacial ultraviolet light It
somehow becomes so activated a to
serve as a cure for rickets. r
A bit of cholesterol no biggtt than
a pinhead held for • half hour • foot
wa7 from a quartz memory lamp
will ',Once to keep • rat from rickets
Alien added to 1ta dill' dirt. If the
irradiation Is too long continued the
effect 1' leuened. The attlrated
cholesterol loan its power In a few
day., hill the vegetghle oils, sorb Al
colt/owed. contain • similar ante
stance, "phytosterol." which may
1lkewl,, be activated b7 Irradlatloe,
and the oil retains its virtue (or many
month.
Dr. hese clinched his conrlunlon by
expoalog bit. of calf and human *kin
to ullra•rlolet light and then feed•
big them to rata, which wen thea
freed from rlheta, although their diet
wa, no deficient as to Induce the dies
ea ee.
1'51. discovery throws light upon
those elu.iee elements, the vitamins,
for it shows that a simple chemical
'rompound may. b7 being endowed
'with radiant energy, hecome the equir-
oleut of one of the ♦luminl In lettuce,
spinach and cad ]leer all.
Dr. A. V. McCollum, of John. Hop-
kins T.nlversity, find* that an excel
of mineral sa(m inthe diet of ram
praluren the earn* 111 effects as s
Abort's. of vitamin A—that l., 1t•
caur, eye dioeue. This may be con
rotted by adding three per tent of
wheat germ or fire per cent of you(
to the ration.
"Vitamin A that 1. necessary for
growth la not the same as the vitamin
that prevents rickets, a!thongh both ,
occur In fat end oils. For Instance,
butter and cod liver oil are both rick i
in vitamin A, but eod liver oil 1s ex. •
tremely effective in preventing rick•
ets, while butter is not.
"Dr. V. G. Heller, of Oklahoma. re •
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portal that certain bacteria of the •
"more -forming species have the power
of making vitamins by some ayntbetle
process, and this; explains certain Pus -
sling experiments where rata haw
thrived on foal deficient in essential
food factors.
"Dr. Atherton Selden, of the United
States Public 11,01(h Service. bag
taken another step in the way of,
violating a vitamin an a single
tangible substance. Ile hoe extracted
from a large amount of yeast a minute i
amount of the active logredient In! .
the form of a crystalline salt of Orris'
acid. Then he frees the base from 1
the 101t and Beta a compound contain•,
Ing three stoma of nitro;eo end three'
of oxygen. Thio •msec• all the re-
qutremeote of vitamin B, for when
pigeons are given a daily dose oI (t
they will thrice en a diet of polished'
Ilse, which 1s deficient in vitamin is..
end will not alone tufnce to maintain •
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woods for deeoratlre purposes. I
terior walls w111 be hand pt•stered i
blue and gold rind the floors will
laid In teak.
q . Mies In the .ape, tae u r
n lag with the number wof�hooting
be parties that •re out.
The head man of that village, .a 1.
utast with the Seminole., Is the old-
est Indian there, John Willie Tiger.
being the official bead of (his vIl•
lege. The real brad men, however,
are the beat provides and bunt*$,
the hocks that get the moat otter.
coon. 'gator and deer bides and hat-
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A set of double .winging doors
will open onto a large elect/tar Porti-
. c, teeing the bay. A large pone co.
cher to the north will .ymmetrlse
the etrecture. Tlkn will be ihi'
• large fine places on the main floor
• elaborately decorated to torrenpegd
with the other features of the home.
Fire suttee Ineloding bedroom.
bath room and dressing room' ere In
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eluded on Ole second floor. The bathe
will he finished to colored flint
marble and modeled after an old
Roman bath. The third floor w111 coo•
telt, flea servanti rooms with three
bathe_ Ad4htlonal aertante' quarters
and Sundry will be located in ■ 4 -
ear fo be erected at the rear
of the hour. The second floor of the
boat bona will contain four mon
serve ere foome.
T,. boat Muse will be bullt at the
wen of the house to •ccommodete a
• new yacht which la alae now under
rna:ruction. 11 will contdn • large
room for yachting supplies.
Grounds will contain two large
tennis averts .t the north end and
et the south w111 be a ewlmming
pool. ?„t)xOO, feet. It w111 range from
four to seven feet le .ieptb and .111
. be fined with malar tile. A device
for keeping the water purified will
be Installed.
