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Social Life of the English Residents in India Not Devoid of Interest
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I a i-nce ui i iio 11 you
l-C I woi.ld llko to ato how small
JLr I . , ,
woi'.d, come to India. These
l!rltl:i officials are almost a
provincial aa the people of London. They
think there la only one nation on earth,
and that the Bi klsli are It. I sat one night
at a dinner iu the government house at 1n iridon. It i.tnna to me that In most
Rangoon, with a charming lady beside me. mattera of etiquette, aoclety Is even more
Bhe waa the daughter of one of the high rigid than at home, the British abroad be
offlclala, a Qlrton girl, and, from a British lng sticklers for form. Kvery one who give
standpoint, had received t he beat of female a dinner has to be careful how the guests
education. When sua learned that I waa are tent In or those who should be last
an American aha said she knew all about may' come first Tho members of the civil
ut country from her brother, who had aervlce and tha army. rank at the top, tha
Just traveled throught It. Muh civil service officers preceding. After
"Whera did he go?" I asked. them cornea the mercantile element. In
The maiden replied! "He landed In Mon- wnloh classification are the merchanta,
treal and roda for day. across country to manufacturer., lawyer., planters, and mla
Vanoouver. That 1. a big city, the chief ton.rte.. but not the shopkeeper., who are
place on the west of your continent. When
h. cam tack h. .topped tn another large
I pla-oe, called Chicago. He visited most of
tha settlement, of the United State., and
remained a long time In one at tha north.
I wonder If ycu hava ever heard of ItT
He called It Minnie .omething."
"You must mean Minneapolis?" Mid L
"I think so, but am not sure. I know it
had .omething to do with fruit."
"I did not aay Mlnne-applea but Mlnne-
ap-o-lla."
"Yea, I think . It waa Minneapolis. 1
know the first word was Minnie. I. It
much of a placer"
I thereupon told her that Minneapolis
was one of the great cltlc. of the world,
and that It wa. the flour barrel of John
Hull m.nA hart h.,n ,,.,n-f ee,n, th. i.:..
llsh for
generation or more. At this
aha raised her eye., and I could see that
he did not believe me.
My pride received another blow the
other dy when I spoke to a minor official
ef the wealth of our great west and re-
""cv ' Hwiiiu-
tlon.. A I said thl. the man Interrupted
me by surprisingly asking: .
"And do they have banka In Chicago?"
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Ignorant Officials.
Many of these people know about as
little of Canada us they do of the United
Statea. I whs talking in Calcutta one
day with a Brttibher who has a Sir to hi.
name. He rule, one of the largest of
the. Indian province, and hi. subject.
" .- - u.o-c uv....0u u,
President Tatt. This man was speaking
, of the enormous Irrigation schemes of
British India, when he asked me If we
had Irrigated lends ln the United States,
aylng he could nut see why a laud co
well watered should need them. There
upon I Ueucrlbod the Kooky mountain
ntllteau and mi-ntionpit llu, vnp,t mima &m
are using for reclaiming the dert. I
referred also to irrigation iu Canada and
specially to the great undertaking at
Calvary, where the Canadian Pacific rail
road 1. turning the Bow nvcr upou 1.500 Ktougn camping out Is delightful.
civs of ulJ Kudu and muking them yield
like the fertile Nile valley. Upon that tin. Housekeeping Matter.,
iirltish official replied: Keeping house in India seem, cheap until
"Indeed. I thought Canada was a wet 'ou ""uei'siand the conditions. Servants
country! Fifteen bundled thousand acre! charge almost nothing in comparison with
I had no Idea there were any such works ,ne"' ln ,h Cmted States. One can
in the world! Why, out here In all India, ood cooks for H a month and house
we have nothing like that In one body. "en for less. The trouble Is that the Eng
and the government Irrigation works are U.hman has to hire a doaen servants In
not altogether more than fifteen limes as India where he has one at home. The caste
big as that one In Canada. 1 wonder If regulations are such that each man will do
you are certain as to your figures?" on'y oe. kind of work. The man who
"I know, for I have been there," said washes the dishes will not make the beds,
1. And hi. honor was polite enough to and he who makes the beds will not sweep
pretend to believe me. or carry the Water. The cook will not act
aa scullion, and so it goes on. If you keep
Some twist Kent ares. horses you muBt have a groom to eacii
As a rule the officials in the Indian hoiee and to every two horse, a man to cut
empire are men of fine education. The grass for them, livery child has lis own
most ot them are graduates of Oxford liurse, and the result Is that you need siany
r Cambridge, and many are officer, of servants. The servants are nearly all men.
