Cape Smoky 
homely cheeriness to the bare raftered roomc 
that could not be dispensed with. 
Besides making rugs many of the women 
spin and weave their own cloth ; and in a few 
of the houses the clumsy and picturesque loom 
was still standing, though for the most part the 
looms were not in place, weaving being winter 
work. 
Cape North homespun is not beautiful. 
The warp is made of cotton and the cloth is 
harsh to the touch, and generally ugly in colour. 
But the great loom, sometimes half filling the 
room, is a picturesque adjunct to the cottages 
which we hope will not be in haste to depart. 
Most of the houses had no chimneys and 
of course no fireplaces, a stove-pipe through 
a hole in the roof allowing the smoke to 
escape. A queer cylinder-backed stove was 
very common, as if some enterprising stove 
agent had passed that way within a recent his- 
torical period. 
How^the people manage to keep warm 
through the long winters is a mystery, for the 
houses seemed to us in many cases but little 
better suited to withstand the cold than are the 
cabins of Southern Florida. 
