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VALENTINE PATTY A GIUUD SUCCESS:
ihe long awaited Post Valentine Gance me }(
held in the Drill Hall, on last Monday night,alter being postponed from
the previous Friday on account of the storm* The event proved itself
one of the finest affairs ever held on the Post* A crowd numbering
from 150 to 200 attended the function,and everybody seemed to enjoy
themselves immensely*The dance 'fas the first to be held in the new
Drill Hall,and its success firmly established that place as the scene
of future dances*
For the old Drill Hall l^ardlylcnew itself* The posts
had been hidden with greens until they resembled the trees of the for
• est,the walls were havered with American flags and attractive bunting, -
and vari-coloedd signal pennants were festooned about the ceiling. The
Orchestra Pit was set off by a fir hedge,whethef for thepurpose of dec
oration or protection was not stated* The lighting was subdued by soft
hued shadings,so that the general effect was of the finest* Great prai®
is due Capt.7/right and Cpl.Powell of ”7" Co*for the excellent scheme of
decoration,and the the members of the g arrison ^vho assisted them*
The "Syncopated Seven" covered themsleves with glory
-Director Hoffman, Cpl .Russell, Crocoll, Clarke, Ogdon, Butler, and Bruhn dis
pensed melody of the kind that haunts,cheers,and enlivens,-and the gen
eral verdict was that they were GOOD,MIGHTY GOOD. Our Music Boxers are
sure making a name for themselves
ogt.Hogv/ood and his aides,Harrion and liedt, supplied
the tbothsome repast for the guests, and supplied it in quantity .Deviled
hamf cheese,and pimento sandwiches, excellent cookies(of mrs^Hogwood’s ir/j
nufacture),and coffee delighted the gathering.
To ail who in any '/ay aided the production of this
one of our most successful parties,the E• P T. Office tenders its grate
ful thanks. Tne favors, photos of the Post and vieiiuxy,featured.
ALaSXAN JV2ELLXIJG3; (Cont« ) from last week*
Going north Trout Prince '/iiiiam Sound, the natives,more
peacefully inclined than their neighbors, the ihiingets, varied the "bura
baraM• iheir houses range in type from the ones almost all underground
to tlioso only slightly subken* Some of these are floored and lined,and
some enclose mud-holes in which the debris and food fall,mingling in
an odoriferous mess that would shortly kill a white man.
However low the "barabara",tho*,the "kuggatsw,or store
houses, are always raised well above the ground to prevent the dogs from
eating the skin boats or other gear* Ihese kuggats are little houses
two or three feet high, on raised platforms, upon which the food and hunt
ing gear is kept. Hie Eskimos of this region do not know how to build
igloos.
'there the houses are found abobe the ground, the re is ai
ways an underground sleeping apartment for the cold winter nights,to
which access is obtained by means of a tvmnel from the living room.
Hie Athabascans of the interior live mostly in one-famt
ily log huts,through the large cracks of which the winter winds blow
at 60 degrees below, but the mortality is ao mere than among the tightly
housed Eskimos.
In the extreme north the Eskimos live mostly-under
ground* vSIhile traveling in the winter they*, construct square igloos of
ice,but these are considered only temporary structures,unlike those
of the Eskimos of the Atlantic coast.
Tlie inhabitants of ICing Inland utilize the cavities in
the rocks,which they enclose *7ith log-structures,covered with skins."