The Washington times., 1895-05-12
Li0Uf.. Pearu'S Wifo
Will Send Him Relief
A Brave Woman's Effort for Her Explorer
hushand--Her Experiences in the Land
of Long Days and Nights.

deeply interested in the success OF Peary,
they are more abundantly supplied with
brains than with cash. And the lack of
the latter may be the obstacle which viii
detain him longer than is necessary in the
land of the Esquimaux. So Mrs. Peary
| hasdecIded that she will make some personal
efforts to add to the fund which has bee
secured from scientific men aud to further
her plan has decided to give lecture in
this city in a few weeks under the auspices
of the Geographical Society of this place.
Her subject will be her experiences in
Greenland, and as during her whole stay she
was dilligent i'll keeping diary, her stories
are Faithful delineatious OF her actual life in
the polar regions. These have been pub
lished already in u little volume.
The home where Mrs. PeaTy now lives
is a small but very pretty frame building
on Twelfth street. Just above rise the
heights OF Calumet Place, and some distance
Offs the busy center of the world of traffic.
A small neat yard shaded by trees is in
front of The house, which wears an old
fashioned air, but within its rooms are
fitted up in neat and comfortable style. In
one corner of the parior are several long
ivory tusks of the norwhale and tiny doll
dressed in the costume of the EsquimauX is
perched on a bracket.
In response to the reporters call, Mrs.
Peary came down, and when asked about
her life at the GoTth replied that she had
rather enjoyed the first experience, but
found her seCord stay very nlonotonous.
''Our first voyage was in June, 81, she
remarked, when we started from brook
lyn on the Kite. But it was July when we
came to the shores OF Greenland, and very
desolate spectacle they presented. Not q
tree was To lIa seen, only a sparce under
growth of low bushes and wall of harsh,
rocky cliffs frowHing down on the tumbliug
sea.
.Mr. Peary had been unfortunate enough
to break his leg on the voyage and had To
| be carried on q litter to the shore where We
had tent erected aud lived in it until
kind OF cabin was built. 1t was now warm,
for three months OF tie year in Greenland
are very pleasant The temperature was,
guess, about ninety during July and August,
though there was an occasional cold Sp,l
that sent a slight furry of snow. We We're
all Il one, for while the bays are open the
natives cannot venture out, Icing able 10
travel only Oh their sleds, which are drawn
over the snow by dogs. Sowe spent our time
i'll exploring and hunting or fishing.
The strangest of the new conditions
which we had to face was the long day, for
from the time we landed until in the
fall ii was a continuous bright sunshine,
that flooded the fields during twenty
four hours 1t was hard TO go 10 bed
Will q biiSdt AiShb oU' VI etOOas 'Nt-i''5
you it was day, but we were obliged to
get rest, and would make our meal time
Just as if the day was regularly divided
as it is here.
''At we had breakfast, at l it was
lunch time, and at all hands were called
to dinner. was the cook for the
party, and my hands We're full, for l
had to assist in nursing my husband, be-
sides prepare the meals. OF course. most
all we ate was canned stuff so it was
very ll,.-e trouble TO get breakfast.
We brought our oil also, and books, but
everything else to furnish the place was
made by the men.
"In November the weather grew very cold