T . Msthewi house. designed by
flibersoa & Patteraen. Miami ar-
ehitec:a. .ill- represent A Sp•nteh
country home. Mr. and Mn.
Mathews are [pending Ibe summer In
Spin and Italy reletting the furni-
ture that will bet rouform to the
• ■rehi:ecture. it. le hoped that the
structure will be completed for their
return la November. Contract for
building the ane ht• been let to
Jame. Bette.
• Fos: bedroom, ■rad three bathe
win be Dant In the form of an "1.."
Two stories high. the structure
Inside of which will be an open court.
Entrance from the oar Into the
house will be gained through • large
circular hall. In this • window stair-
way. It Is located at the north end
of the labeled.
On the first floor will be a tie-
ing room. dialog room. breakfatt
porch. pantry, loggia on the bay•.lde.
three rooms and beth In the servant'.
paarun• two -tar garage, laundry and
heating and storage rooms. The Pere.
ant's quarters will be 10 the handle
• f the "L.
will occupy the second floor. The
garage and loggia, floored above with
tile, .BI afford a roof garden. C.U.
int M the larger room( and most of
the other woodwork will be till band
dressed poky entrees. Then will be
firepl-acs to the living room gad 1n
the owner's bedroom. Interior walla
will be hand textured and the exterior
trill have an undulating surface.
Wiade., In the elrenl.r tower .bore
the hall will have. metal casements,
stone amnions and will be glazed
with leaded glass.
Floors and telling slabs are to be
reinforced cotkrete. Either tile or
concrete floors will be used through-
out the boom so that It will provide
• fire proof structure.
Jost across the yacht Cbaonei
from the site whlcb he made famous
for • immix? of Jean with one of
the best aquariums In the rountr7.
James A. Allison 1s erecting his house
noStar Wind. The home is one of
�'i a most unique that has been built
° Io Miami in that. although 1t has the
Proportions of • mansion. 1t will con-
tain but two bedrooms. One of theaas
on the groond floor W for the owner
and smother guest room will be on the
first floor. The owner's room( will
Ing gotten them go to town and
bring back the groceries and ammuni-
1eons and n.eealtles of their exist.
ate. John Osceola •od Charlie Billie
stand out In this re•peet •t this v11.
lege, both being good trappers. hunt-
ers and Traders.
Then are two diatinet language.
amongst the Seminoles and the South
'GIo le • Indiana cannot talk to the
North 'Glade Indian. without •n In.
terprerer. Some few of the Indian.
.peak both language •nd these art
a. interpreter.. /looting. trapping
and Inlermlsgllng as they do. It to
' trance that they have not adopted
• language understood by all.
Then la no : oubt that the lan-
guages en different and not • dif•
ferret way of speaking the same lana
silage. For Instance. the South
Glade Indiana fall • raccoon a .owee.
the North' Glade Indiana call it ■
erooddo; the North 'Glade Indian.
rill • rifle an ecru*.: the Smith
Glade Indiana call It nu efcltay; the
North 'Glade Indies. call ■ dog
an entree. the South 'Glade Indians
call it a homily, etc.
This little village Ie kept .urprl.•
Intl, clean, the open spares between
the biomes being perked •mouth where
they hart walked for generation. in
their bare feet.
pa spanning sweep the spares and
the streets clean each day, ailing pal-
metto broom. of their own nuke. The
men take' tar. of the children in
romp, while the women are busy •t
their vertoua task.. A walk through
the village 1st of great Internet ea
they are busy dl the time.
Starling •t the right front of the
village, the first thatched house la •
store room where the minima make
their head and feather work, belts.
turkey (tether and bead fans. man,
of these being very tteautiful and of
original design and bead ornamenta-
tion. Next to this is the corn crib
■ nd general commissary store room
when the torn, groceries, *mm,.wi
tion, trope. etc., are stored. Needless
to sal much of the Seminole.' bsppi-
ner depend. on thle building being
kept well fined with the neae..sitiee
of life and the corn crib was filled
to overflowing. From this corn they
mike cornmeal( and whole lye hum•
Int which they boil in their ache
er new.
At the rear of the commissary 1e
the cane m111 when they grind their
the 40x00 feet with an 13 foot telling.
