Songs and stories of the red man: Albert Gale and Martha Gale

              ENTERTAINING



BRIGHT, SPECTACULAR, FULL OF LIFE AND ACTION WITHOUT RESORT TO CLAP-TRAP


INSTRUCTIVE



EVERYTHING AUTHENTIC-GENUINE MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, MELODIES.  LEGENDS, COSTUMES, ETC.

Songs and Stories of the Red Man Albert Gale and Martha Gale





MR. GALE AJ CHILKAT CHIEF






HRS. GALE AS BLACKFEET PRINCESS





Permanent Address, 
THE GALES,
 Albion, Michigan





PUSH-E-THE-NE-QUA CHIEF OF THE MUSQUAKIES






SA WALTZ-SA SNOQUALMA IMPROVISATRICE






BILLY BOWLEGS AND WILLSON TIGER SEMINDLES OF FLORIDA






SHE-SHAT-SUK BLIND SINGER OF THE MAKAHS






JOE FRANCIS PENOBSCOT – OLD TOWN, ME



SOME OF THE OLD INDIANS WHO HAVE ASSISTED MR. GALE IN HIS RESEARCH WORK



A
T ONE TIME there were nearly eight hundred tribes in the country.  Their forms of habitation varied, they used different types of weapons, played different sports, and wore a diversity of styles of dress.  Much of the culture material of those times is forever lost.  Of many of the tribes there are now no living members.  Mr. Gale has made a study of over thirty of the remaining tribes, recording their songs and legends and collecting specimens of their handicraft.  He has gone to some of the most remote and secured melodies never before heard by a white man.  Neither of the Gales have any Indian blood—they are primarily investigators.  They have given over twenty-five years of study to the characteristics of the much-maligned red man.  They have traveled from coast to coast, from Alaska to the Gulf, gathering the material for this lecture.




The Costumes and Exhibits Alone for this Production Weigh 500 Pounds



Not the Usual 
Wild West
 Type of Indian Entertainment



READY FOR THE TRAIL Mr. Gale carries in his pack his blankets and grub, his camera, a tuning fork and score paper, a specially constructed phonograph and a supply of blank records.






A FORTUNATE BARGAIN Mr. Gale is wearing a valuable gift-bag of solid beadwork just secured from the Cherokee Indian standing by his side.





You will not know exactly what it is like until you have heard it, then you will want to hear it all over again.



Observations Heard as the Audience Passes Out



I liked it because it was so educational.


I would gladly pay a dollar to hear it all over again.


It has completely changed my conception of the red race.


Until tonight I have known a lot about Indians that wasn't so.


This number alone was worth the price of my entire season ticket.


It was fine; it was so different from anything I have ever seen before.


I have learned more of Indians tonight than in all my previous study and reading put together.





ZUNI OLLA





THE LARGEST PLACE WHERE 
SONGS AND STORIES OF THE RED MAN
 HAS BEEN GIVEN IS NEW YORK CITY—14 TIMES; AND THE SMALLEST WAS NO TOWN AT ALL—JUST A COUNTRY SCHOOL HOUSE.  THE SAME PROGRAM WAS GIVEN IN BOTH PLACES.  MANY MEDIUM-SIZED CITIES HAVE HAD 
THE GALES
 FROM TWO TO SIX TIMES



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A PARTIAL PROGRAM

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The Gales
 in Action





CHIPPEWA CRADLE SONG



Mr. Gale recorded this song from the singing of Old Mukose, who was ninety-eight years of age at the time.  Mrs. Gale sings it with cradle and papoose.  The words of the song mean, 
Go to sleep; go to sleep; now it is dark, the birds are all going to sleep.





TOTEMS AND THEIR SIGNIFICANCE



Mrs. Gale tells of the Alaskan genealogical, burial and house totems, also of the totemic designs upon the burial chests, dancing paddles, the Chilkat blankets, etc.  She is in full Chilkat costume.





