The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-06-03

OOn that he has but one price ans
conclude by selling st a g or 90 pet
cent Discount. Il mag he that natives
sre treated differently, hut the fer
eigI eT IS likely to be charged what
the jrafhc VII bear"
You cannot judge the value Of
merchants stock BY tie size OF eu-
PsaraHce # his store. lie may have o
little booth open In front, with ~
SHOW windows, hut when he begins f0
bring out his trunks and bundles. b.
may exhibit jcwelry worth a hundred
thousand dollars o. rich emhroiderJes
worth their weight I'm gold. TIE rrer-
chant sis eToss-iesged OH The foo
ana spreads out the Wares Whicn his
attendants bring. bekuilinE you the
while with stories o. Lord So-aad-
purchase o. Of Lady What's-FIav-
Names order. or o. q cheek Tor thou
sands handed him BY an American
millionaire.
Tho native buildings a-e. IS q rule
neither beautiful nor cleanly. The
little shops that open on the street ex-
hibit GOOD and vegetables arranged iu
heaps, the vendor apparently indjFer-
eT1t to dust and flies. The houses are
generally Of adobe, plastered with
mud and without focrs. IN The
warmer sections OF the country trey
Sre built OF mating and ham boo The
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with h gh ceilings, tile focrs and spa
cious verandas, but these are very
few compared with the mass OF the
poor.
The Indian women Of the higher
classes are in seclUsicn all the time
They seldom leave their homes and
when they do venture out. they travel
in covered chairs or closed carria ges. :
This custom was brought into India
- 81.
It has been generally adopted by Hin
du society There iE a growing senti- /
ment among the educated Hindus (
against this practice. so burdeuSome +
to woman, but custom yields slowly +.
to new IDEAS At Calcutta we nat
several Indian ladies of high social .
rank who in their home life have felt 4
the influence of western ideas and who f.
have TO some extent IesseGed the 7
rigOrs Of the Zenana tseC!usiOn)- Two 2
of these ladies-one a prinCess-weTe /
daughters Of the famous Keshuh T.
Chunder Sen. the great Hindu reform .
er, whose writings made a profound I.
impression on the religious thought Of
the world. IN the group was also I.
daughter-in-law of Mr. Sens bril- 4
liant woman who was left the widow
Of native prince at the age of Is
and who recently shocked the orthy- f.
COX HinduS by a second marriage. Il
mention these ladies because they rep
resent the highest type of Indian /.
vOmanhOod. and II would be difficult /
to find in any country. in a group Of /.
the same size, more beauty, culture /.
and refinement.
The principal article OF feminine 4
dress is the sarli d long striD Of cot
ton or silk, part Il which is wrapped 1
about the body to form 4 skirt while !
the rest is draped over the head and /
shoulders in graceful fOlCs. This gar 1
ment lends itself to characterization and /
Is usually embroidered along the
edges. sometimes with silver and gold. I
We have not found in our travels a /
more becoming and attractive costume. /
The dress OF the men is so varied I
that description is impossible. One
form OF dress resembles the Roman /
tOga. Many wear trousers made By |
mysterious vindings and foldings of a /
long strip OF cloth others wear loose
form, a long close fitting one being the
most popular But the hat is the ar
ticle 10 which most care Is given |
While the fez Is popular, il is not so
conspicuous as the tuTban. The latter
IS to be seen in all colors, shapes and
styles Some OF the eduCS ted Indians
have adopted the European dress, but
NtiC tttutt6E III NtSt GAAtC LES 44Ol GCEtl
rapid
Calcutta is one Of the educational
centers of India, and one finds in the
city many Of the leaders of thought, I
educational and political. The uni
versity of Calcutta grants degrees and
affiIiates to itself the colleges whose /
students are preparing for the. uni
verSity examinations. Besides the uni /
versity there are medical law and
technical schools which draw young
mer from the entire country. The PO-
sition taken by Lord CurzOn in the
matter of higher education aroused so /
much opposition among the native
population that an association was
formed two years ago for the purpose
OF raising money to defray the ex-
penses OF students desiring To study
abroad. Last year Il students were
selected and sent to different c0un-
tries This year a arc going, and
had the pleasure Of meeting these at
public reception given them at the
town hail.
This meeting interested me very
much II was opened 'Cfth a prayer
BY Editor Sen, of the Indian Mirror, 2
liberal Hindu, and ii was such a pray
er IS might have been 4 ffeFed in any
American church. IL was so brief that
1 quote it IN fun: