The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-10-23

there the baby was born, as aforesaid.
At that time the weather was still quite
mild and the days some 5 hours long,
lJut they shortened rapidly, and winter
came. as it does in toe far north, with
amazing suddenness.
For I12 days the sun never appeared
above the horizon, and the temperature
ranged from 20 to 40 below zero and
occasionally much lower but there
was the usual supply of moonlight. and
It was indescri badly brilliant, for of all
the beauties Of nature none is more daz-
zlingly beautiful than the night sky Of
the far north. The natives winter in
ice huts, but the Pearys had a good
sized double house, which the lieuten-
ant took with him, all prepared to set
up, and their oil fuel made it comfort
ably warm throughout Besides nursing
the baby partook freely of condensed
milk and other infant food and soon
developed such ar appetite that she
took heavier food and at months ate
just what the rest did. At 10 months
she weighed % pounds.
1.-THE Eskimo. says Mrs. Peary,
edo not make particularly good serv-
ants. Bill, the little native nurse |
brought, is rather more intelligent than
the average and is very fond Of baby,
a sentiment that Marie fully recipro-
Gates. / did not intend to bring her with
me, but she begged SO hard to come, and
her father was SO anxious to have her
do so, that / consented. She is the first
Eskimo from that part Of Greenland to
journey south, and when she returns
next fall with baby and me she will be
a great heroine. / didn't want to come
back at all, on account of leaving my
husband, but DIR. Vincent was return
ing, and I was afraid to stay with baby
and no physician during the teething
time. Of course the life there was very
monotonous, but I was too busy caring
for my small family to have much time
to indulge inconsistencies l had my pic
lures and books and read a great deal
IN the long winter evenings
I'VE have in Greenland a summer of
nearly four months. during which the
temperature is sometimes as high as so
degrees and the vegetation is very
Iuxuriant The grass grows often 2 foot
high over the old igloos or huts, and
is plentifuIly sprinkled with bright yell
low peoples. polentillas, bluebells and
rhod0dendrons. but there are no trees
worthy the name. During the mild sea
son the skies and waters are beautifully
blue, and the air is wonderfully soft and
clear
a dressed there OutWardIy exactly
as | do here OF course I had to wear
very heavy underclothing, and IN win
ter deerskin stockings, with the fur
turned in, reaching above the knee, and
sealslzin boots. The latter were rather
clumsy, but very warm and comforta-
bic. When I went sledging, wore
long fur coat, which enveloped me from
head to foot. =
The Peary party was very we'll sup
piled with canned vegetables of many
kinds, and the hunters brought IN album
dance Of deer meet. The cooking and
heating were done with oil There was
none Of that trouble of keeping things
which is ever on the minds of house
keepers in warmer lands, and vegetables
went direct from the can and fresh
meat from its frozen state into the hot
water But. for all that. life in the arc
tic regions is hard and nature, to Ere
serve a human race there, is obliged to
deaden its nervous sensi bilitles and load
it with fat. Mrs Peary and little Marie
Ahnigito will try it again. however