The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1895-01-18
NATIONS AND MAIDS.
HOUSEKEEPINGI IN THE ICE OF
THE ARCTIC REGION.
some of Mrs. Peary's Interesting Ex-
periences--A New and rrotty Way to
Entertain-Tho kettle-In Cases OF
Croup-TOothsomo Dishes.
Near the North Pole.

Near the North Pole
"Oh, no." was Mrs. Peary's answer
70 the first question. 1T is not
always winter in Greenland We
have q summer there OF nearly four
months, during which the tempera-
ture is sometimes MS high rs sixty de-
grees, and the vegetation is very lax,
uriant. The grass grows'often foot
high over the old igloos. or huts,
and is plentifully sprinkled with
bright yellow peoples, potentillas,
bluebells, and rhododendrons, but
there are no trees worthy the name.
During tho mild season the skies and
waters are beautifully blue, and the
ar is wonderfully soft and clear.
There were Il number OF days last
summer when went out in Il tweed
Gown and no wrap, and even the
slight exertion of gathering flowers
made me uncomfortable warm.
81 dressed there outwardly exactly
I; Is do here. OF course, had TO wear
very heavy underclothing, and in the
winter deerskin stockings, with the
fur turned in, reaching above the
knee, and sealskin boots. The latter
were rather clumsy, but very warm
md comfortable. When l went sledg-
ing / wore long fur coat which en-
veloped me from head TO foot.
Eyes, last winter was unusually
,svere. The storms were numerous
sid terrific, but it is consola ton to
Fuow that there is not likely to be a
recurrence of such weather for year
o. two. We suffered a little with the
cold after the tidal wave, which
washed away most of our oil barrels
anl crushed others, compelling us to
Let up with short rations of fuel.
J urtanately, aside from the personal
discomfort, no Injurious effect to any
of the party followed
THE only sickness we experienced
was the peculiar disease that broke
out among the dogs, which prevented
my husband from prosecuting his
work as rapidly as he wished.
mo, indeed, we didn't live in ice
auts, as the natives do but in good
sized double house. which my hus-
BAND designed and took with US all
ready to set up. 1t had double doors
aad windows, and was lined through
With felt. but otherwise was like an
ordinary frame cottage, and l took
much pride in it. The interior did
0ot differ materially from those of
the houses you see every day. | had
Brussels carpet on my parlor floor,
several comfortable rocking chairs.
portieres, few p ctures and the like.
"Well, yes, hous excepting in Green
land differs necessarily from house
keeping here. For one thing, every
drop of water we used had to be
melted from ice, and cans of toina-
toes, corn, meat an d the rest had TO
be brought from the storehouse the
day before, and put on a high shelf
to thaw ready for use. But that was
really not as much trouble as to wash
and pare vegetables before cooking,
a. we are obi ged TO do here. We are
spared, too, the constant worry of
trying to thin, up something new
every day. Circumstances did not
permit very much variety in our diet.
The hunters kept us supplied with
deer meat, which is very palatable,
and we had plenty of canned vegeta-
lles, but oh, how l did long for q
taste of home cooking once in a while!
Throughout the whole journey back,
could hardly eat a mouthful of ship
fare, in antici pation of all the good
things awaiting me.
Our house there was heated
throughout with oil. The first time 1
was in Greenland we used coal. ex-
cept in my room, where it was found
that the oil provided such an even
temperature that Lieutenant Peary
decided to heat the whole house
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