the English army. The majority come the women acting only aa women'a maids
from the better classes of aoclety, and and sometime, a. nurses. With the other
many from the nobility. A to things sex the same rules prevail; the maid who
Indian and things oriental, they are waits upon your, wife will not wait upon
veil posted; and nowhere will you find you, and your own body servant must run
civil service whose standard of honor your errands.
is higher. A. to food, tt I high .when the quality
This Is a great sporting country. Every is considered. Animal meat, are Invarla
pity Laa IU cluba and the larger ones have bly poor, but the fowla are excellent and
race track, and grounds for polo and golf, the eggs occasionally fresh, although not
There are competitive matches, which are larger than the big white alley, with which
attended by the British and high-class na- we played marbles in boyhood,
live, and ln which the native team, some- $
tlnieu take part. Thl. Is especially so of The Kverlastlnsr 8nese.
polo, which Is patronised by the rajah, and One of the big Hem. of expense In India
well-to-do natives. Every large station ha. la the oriental aquee.e which one must pay
It. pitto ground, and every army officer upon all he buys, it Is the same In Japan,
bis pony. The taeea are run with gentleman China and In all parts of the orient Tour
riders, and a. a rule, the rider owua hi. servants have a rake-off on your purchases
ewn horce. There la plenty of cricket and and they niake more out of such thing,
foot ball, and a. for hunting that Is one than their salaries. It you order a cab your
f the chief sports of the British of all servant wants hi. commission and It the
claaaea. The viceroy, himself, sometimes cabman take you to a native merchant he
oe eft for week or ao's .hooting and expect, to get hi. percentage on what you
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of cricket'
the Kanie Itu'ludes everytlilriR from tlRera
to wild fowl and hare. Muili of the hunt-
n or In In Ihn fimnlA HHtl tnnnnlalnl anil not
"v j"fH-
a llule Kashmir.'
Th native rajalm. If one has letters to
them, will often oiganlxe hunts; and to
the man rightly Introduced every sort of
hospitality Is open. There are dinner par
tiex, danres and private thratiicals at all
of the stations during the season; and the
iirnnei flrnss Is nulte us ltiinortant here as
Of a class by themselves.
flghUntf and every BOclaI nter 1. a hot-
bed of thelr jeoJouslos. A family', posl-
tlon UBually governed by tha office held
by tno man, Mli ln the higher place, the
calarle. are .uch that one can entertain
Very comfortably. The military officials
are not so well paid aa the civilians, but
as a rule they have larger social clubs,
mure fiui and less stiffness.
India aa Marriage Msurket.
There are two social seasons ln India-
one ln tne "ummer, when everyone who lb
anyone gov. to the highlands, and es-
Play 8'"''. d the other ln the winter,
whe'1 lh 0wnter of a" Calcutta. The
Uer ee,",on 18 B0 Uve,Jr tn1 u even
t"4Lls debutante, and post-debutante, of
l!eat IJ..Iu(ii 'lUau (.. un nfl..w n
niaiuB iiu uiu iiiaiuoi. icvciu iiuiiurvu wen-
bred girls coming annually to atay with
their irianUs or at the hotels.
