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4 GLIMPSE OF INDIA
SIGHTS That licked a Tourists
Sense of Humor.
COWS OWN THE SIDEWALKS.

They Are All Sacred and Hence They
Have the Right Of Way-Crows.
Snakes and Monkeys Also Sacred.
The Jeweiry Fad.
FOur lhil'> iIr India are held sacred
COWS. crows. 81 Ar~ and monkeys
SAYS Homer Grey in l.c>lic'S How
they came Ia select these above all 9th
trS /" put "n ill.,. >a.r,! isl is more
,han ANY one km"NS
Iru WuIIld nave I" haunt Il long time
10 lind anything" ii"mclirr tian sacred
COW The sacred COWS are OF Soiled
wuile and they have long. dropping
i;,rkialhil ears ami Camtl> hunps Oh
'!3rir ncrks itI>l where the collar but
tom would come They hook about as
>acled rs corn shelter
Th,$, COWS WANDER up and down the
street. and when ihey come TO gro
.erv they r:iim:, begin eating the rege
tables Oh disp'a. The grocer cannot
drive them away. for hey are sacred
All he can dr II /" stand there with
plaintile. pleading expression in bis
eyes and hope thai The COW is not feel
ing we'll.
From one G:u-ery To another they
take lie mildie al the sidewalk. They
won't tu'u usit under aur considera-
ton they've got I" hay the middle
Of ihe sidewalk. II takes he .nst rem
nant III my Scuiemauir Instincts 10
step ont into the CUTLER 10 let cow
pass Just ilch 10 get my hands on
club II could there'd he al awful
roucHSSiun on about the fourth sacred
floating rib
Ponder over it as | may, | hare new.
or been able ~ figure ont why any
body who hasn't been ont In the SUI
too much should pick crow to hold
sacred. One would think that II they
were going to pick any bird to hold
sacred they would select beautiful
one, for India has hundreds OF beauti.
full birds ara by no Wild leap OF the
ina gina ion could crow lie called
pretty.
[ thought our American crows were
homeIy. hut they are beautiful along.
side the bombay crows. The bombay
crows are Tie dirtieSt, greasiest. most
dila pidate looking birds ever saw In
my life. They take fAll advantage OF
their sacredness They will Swoop
down and pull vegetables OFT OF has,
kct person is carrying and VIII come
hopping i'll and drag things off the ia
BILE. especially things that will spot the
CARPET. but one cannot toncb them, for
they are sacred.
And they retire SO late at night!
They dearly loved to sit on a limb out
side nay window and engage in scanda!
and gossip until late hour in harsh
voices until | would give anything il
before left Missouri | had packed
shotgun.
"A for sacred snakes India produces
some fine ones. bat they are In the
same class rs are the sacred crows
with me.
Monkeys are in Il class by themselves,
and when one pIayfully losses a tile
from the roof at my head I miss that
shotgun more than ever.
kuottIer curious tftrrf;sS The
jewelry fad.
love to get on street car IN BON
hay 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 dowJ
the aisle to collect your fare his brown
knees pop in and out from under his
skirt as If il We're some new kind o!
game.
A Hindu street car conductor doesn't
worry much about the rags situated
here and there that make mp bis
clothes His efforts are concentrated
on getting q big pair OF earrings. 1t is
wonderful what success they have.
Some OF the rings look as il they had
heen cast for the navy. Their earrings
are not little hobs that hang from the
lower part of the ear. but are hoops
fastened i'll the top part. The right ear
is the favorite. On this they hang the
greater part OF their silverware.
India is great jewelry wearing
country When it comes to scattering
Ii around the women favor their ears
first and their wrists second. They
wear bracelets clear up to their elbows
until they hook like q cane rack at old
home week The Hindus are afraid
to put their money in the bank, so
they buy jcweiry aud string 1t on their
wives \ Hindu can't lift his head
and look the world ia the eye If his
wife. coming down the sidewalk.
doesn't rattle like a milk wagon. Ev
cry time she f'nts up her hand to do
her hair il sounds as if the next aum
Der on the program were Il muscle
dance
Toes are Il favorte place with the
Hindus for icweIry The big toe IS
certain of a silver ring and if the
pocketbook holds out the cnvious small
CT ones are sure 10 be remembered
Some Of the toe rings have tiny little
bells. so that when q woman walks ii
sounds as If the COWS were in the corn
on the far forty.
The women OF India don't go in very
much for dressing. Jewclry Is about
all they wear. and they Wear that at
inconspicuous points. They seem to
take a personal pride in seeing bow
much money they can save their hus.
bands on clothes and their husbands
see with how much jeweiry they can
surprise their wives The MOhamme
dan women are very careful 70 keep
their faces covered up
Health and good humor are to the
human body like sunshine to regeta ,
ton - Ma SSilion
Contrary.
People should marry their oppo-
sites"
Most people are convinced that they ,
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