Oxford eagle., 1889-06-27
WOMEN IN suRmAti.
Th~T Are The FqaaHs % wea In an AsAirs
aE she Farzsfv.

rh~T Are the Ezaafs % wea in an AeAfrs
- she Family.
Bgrmese wonea are treated veil IN
the family and they are the equals Of
the men in family Affairs They have
their say in all business matters ard
the o1Iy place Ia which their iafsri-
Oriiy = 0osIceahle = in reii-i0a- The
Burmese are BcS.shl-t.- a1d Bu1d-
hist woman has NJ chance 20 20 TO
He4vsz- save by Eer sOzI az death
passing into tAe body of a aan II she
is wonderfully PjOu- during thts life
szseh = asraasmigrzsiDz ul1ry take p-zcs-
and note that THE chilet 7-7-saa5ss=-=s -
the pag0saGs kere are wo@sn- Bl1e-
hiss tcachers pat w1re1 much lover
in the scale of morality than 1an- and
they uaiataia thzs tae sins % 0ne
EO-a1 are equal 80 the sins of
3Qu % the wo-ss men that eVer
lived There are ab3lg @FI@AL41Q
Bs-11hiss Eo11en In the word and
none Of these hare any other hope Of
immortality than This Neverthsless-
! am told that the Burmese women &rs
more honest than the msa- and that
their business promises are more 20 %
trusted They are NOS esiEcated- a a
rule and it l. only lately that there
have been schools in Blruah for wozl-
en- The Baptist missionaries are do
ing a great deal ia this direction. and
visited \ female seminary here whica
cDu,ai-ed about one huuired girls.
They were very briSht-iclSing girls
too and the president Of shs scA0oI
told ne that many o. then could speak
three languages AMI That they were
fully A. bright zs the average Amer
lean girl Duria- ny stay an English
spelling match was gotten up for ny
entertainment and a class Of thirty girls
were spelled dOwn- They we're all
clad in ths Blruese costumes and
bare-foos.i- h1rc-heaiesi. aaI with
these tight dresses about their limbs
they stood and spelled the words
alu0s; n readily as the teacher could
utter them They had 4 queer pro-
uGari1ti0u AMI aceeus. bat thsT diI
rvusriSa.y weIL- and two Of the girl.
remained on the Eo1- for a fuEl half
hour. gong almost through the SPELL
ing book in that time ~ the girls
missed tHaey 0ue bF ere went back TO
their seals =Ous IaughTuS and sy-rs
poutJn-- Bag the tw0 who remained
70 the Las. tired oszt their teacher aaa
a. she s1id -snou-h-- they walked -
pvut-iIy kicsi1g oct their bare heels a,
they lifted saem from she H9or in this
approved Burmess fEshfor- wETra
serves 20 keep the dress closed IN 'front.',
The B1rues.- wozaa h=Is fey of the
srOgnleas and p'easl1rpss Of a New FH-
gland h0slsewise- AL Of her eDaxlr1-
i d0ae oct oF d1ors as this time Of
year and hs- rsn-e Eevsr gets Ous os
order She bzEl4s her src on rhs
grUGnd- AMI her coOsSIa- Utensils esn-
- Of sE0 CO thryss earrhsn poss.
Ieesss 1ad a ar % water. with a CO.
c,oaHus lads- make up the kitchen
fGrEiturs- and O'1r B,1rue-,s wife Is not
srUGhlet WITH taalss -sesaalEa- nor dish
washing She l. never worried ab,9,1s
her Sour u1r her hazia- P0wder- Tas
Buruleas Use neither knive- nor FORKS
Their staple food : rsc,. and hrlzs
PLATTER q thIs J. eooze-I F9-
the family AMI p,1osd upou rke
a00r- In a2il-i~ bowl
81 c7srrT- <z v-lizs
mixture which F.h
an Pepper an y bot.
/. he family squat arOHrd fAs ri.s dish
aHs1 ezleh has his oEa little bowl for
curry and a larger one to- riee- EVER
OEe helps himself Pu.sfa- his fingers
i1sef fhe rice platter and taxing A. usrsel
a. b. esEn squeeze up IN his haaIs- The
food i conveyed fr0-a ths bowl TO the
zlosIsh wiLh the hand. ard az The elS-s
Of the neal every oas i expected to
wash his Own dishes Ne drinEfar =
d0ne during the meal ard at the end
each goes 10 the Easer Jar and rfnses
out his mouth have sean rlarv
families AZ meals and Ia no case have
| seen chop STICKS or knives and FORKS.
. The Burmese dinner js thus perpetual
pienic--F- e Carpenter. IN Louisville.
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