The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-05-26
DRESS OF EsoUIMAU.

Made by the Women from the Skins of Northern Animals.
 The chief material of the clothing of the Esquimau is the skin of the rein
 deer, which is used in various stages of tanning. Fine. short haired summer skins, especially those of does and lawns are used for making dress gar ments and underclothcs. The heaviest winter skins furnish extra warm jack cts for cold weather The white spot ted skins of the tame Siberian reindeer are especially for full dress jackets. ] Tn, skins of the white mountain sheep. white and blue fox, wolf. dog,
 ermine and lynx are sometimes made
 into clothes. Underjackets of cider duck skins are often pressed into service. Sealskin dressed with the hair on is used only for brooches and boots, and for those rarely. Of late years drilling land calico have been introduced into the makeup of some of the minor gar lments.
 The dress of the men consists of a loose hooded frock, without opening ex- Ecept at the neck and wrists. This ireaches just over the hips, and very rarely to midthigh where it is cut off square and usually confined by a girdle lat the waist. Under this garment is worn similar one of higher skin and sometimes without a hood. The thighs
 are clad in one or two pairs of tight fit- ting knee brooches, rather loose, but fit tied to the shape of the leg. They are lyery low in front, but are much higher behind, sometimes as high as the small of the back. They are held in place by a girdle or thong around the waist, and iare usually fastened below the knee, over the boots, with a drawstring. On the legs and feet are worn, first pair of long deerskin stockings with the hair inside, then slippers of tanned sealskin, in the bottom of which is spread layer of whalebone shavingss, iand outside a pair of close fitting boots, held in place by a string around the ankle, which reaches above the knee and ends with rough edge covered by the brooches. Dress boots often end in an ornamental border with drawstring just below the knee. The boots are of reindeer skin, with white sealskin soles for winter and dry weather; but in summer waterproof boots of white whaleskin are worn over shoes of the same material, reaching just above the ankles, are sometimes worn over the winter boots.
 The women wear tight fitting deer skin pantaloons with the hair next the skin, and outside of these a similar pair
 made of the skins from deer legs, with
 the hair out, and having soles of seal skin, but no ankle strings. The wom-
 ems pantaloons, like those of the men, lare fastened with girdle just above the hips. It appears that they do not stay up very well. as the women are continually hitehing them up and 1 tightening their girdles. like some old
 sailor.
 1 Until they reach manhood the boys
 wear pantaloons like the women, but
 their jackets are cut just like those of ithe men.
 1 The welI-to-do Esquimaus generally town several complete suits of clothes, iand present a neat appearance when not engaged in dirty work. The poorer classes wear one suit for all occasions until it becomes shabby. New clothes
 are seldom put on till winter. The out l CT frock is not often worn in the iglu,
 or hut home, being usually taken off
 before entering the room.
 At present there is no such thing as an Esquimau tailor, for the woman of
 leach Esquimau household usually make
 the garments of all the members of the
 family. Not only this, but the Esqui-
 maus are extremely conservative in the
 matter of changes in the style of their
 raiment, and respond very slowly to the
 modernizing influences In this particular which have reached their neighborhood. l-New York Tribune.