The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1890-05-01
ANoL o-INoIAN HoUsEklGplRs.


TFlnls Put Upon the AIamnahIb By HsP
iiuu.siui Ot Peculiar Native SorVnntA
The niCmIMhibis housekeeping 10
snlves Itsrlf much intO close scrutiny
OF accounts and watching Of supplies.
This Is easy. since she dives not feed
her uumlberless servants. and orders
her substance only through One. lie
II the kliHnSnnIah. the head butler,
usually u peISon ~ great p0mpOsity
and slHJtlexs raImenL with u digiiiied
capacity for rubbing you ~ anIIas aud
pice which would qualify him any.
where 10 represent u municipal ward.
ESlRcially when q visitor arrives dies
the heart ~ the khHnSnmalI reiOice
within him. for then is lIis glorious OPP
pOrtunity Lines every day for tie
viSItOr's bathI But the visiting memsa
lib has ordered IL. ~accOFdiMg " the
k~lIanRanlnlI. and you cannot very well
ask her. The towels. even the sheets OF
the visitors bed, disappear the day Of
her dpImrturel The ~kliamsanIah looks
snrfOwful aud ~deprecating. but thinks
the visitors ayali must have been an
extremely Dishonest persOn. And the
unhappy visitor has probably had One
AIttlc lOT ueT uutI ultTttIB tiG ettlTG
? length Of her stay; and the towels
have brought tw0 unnas apiece Ut the
bazlr. which gOes into the secret
wallet Of the k"lamSanIah.
Next ~ rank the kitmutgar.
who brings the dishes frOm the
kit leI. helps 10 wait ut tables. but is
AID AferiOr persOII. A favOrite term
of iOQuy AMONG Anglo Indians In
~ bOkS like q kitmutgar." which is
ny swOFse than being compared 10 q
XII AnIah. The baburchi Is the
col and lie hHs u mental in the mus.
sal who washes the dishes. Bear
cry more or less general term. but
W. sou call the bearer among your
III shOld staff you mean tile man
who trims tile lamps and dustS. He
will not sweep not Iel-yOu must
have u mater " sweep, who Is Of very
low caste indeed.
Tie ayah is the memsahib's maid,
and she cannot get on without one.
Tie durwan is the CUTE keeper, who
sits all day long beside the door TO at
tend 10 callers aud messengers. and
does nothing else. Beside these the
saIib must have a syce-grOom-foF
each horse No syce will Lake double
pay and attend u two hOrses-thAt 10
not the Aryam way. And IL there is q
garden there must be u malice 10 take
care Of il. and for the most mental
work Of the house there is beestic or
water carrier. Whose name Is admira.
bis appubriate. and who skulks about
his business under the opprobrium Of
all the rest
The dhOby is the wnsherman. whose
peccadillOes are interestingly ''nRife."
lie has been known. for instance. to
diSmember certain garments Of the Sa'
nib aud send them IN separate legs, in
order IN show the proper number on
his list and get retain u shirt or q
handkerchief. There is the dhuFzie.
tOO. who Is a JOY in India, and who
cOmes aud sits and sews all day on
your veF1nda for COurpencei Very
Initiative. indeed. is the dhurzie. not
tO be trusted with anything. even 10
bOdices and skirts. for which he has q
pattern.
hnglO- India tempers are short, and
TIN k%lIAnsanIah knows their brevity
beker than anybody in the world. 4
faynrite expression Of abuse in con.
nectiOn with undergone mutton per.
hnlS. is in exciting Himdustanee
"SOm Of q pigf" winch hurts the gen.
-t!S llindOOs feelings Is much
as anything. But the gentle Hin.
doc usually replies cOnciliatOrily
in sonie term Of deep respect and
admiration. and certainly the uncOn-
sciOus ~khunsamah gut the best Of il
who replied tO this expression on the
lips Of lis irute sahib. Sir. you are
my father aud my mOtheri"-Garth
GrafLon IN Montreal Star.