Show SOME FRUGAL DINNERS in striking contrast to the joyous and delicious thanksgiving dinners ot of american kine rican civilization are the frugal repasts of the many thousands admel ling in remote and inhospitable parts of the united states the natives who ih lle a on the coast of alaska have a somewhat harder struggle tor for c 1st ence than do their reindeer breeding neighbors of the interior all during daring the apar the former are forced to wage a ceaseless warfare upon the whale seal and walrus tor for subsist ence in gathering ther the r ing repast or feast the efforts of the whole household houe hold are emp employed loed in november and all through the winter hunting of the sea ea animals is mainly carried on through holes in the ice tee fish is obtained entirely in this man ner A young girl will sit on blocks of ice covered with a few skins shins all dav fishing in the face of a b ater wind with sith the temperature 60 ade degrees gre s below zero in hunting tl ti e seals young boys locate the openings with keen heen scented dogs trained for the the seals as we I 1 as the walruses are compelled to tre fre quent these for onal breathing spells beside one 01 these closures flo tho th hunter will watch for hours waiting for his prey As soon as the anima animal is heard blowing he u akly plunges his harpoon down into the hole with all his strength the wound ed seal or walrus at once pulls strong ly on the co I 1 but soon becomes ex hausted and is easily killed and drawn up on the ice lee the white wha whir a e on account cco 0 its great amount of oil blubber as well as meat is one of the choice food ani art mals the expert and eager hunter when first he discovers one of these whale holes usually five miles or more from shore out on the ice floe rushes at once with the glad tidings to his home the a e is at once a great furor and excitement the sledges are made ready and the wife some times there are several to together ether with all the available members 0 tie family dash over the ice pack to 0 the blowhole arriving on the scene ha and guns are util zed for hooting and capturing the r ey bout every twelve or eighteen min utes the school of whale will arise to blow swimming the length of the hoe hole to and fro the breathing spells only laa about two seconds often when the main rising occurs he hole becomes so filled that the body of a whale will be pushed two thirds out of the water and held in this position for several seconds before go ng un der again awaiting these opportunities the natives aim for a place just back of the skull the bullet breaking or dis locating loc ting the spinal column all killed in this way float on the surface and are immediately drawn upon the ice and cither either dragged or taken ashore on a sledge this work Is repeated and sometimes as many as one hun dred carcasses are obtained and stored away for future use getting one of the big monsters ashore which means a royal feast is a welcome tug of war which old and young lend a hand in walrus meat Is the most hil hiehle aly prized and appetizing ot of all their ant an mal diet no feast ng or otherwise Is considered complete without the head which Is to be the most deli delic clois lots part the most we come son of the household Is the one seen approaching the camp with a large walrus head on his back li a e among the reindeer breeders of the inter or Is a trifle easier and I 1 more as ared than that of the coast people but the diet Is well nigh as I 1 poor and scanty the re nde T r furnish ing food clothing and transportation the ne of a herder s household or camp as it will be tou fou id on chaill giving day Is probably one of the most and dreary on the globe his skin tent abode Is pitched on the desolate snow covered tundra far from the outposts ot of civil bation the herder Is the record breaking mover of the world every forty orty elect hours tor for nine months his trail frail tent home is pulled down and set up again in the vicinity of his ever rov ing flock the deer are not allowed to feed long on one pasture as the constant scraping of the r hoofs bar har dens the snow and it be becomes connes cult for them to get at the moss un berneath der neath large herds have tj move every few hours and are actually kept on the go all the winter as a terr tory that has been grazed over tor fox a day Is useless till next eason reason new mexico is supposed to be pretty well supplied with the articled articles and comforts of civilization yet natives of old mexico are to be found along the southern border who live in the mot primitive way A woman of this kind kin d for instance prepares bread lor a thanksgiving spread by kneel ing down and gr anding corn upon the aboriginal stone metate hun deeds of years ago or maybe she makes frijoles from beans bec ns ground in the same laborious way |