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GIRL LIFE IN INDIA. ENGLISH MAIDEN IS CALLED A ** SPIN ** THERE. IHprM, Dlaatr* pad Theatric ala PiMtr •f Men mad Atr Lax try ltrittU At Haad far K»»ry IMk. ISST Sahib, chota hazn tayar had” j (breakfast ts ready). ! asu tike daughter, who ham just com* oat from home to join faUwror moth er in the far east realizes that at last the lon* *ea voyage and land journey are orer and her M first day la India had really begun, says Madame. A dusky, white-robed ayah has brought a tray with tea. toast and fruit to the bedside and pulled up the white net curtain, that protect the sleeper from the bloodthirsty mosquito and now waits to assist at her mistress' toilet. It Is € o'clock and time to be gin the day. Unused to the serricea of a maid at home, the girl experiences a sense of luxury in baring her stock ings put on for her—eeen though one is sure to be Inside out. She also begins to realise a sense of her own Impor tance. for in India she Is distinctly a personage, and women are probably at a higher premium there than in any other civilised country. The arrival of a new "spin" <as the unmarried girl is colloquially termed) is the cause of much excitement in an Indian station, and everybody is on the alert to see the latest addition to feminine society. The day usually begins with s visit to the badminton courts and there the girl will run the gauntlet of criticism from a large portion of her neighbor*, for It Is a favorite meeting place. The ladies eagerly scan every detail of her dress; being fresh from home she must, of course, hare the newest fash ions. and later on they will ask for blouses, etc., as patterns. There are also plenty of candidates of the oppo site aex eager to teach her badminton and everyone’s racket Is rt her dis posal. At 9 o’clock It la too hot for further play and they drive home for bath and breakfast. The bath, with its water cooled in large earthenware jars, is delightfully refreshing and the tin mug wherewith to bale It over one's person is a distinct novelty. Breakfast is a meal of many courses, commencing with porridge and ending with fruit. After breakfast the housekeeping has to be seen to and this seems an easy matter to tbe girl accustomed to that duty ax home, for St simply consists of giving orders to the numerous servants and dealing out the tinned “Europe" stores. Then there are flowers to be arranged and at 12 o'clock callers be gin to arrive. The servant In the ve randa inquires If the mem sahib be “at home” and brings up a pile of cards on a salver. Carriage follows carriage in quick succession, for every body In the station is anxious to make the new arrival's acquaintance. Only the governor’s wife and the general'* do not come, for It will be the girl's duty to leave cards upon these impor tant personages The bachelors of the station arrive In group* of twos and threes, thereby lending each other their moral support should they feel nervous, but they are all eager to meet and con verse on current topics with the “spin.” They inquire whether she dances or is fond of riding, and if the answer be affirmative beg for a place on her card at the first ball and put their ponies at her disposal. By 2 o’clock tiffin, a rep etition of breakfast, is ready, and after this meal people retire to their rooms to read and a siesta is generally in dulged In. After tea everybody goes out. They drive to the band-stand, where the regi mental band plays; there is lawn ten nis for the energetic, or garden parties at the club or masse ouse, and tbe new arrival will be •truck by the •!!-per vading air of luxury. Servants are In constant attendance, the carriage* are filled with comfortable cushions and every tennis player has a small dark boy at hi* elbow ready to hand him balls. At S o’clock dinner takes place and when there are no dances or even ing entertainments everyone goes to I bed sarly. Certainly the daughter in India has a really good time. Invitation* to dances, dinners and entertainments come rap idly for acceptance and If *he ran sing lor act she will be in great demand. Everywhere the preponderance of men strike* her and they vie with each other in providing her with amusements. At the race* and shooting matches they ask her to “nominate" them. wken. if her nominee wins. *be will receive the rrtie. The constant ball* and dance* are rendered gay by Innumerable uni form*. and the large proportion of men makes that hardy perennial, the wall flower. an Impassibility, and every girl with the tain test idea of dancing has her card filled to the twentieth extra. Before the hot season. wKh its scorch ing winds, makes an exodus to the hilts general, she will have had several pro posals to exchange her position of daughter for that of wife, for though up In*" on their first season are plenti ful. those in their second are rarer, and thane In their third are hardly to be met with. Marriage is a thriving In stitution in India. In sptte of the van ishing rupee. Although the life of a girl in India I* frequently a round of pleasure* sad lit tle else. It need no: be so. and though I there be not much in housekeeping to occupy her