Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1890-04-10
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Miss Olof Krarer. native Of Green
land, Is visiting this country. She is a
pure blood Esquimaux lady Of a very
quaint and curious appearance, es-
peciaffy from an American standpoint
She is 81 years old. s feet 4 inches in
height, and as she weighs 12O pounds
it can well be imagined that she Is
pretty stout. In an Esquimaux's eyes
she is probably handsome. but not 50
in an American. sense. Her face is
peculiar, and almost impossible to por-.
tray. Her hair. which she says when
she left Greenland was black. is now
almost golden. Her eyes are large and
full of animation Her usual attitude
is with her chubby hands folded in
front of her, her short. curved arms
resting close against her person. She
says that in her country children are
never allowed to play out of doors,
and her arms, she explained, were
bowed because in her country children
are compelled to fold them always.
Her plump and robust figure was richly
clad in red silk. close fitting, with
train, the whole trimmed with lace.
The ornaments consist of a heavy gold
ring and watch guard ornamented with
pendants. Her movements are easy
and quite graceful. and her voice low.
but clear and distinct. She was edu-
Gated in Iceland, and speaks English
very pleasingly.
Miss Krarer says that in Greenland
people seldom live above sixty years.
They have but one sickness, and that is
such as in this country is called con-
sumption. They are sick about four
years. and during that time ''our peo-
pie" she says, never pay any atten-
ton to them. They say spirits have
them and they hate them. As soon as
they are taken i'll they are placed in .
house by themselves, and all that lie
done for them is to throw them a piece
of blubber as they would to dog. If
sick people get well they are smart; if
they die they are no good. and they
gether with their furs and spears. When
people are dead in my country we
don't want anything more to do with
them.
Fires in my country" says Mrs.
Krarer. ARE lighted with a flint, and
q man who owns dint is wealthy, and
he guards it as carefully as a man in
this country would lump of geld"
The domestic life of her people ID
very simple. and yet subject to very
rigid regulations. She says: When
wife is wanted from among the
maidens the enamored young man
watches his opportunity, and while the
parents are away or not observing he
steals her and takes her to another
house. If caught in the act he is killed
by the parents of the girl. If they are
dead his own parents do the deed, as
they consider that man who is not
smart enough to steal girl for his
wife is not smart enough to kill bear,
and therefore should not be allowed to
live. A man must live with his wife
for life. 1t he deserts her he is put to
death. If child disobeys its parents
it is punished by being burned with .
heated bone. .......,1,..s,- ,...........s
I'm our land" she said, I'VE have
neither doctors, lawyers. preachers,
nor rulers of any kind. for we never
tell lies or steal; consequently it is not
necessary to have any rulers. In all of
Greenland there are no trees; the bare
ground is never seen, and there is no
water but that of the ocean. think
that Iceland would be good place for
many of the American ladies to go, for
in that country the ladies never wash
themselves from the time they are
born until they die. The only thing
they do is to anoint themselves daily
with oil. In our country the ladies
amuse themselves by sitting on the
floor of their houses and looking at
each other, while engaging in animated
discussion as to the beauty of each
other, and the one having the greatest
amount of oil on her face is considered
to be the greatest beauty"
Miss Krarer has been eight years in
this country, and has no desire to re-
turn to Greenland. She says she never
will 60 there again to remain per-
manently. a.-. .-........ -.