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Popular Science Monthly 



Preserving Indian Speech 



WE are already beginning to regret 

 that no phonographic records 

 could have 

 been made of 

 the voices of 

 great singers 

 of the last 

 generation, 

 while we shall 

 be handing 

 down our Ca- 

 rusos and 

 M e 1 b a s to 

 those who 

 come long 

 after us. Not 

 long ago 

 the Depart- 

 ment of the 

 Interior in 

 Washington 

 awoke to the 

 fact that 

 there was 

 something 

 else to be pre- 

 served for 

 the future, 



A chief of the Blackfeet singing his war songs into 

 a Government phonograph for preservation 



of Carlisle-bred chiefs do not take the 

 ancient rituals very seriously, and it is 

 probable that after the oldest of the 



living warri- 

 ors have died, 

 the Indian 

 war songs will 

 be practically 

 forgotten. 



It was this 

 feeling which 

 prompted the 

 Government 

 to make the 

 phonographic 

 records of the 

 \'oices of the 

 greatest of the 

 living chiefs 

 for the files 

 of the nation. 

 For some time 

 past, now, 

 these warriors 

 on their per- 

 iodic visits to 

 Washington 

 have recorded 

 on the phono- 



namely the speech and war songs of graph their songs and their legends for 

 our native Indians. The new generation the files of the nation. 



A Rowing- Bath 



THE rowing-bath has been perfected 

 in a western sanitarium for the 

 purpose of adding zest to the morning 

 plunge. It is 

 valuable as a 

 curative 

 measure, but 

 it may also 

 be used with 

 enjoyment 

 and benefit 

 by any one. 



The rowing- 

 bath consists 

 of a metal 

 container 

 which is at- 

 tached to the 

 nozzle of an 

 o r d i n a r >' 

 tub by means 

 of a rubber 

 cord suffi- 

 ciently strong 



Th.; 



to give the element of exercise. Enter- 

 ing the tub, the bather attaches the 

 rowing device and turns on the cold 

 water. As it pours into the tub he 



scoops up the 

 water and, pul- 

 ling the con- 

 tainer toward 

 him with a 

 rowing mo- 

 tion, empties 

 it full upon his 

 breast, thus 

 securing the 

 zest which 

 accompanies 

 the pleasant 

 pastime of 

 Iniffetingsurf. 

 This bath is 

 a diversion 

 from the ordi- 

 nary "shower" 

 on a hot sum- 

 mer day. 



rowboat bath is the newest contribution to the 

 physical enjoyment of living 



