New-York tribune., 1901-08-07
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Every Saturday afternoon there may he seen in
Southern Utah a hand Of about one hundred Pah-
Utes, men. women and children. with camp trap
pings. vending their way from thirteen miles up
the stream 10 the outskirts of St George. where
they pitch their tents and prepare TO remain the
first half of the week. The women Of the tribe are
the laundresses and scruhbers of st. George, and
while there do the washing, ironing and cleaning
OF the place, receiving in return board for them
selves and their families. and IN ADDITION iour
BITS Coz cents Gay, fGr IaInIIy ann .,s Washlng J
cents) is paid TO the worker While their wives
liar condition prevails in some parts of Manitoba
where. in certain districts. Sioux families come
from thirty and forty miles away order that
the women may find scrubbing and other work 10
do for two or three days in the week in towns and
cities.
An odd way OF preserving flowers has been
plointed lately by ingenious She
fine clean sand. perfectly dry. which she sifts into
a vessel deep enough TO hold the flowers upright.
without their reaching the brim. When the sand
is deep enough to support them the flowers
placed I'm il. and with spoon sand is put
covered. care being taken not to break them or
bend them from their natural position. The pan is
flowers may be unearthed. They must be handled
with the utmost care. as when dry they
tremely brittle.
The fashion of using old shnets as drapery intro
duced by artists number OF years ago. has led 10
the manufacture Of shnet especially for draperies
It comes in variety OF colors. but the dark gray
Of the actual article IS always to be preferred.
The coored net is likely 10 look crude in color and
seems 10 lack raison etre.
Like many another sensible mother Queen Vic
toria encouraged her children 10 find healthy
amusement in homely interests and occupations
As result of the delights Of the late Empress
Dowager Of Germany when a child was. with
the aid OF her brothers and sisters TO cook a
luncheon for her royal parents The first gather
ing OF green peas was always a signal for
these repasts, for which. all similar occa-
sions. every dish served prepared by the
princes and princesses a story is told Of a child
ish escapade in which the late Empress was ring
leader.
Early one morning the three elder princesses-
sun only little girls and in the for mischief
made a surreptitious visit to Prince Albert's
STUDY where they knew that Of the maids
Mary by name would be making the fire and
wheTe she was, in fact, on her knees before the
tne CRATE The three little princesses strictly for
l4 Dlaae4 10 go INTO this room without permission
Eushed In hastily behind the maid got hold of the
brushes with which she at work on the crate
passed them over her face crossing IL with a
@ 6tsal smear OF plack lead. rubbed them her
neat gown completely spelling Il. and then rushed
quarters unpereeived by any member of the family
fro aS h iuek would have IT. just as they rushed
ny the Queen, who was on her way the princes
The alarmed expression of the three little faces
showed the Queen that there was something un-
they stood in evident CONSERVATION their rapid
scanper from the princes study having been sud
denly checked by her appearance her majesty
continued. And what all these little black
specks on your nice white pinafores?' Opening
the door Of the princes study she spoke. the
Queen saw the maid in tears, she gathered up
her brushes and prepared TO resume the making
or the princes fire, about which she dread
ttlly alarmed, fearing lest the prince should make
his appearance before she could get IL ready:
Don't cry, Nary said the Queen kindly TO the
poor girl, glance having shown her majesty what
had happened Standing in the doorway the
Queen called the young princesses back into the
You viii buy a gown for Mary of your
own money said the Queen. and you will imme-
diately beg her pardon for what you have doner'
The maternal manner showed the young cuprts
that there nothing to be done but 10 obey this
order then and there and the three little prncesses
forthwith begged pardon of their victim and were
then ordered SchoolrOOm.