The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1909-10-09
MRS. ROBERT E. PEARY
By RUTH CAMERON.

famous wife OF a famous man. would
have envied her that experience.
On the ship on which they went north
they took enough wood 20 build bunga-
low. In that bungalow. with what house
hold furnishings they had been able 20
bring with them. and with only the ships
stock OF provisions with which 20 pro-
duce her culinary effects, the young bride
did all the housework-entirely without
a servant-not only for her husband and
herself, but also for five men whom they.
had brought with them.
And she had never kept house before
As they knew IL would be quite i'm
i possible 70 send down 20 the city Tor any
/ little thing that was fersottnn. Mrs.
/ Peary says she spent an immense amount
/ OF me setting her household outfit to
] getner.
And didn't you forget anythiag?' I
asked
Mrs. Peary laughed. Yes she said.
I'VE completely forgot to take a broom. ."
! Didn't the bungalow get swept ali
/ yinter?" 7 inquired,
"Oh, yes" said Mrs. Peary, Indignant
ly. I'VE had taken little whisk brooms
and we lashed two or three OF those to
hoe handle and that 5i1 verv nicely"
What WAS he hariest thing about
/
that Il was the cold or the mOnotonous
fare or some such thing
Mrs. Peary thought moment. THE
dishes, I think" she answered. III get
tho meal every time. If you'll clear Up,
but oh. don't like dishes.
just Like All.
! "a see, despite her unusual expert
ence. Mrs. Peary isn't really whit diff
ferent from ordinary women.
1t was on her next trip into the north
that Marie was born Mrs. Peary left
the land OF civilization in August. know
ing that her baby would be born some
time IN October.
Her mother naturally was frantic.
1T didn't seem as II she could let me
60" said Mrs. Peary. but Robert was
willing TO do anything on earth TO satisfy
her. 81 she finally yielded. She said she
wouldn't be satisfied if I didn't have q
trained nurse. so We took one with us
OF course I must have the best Of doc
tors. so we got one and I'm sure I was
perfectly comfortable"
Marie Aghnito, the famous snow baby
was born IN October Her poor, wOr-
ried grandmother didn't hear even wOrC
about il until the next September.
And then people always say such
wise things TO help along" said Mrs
Peary with a funny quirk OF that fas
clnating mouth. My brother, who va!
a doctor. told-mother that she mustn'-
have the vaguest idea OF ever seeing
her grandchfd. because It was utterly
: impossible that i could live. and tha
she had better school herself to The
. thought that she would never see he
daughter again. because L was very i'm.
probable that I would live
you see. the doctors didn't think tn,
baby could possibly live because ic w"ul;
be born in October. just wien the Ions
darkness begins. and they didn't see how
J It could stand it,
LAS matter OF fact. she didn't grow
; much OF any while 1t was dark. Jus
took nourishment and remained perfect!
7 well. but didn't grow. But when the sur
came out she Just shot up. She was Tx
these bulbs you keep In the cellar whicl
! take root and get ready to grow dOwI
= there, and then when you put them OF
5 in the sun they just shoot Up. That's tn
way she did when the sun came.
MY brother came up the next Sep
! tember. and she was then not quite (
} year old. but she weighed -wenty sev er
pounds and ran around everywhere an'
was perfectly we'll. He couldn't seem (,
get over IT, He just sat there enc
watched her. and every now and theI
he'd say, Just look at her head Jus
look at those legs.
The "SnOw Baby"
Even II Mrs. Peary had not been ther,
to tell me. I should have known ia
Il was healthy to be born in the irozer
north the minute the man who bsOUgh
me across to the island told me that III
|, pretty, outdoorsy. hearty, healthy six
teen-year-old girl who came out Cf th'
house to greet US was Marie Aghnh
Peary, the snow baby.
Marie IS very enthusiastic with regar'
70 all things that have anything to d.
with the land OF the Eskimo The las
time she was up there she VAS ten year
! old. and she says she never had bette
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