Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-10-21

To REALLY know what n people
ore one must know their home
NE. The rocra are probably less
understood than any other people who
claim % national existence. This 10
parity due To their Isolation In the great
continent Africa. q place far out Of
the beaten track uf travel and unmo.
Tested by copy seeking journalists II
is also partly due 90 the character VI
the people themselves; thoro 10 nothing
40 much that the Bocr desires as to be
let alone.
The average Hoor home r. on a great
farm where the homcstoad stands IN
the centor of "a tract o. land often NUM-
boring dozen miles. The nearest
nolghhora are miles away and the FAM
liy may not see them Tor weeks az
time. except at the meeting house in
town. whore OH go ON Saturday Co re-
main for the service on sunday
The Bocr woman IL very little like the
trim. handsome Dutchwomon Of her
ancestral Holland. She is seldom prot-
81. Her complexion De- her principal
charm. ana she guards this carefully
whenever she goes out. She lB never
seen outdoors without great peaked
bonnet on her head. her visits 90 church
boiling made hohlnd an almost oriental
1cclusion OF wells. This g. necessary to
preserve the pink aud white OF her skin
Tor tho climate would otherwise soon
tan 10 20 the color of sole leather Her
eyes are small and Hot close together.
and her features are Irregular iirr
checks are broad ana HAT. and her hair
BE- naturally llght In color. although
time and weather soun bleach II from
Us early straw color. Al n very early
age she loses all her teeth, for she la
constantly chewing sweet cakes and
confectionery A European woman
would replace the mnlau that nature
has deprived her 81 with woii mounted
works of art but the noer woman does
not do this. she thinks n would be inn
ploua thus 10 try 90 duplicate tho work
N the Creator. Her ngurc d. thick and
almost wnistlcss. While atll o. young
woman she begins 60 grow tat. aud by
the time middle llfe o. reached she ID
often no unwioldy that the only oxcr-
else she D. able 60 take 90 60 wnddle
cumboraomely from one armchair "a
another. She ~ clad IN loose. rrantily
made gown devoid OF trimming and APP
pnrontly waiatlcaH Tho day garments
OF the Beers are also their nlghtclothca
90 the gown 10 generally wrinklcd.
The education OF the women ~ tho
veldta l. very simple. The older ones
or at amy rate many OF thom, are UNI
able 20 read ana write. even among Tho
better classes. but the younger pcopl,
show an Immense interest IN letters
There are no froe schools and only IN,
a a.. ~
tend the academies In the towns fol
heavy fees are charged OH scholars
one reason why the Boer children arr
fond OF their school and cry n thcl
urc compelled 10 stay az home ~ be
cause Il IL "a break In the monotony o
the day. Life ~ dun In the TranHvanl
The school faculty usually consists @
a head master and sometimes wumai
assistant. The woman seldom remain
a teacher more than one torn. FOR tn
admiration of the young Hocr planter
o. 90 great for n woman gifted enough
to read and spell and thrifty enough
10 earn money with her brain thu
some well-to-do bachelor Usually SCOT
persundca her 20 marry him. The de
mand Tor wives In South Africa Ia ncycI
equal 10 the supply.
| Aslfn IN the bulth ftINuNc " phul
nrchlcaily simple. The Beers until re-
comfy cared nothing about the gold o
diamonds with which their rich prov
iucou were tcemlug, they wished t.
| live quietly and peacoably ON thol
great farms. ralsiug sheep and goat
and enough produce Co supply their fam
lly'n simple wants. when the vroup
wants a new gown or mynhorr a new
I
crowned hat. he gathers up some os
| trIch feathers from the birds IN IN
camps. or drives 20 market few OF hil
| cattle and comes back amply supple,
with what clothing the family thinks O
needs for the year.
Weary and drsolnto r. the life on N,
/ great khrrooH. no wonder the faces Of