New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-09-23
AMONG THE AFRIKANDERo
THE ROER WOMEN AS DESCRIBED BY
LOUISE Y. SHELDON.
THEY HAVE AN INTENSE HATRED OF The hN'-
rrsH-How THEY HAVE SOLVED TIE
-p,-.N-r Or-raTrnN


"Thera Is hound 20 be war between the EnEnsn
and the Beers" said Louise Nescelius Sheldon WIZ
lived three years in South Africa. 10 Tribune re-
porter Yesterday FOR the fact IN nuishe" i
that the EnElishman despises the ignorant bo-I ~
farmer and the Boer tells you that the EneHsn-
man has robbed him nj everything that ne eou'o
Law his hands on and has killed his women ana
children and made him trek from Cape Town Cd
the south the Transvaal on the north NJ
has done his last Trekking' to please the "ut-
lander or foreigner
There are grievances on both sides of the cues
ton rr- the Roer is IN possession or me ''N''IE
that he has settled and he would not he u the
English won the victory in battle ana therefore
this war which il looming on the horizon between
England and Paul Ringers people will be one ru''
Of horror Bat there will be nothing gaineH ny
waiting for wn- must come sooner or later.
THE Beers If South Africa are distinct race oS
themselves They are and always will remain
primitive men and women who prefer 70 I'VE on
Isolated farms. far from any neshbors Inc
Beers ancestor. probably some Dutch or Frehc"
Hyc-Ienot exile .trekked' n the command o. the
Outlander. who came and took possession Of MS
slaves and farm. But he will not trek sgaih 10
please any enemy.
The Boer women are very prolific, Of
them having from fifteen 10 tweuty-t three children
This * not An uncommon fact and these children
are ruled by their mother with strong out silent
hand The women Of this race are tall and mas
sive with giants for sons. whom they bring Up IN
Ia refooted freedom - run their native Fedt-
Good features and beautiful complexion are
common 70 the Boer woman. and. although she
NAV only live I'm a primitive house OF cement ana
clay she t= most careful % her looks Nhen IN
an Ok wagon or Cape cart she drives WIN her
face swathed In folded linen. allowing only the eyes
n remain uncovered The hot winds that sweep
over the country from the Kalhari Desert blister
ard burn and play havoc with the skin
She IS not as ignorant e would suppose ou'
she lacks that worldly wise self-possession "hlch
the English woman has cultivated. She Is IN a way
shy and sQeNchless before a foreigner. unless ne
or she Is an American. then metamorphosis taxes
Mace Her eyes sparkle a little added color Ties
10 her cheeks as she says. You come from re-
uut.,c Ike our own She Is energetic 70 such
degree that Il tires American woman WHO J.
not club woman TO watch her. Her rehgion i
- the Dutch Reformed creed. and she and her
family trek into every three months 10
beautiful church built OF erected az cost ~
81 90 or tso"o IN village ~ not over one tnou-
sand Inhabitants.
He lazy. black. native servants have 10 Be told
every dav from the time they arrive from their dis
t4nt huts IN the morning until night JUST "ha'
they must do The Kafir has memory TO- the
white mans work and therefore sharp stick well
laid on his back IS the only argument which me
Boer frau and which will make him "orK.
she can always get strange 10 say. while
her English ne!ghbor will be forced 10 do her own
work through lack Of understanding how 20 rule
them Intn one lives in the country and closely
observes the customs ~ the Cape people IN gov
erring the native the servant question remains a.
difficult 70 solve here.
The Roer frau stays At home and runs the farm
(of several thousand acres) while the men OF the
family 20 10 war. and her Inherited and acquired
hatred Of the English Is intense that she s.ories
in being able To send her to destroy them she
IS extreme in her likes and dslikes and the Eng
ushnan has no bitterer foe thar The Boer frau.
The English have love for primitive. IN
cultured people and they have on several occa7
sions presumed upon the outward appearance Of
timidity in the Boer. and in turn been soundy
0ys 9'R Tf5 n ne bonor rs 9 wfe fame
changed his name to Schren-r. She has since
Extent Nv identifyine herself through her pen,
u,itb the Interests Of Cape colony that he IS
Prime Minister OF that dependency. olive Schreher
800 1i5e4 ~ hui she Is NOT recognized as a
Woman Of any influence by the Outlander and
the two allies constantly working al cross pur-
gain ANYTHING bv Haitng-war must come
The great Diamond King. the late Barney Bar,
nato was character in the financial world OF
South Africa He married woman from Cape
Town who was beautiful httle creature. win
black as sloes. They were married twelve years
in the gold fields Of South Africa A. one time he
was said 10 he worth 800 40 %, which he mad &C
cum 5Tb IN T., 'e oIT Sb5ran RecentW when
looked AZ the Aladdn-ke palace looming UP near
HYDE PARK LONDON. ana tnolEnt OF the niue cor
rlgated iron cottage In which he had lived our
nearest neghbOr on the mberley diamond fields,
had strong leanings toward becoming a fatalSt.
Barney BarnatO had az one time aspirations for
Cane Parliamentary honors for he said be did not
see why b. should not considering that his wealth
represented ninA-tenths Of the exports Of South
Africa But he not married 10 an Olive
Schreirer nor he A Dutcnmau-two very good
reasons FOR Afrikanders 10 bar him out
no one but Americans could ever anna lgamate
yin the Beers and that will never be because
Americans ha enough 20 do in developing
Nature's storehouses in their own country for the
poorest mines In Cripple Creek Col. which are
not considered worth working. richer than the
richest mines in the johannesburg gold fields