. The Boston Cooking School magazine of culinary science and domestic economics . Teaching Gardening Wheelwright Apprentice In spite of public opinion to thecontrary, Miss Reel thinks that small-pox and consumption spread rapidlyamong the red men, and she is stren-uous in her efforts to teach them thevalue of better conditions. At onereservation, which she reached aftera days journey, she asked to see thechief braves. In spite of the factthat I was expected, says the super-intendent, I was kept waiting so longthat I finally inquired the cause fortheir non-appearance. I was informedthat it was
. The Boston Cooking School magazine of culinary science and domestic economics . Teaching Gardening Wheelwright Apprentice In spite of public opinion to thecontrary, Miss Reel thinks that small-pox and consumption spread rapidlyamong the red men, and she is stren-uous in her efforts to teach them thevalue of better conditions. At onereservation, which she reached aftera days journey, she asked to see thechief braves. In spite of the factthat I was expected, says the super-intendent, I was kept waiting so longthat I finally inquired the cause fortheir non-appearance. I was informedthat it was due to their making elabo-rate toilettes; and, when they appeared,feathers were supplemented by daubsof red paint, whichhad been laid thicklyon to conceal pox-marks. This clinging toold customs, especiallyamong the women, isone of the hardestthings that have tobe combated; and, ofcourse, we find thatthose tribes situatednearer civilizationadopt new mannersmore readily thanthose away from rail-roads. In some reser-vations it has been a 412 The Boston Cooking-School Magazine Iia
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