Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1884-06-13
A BAZAAR ININOiA
70" "assito. Ivory OF the Natiye.
'""''" Toilets s--- ~ uils Of the
Castles

Ii"lSraV1a.
II" immense number Of stalls for
""c"tm"atS IL among the most striking
lcculiari'i"s of n native bazaar. The
consumption thereof must be tremen.
dons. tu sav nothing of the quantity OF
sngar-cane which old and Young seem
to munich whenever they are not chew.
ing hct"l And vet the beauty of their
teeth Is hy no means in accordapce
WIN our theories of the DISADVANTAGE
OF Snch da'nties. Every mouth alike
display'r sof such dazzling ivory as
put most Europeans to shame the
latter too often reminding Ur that
\orthumbrian farmer who went to
"een'iy Newcastle" TO invest in set OF
false teeth, aud returned with q COM
pletc set of lockwood, which as lie
Iu-tly remarked, were only half the
price. and mair the color of the auld
ancs. Perhaps respectful insolence
could hardly have devised more cut
ting remark than that OF beaver, who,
when his master hal thoroughly lost
his temper. observed with low salaam
aud quite IN accordance with his duty
as valet. that hc thought master had
forgotten to brush his teeth that morn
ing
As To- the natives, they are forever
brushing theirs. or rather polishing 9
them, with soft. fiat stick about the
width of your finger As you pass
through n native town in the early
morning IL seems ~ if the whole popu.
iation had turned out Of their houses to
perform this part of their toilet in
public, and such an amount of scraping
aud polishing goes on that YOU marvel
how any enamel is left. Nor is this the
only part Of the morning adornment
that occurs in public The ba,n is
either at the river or the open tank, but
prom'scuous washing goes on in the
street at al hours and seasons, as does
also tho work of the barber. who reduces
tho fin, silky. black hair to a very
small top-knot. This is the only mo-
ment when the lower caste Hindus are
ever seen barc-hcadcd.
III. Therefore. YOU care to mark the
strange diversity OF cranial develop.
mcnt between the elongated high skulls
Of the upper castles and the low type
''mhioh w tut ScIiS, VI low cdSteS III
other words, the descendants of the
Aryans and those of the aboriginal
races of lndia). the barber's hour will
give you ample opportunity for study
In short, but for this little celestial top
knot. you might imagine, as you glance
at group Of those shining skull. :,
that You had got into colony of the
hairless men Of Australia; that curious
tribe oi aborigines known as the Bald
Men Of the Flinders and Albert rivers,
who literally are destitute of any yes.
tige Of hair, and so through life from
their birth to their grave as bald as a
billiard ball. Certainly mother ma
ture would have saved the Hindus O
great deal Of trouble if she had created
them with the same deficiency. Next
comes the painting of those curious
lines and marks on tho face denoting
caste and otherwise symbolical. Some
have three white lines, others perpen.
dicular stripes; n small horizontal line
ON tho forehead denotes having bathed
In fact. being ready for society. Other
marks show at whose shrine worship
has been offered; the trident, for in.
stance. denoting the worshipers of Sisa.