. These girl have good letter, of Intro
duction, a.nd they angle for husbands. 1
am told that about fifty succeed In their
, Bnn(t, Tn, other, go back, and the Cal-
0UUa beaux Bpeak of them M -returned
empties." At tha first of each season a
list of thia invading army of Ama.on. Is
nude up by the social detective.. Each
Ktn i, assayed, and her pedigree and rec-
oldi including the amount of dot .he will
aie ,ct down tn cold tvpe, Xhe Uat
1b eecretiy ,)aaBed around to the bachelor,
ot tJlB rmv -ud clvU ,oclety tnd tn8 com.
peMUon , tre9 tor aU-i
They tell me thut marriage I. an expen-
We ,ux lndl Mj eIClally ,
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high, an establishment of ten or twelve
room. In a good location coating about
juu per nionln. A fashionable wife will
need plenty of entertaining, and she will
huvo to lutVe her long summer vacation to
tue Himalayan resorts, including, pernaps-
""" where tocM 0mands are about as
l -"-'cuua. un tne other hd.
ehu muy be of a sporting tendency, ln
which case the outfit costs a great deal,
purchase, tn rlin-: throimh '.he n! jou
l'l rrmmntlv have men J inii to the rtep
of your carriasi and offer to guide you
, where yen can get certain lhltn;. MH'h
men do not ak money of you, but the
merchant knows tnat he must pay t.iem
and he makes your prices accordligly.
The cook has a commission on all the
viKetables and meats that come Into the
house, the waiter has hin squeese off the
Jam and the h stlers eod fat on your gras.
corn and oats, tt I the same with the
butler, lie gets hln rske-off from every
native who calls upon you, and If not
bribed the latter rrav cool his heel, and
you will nut get his card.
It H the .n,.e wn.i .nu HlnU)j officials
.although fie T;r!tl3. to to prevent It. 1
am to!d that even the leases arc l.i'hed
and that you can duv witnesses who l!l
testify to 'anything under t1'.? sun. TIiIm
custom, however, is not conflnel to --lit
dustan. Bqueealng and -bribery are lu td In
the bones of theae orientals. aii(! iroin
Turkey to Toklo the native official hns ills
greedy hand open, although it may be held
behind the tack when the white man la
present.
In this connection I talked the other
day with a British commissioner of cducii
t n of one of the most Important Indiur
provinces. Said he:
"I know that every petition I see has
had to pay toll to my native clerk. I have
tried to atop It, but found It Impossible.
Every contract that cornea through native
hand. I. accompanied with bribery and my
very doorkeeper make, money off me.
When a native appear, and ask. to sea
the comml.sioner, the doorkeeper will say
that tha aahlb I. busy. The native know.
what he mean, and ha will drop eight
Tom Heed's Americanism.
N HIS ADDRESS at the dedica
tion of the statue of Thoma.
Brackett Reed at Portland, Me.,
Congressman McCall recounted
the iason. which Impelled the
famous Bpeaker to retire from
...e a do.en year. ago. He said:
Just at the end of hi. publto career a
new aet of Issue, were coming forward.
He wa. opposed to the annexation of the
Sandwich Islands, firmly believing that It
wa. for the Interest of the republic to re
main a oontlnenuU power and that It would
contribute most effectively to the cause
of good government throughout the world
by furnishing the example of a well-governed
democratic state and by scrupulous
respect for the right, of weaker people..
He wa. equully opposed to the Spanish
war, and used the power of his office, so
far aa he properly could, to prevent both
the annexation and the war. That power
waa great, but no man knew, better than
he that the speaker was far from omnipo
tent, that he could only lead where the
house waa willing to follow, and his efforts
were unavailing. The war wa. begun for
the avowed purpose of putting an end to
a condition In the western hemisphere
which waa within our traditional sphere of
action, but the Important question It be
queathed to us was whether we should be
come an Aslatlo power and take upon our
selves the government et populations al
most under the equator In the sea. of the
Orient. Reed', political education, the prac
tice of his whole life and his view of the
fundamental principle of the American
commonwealth made his position upon this
question Inevitable. Long before the Philip
pines appeared upon our horizon he de
clared in ,a speech ln the house "that the
best government of which a people la
capable 1. a government which they estab
lish . for themselves. With all Its lmper.
fectlons, with ull its shortcomings, it Is al
ways better adapted to them than any
other government, oven though Invented by
wiser men." The Idea that America should
violate its traditional principle ot self-government
and enter upon the work of gov
ernlng subject .states he hated with all
the fierce hatred of a vanishing time. It
seemed to lilm like abandoning tiie principle
which made her unique among the nations.