The main floor will be occupied by
an office, large reception room, gens
bedroom and bath, kitchen and break•
fast room. Dining room provision•
hen been confined to the porch at
the north. Th. porch will extend two
atones In height. A-llbrary of enor-
mous alas will be located on the ger 1
and floor.
Construction of the building 1a of f
reinforced concrete foundations with (
hollow tile and brick walla. It will be
roofed with old Spanish tile to con• t
form with the Spanish architecture
of the structure a. designed by
textual Geiger. Miami architect,
Building operation., ender the di•
remllon of John B. Orr, contractor,
are expected tobe completed in De-
cember.'
'cloth and tuck It with the other. Tb
rapidity and sure way they do th1
ia sousing:
Between this building and the ecu
an the ratio where buelnkin i
madhp/1.1,7;4pilDte Dy working it with pad
41ea, and next to We are the mor
tar.—made from hollow palmetto
block. where the squaws pound ma
,the corn std cooed. meal and very
good meal it 11, too; very dmilar
to the white man's water ground
mewl. Next to this d. the men's
sleeping quavers and then comes the
enclosed garden.
They hay. many ehfekene—mostly
of the dottinged versly—and bog.
which ■re penned at the rear of the
camp although some wander around
the camp. Icing eery lame. The
whole background of the •dilate i.
planted In banana& cane, pnaah and
corn with some ening. and Dour lem-
on tree.
Each Indian huek has • farm on
the fertile hammock Wanda scattered
through this port of the 'glade..
when he plants con. mane..quaah
and such vegetable. and Butte a
w111 grow without taking up his whole
time; th.we different eror• come up
sod he flail. them from tires to dime
as hla'hanting and (rapping carrlek
him by hia /.land. This b the beet
anIl In the Florida everglades hod
wonderful (rope can he made with.
out any effort t, .peak of and of
mune much Miter crape could be
ral.ef If they were taken ran of
and the land ptoperly laid ont and
tilled.
Donna Gia absence the Iodise
t•aves hl. personal belonginge at his
farm. unguarded. a whit• mon s.l.
Inm •bit thee. parts and the 8emb
nobs. do not steed.
T isrgret beliding In the vitiate
u nllt In the (toter of the hone-
hne and le need for the main eating
Name add council house. The cook
hon.' la al+out 30 feet In the noir
of this building. The cooling awl
tallier la all done nn thl. pian. This
house has a raised floor or plitform
lout three feet abort the trnund
which corers the Inside of the 60114.
ing. Al the end of (hie floor la a
bench made from a hair log run•
nine errors the entire end of the
building. and ufnn this bench the
guests --white men—were Seated.
The Indian men Pit in • circle on
the mein floor or platform with the
take tots fie the renter. The .616
Anti' sit In a circle behind the men.
The Pquew. do not at with the men
but attend to the cooking and wall•
ing on the table while the white guests
are at the camp. The Indiana eat
out of one general pot for each dif-
ferent food prepared, using long•
handled wooden spoons of their own
enanufecture, feelfti‘ the children at
'Mir backs, from time to time.
from the same pot and spoon.
All the tamp Indoetries are corrinl
on by the women. Then men, how-
ever. do a greet deal more work than
they are generally credited with, as
they pole their heavily Ioednl canoes
for Jaye. bunting ■rod trapping and
bringing In serplin. No hardships
or work is too much for them if it
$ in line with .but tribal custom has
decreed as men. work.
The men take care of the children
a the village efficiently and the chit•
dren show great affection for their
*then. We did not hear ■ child cry
he I days we stopped at the
.111*ge. I do not know what methods
bey use to keep them from crying.
Maybe it le because they Come from
a aoic.l race. but the fatal remains
that they 4c4 not try and from ap-
,ear.nce the reason they dial not wa
because they were contented. The
children had bows and arrows—
which they were experts In oobng—
alio do not want any alt tale party
* to kill or talk about snakes, espte-
lally the hideous eotton.mootb motes
sin which for some reason they re-
gard im their friend. They believe
* that If a snake strike* them. that to
• kill the snake 1a certain death to the
' one .track.
They resent the white man'■ cue-
s tom of curing and d!seaufog snakes
amend the camp (ire a they believe
the snake heart this and resent It
Our Indians all but openly motinl
one night because of ouch a di.tu
don ■nd when we found out the
trouble we respected their wish•s anda
ceased to snake talk ant prate reigned
OTC! men.
