Show LIKE OLD 0 1 SANTA people of northern siberia emulate kriss kringle appropriate enar entry into homes hom li Is through th the roof avail which Is door window and chimney santa clous claus Is not the only per son eon in the world who enters homes by way of 0 the chimney for in the little town of Kamen way up to in northeastern siberia on nearly every one does it the house Is I 1 is shaped 11 tike like a perpendicular X starting with a ground floor that Is about 25 feet in diameter the frame walls constructed roughly of driftwood lean inward for about 12 feet then turn outward for another 10 or 12 feet they do not touch each other in the center but leave an opening of from three to five feet wide that opening la is the door the win dow the chimney all in one A A pole rests against the outer side bide of the house high enough to reach the top of the structure on the upper side ilde of the pole steps are carved in which to insert the toes when climbing A similar pole set upright in the center of tho the house and up through tb the 0 chi chimney ney Is also furnished with steps for ascent and descent the first effect of this strange arrangement ran gement Is that visitors are re recognized cos not by their faces but by their feet the house Is so GO constructed that the fireplace Is directly underneath the chimney naturally the smoke goes up to greet the newcomer and toot soot covers every side of the chimney ready to attach itself to him the pot to Is always hanging over the fire full of melting snow or boiling water and fish or reindeer meat the man up the chimney 1 ili dressed in heavy furs the hairy side aide turned outward As he comes in touch with pole and chimney a gentle spray of hairs comes easily drifting down accompanied by showers of soot the pot below Is open hence the food Is mingled with hairs and soot reason exists for the peculiar shape of the Kamen house or yurt during the worst of winter no doors or windows at the side of the yurt would avail the snow piles up on every side as high AS the house itself then the people can walk straight up to the chimney and the dogs crowd around the opening lit in tile the top for warmth and to enjoy the rising odor of cooking fish and reindeer sometimes one dog pushes another down the chimney if the cover of the pot Is off the reception proves rather too warm for the unfortunate victim but ivan Is there bethere to catch mill him by the neck and take him to tile the top of the house where the tha snow will soon reduce the heat of his misters blisters the episode hos has not spoiled the dinner in spite of the fire alre within the house Is not comfortably heated because of the opening on top snow too mines cornea easily drifting in it Is noc necessary essary therefore to have tents inside the house they are made of heavy tura furs and are placed on the wooden platform that surrounds the fire in these the dwellers di ellers find refuge when the smoke becomes too trying or the atmosphere too frigid inside the bolog stands a wooden bowl of seals oil with dried moss floating on it its 8 surface to be lighted at the pleasure of the occupant |