The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-05-10

special invitation. and she is not sup
posed to stay long when she comes.
If she wants to see her daughter she
sneaks up to within fifty feet of the
house and waits until the girl happens
to come outside. The two then have
their talk together, and If the mother
in-law wants to greet her son-in-law-
Sun ST. in. inside the, the hut-she may yell out
your" The man, if he is in good hui
NOR, may respond with "All right
mamma but it would be mira dig for
| him to look out.
Widows.
sassafras tells mo that many of the
women l see here who have let theii
hair grow are widows, and that or
erage married woman shaves frequent
~, and the heads OF the marriageable
girls are usually as clean as billiard
ball A widow to show her grief Is
two months after the death of her
husband and If she is overwhelmed
with despair she may let her hair
grow for five or six months. / have
already written of how the widows
of kings are supposed to spend the
rest of sheir lives watching in the
tombs of their husbands, and how
scores of women are now doing that
for some of the passed-away kings OF
Uganda.
AS to the children, see little black
babies everywhere, and there are nu-
little girls almost naked. l am told
however, that this is land of small
families. Che average man and wife
do not have as many children as
United States. The woman who bears
several children is the exception ra.
thcrp than the rule, and many of the
families have none. Indeed, the birtf
of a second son is always an occasion
for pride and rejoicing. The fact i.
announced with drums, and the drum
ming may be kept up for a month
outside the hut. This is a sign thai
there is Joy within and that the cou
pies friends should come in and drinl
the new arrival The mother who ha.
q second son is entitled to a new dres!
for .having. brought this honor to tn,
\ family. This dress is of terra cottt
/ bark cloth, and it's ordinary cost !!
Iabout SO cents.
] like the looks of these babies
They are bright little brown things
4 good-natured and full of smiles. Thu
1 mothers fasten them to their bar
backs inside their bark cloth gown
4 while working in the fields and Thu
i little ones bob UP and down as MANN,
u yields the hoe. Sometimes they ar,
II tied inside goat skins and thus car
u ried. The men often go along witt
II iHtll DdDlsS USlIiut tNtlT UlpS, ana
/ occasionally see one with plckannn,
riding on his shoulders. They seen
fond of their children and proud 0
them
ugnnln Houses.
These Uganda people live happily
| They are always laughing and smiling
/ and the men and women go along han
t inthand. Thoy have comfortable home
s from an African standpoint. They lIv
in villages scattered over the country
I.hut each village covers Il great ter
ritory and every hut has It's garde
g about 1T, in which grow bananas, swee
3 potatoes md other vegetables. AS
: rule the banana trees shade the hut
o and one often walks quite u distanc
nEthrough n banana plantation before h
r gets to the house.
: The houses are of different Size
I'll Some, such as those OF tho chiefs, ar
g of great extent, and are most elnhc
$ rately made. Out In the country the
4 are more like huts. and they loo
. much like little hay stacks abor
S twelve feet In diameter and twelv
G feet in height, except that each hn
i q sort of brim which extends out an
a. shades the door. The huts are mad