1. The family and the virtue of
to be primarily: se
The religion of the Seminole. ems
the women moat be protected ■t alla
cants. To break this low the penalty
la death.
2. The thief la de.pla.d nett to
the one breaking the above role. The
penalty fur a d.ngrron• thi.f loth
ears cropped and banishment from
the tribe. marked rn all man may
know him for what h. is.
3. "rheh. liar Is d•.pisrd next to
the thief. If he le a harmless hig
talker •bone Miami! ■rad iaginary
feat, th.7 rldlrole him end pay no
attention to his 1.1k. If he W a
1., geroaa Iter they henlah him until
the nett general corn dance. This
.etitude glees him time to reflect and
learn eil.nce.
4. An abenlute reape:i and thnugh
mord,t-
tuin.ss for the old mord,1 hare
neer known this rule to he broken.
S. L.oln..a la looked down neon.
Tiff greet hunter and provider la
looked op to by all; his word fa s
commend. The shiftless les, Im
dian they •!cartee and he W the how
of their rhllrale. They give him ■
aerial" nickname n -•h e. Laity J.l•
31.1 or Shirttail Tomm—
i.arol y•WWIsome fly .the Indian ha• nee a
of humor -the lazy are henish.d trim
the tribe and a•n.nlly hang ■route!
the white man'. 1nwn.
ft. The Indian doee not wantonly
kill game or ;betray anything h• may
hare use for. Ilia bit. end .u.t.nr•
depend on this rule being t:ved nn
,l
to
When several deaths occur
an!eland or village It I.. the tnib.1
custom In abandon 1he place (niers
Tht• custom ha probably tired the
Seminole from extinction a. the .so -
fiery condition,. may h.ne caused the
deetb., especially In dry •esenns wh.n i
the flowing wets It ehsent and Mel
dug wester hole( Are •o•ily pnllut.•I
C The Indlon. golden rel. Is tee,
treat where a• they treat you. "If,'
I repay minx enemies with kindneu
with whet will I repay my friends"!
An Indian's confidence Is hand to;
gain and they are not a. simple in
they ■llow themmlres to appear. An
Indian will come to • new fur trader
and .111 self him his park of fon
stating that he ha twenty -flee pelts
in the bundle: when the trader grade.'
■ nd mints them he finde that there)
are thirty pelts haeme* of 2.1 If j
be gayly puts three to one •cid. anal'
M7. the Indian for 2: he will get
no more Indian businn, an the in•
dian hes known all the time that,
then were 30 In the handle •nd hast
used this method to find out if thel
trader le honest.ev•
' If, hower, the trader ia hone.!
and calla attention to the mistake)
he will be anrprised at his Increase'
i, trade with the Indiana.
9. Lore—not (ear --ref the Deity:(
the Seminole believe. that he ia loved
by the (rent Fnth.r and lone
return When th• time toms to die
he lies down and goes to the "long
*leer just like that: they do not
m
.reto have fear of death that civi-
lised people have. 1n talking to many
glades while learning to f17 from the
fieldl .t Miami and from Cartstrom
- and n 71.34. eat Arndt and In
el
us
shame*. Fllr gre•t•great•gnodfather.
a
history bit, eras the flat hero to
fall at the battle of Lexington.
rompound has long been known to
biologists. since they hare found It
present In all animal cella, but since
. 1.
1477 0,1, en • stet alt po.*aed.
flee, //latch is dedclent in •humin B. -
and w111 not alone suffice to maintain
health."
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110,113 e7 and nurprem waterway.
31e. Fisher lateede -bat his new tome,
designed by August Geiger to repo•
sent an Italian villa of the renals•
sante period. will far surpass his o:d
Collins ay. home.
Elaborate kudos -aping will feature
this bon.. which It is expected, will
be completed by th .(Irst of next year.
There will be a sunken garden which
will be commanded by the rice from
the dining room. Italian deainn L
being carried out In the lendeapldg
as well as In the architecture. The
garden will contain statuary, foun-
tains, ornamental gateways. expen-
sire shrubbery end flown. The
grounds, menenring 400x1.(P)0 feet.
will be surrounded by an ornamental
wall. .
The nmideme proper is to be eon•
sheeted of -.inferred concrete, tile
and stncto. art, of it well rise three
.torts In height. John R. Orr, con-
tractor. has theme of the bulldiag
operation... -
.st $.10.000 pipe organ of the latest
design will be a feature pl the home
■nt will be locate) In the living
• room. Other room, of the main hoer
iutbde • dining room. .ts1r ball.
