Eureka Reporter | 1905-08-11 | Page 4 | Simple Life in Iceland

simple life in iceland there are no manufactories in the country each home Is a factory and every member of the family a hand shoes are made from goat skins the long stockings worn over these in wading through the sno ware knitted wading through the snow are knitted by the women and children and even the beautiful broadcloth comes smooth and perfect from the baad loom found in every house the sweet simplicity of their na costume does away with the necessity of fashion books young girls who are about to be married need take no thought as to where withal shall they be clothed when they array themselves in he wed ding garments of their ancestors two ar even three generations remote they are perfectly up to date in the matter of attire this life Is conducive to a state ol 01 high morals higher probably than in any other part of the world there Is not a drop 0 liquor manu factored on the island and tor tho 78 population there is but one po there Is neither a lall nor any place of incarceration for crinion als nor yet is there a court in which a high crime could be tried the percentage 01 crime Is small that it does not warrant the expense ot keeping up a court when a criminal trial becomes necessary the offender Is taken to denmark to answer to the law tor his misdeeds the women are among the most advanced in the world their woman political league has a membership ol 01 7 and they enjoy more civil rights than the women of almost any other country having a voice in all elections save that lor members ot their legislative body the pilgrim