The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-05-28
A PRESIDENTS WIFE
Woman Who is the Mistress 90 tho
Transvaal Presidential! Mansion

m fnHhshWOman Who has lived ga 80.
Trsnsvaal many years ana h.s enjoyed
the close friendship q tie "6-s. "a.
I'm the land" an EngIishwor,s7 u.c -
spite Of the cruel war now raeiu. b.,vy..,
her country ana that az "Oom Pan o.,
still remains in Pretoria. loval s,flo %
NJ queen and 60 her faithful fri.rde
writes the following simple story 81 a..
nom" life Of the President 81 a. So
'Ioute' Kruger.
Tante H. trcasur." So. save .a,a
well Dom Paul knows this 90 IN ,o 80
NJ tuorts ~ has saved fllly 225 Goo O00
wlthin the last ten years. President
Kruger, who has the reputation OF usinc
few words, and tnos. ONLY after sh,ns
duut consideration. b. alNsys -. e.
tell you that Queen Victoria Is a troiltl.-
s'me old shrew. ana ;hat his Own frau is
"a shining example 90 All women
when, with his goat-l.Ee beard tfar.d
Win hairs OF gold. and his sInken ewes
~ with the light Of love. young Kr,,s,.r
came a-wooing. he came not bit in the
l's"'on 3t th- modern youth, who prom
is"s his ladylove a diamond engagement
ring and a good piano. 90 course. ac-
cordlng TO Eovr customs. his pleasure.
and his mission had already been Eaads
Mrs. Kruger, who was then only zen
Tie, blue eyed Miss du Plessis. came forth
umldly To meet him ia gown so simple
that she could never have evu.cf.d %
win q sutton through its agency
And these We're the words which. with
.doWnCuSt eyes, she murmured. while the
rosy bushes streamed from cheek to
Z can bake. I can stew. can sew. 7
can clean. I can scrub
And behold, IL was enough Her sutton
vas at her feet. He vho was then only
young Stephanus Johannes Paulus Kru-
ger, esteemed for his courage, his strength
and his piety, took her from that moment
20 his heart To him she was the most
~ Tel NJ ~ mn 1teI rF OH
This was wellnigh nifty years ago.
Since then houors have been heaped upon
her. She has seen her husband a farmer,
"A herdsman, hunter. "A soldier, a min
ister Of the gospel. an ambassador, a
tnancier, the head OF the army and finally
the President. the idol OF the little Dutch
republic. But through 10 all the burden
% her song has been: 4 can bake, 7 can
stew. and I can sew.
Nowhere is there democracy equal to
that OF the Transvaal republic, where the
President lives. with the aid OF his wife,
on two thousand dollars q year coffee
money allowed by the government, saw
ms the whole Of his official salary Of
thirty-hve thousand dosars per ahnum.
"On this coffee money, which has sup
ported them for years, the Krugers have
entertained diplomats and distinguished
travellers Of all nations. And no one who
has ever entered that hospitable mansion
has come away hungry No one could
who has "A palate FOR good cooking, for
Tante Krugers is OF the best. She is
her own chef and she Is her own butler.
Yes. Tante Kruger, the wife OF the great
est man In South Africa, perhaps the
greatest statesman OF the century, whose
salary ~ thirty-five thousand dollars a
year. and who recently presented the
Pope with diamond worth four million
dollars.
"On occasions when Mrs. Kruger has
guests she wears her very best sunday
gown. she puts 81 on just before she an
nounCes, Dinner is served She does
this az the last moment, because before
that she has been adding pinChes OF salt
90 the stew and last dustings OF pepper
20 the soup. Then one OF her daughters
remains In the kitchen, while the first
lady Of the Transvaal' jutt as theescorch-
ing African sun Is going'to rest, takes a
second or two 20 wash of and don he
single holiday gown.
when she appears in time for dinner
her smiling face H. rosy with its re-" {
scrubbing over her best gown Il a
clean. large. white apron, and she LOOKS
as prim as need De.