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4 GLIMPSE OF INDIA
SIGHTS That TiCkIed a Tourists
Sense OF HumOr.
cows OWN TIE SIDEWALKS

They Are All Sacred and Hence They
Have the Right of Way-Crows,
Snakes and Monkeys Also Sacred.
The Javvetry Fad
-Four thin-S in India are held sacred
COWS Crows. ,u: tse~ and monkeys
says Homer trnr IL I.o>le's How
they rui..t to >cI,.. those above all 9th.
ers t. par ou The sacred list Is more
than am "-lt knows
You would have to hunt long time
to find anything uomeIer than sacred
COW he sacred COWS are of II soiled
white. H,.d the! have long dropping
jackraltlit ears and ,an.e}s' humps on
their nechs just where the collar but.
ton Wuuld come They look about as
sacred as corn shelter.
These cows wander up and down the
street. and when they come to a gro
Gerry they calmly begin eating the vege-
tables on display The grocer cannot
drive them away, for they are sacred
All he can do is to stand there with a
plalntive. pleading expression in his
eyes aud hope thai the cow is not feel
ing well.
From one grocery To another they
take the middle OF the sidewalk. They
won't turn out under any cOnsidera
tion-thcy've got to have the middle
of the sidewalk 1t takes The last rem
nant of my gentlemanlr instincts TO
step ont iutU the gutter to let COW
pass ! Just ilch to get my hands on
club. If could there'd he an awful
conclusion on about the fourth sacred
floating rib
Ponder over it as l may, L have new.
er been able to figure out why any
BODY who hasn't been out III the sun
too much should pick a crow to hold
sacred One would think that if they
were going to pick any bird to hold
sacred they would select a beautiful
one, for India has hundreds Of beauti-
ful birds and by no wild leap Of the
imagination could crow be called
pretty.
I thought our American crows we're
homely, but they are beautiful along
side the Bombay crows. The Bombay
crows are the dirtiest, greasiest, most
dilapida ted looking birds | ever saw in
my life. They take full advantage of
their sacredness. They will swoop
down and pull vegetables Out OF bas-
ket person is carrying and will come
hopping in and drag things off the ia
bic, especially things that will spot the
carpet, but one cannot touch them, for
they are sacred.
And they retire so late at night!
They dearly loved to sit on limb out
side my window and engage in scandal
and gossip until a late hour in harsh
voices until I would give anything if
before l left Missouri l had packed
shotgun.
AS for sacred snakes, India produces
some fine ones, but they are in the
same class as are the sacred crows
with me.
Monkeys are in class by themselves,
and when one playfully losses a tile
from the roof at my head | miss that
shotgun more than ever.
Another curious thing in India is the
jewelry fad.
/ love to get on street car In BON
bay and ride just to see the conductor
He wears his turban wrapped around
his head and his skirt coiled around
his waist, and when he comes down
the aisle to collect your fare his brown
knees pop i'll and out from under his
skirt as if it were some new kind Of
game.
A Hindu street car conductor doesn't
worry much about the rags situated
here and there that make up his
clothes. His efforts are concentrated
on getting u big pair of earrings. 1t Is
wonderful what success they have.
Some Of the rings look as if they had
been cast for the navy. Their earrings
are not little hobs that hang from the
lower part of the ear, but are hoops
fastened in the top part The right ear
is the favorite. On this they hang the
greater part of their silverware.
India is a great jewelry wearing
country. When it comes to scattering
it around the women favor their ears
first and their wrists second They
wear bracelets clear up to their elbows
until they look like a cane rack at Old
home week. The Hindus are afraid
to put their money in the bank, so
they buy jewelry and string it on their
wives \ Hindu can't lift his head
and look the world in the eye if his
wife. coming down the sidewalk.
doesn't rattle like a milk wagon. Ey-
cry time she puts up her hand to do
her hair it sounds as il the next num-
Der on the program were u muscle
dance.
Toes are Il favOrite place with the
Hindus for jewelry The big toe is
certain Of Il silver ring, and If the
pocket book holds out the envfous small
er ones are sure to be remembered.
Some of the toe rings have tiny little
bells. so that when Il woman walks il
sounds as if the COWS were in the corn
on the far forty.
Severe Treatment.
Howell-Why did Rowell allow him.
self to die of starvation? POwell--He
said he wouldn't humor his stomach
any longer. as it was getting 10 be a
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