Bisbee daily review., 1909-07-02

the daily life of the Eskimo housewife. says B. P. Harvey. in the Pittsourg Literary Magazine. For the mode o1 living and customs of the hardy Arc tic race have changed little since the discovery of Greenland hundreds of years ago, although there is now a Christian church, and supply steamers are maintained by the Danish govern ment for improving the condition of the Eskimo.
 In this barren and monotonous coun- try the women do all the hard and laborious work, build their houses. rig up tents. help in the hunting and fishing. and make their own and their husbands clothes. At the commence ment of the cold weather they set to work to build their winter quarters. A suitable spot is selected, and the walls are built up by the sturdy maids and women with masses of stone heaped one upon another with pieces of turf between. All the holes and crannies are filled in with earth. bushes are then laid on top. and final ly a layer of fine earth. Spaces are left for the windows, which are filled up with pieces of soft thin sealskin sewn to gether. The entrance to these houses is by a small passage, so low that the occupants must creep in on their hands and knees.
 These curious residences are all on
 ,Ee ground floor. Several families dwell in one house, each room often containing an entire family. If. after
 the house is built. another family
 wishes to join the domestic circle, an
 extra wing" is built alongside. the
 one entrance serving for ali. There
 are no fireplaces or chimneys in these
 winter resorts" but suspended from
 the roof is a basin filled with oil, and
 containing a quantity of dry moss.
 which, when lighted, gives a broad fame. This warns the house instead
 of a fire and gives light to the occu- pants by day and night. besides being used for cooking food and drying shoes and clothes. The floor of the house is a little above the hearth, so that the men may sit in front with their legs dangling down, and the women, of course. sit behind. cross. | legged. There is not solitary stick
 of furniture beyond this lamp, but old | tents or skins are spread on the floor, which serve as bed and bedding ! at night and parlor furniture in the
 asy.
 Marriage customs in Greenland are | in a great many cases conspicuous by | their absence. large proportion oi | the natives being polygamists. taking to themselves one. two or more wives according to their means and disposi
 ton.
 As will be seen from the Illustration accompanying this article, the dress of both sexes Is very similar. The up per garment is made of sealskin witt
 the hair side out, terminating in { tongue in the case of the women whilst the mems are cut even al round. The top is 90 far open as ts admit the wearer's head, a hood be ing behind. This is neatly trimmed
 with foxskin, and made to fall bacl
 over the shoulders, or cover the head if required
 The lining consists of the skins O !, the eiderduck or auk: the lining bs ing close to the bottom and open . the breast serves as a pocket. Thi . dress is called an amoaut. Unde ,. them both men and women wea , shirts made of the skins of bird1 sewn together, the feathers beinl si turned inwards. % that they coEa ' next to the skin
 By way of . great coat In storm, 2 weather . smooth ssalshin hide ,, worn, called . tuelik- The boots ar T made Of sealskin with tho hair fr . wards, the sole being covered wit 2 wa.rus hide; these reach over th i kuees and meet the middle part of th ! dress. The whole costume" is mad F by the women