Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1915-07-17
Bombay, India,
May 80, 1915.
To All the Bears

Dear-,-,-,-
My Dear--,--:
DeareSt-,-,-,"
On February last, your collective
missives of New Years Eve, came to
hand. | greatly enjoyed it, and wish
to thank you for your expressions of
good will, my only regret being that
| was unable to attend what must
have been 'large" evening, and per-
sonally return best wishes, etc. |
want to apologize for the date of this
letter, and confess that the lazy blood
of the East has got into my viens.
To-day is Memorial Day with you,
me by the throat and said, ere
member your living friends or I'll
choke you" So for the steenth
time l produced your letter, and read
it through, realizing the entire justice
of the above threat.
Been There Two Years
| recently passed the second ami
versary of my sojourn in India, and
during the two years, my health has
been excellent. However it doesn't
do to boast, for you may play a game
of tennis with friend to-day and
inside of forty-eight hours attend his
funeral. 1t may be considered a
blessing that prolonged illness is not
feature of this country. Plague,
fever, smallpox, etc, do their worst
in short order. | believe | have said
once before that this place is a
Bachelors Paradise" 1t most GER
tainly is a hard climate for women.
refer to foreigners. Children are
practically always sent home to Eng
land at about the age of seven, for
education Thus married mans
life is something as follows: During
the real hot months Of each year, his
wife is at some hill station where
life is enjoyable from climatic
standpoint; during the rest OF the
year she is in Bombay; from the age
of seven to twenty or so, his children
are IN England being educated, the
parents visiting for three to SIX
months, once in two to five years, &C
cording to their position and means
am told the above, | know nothing
about 1t personally.
Bachelors No Good
The bachelor, with little luck
can live in Bombay at all times, and
experiences no trouble of keeping uI
two or three establishments, with Its
attendant split up family. l grant
YOU that a bachelor is OF very little
use in the world, in fact he ought tc
be shot! Many firms require that
the men who come out from England
shall not marry as long as they live
in India. Bank men must attain the
position of accountant before they
are permitted to get married and
hold their position.
No Old Maids In India
Old maids? Maiden ladies'
don't think there are any in India
Every English woman has chance
If you could see the faces that bea1
the title of Mrs, you would agree
with me in my statement. Price
Collier in his book, "The West in the
East" is very emphatic in the early
pages of his book, in regard to this
matter.
Amusements? All of the pleasures tc
be had ale right in Bombay. There are
no outside places, no Coney Island
Brighton Beach, Palisades Park, etc
There are two swimming pools fol
the pubic but few avail themselves
limiting their indulgence to the bath
tub (the Englishman does not like d
shower. The theaters are hardly
worth mentioning, they are so poor
fifty-three weeks of the year. Loew
or any nickelodeon in New York
wouldn't dare present performance
for SC, 10c, Is and 25c that loca
theaters charge SC, 16c, BIC, 64c ano
$1.00 for.
The Social Side
Social life? Plenty of it, all form
and ceremony. 1t might be of slight
interest to you to be introduced tc
the propaganda. Soon after your ar
rival, some one kindly informs you
whom you should "call" on. Equipped
with your cards, you reach as many
of the addresses given you between
and T p. M, as possible. Hanging
on the gatepost or door, you will
find little box on which is printed
"Mrs. Jones-not at Home" You
deposit two of your cards in the slit
provided in the box, and rush to the
next place. In this manner you have
paid your "duty call" You don't
know Mrs. Jones or Mr.. Jones, but
that doesn't matter. In this manner
you make from l to 100 "calls." Now
these ladies come in for dinner about
or $50 p. m. The servant dumps
out the cards from the little box, anc
Mrs. Jones looks at them. If you're
a stranger, you are investigated, anc
if various factors work in your favor
you may later on get an invitation
by post, to dine with Mr.. and Mrs
Jones on such and such an evening
1t may or may not be your first anc