Show INDIAN Indian agents In charge of at reserva reservations tion It appears have received to forbid male Indians 1 to a wear rear lon Ion long II hair halt rite Tho of ot uncut locks lock the tho th Instructions state Is l not In keeping With tho the advancement tho the In Indiana Indians n diana ore are expected to tn make In civilization tion lion Tho The agents are therefore en on enJoined Joined to Induce III uco their wards to reform In this respect With some somo this Is III supposed ell to bo be an easy mutter mattes but with others othet great grent tact wilt will bo be required and It Is suggested that employment supplies etc may ho bo withheld until the order Is la complied compiled with That Is to tu s W tho the Indians may Inay bo ho Into sub mission ml il to tJ t tho tie prevalent fashion In 19 haircut ll t tit to it tf Is II ii almost t In that any luah order riler cnn can have hn hak emanated from tho the In hi Interior department All over the coun country country try tr longhaired artists of or foreign orl on Kin are aio applauded anti and nearly mobbed by Admirers ers ere er Why should Io Jo bo be punished It U Ithe Uhe he hs prefers a II style of ot hir hirsute sute suto ornament t Tho The tInt Ort civilized settlers of 01 this thie country with whom the th Indians first come came In contact wore long longhair longhair hair done up lP In queues lucueS and nM to this day wigs rIts Irs In tn lieu lIell oC or a luxurious haIr growth are worn om In same nomo places that may 1111 be hI called the lie sanctum sanctorum of If civilisation In ancient only common people were sup supposed supposed posed to have time to trim tho the beard and find hair hall Kings Icings and anul princes had moro more Important matters to 10 attend to 10 The Tho statement that long loner hair Is la not In ke p log with advancement In tn civilization In no matter from what point of ofIel view Iel It U Is looked at nt Of Ot course hue Uto ho barter barber Is a most useful factor lador of pro lito development but civilization Itself la Is not measured by the tho prosperity or otherwise of or hIs hIli art alone Haircutting U ta not the only reform urged In III the tho Instructions referred to Somebody IB is I highly at the prevalent Indian fashion of at taco face point pointing lag ing This too must be stopped Pro Probably Probably bably It U can be If It sufficient sullie lent tact Is displayed In the matter of withholding supplies etc eta but It would bo ho Inconsistent to do so as long as aa painting fac faces x Is not exclusively proa d by Indians like Ilka charity should begIn at rut homo home Other reforms art are also contemplated dl i The Tho blanket Is said not to be tho the proper thins thing to wear vean and And tho the In Indian Indian dian dances and are be being lug ing simply Imy subterfuges to cover degrading ing netS acts What about some Rome of the dances and nn feasts teut of at the palefaces Wo We e tear fear ar Indian agents will have n a difficult task before them It If they commence solving tho the Indian problem In III this thin way Indians will wilt naturally stick slide to their blankets their customary forms of ornament audI and their arnUM amuse mints us III long ong an as n they th can afford noth nothing nothIng ing better botter and they would resent of at forts forU at ot depriving them of It what they the have It If the tite most nOlt tactful starr starvation tion Is l employed In the iii Interest t of re reform reform form torm When they thy have the mean they will probably exchange the blan blanket blanket blanket ket for tor the illk sUk lIk drees dreu and the tue drew Melli suit It the crude paint for tho the face pow powder powder der den and the Ih simple dance for tor the vaudeville lInt But then how much of ot otan an would that after alter all allbe allbe be bI In morality tho only standard by which civilisation should he be measured |