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Show MRS. PAUL KRUGEIL. Description of the "Wife of the Famous Fa-mous Oom Paul. Mrs. Kruger, wife of the president of the Transvaal Republic, is unhandsome. unhand-some. : She is also economical, though her famous husband has-a capital of $25,-I $25,-I 000.000. She is so rich that it would take the greatest effort to spend their income in-! in-! vested, as the capital is in great paving pav-ing interests. To do this she would have to live in almost barbaric splendor, splen-dor, but. bless you, she even does her own cooking. It is probable that her acute, subtle husband approves of her style of living. - If he objects, no one returning from that fair land hu is more than probable that by just such thrifty methods- Mr. Kruger himself rose into his present eminence. But think of it! The income of $2.",000,000, and to do one's own cooking! i To fuss and fume and fret and stew t over a boiling stove in a hot, hot land, rather than spend the money on a maid! And not only to cook, for it is whispered and loudly in tourist and Knglis-h circles ;n Africa. that she very often takes a hand in the washing wash-ing and tint she scrubs and roll.s the clothes with the skill and strength of the best of them. She also insists upon 'making her own beds. Thi nviv Vw li-n n "tlin T.'-ii ger" needs an untroubled pillow, a I sheet without a wrinkle to ease him j from the arduous duties of scheming i to make empires and millions, but if she does the res.t of the hard work it is probable she. makes the bed also to save the penny or whatever the money is in that land. When hei husband has state guests to dinner, that is. indeed.' the time the good lady shines: here she shows the stuff of which she is. made, and does honor to her millions and her position as wife of the president. Not at the foot or the head of the table but in passing the dishes. To no butler will she ever trust so great a responsibility. re-sponsibility. Thcrp might be a slip, a mishap that she couldn't guard against. So. shining and splendid, with large white apron over her capacious form, she waits on each guest. "Surely," she argues, "no hostess can take care of a guest better than this." Every plate is then heaped to perfection, perfec-tion, each glass, kept filled to the brim, no slightest wish from anyone goes un noticed. If anyone is rash enough to extol to "Auntie" Kruger. as everyone calls her. the glories of her wealth and the immense amount of monthly pocket money she has to control, she will tell that person a secret, one of which she is proud, one in which she glories. - It is this: That she and the president have never lived beyond their "coffee money." And that amounts to $2,000 a year, allowed them by the government! So, you see, they never touch the other great capital, never put their hands on the incon-e of one ' of the greatest fortunes in the world! Where it will all go, no one knows. Like many other groat millionaires, Oom Paul may leave it to persons who will enjoy throwing it away on all unworthy un-worthy subjects that come under their notice. i J |