The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-02-01
THE sIRL FROM EAST GREENLAND.
Some Remarks About the Lady who Says
she Took u Sledgo Journey TO Iceland

she Took u siedge Journey TO iceland.
To THE EDITOR OF The SUN-Sv. read
with surprise. and. must say. pain. tho edito-
rial article In TIE Sun relative to the little Es.
qutmau lady lecturer. To brand as fraud,
even by iusinuation. every person that pre-.
tends to represent a distant and com paratively
unknown race. tribe. or people Is to discour-
nae any representatives OF such people from
visiting us. and makes It forever impossible
for us to get information OF these people ex-
cept at second hand. Unless there Is appar-
emit fraud it is pretty good rule to consider
people honest until some tangible evidence Of
dishonesty appears.
In nv travels to and fro It has been my for.
tune to meet this Esaulmau lady twice. I
have hoard her lecture and have called upon
her at tho residence OF q minister where she
was stopping. Her brogue is utterly unlike
any ever heard before and 1t seemsto me
must have heard all the "civilized brogues"
The Suns objection that she Is fair. while all
travellers from her country report the people
as dark. seems to be fairly answered by the
lady herself. She says that in Greenland shs
was very dark and her hair was black; now
she is FUR. with brown hair. For explanation
she says no water is used In washing
tho face or hands in her country. To
use water would DO TO freeze ones
self to crack open the flesh. and ruin
one for life. Instead OF washing they grease
themselves. Then they live in chimneyess
dwellings,. in which flros are made Of the loan
mcat OF animals. only the fat being used rs
food. They are thus creased and smoked from
infancy. THAT they become black is not sur.
Iceland she first became acquainted with tho
uses of soap and water; and that from their con.
hair ' after or washing became lighter alN "''
Now. as q matter OF fact. northern climates
Tsdss Me int
this IN. naturally tI light complexion , might be %;
Ss dsk Nc o NV
be sS sSsn By tn: Sa s
ftSfsEs asss Rs0Ps ss
ceptive as travellers sec them. ,
have in b my 10 Letter from
tic streets s. louis fe really do prot Ss
rabble who jump on them from time e. time
waSoas on the street.. and had seen men oarry
nf %Ss
are pasted. over with advertisements inside
Ssshi ssops set the ss hsss Hs
vas asked for . his fire he wrote me to
trio street cars OF st. Louis We're run primarily
s9octSodars ii carry 70 s"
sengers and advertisements. ! relate this
to ssw % hs
Of which they, do not understand. To tho
travs ns II the and
says they are black. making no allowance for
the effect Of custom.
man lady bears all the internal evidences Of
being genuine. The construction. the hodge
tossther her lack Of n systematio srraneemens
OF topic. her wearisome repetitions. all point
tS mind unframed to systsmatize. unused to
she uses. she tells Of the customs Of the
ny rS% Seh che shs
and points 81 out the weaknesses, and fai
%sskes!ns to hss eIsi@s e have sssn ss..sa
In sayngery That the people we dub savages
are idip t Is popular View altogether errone-
Psi bsh9p GelsHsS them under
the "Peptateuch." that p1raiyzed orthodoxy
doubts questions and CRITICS ms suggested to
hf bS 81 sss aaW Grant
Father In Washington. You are one man. fi
am aor rises to The level Of sen
and Ths
very best and shrewdest criticisms upon civili-
ba nas q %a wh
man Is not altogether an idle one:
.ss ss1nss h.. h.
1t, outvcd II, and left 1t behind
That interesting ,Hindoo. Mazoomdar. who
stated in . lecture In Boston that we ouahtto
cGiyilize our civilization and Christianize
saW n Sef9 fb, i to India
than does TalWage or Chaunoey pepew;
morality to the same country in the same
missionaries. Yet for all know personally
this Mazoqmdar may have been an impostor
and a humbug.
=, believe the lady Esguimau to, be genuine.
it. i should ., produce d the proof and expose
does not directly charge deception. but treats
tho matter in such way as to insinuate that
PIE. Ifwhat this lady says Is true It Is not only
tn End Xelus It our rat statement OF
side II 1t is bogus. let US have the evidences
OF 1t and stop the deception.
ALBANY. Jan. 20. ETHELBEBT STEWART