Morris tribune., 1906-06-02

drinks fountain" One sign read 80
and so, salehomed cheap jack, One
lady after pricing his wares said she
thought he was rather "dear John"
instead of "cheap Jack" A bread
cart bore the sign "Staff of life'' and
a cart drawn by oxen advertised
STANDARD OIL" One guide leading us
about an old and now unused sanctu-
ary Informed us that "no men except
a lady were admitted here" One of
the mission school boys wrote the
following note for the gate keeper
of the compound, C. has permits
sion to go out to shave the beard for
half an hour" am particularly in
terested in this fellow for he is to be
my ward for the next few years.. e.,
my ward resident in India.
Along the streets one sees group
of women seated on the ground wall
ing for some departed creature. They
are degraded looking lot of femin'
Unity.
Seated in front of another shop is a
travelling barbar. He sits crosslegged
in front of his victim and proceeds to
stshave the beard" or the head Or to
do other tonsorial feats wonderful to
to behold. While taking a train ride
up north I was given an opportunity
to employ one of these natives, but
refrained even tho I recognized my
need.
One might make a study of tur-
bans and other head dress in India
with much enjoyment. All sorts Of
colors are evident and as many styles
as there are individual tastes. Some
of the turbans are composed of sever
al yards of cloth. Varied coloreC
''fezes" and skull caps are to be seer
while the Parsee INDUCES in queer
shaped derby or a stove-pipe hat re-
sembling a miniature coal-hod in
verified.
All the carting in Bombay is done
by means of OK carts. The oxen are
a peculiar breed. They have natur-
al hump on their necks against which
the yoke is placed and the burden is
largely centered there. The drivers
are typically Indian. They do great
deal of shouting and threaten their
beasts with a short stick but they
usually raise it above their heads anc
then lose interest in the chastisement
Being too tired to take the arm down
they leave it in nidair.
The apparel is fearful and wonder
full not alone for it's color and dirt but
also for it's scantlness. Women reve
in trinkets, heavy rings in the nose
and ears and huge silver anklets or
the neither extremities. The upper
caste women generally dress in
beautiful colors and as rule do not
wear so many ear rings and nose
rings. Occasionally you meet a man
who has his hair dyed red and you
know he has been to Mecca and is
allowed this refinement Of appearance
The holy men dress scantily anc
cover hair, face and bodies with holy
ashes. Just before we arrived g
''paint festival" had occurred. Dur
ing the festival the natives throw
upon each other and upon theil
animals paint of various colors. Their
faces are covered and their clothe!
appear like those of regular painter
after several difficult jobs. The color'
are supposed to represent the blossoms
of spring and that on the faces the
bloom of spring in the cheek. found
that a great many natives wore
regular motive costume save that al
English vest was in evidence.
learned that every English suit O
clothes might tell story. 1t woult
be discarded by the "Sahib' or lor<
"a European is always "Sahib'D anC
handed down to servant who is o
one caste. Then he would hand i
down to representative of lowe
caste who in turn passed it along
Finally it got to the limit of the caste
circle and the last man would sell al
but the vest to an old clothes vende
and the story, with the vest chapte.
left out, would be repeated.
You will be interested to know
something ofzthe price of labor il
India. Two annas -four cents) is {
good days wage for the average
coolie. In fact even tho they are
worth more, you must not pay it, fol
they would work day, then lay of
uutil the over-plus is gone. UI
country servant who cares for the
horse and "tonga" Or carriage gets
nine rupees (about $3.50 per month
On this he supports his family rang
ing in number from five to fifteen. A
horse however is more expensive tt
keep-seventy rupees per month are