...lariam with marble moaiac (lane.
breakfat room, butler's pantry. kitch-
• en ■s.•1 serving room,.
Ceibas of the main rooms are to
br finished In Italian design, hand
' carved and hand plated wand. model•
ed after famous Florentine v116e.
1bs fepnt of the pips preen will be
covered with ornamental work of Ins•
ported hand curved (Iger wood which.
with yellow and back etrl(ww is ron•
tittered one M the most benatifal
woods for decorative purposes. In-
terior walls will b. hand 1aa.ter.d In
blue and gold and ((e fluoro will be
Lid In teak.
Lyt• A net of double swinging doors
aril open onto • large circular porti-
co lacing the bey. A large torte co.
then to the north will symmetrlse
the strsrture. There will be ihrre
large lira plans on the main floor
elaborately decorated to cornapend
with the other features of the home.
Five tulles inelndIM bedroom.
beth nom and dressing room are In
eluded on lire second 11onn. 'Die baths
will be finished In colored flint
merbie and modeled after an old
Roman bath. The third (loos will coo -
tale flee servant: rooms with three
baths. Additional serronte quarters
, and laundry will be located in • 4 -
car tsrage to be erected at the rear
of the brwu. The second floor of the
boat boost will contain four more
servant's looms.
The boat house will be built at the
west of the hou.e to •crommodate ■
new yacht which la also now under
construction. It will mutein a lard
room for yachting supplier.
Grounds w111 contain two large
tennis eonr(s at the north end arid
at the *oath will M • gwimming
pool. 30.80. feet. It will range from
four to seven feet in depth and will
be lined with most., tile. A device
for keeping the water purified will
lot Installed.
The Mntbews house, ▪ designed b7
Ribert,Os k Fetterman. Miami ' or•
rhitecta, will. repreneet • 8penlah
country Dome. Mr. and Mrs.
11at(e., an spending the summer In
Spain and Italy selecting the furni-
ture that will beat conform to the
• arebi:ecture. It is hoped that the
structure will be completed for their
return In November. Oontract for
building the Mime hes been let to
J•mn Betterldgn.
Foe: bedroom' and three bathe
will be boll! 1h the form of en "I
Two node. b1eb, the structure t
Inside of which will be an open court. t
Eotrateee from the court Into the t
house will be gained through a leer.
circular hall. In this a window stair-
. way. It 11 located at the north end 1
A thinning lake 1n the center of thitity of Sli•aes
t Bot. I. named for the Pancoast family, early
itiaml Deli Daily Yews Photos be ltolebun.
pioneers. It attratu as much admiring Comment as toe bay and ocean, which are so clogs to It. The
aeseway, Veneitaa Wads and new island ausewa7 form effective connection links before the ray cities.
vsimaragessaAk and small toy dugout canoes. exact
replies" of the big canoes of their
fathers. The little girl* bad home-
made doll. made from csprea.
Tr. young squaw. were loaded
around the Deck with bead.. It being
s tribal' custom to add • string of
beade for each Brod act up to ■ cer-
tain age, and the Mad. ■re taken
off one after another with the de-
clining lean until abs bas only one
striae left, thi. Ming tbe greatest
badge of honor for a paw. as 11
shows that she lou fired her 70unt
and old Ili, a .nod and virtuous
M'a•w. The old one-atring squaws
yield great power In the tribe. ea
parially in the racial rite. ani ha•e
power ores the younger women and
cao:rol the family purse
There le no race 'het showe greater
respect for their aged than do the
Semi noir., their •mere don of the
nI4 people Ming very murk 1:ke the
Oe1.n.1 race..
In hunting with the India. there
are ..rrnl I rihai customs that must
be ob+er•nl If nue doer 3501 want
some sulky lndlan In ramp. 1t le
well for • white man to remember
never to emelt to a •gnaw. If you
do you will get no anew., ■nd you
LACI only make your Indiana sol•
plr:nu. of 700. They also have ',trona
religious fear and report for mnken
mid do not went any of in. party
to kill or telt •bunt armee.. ..pec-
ialty the hideous eottommnnth mores -
in whieh for amt. reaon they re-
ger4 sa 111elr friend. 1T•y Wier,
that If a snake Milken them. that to
kill the make is certain death to the
one crud.
Th.y resent the white maxis run
(00 of 00ming and dberasIng sag..
around the ramp fire es they believe
the mak. Kean This and resent It.
Our Indian+ all bur 03.037 mat(nlr4
one night berm.. of such a Ai.ri,-
elon aml when w. found Out IM
mr0uhle we re.p.etnl their whuh.• sed
craned to .nal. talk and pear. r.!g..rd
00te more.
1. The family sod the virtue of
to he primarily:
The religion of the Seminole.. feetus
the women must be protected at all
coats. To break this law the penalty
1s death.
2. The thief I. 41.aplsed neat to
the one breaking the ebur. role. The
penalty for a dsnt•rmue thief tmtb
ears cropped and banishment from
the tribe, marked ro ell men may
knew him for whet he is.
3. The liar I, dnpimed vat In
the tblef. If he L a harmless hig
talker shoat himself sod imaginary
feat" they rtdlenle him And ray no
attention to his talk. It he le n
dangerous liar they banish him until
the next general corn dente. Thle
.olitvde glen him time to reflect and
learn silence.
4. An absolute rvapert and thoutht-
(ulness for the old people. I have
never known this; rule to he broken.
3. Laciness is looked down upon.
The great hunter and provider 1,
looked cap to by all; his word 1. •
command. The shiftless. tray In-
dian they deeplee and he L the butt
of their ridicule. They gin' him a
derisive nickname era -h Its I.sy Josle
JIM or Shirtteil Tommie—and net
some sal •the Indian has no Benne
of humor—the lazy are banl.hed from
the tribe and generally bang around
the white man's tarn.
8. The Indian dos net wantonly
kill game or destroy •nsthang he ma,
hare use for. His life and er.vrence
depend on thin rule twine 11.01 fir
Camps of Seminoles Well Planned
Visitors Wise to Follow Customs
By J. P. CONRAU
y. aotn-nada-T'sseer
Cote..N., onto.
The big c,npreee village of the Sem-
inol. Indlaaa la cleated on a large
Indian mound ■t the edge of the big
cypresa swamp. This vnl•ge la the
Seminole. headquarter+ and from Ihid
Point they go forth 10 hunt and trap
In the cypress and 'glades.
The village Is built in the Drape of
a horseshoe. fenced AI'' the way around
extent the front. watch I. open to
the 'glades and care• landing. The
canoe slip are dug o'tt and the .(.,'ee
netween sodded with Bermuda gram
brought from the mainland. There
are always m.07 rnnoee of different
elves In the ellpa, the number vary -
Ing with the numher of hunting
parjee that ark out.
The head man of this riling'. .* 1.
newt! with the elemlooles, la the old-
est lndlan there, Jobn Willie Tiger.
Ming lbs offlcai head of this vll
late. The nal brad men. however.
are the best rewritten and bunters.,
the bucks that get the moat otter.
croon, 'gator and deer hides and hat,
Ing gotten tram go to town and
bring back the groceries and ammunh
ton. and neceoities of their exi.F
encs. John O,renla and Charlie Billie
eland out in chi. reepecl ■t (hie vih
lap, both Ming good trappers, bunt•
ere and trades.
Then an two distinct languages
■monpt the Seminole. and the South
'Glade Indiana cannot talk to the
North 'Glade Indian. without an In•
terpretet. Some few of the Indian.
speak both languages and these Act
*s Interpreter. Hunting. trapping
and Intermlagling of they do. it 1.
strange that they hare not adopted
a language understood by all.
Then la no :oubt that the lan-
guages are different and not a dila
ferent way of .peeking tbe same lan-
' nage. k'or Instance, the South
Glade Indians esti • raccoon a sowee.
the North' Glade Indiana all It ■
wooddo; the North 'tiled, Indians
0011 a rifle an screw; the South
'Glade Indiana all it nu eldtay; the
North 'Glade Indians call ■ dog
an enfros, the South 'Glade Indians
c*11 it a boosk7, etc.
This little village Is kept surpris-
Ingl7 clean, the open spas between
the hogs being pecked smooth where
they have walked for generations in
their ban feet.
The squaws sweep the *pars end
the street. than each day, tieing pal-
metto brooms of their own make. The
men dad 1 taro of the children In
camp, *Mlle the women are busy at
heft radios tasks. A walk through
he village is of great Interest ns
bey missies .11 the time.
Starting' at the right front of the
village, the tint thatched house is a
ton room Where the .non.. met.
sugar ern. and ball down the.87rop
They *la let their mem skimmings
ferment and wee, this I. double di■
tilled it makes a wonderful produc
which the It:dlena call Teehmmee
thio liquor they use at their cere-
monial denser. After taking I
shote of Ibis. they dace for atter1
we.ka more or leu, and wind up by
making gime wonderful speeches
Itetween the tans mill And the nett
hulldine le • yard for *eca,ing the
hair from .leer 601.. ural the pile of
hair Nitwits the Net that many •
hid. Iia been ecra3ed there.
The next building I. the egawe
d.ry.lna quarter., and next to fhb
la th. dee.. making building; hen
the aquuws were making the -ori•
rolored drew..,.. using portable band
sewing machines. They turn the
wheel with one hand and fent the
Auth and tuck It with the other. The
motility and sure way they do this
b .male[.•
Bet ..n this building and the next
at he arks wiser. buckskin i.
de pllnble b/ working 9 with rad.
Alen. end next to tbia net the n.
•
tare --made from hollow palmetto
block% where the ,inner• pound out
the corn and tomato real and very
good meal it in too; very similar
In (he whit• man's water ground
3101. Nett to (life is the men'.
Bleeping goat:era sod then comes the
incline•' garden.
They I.r• many chicken,—meetly
of the dnckdeggnl Tarty--nnd hors
which are penned et the rear of the
romp although slime wander around
the ramp. being very fame. The
whole background of the •Ilinge is
panted In bonen.. nue. rgiiaeh apd
corn with rode orange and sour lem•
on tree*.
Each Indian buck has n farm on
the fertile hammoels Islands *tattered
through this part of the 'glades,
when he plants corn. cent. equnsh
and such •ngetahln ■0d fruits an
will groat without taking up h1* whole
tin.; thee. A:f(erent crop come up
nnd h vil
e vieits
them from time to time
as hie 4.00(3,1 and trapping caretea
him by hie island. Thi, is the beat
soil :n the Florida ererleades and
wonderful crop an he made with.
out any effort 1 r speck of and' of
course much better .rope could be
raised If they were taken tan of
and the land properly laid out and
Geed.
During his *Mena the Indian
Laves his personal belongings at his
farm, ungareted, as white men set.
tom visit the*e parte and the Semi-
nole" do n01 steal.
The largeat banding in the Hll.p.
3. built In the center of the hone
shoe and Is wed for the main tiling
house and council house. The cook
Muse b about 30 feet In the rear
of this building. The cooking and
eating is all done on this Plan. This
Muse has ■ raised floor or,plelform
*boot three feet above the ground
which corers the Innide of the build-
ing. M the end of this floor is a
of them they lure seemed to look
forward to death as a reward, where
they would loin their fathers and
hunt forevermore to 'glades full of
came.
Their Deity 1s maeb dose, to them
than the white mea.. They do not
seem to assimilate the Ida of hell
and the fear of a vengeful, righteous
God as yet but glee tram time and
�.qqww omelet and they will probably
r�eh that high plana and fear Ood
and death as well a any other Cbris-
tlan.
10. Kerry liv'og thhtg that comes
rolunterily to their rump 1s protect•
.4. BIM. nest Ie the orange trees
and quail walk In the etreet and wild
ducks feed at the aster's edge. The
Indian saya "No .boot: Illy ducks.
Come yes r."
This will gQve roc a sketchy Idea
of some of their beliefs end euetoms
0114 thre. showed M observed, espee•
telly so whee hooting with them
where emir safety ani comfort de -
rend upon rt. 1, competent gulden
Tn lay aside our civilized habits and
adopt these heal:.en customs for 1
few weeks while e.5omnlag In their
huntlnt grounds and accepting their
boanlrality Is nn mon than fele.
The Seminole h.. never ■flowed a
white man to suffer for food er ahrl-
(0r when Created richt. Iharin& the
World Wee ninny *slater, fel !n IM
'slain while learning to fly front the
fields at Miami •n4 from Carletrom
and I1nrr Field+ ,t Atrw430 and In
every inwtanes COs Seminoles lent
them every aid and brought them
N(el7 to town.
