Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-11-29
REV. and MRS. SCUDDERIELL
OF indian MISSION SIDELIGHTS

and vegetables and sometimes little
meat, the latter, however, Is a great
luxury. The Braham never touches
meat but the poorer Cldsses eat IL
wien II is available.
The schools are under the British
Government and the principle studies
are the three Rs" in the lowe.
schools no other studies are taken up
but in the secondary and higher
schools more advanced subjects are
studied. large number of men go
% college though few of the women
go so far.
Reverend and Mrs. Scu1der have
come across great many amusing
i::Gidents as well as serious ones. One.
funny tale related by Mr.. Scudder this
morning was regarding the matrimon-
ial adventures of one Of the villagers.
My uncle" said Mr.. Seudder, was
about to leave his home to keep an
important engagement and the day be-.
fore his departure, he notified his par
isiiners that II they had anything for
him to do, il must be done by five
O'Clock the following day. The day of
the naissionary's departure young
man came to him and said You must
say another day Il can't stay" re-
piied the scholar, Il must leave at five.
o'clock today. What is the natter"
You must stay for you are to
marry US and today the girl refuses to
be married, the grain and everything
is here -. ~.
THE man said that he must find an
other girl. He left my uncle about
noon and at three o'clock returned
with girl he wanted to marry. He.
had gone to the field and had violent
~ laid his hand on the maid of his
choice and had brought her to be mar.
ried.
Some three months later met the
man and recognized him as the same
J fellow. stopped him and asked him
who he was Why replied he don't you
know who ! am? I'm the man who got
the other girl and who was married
BIZ your uncle three months ago
1t your wife good to your" / asked,
does she take good care Of you and
feed you well?r
oh, yes. said that man, we get on
very we'll She has not spoken to me
since we were married.
1t seems that this is not unusual
ar ong the people of India. If a WON
an has nothing to say to her husband
she does not speak to him though she
may talk with other people. A woman
usually looks upon. her husband as.
some superior being. A man may
think lot of his wife but never speak
OF her as anything but fit II asked
where bis wife is, he will probably
answer 1T has gone to the field -
while the woman always speaks of her
husband in the plural, calling him.
'Honorific."
Often three or four couples win
come to be married at the same time
and when the minister tells the man
TO take the hand 0feiffs wife he will
reach otu and hurFiea4y grasp the hand
|cf the person. nearest him. Mr.. Scud-,
der says that he has several times
come very nearly sliPIting the wrong
couple. Marriagecs are all arranged by
the parents of the children. The young
women know that they will be married
Tome day and as their parents have
dlWdy6 lOOhCu I dtNCtS lAOAiA lily hue
them to select theft husbands. The
young man ALSO trusts his parents to
make a wise selection in the choice
Of a wife for him. i: .
Mrs. Scudder smiled when asked
about suffrage She said that there
was no need for suffrage there. for the
men had nothing whatever to say in
the government and therefore the
women had no need for It. Appoint
raents are all made by the British Gov
ornment and the government is wise
In its selection of officials. No one
who has not lived there In India can
understand what a splendid system is
Iemploye by the British Government
for her subjects" 49,, '.E.Gg
Mr.. and Mrs. Scndder will remain
in Honolulu but a few more days ind
will then leave for the mainland and
will remain there for year. They
will return to India through the SueZ
Canal and will in that way have made
a complete circuit I the world. Both
Mr.. and Mrs. Scudder are charmed
with Hawaii and have enjoyed the
heautif1iI scpnarv hare G -