He was profoundly stirred by our taking
on "the last colonial curse of Spain," bdt
It had been done by a treaty solemnly rati
fied by the senate and he had come to
the parting of the ways. His re-election to
the speakership appeared certain, and that
office, he once declared, had but one su
perior and no peer. Hi. mind was never
before so ripe. But he was heaxtsors at
the prospect of following the new and op
posite line, and he determined to retire to
private life. To his near friend, Asher
Hinds, he said: "I have tried, perhaps not
always successfully, to make the acts of
my public life accord with my conscience,
and I cannot now do this thing." And so
he wrote hi. touching farewell letter to hi.
constituents and withdrew from the public
service.
La Fullette and Hie 'lago.'
Among the shady elm. ot Cambridge,
relate. Collier'. Weekly, there la a tra
dition that James Kussell Lowell wa. grad
uated from Harvard with ten condition.
IU. pen had brought th college a distinc
tion that carried him through. He himself
often admitted that while In college he
read almost every book but hi. textbooks.
There Is no ten-condltlon story about Rob
ert Marlon La Follette, Wisconsin, '79, that
can be substantiated, but that he waa a
famously poor student 1. college rumor
OUT tS PE.I.IGHTFU'Xj I I j imiwwi
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Ev?ry child has its
anna, or a rupee Into his hand. He Is
then introduced to the chief clerk, and if
hi. business Is of sufficient Importance he
may have to pay five rupee, more before
Episodes and Incidents uv
.till. lie waa short on Irregular verb,
and compound equations, but he was long
on human Interest In his BOphomore year
he carried to the interstate college orator
ical contest an oration on Iago. With this
he brought the prixe to his college. Most
winning orations of this amateur kind die
at the close of the publio declamation, but
La. Follette'. "Iago" found publishers eager
to put it between cover. For year, it had
a constant .ale In the book .tore, ot the
west It advertised the college for which
It was written and brought a modest and
welcome royalty to lta author. It fell into
the hands of Edwin Booth, and its clear
analysis of character Is said to have
prompted the distinguished tragedian to
modify his delineation of the part. John
McCullough came to Madison to see the
author of this interpretation of character.
To him the young Huguenot confided his
hlstronlo ambition.. McCullough looked
upon the boy, who was abort of stature
and possessed less than 120 pound, of bone
and flesh. McCullough'. great frame tow
ered above him. Placing a firm hand upon
the frail youth he .aid with a strong,
deep voloe: "Don't do It, my boy; don't do
It; the actor must fill the eye a. well as
the mind. Suppose you were playing Iago
and I Othello, and I took you by tha
throat! The audience would rise and cry
out to me: 'Shame, shame, don't hurt the
little fellow.' "
Deeply disappointed over this advice,
La Follette nevertheleoa abandoned his
dream of curtain calls and turned his
thoughts to courts and law. Soon after
McCullough'a vhjlt, however, Lawrence
Barrett came to see the boy who wrote
of Iago. He was enthusiastic in his speech,
declaring the thesis to be a most pene
trating analysis. "Anyone who can inter
pret as you can," he said, "can act. Give
your life to the drama." La Follette re
peated McCulloughrs advice. "Nonsense,"
said Barrett, "that is the limitation of the
purely physical actor. Booth Is only half
an Inch taller than you. It la the brain and
not the body that makes an actor." But
La Follette had then made his resolve and
kept to it. "If you will not act." urged
Barrett, "you must interpret for actors. 1
want you to write for me an Interpretation
of Hamlet such as you have made of Iago;
take a year to do It." To this La Follette
agreed. But La Follette is not a careless
student At the end ot the year he wrote
Barrett that the task was too great. He
must, have five years.
