Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-12-25
1Nas-AHs
ANaLolNDlAN HoUsEKEePERs
Trials rut Upon the Msnlsahib by Her
HOuseiui ni Peculiar Native servants.

Trials iut I Iuh the Menlsthib by Her
HousefuI Of Peculiar Native servants.
The mcmsauib's housekeeping H.
solves iisclI uECh into aclose scrutiny
of accounts and watching OF supplies.
This T. easy, since she does not feed
her n~unllerlCss servants, and orders
her sua. ;amCc only through one. He
is tie ~ktanSgmah, the head butler.
usually q person Of great pompusity
and >pul.gs iaIWcut. with a dlguiiiud
capacity ,ur robbiug you of anuus and
pice WAgch would qualify him any
where la represent Il municipal waId.
Especially WHOM a visitor arrives does
the ....' If The khansamuh rejoice
witl.la lin. for then is his glorious OPP
~pcrlguiiy Lines every day for the
visitor, tUtit iGt the visiting mcmsa-
bib LDs nrirrCd il. according to the
k|hauNyH.a!., aud you cannot very well
ask hcr The towels, yen the sheets of
the visitors bed, disappear the day of
her departure, Tie khansamah looks
~sorrowiul and d~eprecating, but thinks
the visitors avail must have been an
extremely dishonest person. Aud the
unhappy visitor has probably had one
lime for her bath during the entire
length of her stay; and the towels
have brought two annas apiece at the
bazar, which goes into the secret
wallet Of the khansamah.
Next IN rank comes the kitmutgar,
who brings the dishes from the
kitchen, helps TO wait at i3blcs, but is
an inferior person. A t"yorite term
of obloquy among Anglo Indians is
He looks like a kitmutgar," which is
much worse than being compared TO a
khansamah. The baburchi is the
cook, and he has a mental in the nus.
sa.chi, who washes the dishes. Bear
err is a more or less general term, but
when you call the bearer among your
household staff you mea the man
who trims the lamps and duSts. He
will not swecp-not he!-you must
have a mater 10 sweep, who is of very
low caste indeed.
The ayah is the memsahib's maid,
and she cannot get on without one.
The durwan is the gate keeper, who
sits all day long beside the door TO at
tend to callers and messengers. and
does nothing else. Beside these the
sahib must have a syce-groom-for
each horse. No syce will take double
pay and attend TO two horSes-that is
not the Aryan way. And if there is a
garden there must be a malice 10 take
care Of it, and for the most mental
work OF the house there is a beestic or
water carrier, whose name rs admira-
bly, APPROPRIATE. and who sl.ulks about
his business under the opprobrium Of
all the rest.
The dhoby is the washerman. whose
peccudlllocs are interestingly "naife,'
lie has been known. for instance, 10
dismembeF certain garmcIys Of the Sa-
hib and send them in separate legs, in
order to show the proper number on
his list and yet retain u sluirt or a
handkerchief. There is the dhurzie,
too. who is Il JOY in India. and who
comes and sits and sews all day on
your veranaa for fourpence! Very
initiative. indeed. is the dhurzie, not
10 be trusted with anything, sven to
bodices and skirts. for which he has a
pattern.
Angio-lndia tempers are short. and
the khansaraah knows their bFcyity
better than anybody in the world. \
favorite expression Of abus, ia con.
ncction with undergone mutton per.
haps. is in exciting Hludustaupe
son Of 70 pig" which hurts TIE gen
tie lliudUos feelings as much
AS anything. But tue Eua,ic lin
doc usually reptile, cuuriliatorily
in some term Of deep respect and
admiration and certainly the uncon-
scious kh3nsamah got the best OF it,
who replied 10 this expression on the
lips Of his iralc sahib. Sir. you are
my father and my mothery'-Garth
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