Show IKER AND CUSTOMS OF THE BOERS the daily life of a boex family Is i a samplie one oae at daylight all the MOM mem the maio main room abe ki kelehan lehan and eating room although alt boub auit of the food la is cooked iu the open adhere A m where we head of the family finell reverently enily a chapter or two from the tee bible generally irom from the old a simple manly prayer is ia atee by the observance atso at of so an ancient bible 0 A colored bad maid dinald eutera enters the room with a basin f water and a towel too guest Is and invited to wash hta big hauda hands and face ace and wipe akew on the towel the head of the family is ie next approached and so on around the room until all have been in the ceremony this constitutes t a 4 ablutions of the family the morning weal consists of a dieh of meat jeer deer or mutton and sometimes beef cut into large pieces they all sit around the noard while the father says a lung joni grace and a stranger not familiar with their table able manners is apt to be left in ID the lurch each man for the women eat alone selects the particular piece of meat that strikes his fancy and a as the amen is spoken sticks his hia fork into the piece selected it il happens sometimes that two select the time came they then the quickest mau mati gets the booty dry breau sometimes nutter butter and strong black coffee bosee complete the bill of fare which may stand as a sample meal it has been agai agaibi Bt the boer that ine be is uncleanly and this cannot be denied but there la Is so an excuse for this in the scarcity of water marob march forum |