"Take five years, but do It," was Bar
rett's reply. 1a Follette whs governor of
Wisconsin before he felt that he had ful
filled the commission which Mr. Barrett
had assigned him, and Barrett was then
dead. Twenty years of consistent study
had gone to his Hamlet thesis, "The
dretatest Tragedy of the World."
Ills Truest Connector.
The loyalty and wifely devotion ot Mrs.
Joseph Chamberlain, wife of one of the
greatest figures ln English political circles
of today. Is the talk ot two continents. Be
fore her marriage to the British statesman,
relates the Boston Globe, she wa Miss
Mary Endlcott of Salein, daughter of the
late Hon. William C. Endioott, who, under
President Cleveland, wa secretary of war.
Some years ago "Joe" Chamberlain wa.
suddenly taken sick, and during bis iilness,
which even his most Intimate friends feared
wa. his last, hi wife wa ever by his side.
She seldom left the sick room, and although
there were nurses, she Insisted In caring for
him herself. She wa to him what Mr.
Gladstone wa to' England', great premier
In hi last sickness.
And now that Chamberlain la better, much
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ovm. nurse "
he goes farther. If he does not offer to
pay he will probably be told to call around
tomorrow, and It may be day. before he
"can get to my office. This Is so In. nearly
the Lives of Noted
better, It is said, she has even a harder task
to perform, tor the Old war horse Is long-
lng to Jump into harness once more, and ii
Is her wora to keep him quiet until he is
really fit.
in the great campaigns which her hus
band has lought and won, she has uten his
best mend and adviser, and uunng tne
crisis attending the wind-up of tnu Bour
war, she was nis "atest 'help.
"In all the stor. anu turmoil and Btress
of the troublous times from which We are
now emerging," ciiamoerialn said in a
specch at .Birmingham on too eve ot his
ueparture for Suutn Atrica: "1 have had at
least one source of aoiace, In my u.
When -under, the douole buruen of the great
responsibility that had fallen on me, and
the venomous attack and lying inibreprd
sentailon. of our professional enemies, my
courage seenieu 11 us tailing, her wise coun
sel, nui- unbroken optimism sustained me.
"She has fortified me by her courage and
cheered me oy her sympathy. I have found
In her my best and truest, counselor." Tins
Is the tribute ot Joseph Chamoerialn to his
wlte, a Mew England gin. .
And she Is an American through and
through.
"You are not a bit like an American,"
yuecn Victoria once said to tier. And sue
itspuiuled: ,
'"ilia i is the very worst compliment thut
you could pussluiy pay me."
Carlisle and the War.
Jerome Jones relates au Incident which
occurred some yeuia ago at a commercial
ciuu monthly uiuiier, ui winch joiui U.
Carlisle was onu of the uistinguisued
guesis ' with James Russell Loweil ana
utuar. A tit Air. June sat Waioiiugo
field, then a member of congress, siucu
the chief justice of the supreme court of
Massachusetts, and just as Juun Candler
wus to introduce Mr. Carlisle Air. 'ieid
remarkeu:
"mere u a man Willi whom some of us
(iiti'er in politics, but hi character is such
that his word would be taken ou a ques
tion ot fact a soon as anybody s in Wasn
logion." just thou Chairman Candler introduced
Mr. Carlisle as "u iorinar governor of Ken
tucky, and aiways a Cniou man in that
bitier coullict lit tne bolder states."
Mr. Carlisle arosu and saiu: "I have
Jjeun introduced, ua a former ugveruur oi
Kentucky, but 1 never had thai honor, i
waa lieutenant governor. And now, as lo
the question of loyally. 1 never made a
speecu or gave a vole mat wan not iu iavor
of thy union ol the stales, and in support
of the tiag, but i coniess lo you, geulie
men, Uial wheu 1 heard ot a confederate
victory 1 could not heip leeling a sympathy
for it. Now, gentlemen, it you cau recon
cile my recoru a a Union man to mat of
having an inner exultation at a big rebel
victory, in sympathy with relatives and
menus, I stand Oeloiu you for just what
i am."
At Mr. Carlisle' conclusion Walbrldge
Field said; "There, there' the man. Ho
ha demonstrated what 1 told you."
Mtauley and the Ua.
From time immemorial, says Harper's
Magaxlne, caricaturist have made use ot
the common observation that there is Iu
certain human types a decided resemblance
to familiar animals. A notable example
waa that of Louis Napoleon, T.).-tJi brood
ing, aquiline countenance was ?.::.y con
verted Into a bird of prey; so nei.jre the
French eugle, but oftener aart K-j'l dtrlk
tngly a vulture preying upon France.
The dignified and venerable diaries Dar
win accepted an observation of thia sort
as applied to himself and with a humorous
perception of lta coiucidt-b.ee Willi hi fa
mi
MiLCWaiteriasMs SQueeze off flieam'
nil case.. We knnw It. but cannot pre
vent It.."
Returning to the social features of India,
the calling hours are different from those
of other parts of the world. If you want
to see a friend :ou must coin from
11 o clock In the morning to about half
pust 1 in the afternoon. The Indies dress
for such calls, and at this time only are
you sure to find them at home.
The ordinary meals hrre are the coffee
and bread and butter upon rising, .which
Is called chotahaxrl. There Is a second
breakfast tot 10 o'clock, a luncheon be
tween 2 and J and dinner along about
8 In the evening. No one calls after 2
and late In the afternoon Everybody takes
his carriage with coachman and footman
and goes out driving. At this time there
1. music in the park, or at the country
People
vorite theories, while the resemblance be
tween the countenance of Paul Kruger and
that of an exceedingly sagacious gorilla
was more than once remarked.
An amusing discovery of unhumau like
ness was related by a friend of the late
Sir Henry M. Stanley. When Stanley vis
ited t..e Karuguas, an African tribe rather
above the average iu intelligence, he had
with him a fine bulldog whose pugnacious
countenance possessed all the unlovely
characteristics of the breed.
Now, It appears that Kaa-aguas gave
much attention to thl beast, and their
cheif, before parting with the white men,
Ingenuously pointed out an odd fact that
he had observed. The Karaguau men, flat
faced, .nub nosed and thick lipped, looked,
he thought .much like the English dog;
while the half wild Karagua dogs, clean
cut, keen eyed and long nosed, looked,
much more than their master, did, like the
Englishman.
Whether Stanley, Who had every right
to think well of his own personal appear
ance, relished thl comparison or not he
had sense of humor enough to pass It on for
the amusement of others after he got home.
strong; on Language.
James R. Keene. market manipulator par
excellence, Is a vitriolic, high temepered'
mun, with a tongue that biles like acid.
When he Is playing the market, report
the Cincinnati Times-Star, he roams up and
down his locked inner office like a tiger,
grlowlng sometime shouting curses at
the ticker. No one but hi force of clerks
i ever permitted to come near him, and bis
language at times ha been known to
wither and blight young men who have
left their happy home to hire out to him.
Once, it i. bald, Keono became chummy
with a man who held a good position ln
society here, and this man tried to reform
some of Keene'. little wayB, "Quit cussing,
Jim," taid he, "It Isn't good form any
more."
Keene'. reply was illuminated and tense,
but his frlund kept at him. "And you
really ought to join the church, Jim," said
he. "It won't do any harm and you'll
meet a lot of good people there."
Keene recogulxed the truth ot that state
ment, but had objections to every church
that was offered for his consideration.
Finally his friend said wearily: "Now,
lookee here, Jim. You aay you don't like
the Methodist and th Baptists, nor the
Presbyterians. The only church left Is
the Episcopal. Will you Join that?"
Keene thought for a time. "Doggone It,"
he said, "I would Join that church it it
was free and liberal like the other
chy relies."
"Free and liberal V said his friend ln
astonishment
"Yep," said Keene. "I used to know a
man who belonged, and he told me that
there were only two ways to leavo the
Episcopal church. You either have to die
or get religion."
Smoking Room for Women
Apropos of the recent controversy over
cigarette stroking by women, which ha
agitated the west. It is Interesting to learn
that Chicago Is soon to havo a theater with
a woman' smoking room, as well as a
ticket-selling system especially for women.
