El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-09-10
CARPENTERS
HUSBAND HUNTING IN THE FAB EAST
FRANK G. CARPENTERS LETTER.

second breakfast at 10 O'clock, a Iun
cheon between 2 and and dinner
along about in the evening. No one
calls after 2 and late in the afternoon
everybody takes his carriage with
coachman and footman AMI goes out
driving. At this time there is music
in the parks or at the country clu0s,
which are found at every large sta
ton. At such places tea IS UsuaIly
served and one is sure to meet ali MS
friends.
The Masque Balls of India.
Among the social features of every
winter are the masque and fancy dress
balls of one kind or another Such are
often given at the government house
in Calcutta, at which times the hotels
take on the appearance Of the be-
wigged and bejeweIed days of our fore
fathers 1 recently attended a ball held
at the vice regal mansion The hall
covered, 1 Judge at least half an acre,
and four or five sets were on the floor
at one time. 1t seemed as though all
the world and his wife had come from
the pages of history and were going
mad in the dance. 1 noticed convict
in chains gliding across the floor with
a somber gowned sister of charity
There was Old Mother Goose, with her
broom and cooked hat arm in arm with
a silk clad Chinese madarin. One girl
was decked out as a carrier pigeon,
having a dress made of feathers like
the plumage of pigeons. Another was
labeled Dresden china, and third
was Galatea, clad all in white One wO-
man was covered with native newspa-
pers. She represented the press, and
editorials about the unrest could be
read on her back. And then there we're
Burmese noblemen and Japanese dali
mics. and priests of every religion. AS
I walked through the crowd 1 observed
the fresh. rosy faces Of the English
young ladies, and asked an official how
they were able to keep their color out
here in the hot suns of the tropics.
The reply was:
They do 1t all right. and no Won
der, for they do little else. The sun
never touches their faces. They spend
nine months, Of the year in the Him
alaya mountains, and some to Calcutta
only during the winter. Some of them
go home every few years. and they
leave US men here to work. [ assure
you, India is not a bad place for a
woman, if she has an easy husband
and money to spend"
The Natives and Society.
Very few natives are admitted to the
circles of British society The average
Englishman looks upon the Hindoo as
Of lower race than himself, and he
will not allow him to be a member Of
his club, or to come to his house as a
guest. This is especially true of the
officials of the lower classes but less
so of those who are high up in the
government. although even among these
there is now and then an exception
story is current here about a well
known officer Of the army who was
riding on the cars in the same COM
army officer had been hunting, and
made the Hindoo man get down
on his knees and massage his legs
from ankles to thighs. The high caste
to which this man belonged was scan
dalized at the treatment, and the &C
ton caused considerable comment The
better classes of the natives say such
treatment is insulting. and they object
! to any difference being made between
them and the British This is one Of
the causes Of the unrest of today.
Even worse than the position of the
Hindoos is that of the Eurasians or
half castles. These are the offspring of
East Indian women and the various
Europeans who have come here from
time to time. Many are half Portu-
guese. others half French and others
half British. There are also quarter
breeds and eighth breeds. or Indian
mulattoes and Octoroons. But what
ever the cross it is considered a dis
grace by both native and foreigner
They are always well mark ed. The men
are usually dark, and, although the