The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-05-21
SOCIETY AND INTEREST OFWOMEsN
Mrs. Tutwiler Tells Of the Life Of
 Women in India

they ars crazy to return for the cal of the east is irresistible
 The women of India, continued Mrs. Tutwiler are becoming eman- cipated. Already on the Bombay side they are gaining political in- fluence and on the Calcutta side they have won suffrage. It is the wom en of the lighter caste who are am bilious and urge the men on.
 The cooley though very neal within his little home stations knows nothing about sanitation germs or pure water.
 For nine months of the year there Is very little rain and the "bunds' or water cisterns, or holes hold tho water. They have beer them the water buffaloes lie, tho coolies wash their clothes and bathe It Is against the caste of the Hindu not to bathe every day. and they drink the same water.
 An Englishman stated that the government would furnish them pure water; but the coolies did not like 1t, said 1t had no flavor"
 In Cashmere. the home of Lalla Rookh, Mrs. Tutwiler tells of a peo- pie splendid in bearing with beau tiful women and fine looking men They are light in appearance, some being as fair as Europeans.
 Last summer she went with her little niece. Elizabeth Griffith, to Shillong. the bill station of Assam. Here dwell the Aborigines. the only people England did not conquer; for the simple reason that when fighting began they fled to their hiding rN1n ff1 |, found.
 That Is supposed to be the only place in the world where the women openly choose their husbands in- stead of the men their wives. Mrs Tutwiler while there attended the "Nonkareme" dance, held once q year, which is gorgeous spectacle.
 The women, said Mrs. Tutwiler. are clothed in brilliant costumes and the men have on all their stunning apparel. for they are now to be chos- en as husbands. The women do some dancing but gather in apprals- ing groups. The mon dance around and make themselves as graceful and attractive as possible. that they nray be admired. Among these peo- pie the property goes to the young est daughter of the family instead ul lo LIe elueSt son.
 At Cherrapunji. where no Euro peans live. there is the greatest amount of rainfall of any place in the world
 Tt is situated on a plateau at the point where two ranges of hills meet, overlooking gorge two thous- and feet deep.
 Not far from there, in the Naga hills. live the head hunters, whose spears and ornaments are all deco rated with human hair.
 Mrs. Tutwiler is the possessor of & magnificent "sari" which is the h. dian woman's dress. It is made like Q great scarf six yards long and a yard and quarter wide. 1t Is to be worn draped over the head and takes the place of a head dress and skirt, with which separate waist Is worn. The draping of a sari Is significant; as with the Hindu women 1t is draped over the right shoulder and with the Farsi over the left. This magnificent sari was made at Benares, is woven with threads of pure gold, and was origi- nally intended for a royal parsonage.
 A splendid "sarl'' like this one of Mrs. Tutwiler's may be used In family for generations and when the foundation threads wear out. 1t may be sent to Benares to have the gold melted up and spun over.
 At religious festivals" said Mrs. Tutwiler, the fanatics resort to strange methods of showing their religions zeal or making reparation