War in South Africa and the Dark continent from savagery to civilization : The strange story of a weird world from the earliest ages to the present, including the war with the Boers .. . circles inAfrica—that she very often takes a hand in the washing and that shescrubs and rolls the clothes with the skill and strength of the best ofthem. She also insists upon making her own beds. This may be becausethe Kruger needs an untroubled pillow, a sheet without a wrinkle toease him from the arduous duties of scheming to make empires andmillions, but if she does the rest of the hard work it is probable
War in South Africa and the Dark continent from savagery to civilization : The strange story of a weird world from the earliest ages to the present, including the war with the Boers .. . circles inAfrica—that she very often takes a hand in the washing and that shescrubs and rolls the clothes with the skill and strength of the best ofthem. She also insists upon making her own beds. This may be becausethe Kruger needs an untroubled pillow, a sheet without a wrinkle toease him from the arduous duties of scheming to make empires andmillions, but if she does the rest of the hard work it is probable shemakes the bed also to save the penny—or whatever the money is in thatland. When her husband has state guests to dinner, this is, indeed, thetime the good lady shines; here she shows the stuff of which she ismade, and does honor to her millions and her position as wife of thePresident. Not at the foot or at the head of the table, but in passing the no butler will she ever trust so great a responsibility. There mightbe a slip, a mishap, that she couldnt guard against. So, shining andsplendid, writh large white apron over her capacious form, she waits oneach
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