SONG OF THE RAVEN MASK



By Mr. and Mrs. Gale.  Mr. Gale is in the full costume of a Chilkat shaman.  The head-dress of this costume is especially valuable, as it is fringed with dozens of ermine skins.





KLUQUALIE SONG



Used as a last resort in the curing of serious illness.





SONG OF THE CROW



The crude robe which Mr. Gale wears in impersonating 
Old Mother Crow
 is one that was worn by an Indian chieftainess at Vancouver, B. C., during the reception given Princess Victoria on the occasion of her visit to this country.





AN INDIAN STORY OF CREATION



Introducing the song of Kwaattee, a strange mythological god who possessed the power to change his form from that of a man into animal and back again at will.  By his magic he created the mountains, the lakes and the rivers.





MOLOCK'S SONG



Used by the Quileute huntsmen to charm the elk of the forest and bring them across their paths.





INVOKING THE RAIN



This is a real rain song.  Its rendition is always accompanied by startling results.



Right Figure




THE GALE COSTUME LECTURES were the first presentation upon the lyceum platform of lecture-recitals of an instructive and entertaining character given in costume, with scenic setting and illustrated with genuine curios.  ALBERT GALE has been called THE ETHNOLOGIST OF MUSIC because of his musical research bearing upon the relationship of seemingly diversified primitive peoples.  His investigations have made him possessor of many priceless objects and much valuable data secured by personal contact with the Indians themselves in their own environment.




Mrs. Gale takes as deep an interest in the work as does her husband and often accompanies him on his research trips.  She is an invaluable assistant in the platform work as well, delivering parts of the lecture, singing songs, and playing accompaniments.  By alternating, the two make changes of costume without wait or intermission.  The result is an uninterrupted flow of description, stories, songs and instrumental numbers played upon the strange instruments.  There are constant surprises in the way of striking and unusual costumes.




The lecture is exceedingly entertaining.  There is none of the 
medicine show
 element in it.  It is dignified and informing without being pedantic.  At times it is spectacular, but never inaccurate.  It has the popular appeal without becoming commonplace or inartistic.  One man aptly expressed it when he said to Mr. Gale, 
I liked your entertainment because you didn't do any of the things I expected you to do.




SIOUX MOCCASINS








TAMANOS
 AND OLD RAVEN-RATTLE






SONG OF THE CROW






PAHO
 HOPI PRAYER-STICK





THE PLATFORM, when arranged for the Gale program, is a veritable museum.  The curios could not now be replaced at any price.  Blankets from different tribes, woven mats and baskets, specimens of old bead-work, rare rattles, drums, whistles and numerous other valuable articles are disposed about the stage; and last, but in nowise least, there is a representation of an Alaskan totem pole eleven feet high.  Everyone is especially interested in the significance of these poles and how to read them.  If you have never seen a totem pole, you will know exactly how they look after you have seen the Gale stage setting.




OVER HALF A MILLION PEOPLE have heard 
SONGS AND STORIES OF THE RED MAN,
 and thousands, who came believing that 
the only good Indian is a dead Indian,
 have gone away cherishing for the American aborigine a keener interest, a warmer admiration and a deeper sympathy.  To hear the strange legends and listen to the singing and playing of the weird melodies, takes you back to the times of the real Indian,—to the time when the redskin was a friend of every man.


This Form of Entertainment Was Originated by 
the Gales



THERE ARE IMITATIONS



THE GALE HOME is a veritable museum, containing over two hundred musical instruments from all parts of the globe, costumes, accouterments, primitive utensils, geological specimens and neolithic implements.  The ornamental drawings for this circular, made by Mr. Gale himself, are most of them from objects in the collection.  There is also an unusual library of 2000 volumes.





Mr. and Mrs. Gale in the beautiful costumes worn in their closing number entitled, 
The Lovers' Journey.
  It is the portrayal of a young brave and his woodland sweetheart as they wander away to a strange land—
the place where the sun sets.
  This number is said to be one of the most beautiful and picturesque scenes presented upon the lyceum and chautauqua platforms today.






BANNOCK SIGHING-WIND FLUTE AND APACHE FIDDLE