The Red Cloud chief., 1889-04-12

ssoeaooo SERVANTS
seasssse mss-sessAss 1,s,a
- Every Bedy.
Indian servants ere in many respect
,like children, in their h~elplessness
their asisete. their timidity, theil
aeadiness 20 Be pleased. their foolish
AeD, their proneness to falsehood
their strong personal attachment
Even in their total lack Of any sens
OF humor they resemble children NJ
E~nglishman could hear English spoken
in tho commically barbarous way il
which the Hindustani is COMMONLY
spoken by the British soldier without
betraying amusement But the Indian
face remains darkly impassive. MOI
the faintest witch betokens any Turk.
ing laughter. Their love. too. of Civ.
ing high-sounding titles Is childish ID
its prodigality. Undetermined -
they are, and with d~eep-rooted respect
for all differences Of rank. It arises
from no vulgar wish to appear other
than what they are, and In it, ex-
aggera&ed indulgence savors even 81
sarcasm. A tailor and . cook both
enjoy tho privilege Of being "a.
dressed by the exalted title Of "ks.
1iphA." or emperor. The water-carrist
Is always '.jemadar." or captata.
and the bearer Is ''sirdar." signify
ing chief among men, while. - .
browning irony. the sweeper. who
ranks but little higher than the dogs
he looks after, Is invariably called
''mehter." or prince. Tho necessity
Of keeping . great number Of servantA
often wondered at by jewellers at home,
10 caused chiefly by the waste Of time
involved by caste prejudice. Instead
Of having one dinner for Ill. and ono
man TO cook for all. there arc few who
are not obliged to cook for themselves
Tho table servants can not eat with
tho grooms, nor they with the coach.
man. nor he with the sweeper. So
each mar has twice a day to light his
own little fire, draw water from the
we'll and cook his own bowl of rioe-a
proceeding which wastes no small
amount Of time. One servant 10
had was of tho caste of oil.
sellers. and he told Us there
VA not one OF our twenty.four other
servants with whom he could eat
bread. 1. C., If the other cooked tho
food. and only one who could eat with
with him II he cooked. We asked
him II this distinction had not it,
He merely replied that Il
was tho custom - what could
he do? He. himself, was
tho humble recipient of -four
thin rupees a month, shared doubtless
BY . wife and many dusky youngsters.
and yet he would have cheerfully sub.
mitted to be whipped to death rather
than eat any thing that had been
on our table. 1t is strange
how uncomplainingly men wear the
iron letters forged by tho great god.
aess custom. They may ridicule her
with their lips. but they obey her in
their lives. in curious contrast to The
many zealots who worship with their
lips . god whose precepts they peg
sistently ignore. The table servants
No men Of infinite resources. Moth.
ing daunts them. II you do not lihs
The way q vegetable marrow 10 cooked
POUR man will say: "Your majesty
has but 70 give the order and to-mor.
'ow it shall be made into Freach
II they tell you there is bees.
teak for dinner. you will ask. quite a.
matter Of course: "'What IL il made
III" when the answer will frequently
-: ''Of mutton. As no beef could bo
,rocured." Tho want of beef vas q
but it could not b allowed
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