Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-04-23
LIFE OF BOER WOMEN.
THEY ARE EQUALLY AT HOME IN
DRAWING ROOM AND KITCHEN.

| fhhr SHT1chtured IneIn very Many Ot
Them Are Highly Accomplished.
Miss Sannie Kruger writes as fol-
lows in Harper's Bazaar:
Today the Transvaal occupies the
centre of the political stage, and the
Boer women have naturally taken first
place in human interest. Gallons of
ink are being spilled over them, some
truth and more nonsense finding its
way into print. The Boer woman
stalks the popular Imagination clad III
the scanty garments of Hottentot,
as Ignorant as Kaffir, as bloodthirsty
for battle as Zulu chief.
am Boer girl, descendant of a
long line of Beers. My grandfather
was half English, half Boer; my
grandmother, a Boer girl, was a sis
ter OF the present wife of Dom Paul.
MY father is nephew of President
Kruger. Therefore L am doubly re-
lated to them-a grandniece to both
the president and his wife by ties of
blood as we'll as marriage. I am
prouder thousand times of this, my
Boer ancestry, than of the slight
English straln that is also my birth
eight ..'
Let me show you my countrywomen
as they are, not as popular fancy has
coricatured them. All Boer women
have one striking accomplishment in
common-the use of the pistol. The
Boer girl of this generation aims as
surely as her mother who guarded the
wagons from beasts of prey when
trekking the veldt, or, in time of war,
loaded guns for the men, and, if need
be, fired them.
Yes, the Boer women go to battle
with husbands and fathers. Was
there not a time when the women of
America risked their lives that a re-
public might be born? Somewhere I
have seen a picture of the Revolution
ary heroine, Moll Pitcher, firing
cannon.
Boer women are strong They
hunt with their brothers, sitting their
horses with superb ease, disdaining a
saddle, shooting game, with unfalter-
ing aim. General Joubert's wife carf
be taken as the type of Boer woman,
who does not fear the whiz of bull
let's, ready to risk life that her chill
dren may enjoy liberty. In peace or
war Mrs. Joubert is always at her
her toll tbot dn,;na tho 1ast 80 aI,a
drove s;xtv m;les IN cona oort ao
comnanied only bv n IttIe nooro n;rI
II vac very dorL n;mbt ga ~
enemy fr;nood ,ba n,or Irt 49, VIZ
oalIantlv f;obtino Of tba front a.a
in sore straits Tor food and Son
cart wos fr.iJbtod u;tb rra,;ana
load of rusks and bread So Mrs
Joubert foroett;nr tha da,or .i,st
heset the way droYe on r. tbs storn a
inc sold;ers
The women o,e reodv 70 ,,,.
mart that necessity domonds NJ,
love of carnaoe bpt devot;on ~ ~
her countrv, steadies ber oim
ond o+;ll. boz ,,;,,, M D.
woman: does not fire nnon .no IA;
vidual bnt nnon ,ha randaI nho
would drag Freedom, soiled and bleed.
ing, from her high estate.
have only spun the woof in the
Boor character; threads of n more
domestic texture 90 to make the web
Our erandmotbers are the essence
of indnstry-a trait no doubt derived
from our Hollandish ancestors They
rise ut 4 O'Clock in the morning. when
the cocks are Growing their sbrill
mathis. Breakfast is usually eaten
between and 7. and consists of
boiled meat. home made bread frnit
and coffee. At II o'clock n cun of
tea, with cake, is served. Att o'clock
the dinner r-bell rings and the family
sits down to a dinner of SOM. meat
vegetables and dessert Rnt the
Boer puts the wagon before the oxen
for soup is served after the meat. inst
before the dessert. A supper of cold
meat. bread. fruit and tea is eaten at
6. Coffee is kent on .tap'' all nav
long and punctuates every hour. At
o'clock they assemble for family
PRAYERS and at 8. 80 it is flights ont
and bed"
Now 60. +b. poor o;r, - .h
W. ~, =" 'no ioine