The Alaska daily empire., 1915-02-02

end don't eSpsct % set any of tae aW- fd th.ugs These poor people tgy Co care for lhemaelyos but when 9 gorm onco gets into them shere aeema e be nothing 70 do in gattIng fle of It They are such weak race. and mixing blood does not seem to help these people So many are so white put so lll too. when slclmosa set them
 interesting Native Wedding
 mss Bair enters with the greatest interest Into ihe customs and lives of the Natives and gives m amusing de. scription of Q Native weddmg
 "A week ago Tuesday boy come hito my room w.th nn invitation to 8 wedding feast ll w.s tho night we were moving, but we all vent It was held in a long hall and there ls a stage at one end of the hall on which, were three ables, ono for the bride and groom, and the white guests. Think of it; wo came even before the par ents. They and Che important friends sat at two side tables while the rest Of the town sat on the main floor. Those people are 80 kind and humble Chat you can't help but actually love them.
 we arrived carly and were seated md an sized' us up. Then of sud den the piano burst forth with Mend' elssohns wedding march with such 2 peal that fairly jumped out of my skin. Then came tho bride, dear glrl, too. in Q bridal yel and orange blossoms. At first itwos bit fun ny to me. but later when realized how earnest and serious and humble these people are, was ashamed of myself She bashfully drank her soup from the end Of her soup spoon, while he ate hls pie with 3 knife but aside from such wee things it certainly was an impressive ceremony or feast or whatever you went Go call it
 Picture of Father Duncan.
 In speaking of Father Duncan aud his work. Miss Bair gives winning picture of the aged and austere mis' sionary who has accomplished untold good among tho people Inc claims as his own Of her first meeting she wrote:
 I set out to meet Father Duncan and went to tho school and several other places before , finally found nm. on seeing him ] was Q bit unneryod by his charmngness Really if ] were 80, ! would set my cap for him. Els hair Is snow white, his checks are red as berries and his eyes os blue and clear as those of baby He is ahort stout. md a little stopped. inroduc- ed myself to him and he talked cor dially We met some children and one was pulling ot another 30 we stopp- cd and he delivered quite an oration on observing tho Sabbath. Said they played on sunday Think ol it- played. One little boy climbed a tree on Sunday and 1t is stiii talked about"
 or the religious life of the Natives which has been so carefully iostereo by Father Duncan, Miss Bair wrote.
 "This morning J went to church All l understood was the text which was read In English, and a hymn which they sang so slowly in English that J nearly galloped over them They sing slowly because it is hard for them to read the English words.
 "I went to Sunday school and was invited to take a ciass of young girls. They smiled a bit awkwardly and seemed pleased and pained and sil- ent. SO ] waded into the lesson. Ine church Is very large and coid-and the natives are very serious. reyerenl ana quiet"
 Miss Bair finds the life of a teach CT in the school of more than 200, with but four teachers, 9 very busy one. In the morning she teaches the pupils from to 15 years of age enrolled in the LA and B classes. Later come the primary work for the iitte tots' Sewing, cooking and instrumental mu' sic are also among her subjects ana these. with the calls upon her tlme by the various activities of the Ma tive community fill her days rom early morning until night An me tense interest in the work and love and understanding of the little peo- pie to whom she has been sent by the government shows in every sem tence of her letters, and there is no word of loniiness. discouragemens nor fatigue with Che manifold and the
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