Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-01-06

around the wall will be ranged a curl.
Gus collection OF little pine trunks OF
chests. Some are deliberately carved
and all are gaudily painted. When a
daughter Of the house passes from girl
hood 10 maidcnhood she IS given one
Of these chests. Her name is painted
or carved upon %. and from this moment
the highest ambition Of her lie aside
from honorable marriage IS The filling oil
This chest with bedding underwear
tnnEets. silver commentators and
gowns, SO that by the time she Is be.
iroihcd she can make a fine showing OF
accumulated nickracks and necessary
articles 20 her lover aud her cnvious
companions. and there is no sacrifice
she will not make or dfudgcfy She wlli
not chccrully undertake to wor.hi.y ac-
conplish this object
70 this room be- the chamber still
numbers OF hunks arc built against The
opposite wall Depending from ropes
strung across the cciliag are rows OF
dresses. Many are woglu.ly plain. big
here and there are gIIus Of linsel ard
rImp. bits ul wonderful CllorIus n
groics1uc embroidery aud flashing of
silver buttons, clips aud brooches.
Along the walls here and there are hung
curious CmbroidcrIcs. chiefly BOO WOO.
Plainly some arc scads and wdppiugs
Others seem to be patterns Tor bodies
OF best aprons. but most ol them simply
express the Norwegian peasant womans
ambition % provide uumisiaklble eve
dencrs OF her skill with the needle
Brighter than al these however are
the flowers which 90 the windows OF
every Norwegian home. Huge iuchsias
and gorgeous geran.ums arc most com.
mon. and these with The wonderful
Insurance of the Wild mountain flora
almost bring TO Norway In summer the
seeming of tic odor and bloom Of
wanion trop.c lands.
The inbred s,uIdincs and indcpcn.
dence OF character Of an Norwegian
peasants are best illustrated BOO the
simple yet skll.ully made belongings oi
these ham.ctlise homes. Their haudi.
craft d. wonderful, The timber Tor their
homes has been icl'cd and fashioned by
themselves. Every structure Ia the
country-ia siorhaus, dairy,
bake house. barn. smithy, shed and bell
tower. Is built by the peasant himself
Every article OF furniture hc possesses
has been wrought by bis own hand. he
beats out hs cutlery on bic own anvil,
and catvc3 iis handles. All the utensils
Of the dairy -checsc.molds. tubs. hfkins,
bowls. chuus, milkiug.paIls, and presses.
ore OF wood aud Of home manufacture.
Nokcs for the slcicrg girls uccks. bas-
kcts. saddles, harness. Au0A-pl0ughs,
ana even comfortable si0li carts and
sledces are al made Ia the little family
workshop during the long winter
months.
The peasant ,ans hides for the family.
a supply OF boots and shoes. and makes
80 The latter beside hs own fireplace.
Nearly every article OF clothing Is made
on the premises by tic housewife and
her daughters. The wool is olrdcd aud
spun at home, the stockings. bIouscs
aud sclrs are knit az home. and the
WOODEN cloth Tor the family clothing Is
woven In the chamber the best room,
or Ia the huge old kitchens. Even the
buttons Of wood OF horn or even OF
brass or silver are products Of home.
craft, and arc often beautifully carved.
In scores Of peasants homes where /
have nfricd the eye could not discover a
single article OF utility or ornament, save
the glass In the windows, the oil lamps,
the scarce supply OF cruckcty aud the
huge clock reaching from floor TO ceiling,
which was not completely q product Of
Norwegian peasant ingenuity and skill
The Norwegian peasant Is equally
independent OF the rest Of the world In