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4 GLIMPSE OF INDIA
SiqhtS That TiCkIed 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,

Have the Right of Way-CroWs,
The JeweIry Fad,
Four things i'll India are held sacred
cows. crows. snakes and monkeys
says Homer Croy in LeSltes. How
they came to select these above all 9th
ers to pun OH The sacred list is more
than auy one knows
You would have to hunt long time
TO lind anything holnelier than a sacred
COW The sacred cows are OF d soiled
white. and they have long, dropping
ia ckia hbit ears and camels' humps Oh
their ucck> Just where the collar but
ton woutd come They look about as
sacred as Il corn shelter
These COWS wander up and down the
street, and when they come to gro
tables Oh display The grocer cannot
drive them away, for they are sacred
All lie can do is TO stand there with a
pIain1Ive. pleading expression i'll his
eyes aud hope thai the COW is not feel
ing we'll
From one grocery TO another they
take Thp middle OF the sidewalk. They
won't turn ont under any consdera-
tiou-thry'ye got t. have the middle
Of the sidewalk 1t takes the last rem
nant of my %ent!emanIr instincts to
step n'lt into the gutter to let COW
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club II / could there'd be au awful
concuSsion OF about the fourth sacred
floating rib
Ponder over it as | may. l have new.
err been able TO figure out why any
body who hasn't been out in the sun
too much should pick crow to hold
sacred. one would think that if they
We're going to pick any bird TO hold
sacred they would select a beautiful
one, for India has hundreds of beauti-
full birds, and by no wild leap of the
ina ginatiOn could crow be called
pretty.
| thought our American crows were
hOmely. but they are beautiful along.
side the Bombay crows. The Bombay
crows are the dirtiest. grcaSiest, most
dilapidated 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
Bile. 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 late hour in harsh
voices until | would give anything if
before | 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 ut my head I miss that
shotgun more than ever.
Another curious thing in India is the
jewelry fad
[ love to yet Oh a street car in Bonn
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 in and ont from under his
skirt as If ii were some new kind OF
gcme
4 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 a 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 i'll the top part. The right ear
is the favorite On this they hang the
greater part of their silyerware.
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 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 milk wagon. Ev-
erv time she puts up her hand to do |
her hair it sounds as If the next num- |
Der on the program were muscle |
dance
Toes are favorite place with the |
HinduS for jewelry. The hts toe is |
certain Of IA silver ring. and if the |
pocketbook holds out the rnvioil> small |
er ones are sure to be remembered. !
Some of the toe rings have tiny little |
bells. SO that when a woman walks il |
sounds as if the cows were in the corn |
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