The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1909-02-05
0vALs or AmgRIoAN ONO
Ass Growing Up In tho Transvaal and
Will be Dangerous.

has hardly arrived yet: but when It
comes, says writer in the Queen, lot
Americans see to their laurels. for
they will have dangerous competi.
tors in the field.
are tall and splendidly developed. and
there are the two distinct types. the
purely Dutch with golden brown hair,
gray or hazel eyes and creamy skin
and the brunette of French descent
with dark eyes and hair and rich
dark coloring. But both types are
On larger scale than their European
antecedents. The sun OF South Az
rica is great vitalizer, and the
children of that land of vast spaces
have more room to grow and develop
in, and they lead from their Infancy
such ar out OF doors life that they
are bound TO be an improvement
physically on their sisters of tho
northern hemisphere.
Dutch women of South Africa al
ways accompanied their husbands in
their large hooded, slow moving wag-
ons. Their nomadic existence tended
to carelessness of habits and dress,
but it developed In them an infinite
capacity for persevering effort, a
strength of character, a stubbornness,
as well as great vitality. all OF which
excellent qualities go to the making
OF Il strong nation.
The present generation can be di-
vided into two distinct classes, the
In n1N.1i 70. 1a x,aII %
the towns and villages, and while the
fundamental characteristics are the
same-grit, tenacity. level-headed-
ness. independence-still, there is d
wide difference between the Boer wo-
man of the country and the educat-
ed Dutch woman of the towns.
The former Oh reaching the age Of
80 are large, fat and heavy. They
marry very young and have patri-
archial families. and over husband
and children they WELD great sway,
an influence very much greater than
that OF the English woman.
To stranger the Boer vrouw ap-
pears stupid and silent; she shuts
her mouth determinedly and sits
reality she is taking a detailed mem
orandum of his appearance. ways,
and manners and nothing escapes her
notice. III she is persuaded of his
friendlincss and good intentions she
may relax little, but the Dutch new
er by any chance tell you anything
more than they wish you to know.
II,
accustomed to a good supply OF Fa-
fir servants on their farms and they
are not quite the energetic house
wives one imagines but they gensr-
ally prevail on their servants To get
the work done to their satisfaction
and there is one branch OF house
wifery in which they excel-the MAX
Ing Of "komfyt" or preserves. wheth-
er jam-making of the ordinary kind
or more elaborate method of pre-
serving the delicious fruit OF the land
Wide as the poles asunder are the
educated Dutch women of the towns
Or those indeed of the country who
have been sent to Cape Colony or to
Europe to school AS adaptable as
the Americans. with decided mental
ability, they are full OF common
sense, OF good tempered gayety and
an inherent sense OF savoir vivre
a girl who has been to good school
i'll South Africa and afterwards In
Europe has something most charm
Ing and fascinating about her. Hand
some. yivacious, capable. with clear
idea of what she wants and how to
get it, she carVes pleasant and use
ful way for herself through life.
Her out OF doors life has made her
strong and healthy and she secs the
advantage of certain amount OF ex-
erciSe. Since the war, if not before
she has taken a great interest in poll
tics as well as in the work oi her
father or husband and in pnilan-
thropical matters she displays strong
organizing ability. She has not vet
developed the female bachelor" wavS
OF independent English womanhood
for in South Africa in every COLONY
there is d large surplus or mcr ano
the Dutch girl invariably marries
young and rules husband and family
ever after.