Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-10-13
AMONG THE AFRIKANDER
The Boer Women Have an Intense
Hatred of the English.

The Boer Women Have an Intense
Hatred of the English.
From the New York Tribune.
1.-THE Beers of South Africa are distinct
race by themselves said Louise V. Shell
don, who lived three years in South Africa
"They are and always VIII remain prlm-
tive men and women. who prefer to live
on isolated farms, far from any neighbors.
The Beers ancestor, probably some Dutch
OF French Huguenot exile, 'trekked TO the
command of the outlander, who came and
took possession Of his slaves and farm
But he will not trek again to please any
enemy.
of them having from fifteen to twenty
three children. This is not an uncommon
fact and these children are ruled by their
mother with strong but silent mana Inc
women of this race are tall and massive,
with giants for sons, whom they brlng up
in barefooted freedom to run over their
native veldt.
Good features and a beautiful complex
ion are common to the Boer woman, and,
although she may only live In primitive
house of cement and clay, she IS most care
full of her looks. When in an OK wagon or
cape cart she drives with her face swathed
in folded linen, allowing only the eyes to
remain uncovered. The hot winds that
sweep over the country from the kalhari
desert blister and burn and play havoc
with the skin.
"she is not as ignorant as one would sup
pose. but she lacks that worldly wise self
possession which the Engllsh woman mas
cultivated. She is in way shy ana speech
less before foreigner, unless he or she
is an American; then a metamorphosis
takes place. Her eyes sparkle, little
added color flies to her cheeks as she says,
You come from a republic like our own
"she ia energetic to such a degree that
it tires an American woman VINO Is not
club woman to watch her. Her relig ion is
of the Dutch reformed creed, ana she ana
her family trek into town every three
months to beautiful church built OF stone,
erected at a cost of $4,000 or 100000. in
village Of not over 1000 inhabitants.
Her lazy black native servants t,rg tSs have to
from their distant huts in the morning un-
til night just what they must 40. The
Kafir has no memory for the white man
on his back is the only argument which the
Boer frau uses and which Will make MIN
work
"she can always get servants, strange to
saw. while her English neighbor will be
forced to do her own work through lack Of
understanding how to rule them: Until one
lives in the country and closely observes
the customs Of the cape people IN govern m
mains as difficult to solve as mere.
"The Boer frau stays at home ana runs
the farm (of several thousand acres) while
inherited and acquired hatred Of the En-
Elton IN 90 intense that she gloriea in being
able to send her sons to destroy them. She
is extreme in her likes and dislikes, and the
Englishman has no bitterer foe than the
Boer frau.
"The English have no love for primitive.
unoultured people. and they have on sew.
eral occasions presumed upon the outward
appearance Of timidity IN the Boer, and in
turn been soundly thrashed.
"No one but Americans could ever ANAL
samate with the Beers. and that will never
be, because Americans have enough to do
| In developing natures storehouses IN the!r
own country, tor the poorest mines In
| Cripple Creek, Colo, which are not con.
sidered worth working. are richer than the
richest mines in the Johannesburg gold
| fields"