Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-02-03
III ITHOUnH the Dual In soulh Ia

n l.TllOUGH the Dutch In south AZ
~ RIGA cannot be regarded as types
OF the most advanced civilization.
the Roer woman is by no means the
nonenuty that her sex usually Is among
unprogressive people. She is not a help
less creature Ia a crisis like the pres
ent. Her brothers have shown the Brit
ish that they are up to date In warfare,
ana in her own way she will demon
strate that the right to be called new
woman" is only a matter Of oppor-
tunity.
When the Dutch fought the Kaflrs,
It was repetition Of the old expe-
rlcncc Of "trekking" into savage lands.
The KafIirs took to the warpath and
ralded the isolated farmsteads With
his rife by his side the Boer tended his
llocks. and when the enemy appeared
hurried inside the stockade which encir-
cled his home and, with women TO load
his weapons. kept up a steady fire upon
the black raiders.
The present war Is popular uprising
and in the excitement OF the hour the
Boer woman has burst from her do
nestle restraint and not alone prepared
husband, son and lover for the field,
but has urged them 10 action. They are
brave. strong and determlnedin the fight
for their beloved independence, their
homes and their country. They know
every inch Of ground and have a thou
sand advantages over the enemy. They
know, too, that when their first supply
~ men Is cut down there will not be
others to replace them, as Is the case
with England, and yet the women spur
on their male relatives
The Boer women shoot like the pl-
oneer women OF our own western coun-
try. At the outbreak Of the war the
large city hospitals Of the Boer state
were taken In charge by the govern
ment. when 1t was found that the
trained nurses were In favor Of the
British, they were ordered TO leave, and
their places were filled by women from
the most cultivated families in the
Transyaal, who had prepared them
selves by a course Of training under
military instruction. over at Colesberg
the educated Dutch girls were strewing
rose leaves In front Of the Boer war
riors' horses and eXclaiming: Shoot the
Englishl See that you shoot 20 each!'
The wife OF General Joubert. COM
mander general of the Boer forces, has
always campaigned with her husband,
and not only looked after his mess ar
rangements. even cooking his meals,
but she Is said to have inspired some
Of his military maneuyers. IL is not
generally known that IL was 10 her that
the defeat Of the English at Majuba
was largely due The general consld-
cred the position unassailable, but Mrs.
Joubert, with all the fire Of her WOO
mans patriotism, urged the attack.
eventually conquering the scruples Of
her husband and the other command
ants.
In the present war, which the Beers
look upon as a struggle for freedom,
Just as Il was in 1881. the women assert
themselves after the manner Of the NO.
men Of Cd Sparta They will listen 10
no suggestion Of surrender, or even Of
compromise. II is a warfare for their
homes, therefore a holy war The wo-
men are very religious and sincerely
believe that they are in the right and
that God Is with their people.
The Boer woman has not struck for
her rights for the simple reason that
her social influence is so sweeping that
she has no excuse for rivalry with the
men Of her country. The Boer home
centers about the Boer woman. She Is