Daily Yellowstone journal., 1884-09-11
THE LAND OF THE veDAs.
Laborers BY the Roadside- me
WOrk.Aa SundoWu.


lAjmere lndia) Cor. New York Tribune
We came upon shoemaker sitting full
in the sun by the dusty roadside with tho
fOrlornest agglomeraiion Of wrckod boot.
and shoes ever seen of dust heap. liz
was gazing upon the moldy mass of sole
less uppers and earthquake-cnl soles, q
picture Of dependency. A possible Gus
toner coming along. he frightened up,
and In long and animated speech APP.
pcared TO he demonstrating that, though
eccentric in appearance. these ~were the
kind of shoes which, with judicious mend.
ing. were warranted TO carry man ON 10
fortune, Boot making and boot .mending,
poor trade generally throughout India,
is brisker in .Njmcre, where the men are
much more given 10 wearing them than is
the rule. Women here rs elsewhere In.
yariably 20 barefootcd Shoes used by a
native must necessarily be a size too large.
since their career is constant alienation
Of slipping of and shutting on. No ma,
tive enters IA room or shop with his shoes
on.
Driving out 10 the gardens We came
upon gang Of road-makers. The process
of mending the Aimere roads is peculiar
4 strip about six feet wide is formed in
the center with "A mixture of hard clay aud
gravel. When il is level II is beaten down
and makes an admirable road for light
traffic. The outer edges get whatever may
Dc left \ gang Of ten men were beating
the road with hammers. They stood IN
double line, five facing five, one line re-
firing and tine other advancing. As they
moved icy chantel in quick time re-.
frain which phonetically reads. "Sydly
hum, Sydly.hum, the hammers being
brought down altogether at the hun.
Women brought in baskets, carried ON
their heads. the road material. which they
flung down as ID was wanted One
woman, doing her full share under the hot
sun, carried lusty year-old boy ON her
hip. This is marked distinction between
Japan and India. While ia the former
country babies are always carried on the
back, in India they are invariably borne
asiride on the hip.
Women work hard in Ajmcre | cx'
pcct II would not have taken four of them
10 make those thin cakes. BY the Oak
bungalow ! saw file of dozen. chiefly
young girls. upliftcd high on an unfinished
house, busily engaged in bricklaying.
The drawing and carrying OF water is an
important item in the days work Of the
women in Ajmcrc. In most towns water
is supplied in frequent wells, APP
proachable from i.r street level
Al Aimee the daily store Of water ],
found In dip between two walls Of rock
approached by steep flights of stairs. One
rock rising there out Of the water was
almost literally hidden from view by a
cloud Of pigeons that clung TO its rugged
front II was pretty sight, the constant
stream OF straight. 1.-the women in many
colorcd kirtles coming and going with
their red jars poised on their heads. Some
had small ring of plated straw. which
they placed On their heads, and on tbis
stood the water-jar. slim-necked. full
bodied. and rounding off at the base 10 4
ring not larger than the palm Of the hand.
All the life Of an Indian bazar dies OuI
at shutdown, as II began at sunrise. There
are no taring gas-liglts, no crowd OF
promenaders As darkness falls over the
narrow streets the goods are taken In from
the everopen shop. the shop keepers dis
appear. The shops become dark, empty
cayerns. aud only here and there the glar,
Of miniature furnace with u mans fac'
suddenly lighted up. as he applies tn
blow-pipe, shows the late worker In silve
or brass.