New-York tribune., 1900-01-14

waists complete what seems to them stylish cos
tune. We were given blocks of wood about six
inches square, on which to try and make ourselves
while one ng 1y one the OF h 1s
circle around the huge pot of boiling Kafir corn.
longing to the lord Of the family Each Of the
three wives occupies a hut with her respective
children and takes turns waiting upon her mas
Eerrias are tbr1st oveTbeed irf tb te anu he
grimed thatch. from which suspended shields,
dried skins and punches of dried of corn A
kettle or two some large gourds filled with native
beer, enormous clay water jars, grass mats,
few grimy blankets, and the list of furnishings is
soon as she grew strong enough to climb down into
the valley where the gardeEa are she was sent
along with her brothers and sisters to drive of
the birds and the monkeys which make havoc with
to the newest baby and used to trot around all
day with the little creature strapped tightly to her
like rubber T' ball ais'e "e'U O'''i"S Up '''"
At about ten years she was considered old
enough to WELD the hoe. and before long she had
a little garden of her own. Every girl has patch
rivalry between sisters of the same kraaL All the
girls make great many ornaments. belts and col
quaintance The mark Of popularity among the
young men is the quantity of their beadwork pres
It is an unheard of calamity for Zulu to be a
well is the one ambition of every hey and girl
Happy the father who has dozen daughters!
Now that the rinderRest pest has swept the land Ia bare
by working in Durham Johannesburg.
The life of Zulu wife is constant drudgery.
at home comfortably smoking In the sunshine.
while his wife tolls all day. Just below our house
the road is the large chapel used also tenn
porarfly as a schoohouse. Here Ndabazezwe one
of our brightest young men, teaches ninety boys
and girls. In Sabbath school Lucy the
teachers wife, has the primary class of forty
helpful. In the sewing class fifty bright faces
gather around her during the afternoons Of the
weekdays There are two sisters stitching side by
side, whose intelligent faces attract our attention
Two years ago they away from heather mar
riages, taking refuge the Ireland home for kraal
girls at Adams, NJ s. After year their father
relented and sent word they could go to the In
fume school and be Christians if they would live at
home again.
Brierley Memorial Hall, the orphan asylum and
girls school at Cape Palmas, Africa, which was
founded in 1855, has recently been rebuilt as me-
mortal to Mrs. NJ. R. Brierley a missionary Of
the Protestant Episcopal Church. who spent her
life in Africa. The present structure is of stone,
four stories high. with double piazzas around the
upright, and presents striking appearance
from the harbor that 1t attracts the attention Of
the mariners and passengers the many ships
that call at Cape Palmas.
There is school Of seventy girls. and the entire
work is in charge of colored people. The dormi-
tories light and airy, and the dining room,
which is on the first floor is large and pleasant
The Rev. DR.. Robert Hope and Mrs Hope, mis-
sonaries of the Protestant Episcopal Church,
sailed from Liverpool last week for Cape Mount,
Africa. Miss Sara A. Woodruff, who has been
home vacation, returns with them.