They ars a hopdtable, friendly
people that an' m*klag their Cut
stand on the American frontier. I
hare known them• and had dealings
with `hem for years and hare only.
personally, known of two that had
crop rare. They do not steal and no
guard is ever needed at camp 11'
only Seminoles an In the vicinity
of the amp. When an Indian tells
yon hum bog a they. hum pee taw --
eat with ma and eat plenty—ke
metes Nat that, but don't thank for
one m0meat that 700 an eat an
much as he ean when the game is
plentiful and the remenlnar7 la full.
NOTED PIONEER
Kirk Monroe Han Led Stoat In.
terewting I.1fe
Kirk Munroe, one of Coconut
Grove's -3Vhe'e Who" eltisena, noted
writer of (ayehooka, It is ea14. wns
born on a steamboat In the bllnels-
.Ippi river. Ile later gndualed from
Harvard. Ile has penetrated the
wild. of Alaska rad is raid to be
the first white man -rho ever twinged
the Everglades, In • canoe, without 0
companion. from Fort Myers to Kis -
simmer. lila greabgrenl•grend(ather.
bistnry leas It, was the first hero to
fall at the battle of L.aingtun
y
United States In df.cting cures of
the most baffling diseases with the
main exception of tuberculosis.
sir. Pdfwln E. Monson. director of
the science service of the American
Chemical eoefery, In speaking of the
effect of sunshine upon the human
akin, recently said:
"It has long been known that bablee
who got plenty of sunshine were not
likely to suffer from Adieu. the most
common of children's complaints. and
it has been recently found than it was
a narrow band in the alto -violet er
Invisible component of the sunligh(
that somehow facilitated the proper
building up of the bones out of the
lime and phosphorous In the food.
"The ultra -violet rays given off
from a mercury electric lamp In a
quarts glob. Ars still mon effective
than the small fraction that exist..
in the sunshine. But these ultra-
violet rays. are of such short ware
length. that they cannot even pa..
through the skin; eo It has been a
'ureter, how they could produce such
beneficial effects uloo the blood and
bonen.
"This mystery seems now to have
Men' solved by 11r. Alfred T. Hera.
spedeli.t In children's disea.e In
the College of I•hyaici.ns and 8ur•
[earn+ of Columbia University. who
ha. for year* been experimenting oi.
white rats to find ■ way of prevent•
Ing and curing rickets.
Dr. flews hne tome to the rondo
.lon that the agency 16•t tramming
the Influence of the anperddal sun
shine to the Interior of the body Is
a subatence aged "cholesterol." Thte
compound has long been known to
btnlogists. since They have found It.
present In til animal cells, but since
w110 sealant energy, become as pule •
•lent of one of the vitamins in lettuce, '
spinach and end liter oil.
Dr. E. T. M,Cotlom, of Johns Hop, •
kine Gnlverelty, finds that en extras
of mineral said in. the diet of ns •
Produce* the same rel effects at a
shortage of vitamin A—that is, Its
noses eye disease. Thea may be cora
rented by adding three per tent of
wheat germ or five per cent of yeut
to the ration.
"Vitamin A that to necessary for
growth is not the same se the vitamin
that prevents ticket., altbo4311 both
occur 1n fats wad oils. For Instance.
butter and cod lieu oil are both rich rr
In vitamin A. bat sod liver ell la a•
tremety effective in preeentlog rick•
ed, while butter 1s not.
"Dr. V. G. Heller, of OOlaboma, re-
ported that certain batterla of tbe
*pore -forming species have the power
of making vitamin. by some synthetic
procesa, end this explains certain pus.
sling experiment• a0ere rats bare
thrived on food deficient in m,entfall
food factors.
"1).. Atherton 8,1de1, of the ratted 1
Stales Public Health Senlce, bac
taken another step to the way of
Iscanting a eltamin as a single
tangible subatanre..11e hes extracted
from a large amount of yeast a minute)
mount of the active Ingredient In
the (ora of a crystalline salt of /Aerial
acid. Then be frees the bene from!
the matt and gets Al., compound contela•'
Inc three stoma of nitrogen ad threes
of oxygen. T61s answers all 10e re- • •
quiremtnt, of vitamin R. for whee
pigeon. ■re even n daily dose 0f it"
they wit! thrive rn n diet of polished:
flea *hies Is de&knt in vitamin Be
and wait! not alone suffice to maintain
health."
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