The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-06-18
C. E. LONGLEY & CO.,, 1O1-lO3-1O5 Church Street,
 NEW HAVEN.

ions, and later on they will ask for blouses, etc, as patterns. There are also plenty of candidates of the oppo- site sex eager to teach her badminton and every ones racket is at her dispo- sal. At nine o'clock it is too hot for further play, and they drive home for bath and breakfast The bath, with it's water cooled in large earthenware jars, is delightfully."- refreshing, and the tin mug whereWith to bale it over ones person is distinct novelty. Breakfast is a meal of many courses, commencing with porridge and ending with fruit. After breakfast the housekeeping has to be seen to, and this seems an easy matter to the girl accustomed to that duty at home, for it simply consists of , giving orders to the numerous servants and dealing out the timed Europe" stores Then there are flowers to be arranged, and at twelve o'clock callers begin to arrive, The servant in the veranda inquiries if the mem sahib be "at home" and brings up a pile of cards on a salver. Carriage follows carriage in quick succession, for every ] body in the station is anxious to make the new arrivals acquaintance. Only the governors wife and the generals | do not come, for it will be her duty to leave cards upon these important per sOnages The bachelors of the station arrive in groups of two or threes, thereby lending each other their moral support should they feel nervous, for they are all eager to gain the first in- troduction to the new spin" They | inCIlirp wi hat shn n I ;e. | of riding; and if the answer be aflirma- | tive, beg for a place on her card at the | first ball and put their ponies at her 1 disposal. By two o'clock tiffin, a rope | tition for breakfast, is ready, and, after | this meal people retire to their rooms | to read, and a siesta is generally in l dulged in.
 | After tea everybody goes out They | drive to the band stand, where the reg | mental band plays; there is lawn ten | his for the energetic. or garden parties
 at the club or mess house, and the new | arrival will be struck by the all l-perva-
 ding air of luxury. Servants are in constant attendance, the carriages are
 filled with comfortable cushions, and | every tennis player has q small dark | boy at his elbow ready to hand him | balls. At eight o'clock dinner takes place, and when there are no dances or | evening entertainments every one goes
 to bed early.
 Certainly the daughter in India has q
 really good time; invitations to dances
 dinners and theatricals are showered
 upon her, and if she can sing or act she
 will be in great demand. Everywhere l 10 f,T .y,,i1y l,n
 and they vie with each other in provid- l ing her with amusements. At the
 races and shooting matches they ask
 her to nominate" them, when, if hel
 nominee wins, she will receive the
 prize. The constant balls and dances
 are rendered gay by innumerable uni ! forms, and the large proportion of men
 makes that hardy perennial the wall
 flower an impossibility, and every girl l with the faintest idea of dancing has
 her card filled to the twentieth extra.
 Before the hot season, with its | scOrching winds, makes an exodus tC
 the Hills general, she will have had
 several proposals to exchange her posi-
 tion of daughter for that of wife, fol
 though spins on their first season are
 plentiful, those in their second are
 rarer and those in their third are hard
 ly to be met with. Marriage is a thriv-
 ing institution in India, in spite of the
 vanishing rupee
 Although the life of a girl in India is
 frequently round of pleasures and lit
 tie else, it need not be so, and though | there be not much in housekeeping tc
 occupy her energies, there is a vast l pf Of -oy,1- tn hp
 will win the heartfelt gratitude of the
 chaplain's wife by interesting herself
 in the Sunday school for soldiers chil-