The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-01-18
American Woman Doctor Braved
Dangers Of India Jungles to
Fight Plaques and Pestilences

near him that he held his dagger pre-
pared to kill them should they advance
another step In his direction.
The English superintendent of police
determined to find the culprit. 81 he
commanded that the salary of every one
of his subordinates bc withheld until
the thief I've found. and he was found
in a short time. To make him confess
they third degrced" him. OF this third
degree DIR. Munson says:
THESE tOrtures are worthy of the
genius of the American Indian in that
line His jaiers place red pepper in II
mans eyes and violently rub them:
they place scorpions on his body; they
compel the prisoner to don leather
trousers and then place in the trousers
two wild, half-starvcd cats, allowing
them Is fight until they have torn
themselves and the mans legs nearly
TO pieces
"The cat torture broke down the
obstinacy of our burglar. and he told of
an old. unused well in the Jungle where
ne had hidden the goods. There. sure
| enough. they were, though many articles
were ruined.
"'rhe culprit was convicted and under
| went severe punishment. His convic-
ton would probably not have been 50
| easy a matter had he possessed money,
| for the courts Of iyderabad district are
| corrupt to the core. Two annas -four
| cents) is the recognized price for u
| court witness and for this he will per-
| jure himself as long ~ any body cares
To listen
OF the Nautoh girls of India Or.
Munson says:
| These dancing girls are born into
| their profession. rs Is everybody in
India, and are trained from habyhoOd
to their immoral life. They suffer no
rcproach are entertained with perfect
! ccrdniity in the houses of Nir,uuus
married women of every rank and are
treated with courtesy and respect 10y
the men.
AT the wedding feast given 10y Da,lu
Badsha neither the dancing nor the
SONGS were objectionable. and | learn
they seldom are. unless men only
are present. a fat, old i"rson-the
| 't.lrphant they called her was the
| leader and despite her weight and age
was decidedly graceful She trained
well all the four younger women who
accompanied her. often stopping in the
midst of some sentimental song To snap
out IA criticism of their voices ar gcs-
lures.
"She rolled her eyes. frown-d and
smiled. wonderfully Contortod her eye
brows and mouth. moved her hands and
arms from side tn side and over hei
head in gestures mild or passionate
while she sang in the harsh.st oi
cracked voices, and her ankle bells KEEP,
tme-a slow. steady cllnk-, Ink -c'ink
to the music Of star and drum. The
dancers i'm shabby saris. hut with cost,
jewels. chewed betel nut and had littl,
laughing asidcs as if they were taking
part In an undress rehearsal"
All this happened at wedding ccre.
mony. For forty days and nights til,
bride could see no face but her nus
bands; the bride on this occasion Wa,
only 10 years old. DIR. Munson was al
lowed tn peep beneath the shawl. bu
the child's eyes were downcast and sh,
seemed to have realized with child
ish delight her Importance ON this oc'
, casion. This ceremony was not the rca
wedding. that came II day or two later
The bride was represented by "A man
and the entire service was with thi.
proxy.
zone of our hospital inpaticnts,
writes Or Munson, was IA baby bo,
who had been so terribly mutilatcd l.,
a parah dog that he almost died befor,
our long fight at last brought strength
and health to the little body and
crooked smile tn the red lips.
"A patient suffering with rheumati'
fever Of the arm had been told by ;
hakim that the pain was caused b.
poison thorns placed in her flesh by evi
/ persons. To prove his diagnosis he ha,
shown her IA handful Of thorns which h,
, pretended to have extracted from he
arm during his examination of her
: Nothing We said could change the girl
conviction that the thurns had been II
her arm, only she wondered why sh
felt no better after their extraction.