Huntington advertiser. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1874-1921, 1874-07-23
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Dr. Dun, Of Calcutta, In On article on
Indian Womanhood, most graphically
and thrillngly portrays her piuaDle con
ditiOn. Our limits allow Us TO refer 70
only few of his statements one Is
compelled az the age OF ten years, OF
earlier. TO marry the husband her lalhci
selects. and her marriage Is signal ioi
immediate seclusiOn. OF course the poor
cannot shut up their women, but rs soon
as one grows rich or respectable he De-
,ins 10 hide his female relations from
public view. A high wall and an inner
spartmeut. exclusively for the use OF
women. prol lain his rising fortunes
AWAY from the street, all respectable le-
males must live in dingy, prison-hHe
apartments. with the smallest possible
number OF doors, which through then
narrow bars admit no sightseeing Out
such as Is afforded by the armament OF
IA siaguaut tank, or III lu-euluvaled al
den.
Its thought improper Tor husband
20 have - social intercourse with MS
wife during the day. and she Is never
Suffered 90 eat with Alm. Thus deprived
Of personal liberty, seldom c0nyersing
With strangers Of her own sex. aud never
with men. no furniture 10 ere Tor, no
clothes i0 make or mend, no fancy work
10 interest them, no music 90 practice,
no letters % answer, no books % read,
they are dooNcd 20 an extremely dull,
mOuOtOnous and unintCresiiug life. Much
OF their time is spent In browsing and
sleep.ng. ia smoking AMI chewing the
hctcl nut. in playing cards aud other
gamGs, ana in quarrclhns and abusing
each other.
IL q stranger, meeting respectable
Hindu. should inquire for the wife and
family OF hisuew acquaintance, II would
he considered as an insult. never perhaps
l. forgotten. and not easily forgiven.
Hence. under this system, there are mil
lions of mothers. bat not a single vile,
in the noble, Christian sense OF that
term
And ye, The very goal and acme Of
misery Is reserved for widOwLOOd FoI
this state there Is no pity, no compaS-
sion. no sympathy. Il Is believed 70 be
a curse. Inflicted for some pra-cmincni
guilt. contracted IN some former birth
Widows are regarded and treated as &C
cursed by the gods, and be Who helps 20
make them suffer suppOSes hc Is further
inS the purposes Of heaven. As soon as
the husband dies, the widow, though
she may De only child If seven years.
or under Is Invested OF Ler ornaments,
and she Is not allowed 90 retain them,
even as precious memorials of the past
Shemus wear only coarse garments, and
Iced Oh The cOarscst and SCan,ieSt fare.
never ealing more than one meal PEI
CAV. She mus. not even llo upon bet.
Two DAYS In a month she must maintain
strict fast. and not even uo!sten her
mouth bv swallowing her saliva. One
ceases 20 wonder q, the thousands who
annually preferred. In days gone by, the
slou-,iycd ag0uies Of the funeral pile 70
lifelong agUnics OF di>ho-eIoC WIDOW.
hood
Tie condition Of woman in EUrmal
IS iu striking contrast with thar OF hei
Hindu sisters From time immemori
a." saws Or. Mason. a Baptist missionary
"a Burmah. has she been IN iui. posses
sion Of al The rights that the woman
Rights Associations ARE composing
heaven and earth 10 obtain. The vile
IS the treasurer and keeps the cash.
When money is wanted, the husband
goes % the vile. not The wife 20 The huS
band. The women DO the most Of the
trading. superiuteud The farms, atviss IN
law matters, and occasionally help thel
husbands aud can acquire and hold prop
cr'v I'm their own names They can sue
ana 5e sued. and whenever they ara
weary If their husbands, they can OBJ
tain LEGAL divorces on no Siror-er pie.
than incompaiililty Cf disposition
Notwithstanding The masculine
features Of female society in Blrmah
they are not incompatible with com
mendable female traits. Their book
thus characterize "a good wife; ''Sh'
knows when her husband Is hungry
and. that be NAV eat, puts before Inn
Tie best food in Che kindest way, anI
dresses him baGomingly, seeing that El
clothes axe rot old or dirty As friends
consult each other regarding their mu
tut profit aud happiness auc assist elci
other. she, having consulted h~r bus
band lends her assistance and LOOKS on
AID behaves TO her husbands relations
as tohcr own. enc doe, not dispute hl.
authority. and {. he gue, to The chief
house OF other P.lces, she waits t'L hi
return. and elis not tac Ue&, tl.l sac eat
I. COMPANY with him