Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-04-10

A, last the season OF Len; has drawn
FL. O. close and q glad easter morning
r.- davncd Fair ponueots. doGiug their
....lre carb. delight our eyes il raiment
a., which tho color and variety can only
l. uNeacd as 70 has been so many times
t fore. 90 fresh spring flowers. Indeed.
rs r.aufy ana bocomingness Of these
costumes causes one 10 fear that, GER
t..r.y for The last week or two the young
o.rsmppcrs' thoueats must have been
c,.ccd bctwiNt deyouons and dress
makers and nliSerercs and milliners. Is
..-..uy is our Easter maid a thing Of
beauty ga her spring bah gowns. and she
VII have many opportunities TO appear
..rs adorned for, from an accounts, the
r..t-Irntcn season Of 1893 IS TO be un-
Usually gay. The week that has Just end
81 has been devoted TO lectures-loctures
e.us and lectures intellectual BEING
...'y Week. Their. has been no decided
l.s.ty To has been "a week OF pr,para-
t.u-preuaratlon by a large class Tor tho
Solemn services which concluded the
week. and 10y another class there have
...r many thoughts OF the festivities
v pa beg.n on Monday.
tt the Womon's Club on Monday after
MON at O'Clock. Mr. IIira Singh Puri.
OH. gU0jab India. gave a lecture on
.W.u.D Ga India The guests invited
-r. chairman OF the evening. We're
'.. j. O.. H7hr Mrs William T. Robins
-- .s. Mrs. John MunCe. Rev Donald
0.auc. Mrs. Marshall Gillian. Mrs
. I'm O.. Robertson introduced the distin-
she'd lecturer. lie spoke Of his plea
-.a in lecturing TO such an audience.
. save wonderfully clear and dis
t.rct account Of the past and present
conditions % women in India. and drew
..rHu % the fact that hearing Of
- is hearing Of our ancestors. SAN
.t and English being varieties of the
same language. Sanskrit. ne said means
If 70, polished. Before Alexander the
Great $40 T. c.. India was unknown.
--l..n Do has been proved that indigo
r-s brought from that country m a very
early date. lie referred 90 the early
b .7rians- Hecatus and Her0lotus-and
6 ON the three periOds-Nedic Pr4h-
-l. Mohammedau The women o..
.-a have some Uischievous prOpensi-
but many noble qualities. Their
f-17lon began I'm Brahmiu period. be-
-" the frahmin influence prevailed
men had the same rights as the women
90 today. one ~ the Brahmin laws d.
ts that women should be honored and
."rea ly fathers. husbands brothers
and also by brothers-in-law who desire
much prosperity yet the Brahmins were
'@most in degradation OF women. Brah-
T 's opposed education OF women. there
fore women became altogether supersti-
r-as
The Mohammedan period. Mr.. Puri
fa.i. was responsible for the seclusion
" women and FOR polygamy: seclusiou.
D course. fayors continuance and increase
o- superstition. The women are good
looking. often beautiful. and the first
and last object Of life with them IS the
welfare Of the husband They are too
.etoled mothers ana have unfailing
sympathy FOR the needy. in obedience 10
i.' direction Of the sacred books. each
COY. before the family is served. portion
90 The food is put aside for "him who
may need; also. servant is sent out 10
r.Hg I'm any stranger who may have
reached the city, and the stranger is
cared for with infinite courtesy. The
people OF India are already beginning 70
desire education for women as well as
men. schools for girls have been started
not only by government and by mis-
slonaries but Dy people themselves. Some
GO 90 young men in India have received
degrees. The Parsces are ahead in elu-
cation, their per cent. being 20. Europeans.
90 per cent, Indians, g. per cent; SikLs
N9hammedans, and Hin COS come last
.l point OF education.
After the lecture, tea was served By
Ars. John A. Coke. Miss Berta Well
ford. Mrs. T. William Pemberton, and
Rev Mr.. Puu delivered a lecture on
caste and Customs OF India in the
l,.tITe-room OF Second Presbyterian
church ON Tuesday evening DR. Hoge,
"-e1 introducing him. spoke of the i'm
sion he had made throughout the
city ON all who heard him. Ths Doctor
referred TO his intellectual ability, his po-
s.-qu IN the land Of his birth, and his
religious steadlastncss. Mr.. Pur has the
-.LyersauOnal style and wins readily the
sympathy OF his hearers. lie spoke Of
t.e TWO letters he had brought 10 this
country from the Right Hon. Thomas Sin
l...-. o. Belfast. ITeland-one 10 Dr. Guy
..r 10 Brooklyn. the other TO DR.. Hoge,
. Richmond. lie had he said received
I'D Richmond the hospitality of the East.
DE spoke Of the Intelligence and culture
.. tao Richmond ladies' ne had met. and
referred 10 their ability 10 ask difficult
..uals.
Die grow eloquent when describing the
beauty of the women Of India, the land
e.. beauty hospitality, and wealth.
lr- tnat stu commands the respect and
l..e " the nations Of the world, who
ID 20 history al her feet.
Caste was the invention Of the Brah-
4
O.. ullspiracy against the brotherhood Of
DIAN. Caste began in so b. c., and is
based upon race, color, and different oc-
l.la ions. The Brahmins taught that
%. great God Brahm had created four
rs Of men-the first out Of his mouth,
second out of his arm, third out of his
'l and fourth out Of his feet The
i,.t were the priestly class. the second
warrior class. the third the cultiva-
'..s. AND the fourth the servants. There
500. also subdivisions.
Ia described child-life. the dense ignor-
t..a Of women. Of the marriage customs
giving many quaint and some humorous
srau1us. lie closed with a descrip-
'.a on The burial customs and the dis
.s.l Of the dead
The most brilliant OF the Junior cotil-
viii take place en- Tuesday. April
.-.H That evening the class viii give
.. Easter german Many Of the young
s who are members Of the junior
Jon VIII have guests during the holt
'"fs. These young ladies' and the gentle
men nj the Johns Hopkins Cleo Club WIZ
attend tho Easter german on tuesday,
t'l their presence will add a new at
uar.on. A german led by Mr.. Adolphus
Ar SIS always conducted with skin.