The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-12-04

the time on the is to ihe farm ar ianGr
er. that the average white Arab OF me Moiare
saEns the homes ono Of their early DAYS orsak
ing frontier settlements. torsnklng even me ne
desert mining enp 'n reygon 'e aud f Ds
down beside ca spring OF sweet water tnSS nnis
II EnlRS at s sss At ns IN the y
f5r Of sand but they DO not live alone , ryi
have Fiute slunws. but some have W Hin
yta5s nal hey hyS wesp p for tey would
stnrve If left alone. 1t is the woman VINO
ns zine ghc nss asn T and tie ari
to supply the family with food in tho most
s,raon"l conditon t 81 "a, AFFAIR." rs Sns
desert is may not be known to Eastern read;
quart mills and abandoned boraJ WORKS are
scattered here and there on tho desert:
each ea pjace to see that those other desert Arabs
tho tramp rrospec,ors do not burn up the me, Tut.
iits; The time may come: as The III SuN Mas nae
these . Idle mills valuable. Tho usual prize,
paid to watchmmen Is 81! month month !, Now; II
fat PROPOSITION. the desert Arab would like to
know what kind OF proposition 4 is. II Is
his duty to lust stay around the MIL ana us
little collection of shanties. and no man In the
world ha,S; a greater capacity, t9r ssnyinS
mesTuit for fuel. and cooks the food aud
cares for tho children. In some cases she
81 accumulate enough money to buy Tome
elsewhere but in most cases she neither
srr t; at some camp. When Aaron and Rosa
ptsrs saSs III a 30 snou sTEos 1 D sSes
S Mheps ws ny oasis sHs ahrup had
The ranch was $50 miles from tho nearest
railroad station. and that station was simply a
to the eye as their own little oasis. Rosa was
fral little womnn but the majority Of these
~. are Ike
in other placcs-round-faced. round-limbed.
brown. and shy. ,.,-
men. They genera ly own shanties or nd"he-
walled houses. in which they live singiy Now
tw" or er three " i've together These houses are
said 10 be sometimes hetter furnished than
any, In tho camp. and the poorest is ALWAYS
the miners wife. 1t is tha usual custom OF
writer's to speak OF mine camp sporting women
that in form and feature they will COMPARE
iayoruhiy. rs seen on the street. With tho honest
eaudy. and the use Of lotions. and paint, no
more conspicuous. The use or face powders
more nearly pniysrsal desert We
Of sun and wind on the complexion. Even tho
characters Of these women are, not wholly DO
NOlu VI NlElues' they aic tio biNI - ~
money to the sick and the crippled and to aid
the families Of miners brought to distress by
tho too frequent min" accidents
Some of them'i cujpa under the wire ahead
OF yer deacOns. il th"y have got the devil for a
running mate. was the wnya saloon keeper in
Candelnria expressed his convictions. and he
hsd had wide experience among thom.
AS run over in my mind the faces OF tho
face lacking in the procession that would be
common enough In u similar procession from
an Eastern NillaRe-the hagGard lace OF the
OyerwOrked woman, In truth, tho desert
women as a whole should be compared with
the women Of the hamlets In farming commu-
the farming communities is shocking to hu-
manitarian. But do not remember one such
| live in a house devoid of bric-a -brac but then
| in such house there is no busting Of inant els
| to live in house that has the mesa sand for Il
| floor. but the housewife there has neither