New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-11-28
SOCIETY ~ CALCUTTA.
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| In ms friends wifi AM grown daughters had
! an opportunity OF Judging for myself iu +, gdr ~
I what had often heard and read of East Indian
! ladies and Of European lade, who had gone 20 re-
! side ia the Orient. \ comparatively brief residence
there renders the freshest ana IO~lest compile ion
! coi0Ilcss. OF waNcH-hurd. The uddicst face can.
not long resist tie climate, and does NOT regain It's
color ON 4, ,dIu 90 Lh- and in India the blood
appears to ~c tHnncd ana never TO Zoe r.atol,, to
informed. and il.cl. saw for ur, d. that u.sl',.
} al The society ladies IN Calcutta painted They
have % DO so, or 20 bc content 10 look as pale
ghosts.
Society in Calcutta is very conyivial and much
hospitality prevails among the few white iuhabi-
tauts. lue Covernog-DeneIai and his WIFE, OF
cour,e. lead >O,ivt, there. aad an Introduction 10
them, ana ali attendance al thc \i.erOI ltytys.
of the tan. Bat lautable commons nSr prevail,
i'm the matter of dress or costume I'm snch a
ciim1tc it would De extremely uncomfortable 10
wear drr>s-SuIt of nr0adcoth nc Iarty. Gentle
mon, therefore, VINO dine. say. with the Nicerov
appear IA tho reception room Ia iil vyrnlhg dress
but Dti"ic tA'tih- thc banquet nan thtK repair
10 an adjacent apartment, and change the heavy
claw hammer oT SW al. JN-ta dreSs-cOat 10. " HE
linen Jack T. so that the guests present an appear
anc, not unlike that % the WATERS IN some OF our
restaurants. This arrangement may not Ice str *
HEly picturesque, but 1t Is sensible and COM
Portable. lhoSc III attendance on the Prince OF
aIeS during his Indian tour complained bitterly ol
the martgrdom which they endured by having
constantly to appear IN his Presence in fall rcel-
mental uniform. While he himself dressed as
lightly aS possible, WAS beitting in such 4 eli
mate. he gave no such privilege to his staff
Hotel Lie IN Calcutta is very pleasant. although
II Is shared III almost exclusively by the sterner
sex. except in the case of "tranSlentsp The guests
consist largely of British army officers on leave and
lheir society Is very agreeable and instructive to
new-comr rs. W hatever faults Americans may have
10 hnd with English officers one thing is certain
namely, That the curriculum through which they
must pass and IN which they are examined. insures
their being scholars. and with very few exceptions
they are gentlemen. Hence. there are no more
Pheasant parties than their mess dinners The
0nicerS OF English regiments in India received both
brluSh ana Indian pay, and most OF thcm having
also private means OF their own were thu, euahlr6
cities OF British Inda-Calcutta, Madras and
Bomuay-the society OF military officers their
wives. ana families, may be said to be the best Al
the table hOtc OF the hotels there is little restraint
and the guests speak 10 another rs they would
at private table. Late arrivals do not at 6rsr |
take kindly to Indian curres they would appear to
be an ac CURED taste. They are no more IKE |
so-caed currles made IN Europe ana America than |
coffee Is Ike champagne. After short residence IN
lnIia, foreigners acquire great relish for curries
and would not consider the breakfast or the dinner
table complete without on. II is singular but !
true, that the best French cooks in vain essay To
make curry is II Is made III India Not even roy.
ATTY Itself. IN Europe, with all that il PAYS Tor It's
cuisine, can command one of these dishes As IA is
prepared ana served In Calcutta, unless IL il made
)y an imported HlndoO cook. This was discovered
~ the Prince OF Wales during his Indian tour and
hence he took to Europe with him nat We cooks
EXPRESSLY 10 make cuIies. Ii is not only that th,v
.Ie much hotter than those dishes made in the tom
'efate zones, but there is "A deep mystery in the
0mpOunding or mixing Of the muitifarInus inpr,- |
hents. have over found that tae warmer lie
ouHlutS which visited, the hotter were the con-
lmentS and spices used III cookery There is true i
'hnOsOphy IN TINS; IN warm weather person per
pres faf lesS after warm than a cold drink.