New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-06-10
LIFE IN CAPE TOWN.
A WOMAN DESCRIBES THE PLEASURES OF
THE COLONIAL Capitalists DE-
LIGHTFUL SOCIAL LIFE
CorIespondence Of nc BOSTON Trnnscript

Correspondence OF The Boston Transcript
Housekeeping here is not what 1t Is in the United
forts here that the people in the United states OF
f Rs house ogs Te never SIbTs enjoy Snpps for
they ordered. unless oncs home Is very near to
a shop, And there are 50 many holidays. on which
provide beforehand for them; When they occur on
from Saturday til TUESDAY mornIns ;'' "'''''' etc.
But. in spite OF any drawbacks life here is very
OF the two years OF our residence with people who
They are genial. kind and hospitabIe and society
here Is equal TO that II Any city many times ,Hs
clubs. there lectures. and theatres and
In the summer there are tennis and garden parties
musicals and afternoon teas. And an summer there
which all society goes. we forgot-there is one
Ses Cape Hnnt CS e thnk IT'S
bers are principally English people
but alas they all for relief OF suffering either
Trensvaai Neither time nor money Is spared in
this good work There is bur one interest in Cape
from the war. Three months ago this town was
PIE and now there have been addei G Upward Of
av O # IS .a l6a S s 6o6 IT w@s o nSd@y
lent bushes Ana by the way these shops are
as fine as those In any ordinary city of the United
| bic AND often EXQUISITE an imported Of course.
| is manufactured here, no home products to speak
Of just fruit and vegetables and lilte furniture
and the od ones are the old Dutch farmho9sc
| very odd, many having matched roofs, with
| grass and moss growing on top. There are some
E 6w b aGgs h GasG %ge OF whT i little ola
! that Is exactly what it looks like If people do
not object to matched roofs of the dam
rooms so large and high and the whole house
| so r3omy. some have the old fashioned hagstoncs
Of glass in the windows. unless they have been
, An, but in summer this place is paradise for
lovely; blue sky and more lovely still deep blue
sea, ihah any spot we have heard about. People
~ vi like to 5um6le complain Of the southeastern
OF the summsr II is a very strong southeast wind
through the air 50 that ore must wear veiI o
protect the eyes when going out. What the men
However. We do not mind such little thing rs
that when the sun is shining beautifully ana
waving back and forth. green green can be
/ ana over al the clear, blue dome Well. Cape
hey make the most Of their Southwestern" They
have two uses that ought TO reconcile any one to
changes to southeast the sun comes out and we
nave warm weather; then. again. when It gets
cooler, and. above all this wind is named the
ape aoctor, as 1t blows away from to sea
And the climate or temperature OF Cape Town
to be aed n aaa ms o m The 5aTs is 0h9
one unbroken sunshine not the eternal noondny'
OF the Old hymn, but Just delightful sunshine that
you may depend upon If you wish To have n DAYS
outing or expect visiIors who could not ont
IN u! rainy weather we found that fact of the
HaDht$ or the weather 4 great comfort. must
own; Here we need not say to friend, oh. yes
think TO ones self l will go to the seashore
Wednesday If II does not rain. We can actually
weather is the only consideration. Are YOU think
ing that II We have such cloudess days they
that idea when We were in the United states and i.
Is fostered by writers generally who only travel
alive by the terrible sun that made ''Afric's burn
ing sands That only proves how little We knew
al hr the geography and history Of at least South