The building company ha no intention ot
paring cost ln the plan for tho new
theater, which will be housed In a twenty
story office building at Madison street and
W aba-ili avenue, "TUiea juUliuu doUaxa
fit '
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cluhs which ars found at every Urre
station. At such places tsa Is usually
served and one Is surf to meet all hi.
friends.
The Masque Balls of India.
Among the yoelal features of every win
ter are the. masque and fancy-dress balls
of one kind ur another. Such are often
given nt the government house In Cal
cutta, at which times the hotels tak on
the appearance of the bewlgged and bee
Jeweled days of our forefather.. I recently
attended a ball held at the vice regal
mansion. The hall covered, I judge, at
least half an acre, and four or five .eta
were on the floor at one time. It seemed
as though all the world and hi. wife had.
come from the pages of history and were
going mad In the dance. I noticed' a con
vict In chains gilding across the floor with
a somber-gowned sister of charltv. There
was Old Mothor Goose, with her broom
and cocked hat. arm In arm with a .ilk
clad Chinese mandarin. One girl was
decked out a. a carrier pigeon, haying a
dress made of feather. Ilk. the plumage
of pigeons. Another wa. labeled Dre.
den china, and a third wa. Galatea clad
all In white. One woman wa covered
with native newspapers. She represented
the press, and editorials about the un
rest could be read on her back. And then
there were Burmese noblemen and Japa
nese dainties, and priests of every re
ligion. As I walked through the crowd I
observed the fresh, rosy fane, of the Eng
lh young ladles, and asked an official
how they were able to keep their color
out here In the hot .un. of the tropic.
Hie reply was:
"They do It all right, and ho wonder,
for they do little else. The .un never
touches their face.. They tPtnA nine
month, of the year In the Himalaya moun
tain., and come to Calcutta only during
the winter. Some of them go home every
few years, and they leave us men here to
work. I assure you, India, 1. not a bad
place for a woman. If .he ha. an easy
husband and money to spend."
N $
The Natives and Society.
Very few natives are admitted to the
circles of British society. The average
Englishmen looks upon the Hindoo as
of a lower race than himself, and he will
not allow him to be a member of hi. club,
or to come to his house as a guest. Thl.
I. especially true of the official, of the
lower classes, but less so of those who
are high tip In the government, although
even among these there Is now and then
an exception. A story Is current here about
a. well known officer of the army -mho
wa riding on the cars iu the same com
partment with a cultured Hindoo. The
army officer had been hunting, and was
tired out. During the Journey he made
the Hindoo gentleman get down on his
knee and massage his leg from ankle
to thighs. The high caste to which this
mai belonged was scandalised at th treat
ment, and the action caused considerable
comment The better classes of the natives
say such treatment Is Insulting, and they
object to any difference being made be
tween them and the British. This is one
of the causes ot the, unrest of loduy.
Even worse than the position of the
Hindoo Is that of the Euruslans or halt
castes. These are the offspring of East
Indian women and tiie various Europeans
who have come hero from time to time.
Many are half Portuguese, others half
French and others hulf British. There
are also quarter-breeds and eighth-breeds,
or Indian mulaitoes and octoroon. But
whatever the cioks It is considered a
disgrace by botli native and foreigner.
They are always well marked. The men
are usually dark, and, although the women
are beautiful und now and then fair,
you can always distinguish the Asiatic
blood in their features.
These Eurasians are usually subordi
nate clerks. Many ot them go Into trade
and make money, und now und then one
rises to honorable distinction. But they
always flock by themselves, having their
own society with custom the same as the
English. FRANK G. CARPENTER.
will be spent In providing every comfort In
tho new playhouse for women," said a
representative of the company. "Take the
women's smoking room, for example. Many
women dislike to go into a theater rest
loom because of the smoke; others, who
desire to smoke, don't care to do o In the
presence of women who find the habit ob
jectionable. Uy having a smoking room
aeparated from the general rest room for
vjuweu we cau please Uieu all."
