Telegram-herald., 1890-03-18
TIE ESOVIlsUY LADY,.
Where wsNsx hsss sethias - lie &1s
Mes Never Drink ehea They're DRY
Because I. Ehss DeE1 Gss 1t"

Counter attractions proved almost TOO
much for Alsz olof KrareT, the httls
Es9uimaux lady who lectnred at Hart
mans Hall last night Her audience
VAS very small. she has = fun uch
voice and most peculiar accent
totally unlike the broken English oom-
monty heard. >he spoke with rzpidily
and ease and exhibited perfect sell CON
troll and dignity.
Miss krarcT wore an elegant red
satin and velvet gown, cecollete en
tram and trimmed with embroidered
hands. Her hair vas drawn hack and
coaied closely about the crown of her
head. She wore hangs. Her hair =
quite light aud heT complexion ls tair.
She is just forty inches tail, but ls OF
plump and pleasing form. she stood
with folded arms most Of the time,
which attitude she explained by SAY
ing that Esquimaux children were
obliged alwsys O. fold tAelf
arms. fn consequence their
arms arddecidedly bowed. MIss krarer
has "a very large hand, whlch Is more
noticeable on account 81 her short fore
arm. sue began 10y SAY nag that she was
born ln Greenland, bat went % Iceland
when she was l6 years Old. There sht
nrsi saw people wash themselves. Al
FIRST she did not know what L was Tor,
but thought the people were foolish Or
crazy she was given a pieco Of soap
with water ahd towels Size put the
soap in her mouth. thinking a was
something % eat. she described thc
SNOW huts ln which the tsQuimauK
lived and also their manner OF living,
their food and their pursuits The SICK
are never cared FOR. A piece 81 blub-
ber OF frozen meat ls thrown 10 them
and II they get VEL they are considered
smart. II they die they are thrown
| deep into the snow together with Their
| fur clothes. When the seal appear ln
| the spring grand hunts are organ
| iZed. The man who first thrusts
| his spear through the seal gets
| It's skin. The others divide the meat
between them. The spear ~ made OF
the tusk OF walrus. The snow houses
IA which the people live have two doors,
| one for entrance and one for exit. Long
snow halls are built 10 them from the
| outside, TO keep the cold out. They arc
40 narrow Two people can not pass in
| them. When they build fires they pile
up five or SIX large whale-bOnes first,
| then filed in with smaller bones. with
| strips Of lean meat and blubber. The
| fire is started by flint, and ls built
| only for the light. When tie family
goes to bed they pile the furs on thc
| floor. and all sleep NJ one bed The
| man has fur bag made with tho iu
| inside. As there ls only one holc in
| the bag, he has 20 crAWl IA head FIRST.
| then when he wants % come out hc
| comes out backward. When a young
man wants 10 marry. he bss o. get ti-e
| girl out OF her snow house and into
| ms before her people find it out. II
thev catch him first they XII hum, bat
If he Is smart enough % get her into
| his house. no ceremony "a needed.
They are married. Then he has
10 live with her all his life. II be
leaves her. he is killed FOR that. When
a shipwrecked party came 70 the
| Esqulmaux village the natives were
| frightened. They did not know
whether the bg people were good
| spirits or bad spirits. She. with hei
family and two others, returned 10 Ice
land with the party, and renamed
there ten years, where she was educated
in the mission schools. Prom Iceland
she went 10 Manitoba. then to Mn
nesota. The first summer snent iu Mn
nesota was a trying one. She was SICK
all the time from the heat. She was
| obliged 10 stay ln a room lD which
large cakes II ce were kept.
Miss kraT rtbought Greenland would
be nIce place for all the women 10 90
TO. for they have nothing 10 90 there,
no washing, 10 scrubbing. no cooking
they don't even have 20 wash their faces
or comb their hair. The women grease
their faces and feel splendid after
ward, just as good probably a.
the women here do after they have
painted and powdered their faces. Shs
quantity said that the men never drank
there "becauso they don't got D..
They are the most cOntented people iu
the world. They have no money. Tao
property, nothing 10 bother them. They
cat when they are hungry and siecl
when they are sleepy.
Miss krarer sang native song ~ II
= Quimaux and concluded 10y dOnnlng
the native dress. which consists q q
: complete suit made from The fur 81 th'
, | white bear
The lecture was listened 20 attentive
lv by those fortunate enough 20 b'
present. sgd at rs close she answered
r ! sundry questions pat 20 hcr by the aud
7 renee and after the curious wCrc saus
2 fed she remained upon the platform
and sold her photographs, ono TOT
! quarter. in the good old Yankee way