energies, there la a vast amount of other work to be done She will win the heartfelt gratitude of the ! chaplain's wife by interesting herself in the Sunday school for soldiers* chil dren and visiting their mother* tn the regimental line*. Then, again, if *he | takes the trouble to study the language ‘ carefully and learn more than ths few sentences required for ordering serv ants It opens up a world of Interest too little known to Europeans. Hidden I away behind the purdah In house* of 1 well-to-do natives are women whose live* arc spent inclosed between four walls and they gladly welcome anyone | who will devote n little of her time to ! visiting them and taking an interest in their affairs, and the daughter will find I the gratitude of her Indian winter well ; worth the sacrifice of an occasional tif fin party or picnic. KluMmoiii ms r.a»«.M Every few day* for the rest of the 1 summer we may expect to hear of i persons poisoned by eating toadstools ; in mistake for mushrooms. Toadstools j are mushroom*, but the name ssems to | have been given in popular speech to ! the poisonous varieties of these fungi. ; It is strange that so little effort has rver been made to teach the people of this ! country how to distinguish between them and select the harmless varieties for food. Many men walk hungry over mushrooms which would tempt the pal ate of an epicure. There la a great num ber of varieties that are both whole some and delicious, while the poisonous I mushrooms are few in number and. j usually, repulsive in appearance. With a little study of them, people ! ring !n the country could often procure very [ acceptable additions to their stock of food from the humble growths In their fields. —Philadelphia Ledger. to timt Atang. “What do you and your friends do for dishes?" asked the old maid of the tramp who was Just leaving her back door with both hands full of a bounti ful supply of cold food that she had given him. “Well, mum.” replied the tramp, po litely. “we get along without plates, you know, because it’s work to wash 'em; but each of us has a big knife and we generally use one of the forks of the road.’’—Somerville Journal. Dainty pitchers have replaced the conventional water bottle on correctly equipped tables. 1. fC • tiIMW, • A «nin 11 pmtiDrtal |«p**r lu Kucbni , rvferrinc to a man w in* bad a n-{-!U ! tk*o for a oar**i«*e4 toilrt. amwonml aa • follow*: “Mr. Makeup will wash him •elf before be SMUmen the office of parish clerk. ~ On readmit «hi* Mr. Makeup vu furious, and he demanded ed a retrartlosV which the paper made, thns: “Mr. Makeup rv*jor-*t* u* lo deny that he will wash himself !*efore he uvuoini the oflrr of parish clerk.” —New York Herald. I The R«r»< M*U. The St. JaruoV Carette mar* that the gold plate of Windsor castle consists of about HMMO piers*. It la kept In the cr*ld pantry, which 1* an Iron room situated «*n the ground Soar under the royal ajiartments The clerk of the pantry fityt It out in iron buXaa and receive* a receipt fw It. It la t-irrto! . by special train, under rs>rt of a guard of soldier*. awl delivered to the butler at Butklncbau* palace. He flr« a receipt for It. and is whi»«wlMf for it while It remain* at the pataca. Ho* lo (.r»« 4a f.mmt ttIMM. Sailer'* Fan Seed Catalogue tell* you. If* worth tlmmanda to the wide awake farmer Semi four-cent atamiw for ratal*•cm* ami free sample* of cralai ami enumrw for fall rowing. John A. Salter Seed Co.. LtOnan. Wisconsin Dcvttlt I* Land, on wtaHi ex-Capta*® Dreyfus, who *nM military a-v-rct* of the French c>.v.-nimeot, i* confined, was formerly Inhabited by iepera. win* rataed poultry, which they mtM to tie hospital. Tbrw leper* were mtHirtd to the Island Man>m to make nxwi for Dreyfus, and a house built for the *l» official* «bo man! the «py. and who lire there with their families C«rt»«i R<w*it> at r*m (.nf»lw* AQ nrtwn knew that cartwww sis fa «"»a he pemfsewd bf tofia*. t»4 ia Eh* iwmiry It W M «i!(»eUur) Rpi lo ww a in* bwsrtar m kia4* «f jalaai ot pear as the r*. salt of K. 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Tick eta on aale Auru.t is. 17 and IS. ar °t>e fare for the rvvjod trip. Ttckei niira W1 17th St., corner .‘um. ** ThJP Gladness Come \l7iiha MW c:vVrv?*in*‘.Eff of Q » ’ tran vient Mtarr of th* nust &$, Irml ilia. which vanish bef.sre or fj+u rijfht ly dinvkd There wc* '?sf *1 j the knowledge. that «o many f< ikkiirM tr« net i!m to tnt actual <*l ruo. hcrt dmply to * ttoo of the %Tstrm. whwh tit# p!e*»* family laxative. Srrwpof I' I*v nr t ly itmtitpiv That is why it k the <* rvuicilv with nlUwmof {u>n ! >«.atl emywhffe K> highly h 1 who ralar fn»S health. It* t* vi;j effocU are iW to tht fart, that -t a m oor rr»rd* which ->m fkaalsnww »Hhiat 4rh«litj4jßf t) orvan* '« aHrb it acta. It v« t • ait InporUat, in or«hf to (rt ita M ftcial fffo-t*. *0 n«te when to* pi chaw, that yow har» the *eoarir>e ad dr. which la manwfartan*. M the r« fv>enla TLx Syrup Co. oaly *c*i td4 \ tti repot*hie dr«f|rt»h> If m the rnymarot of r k| J hr*S| and the system ~i» rej-olar. laial.T-v other rfooiW arc thro act uw>Jr4 afflicted with any actual dowa*#. 1 may he (omarwWl V» the ».*t vai'.sl phyakeian*. hat If la weed «-f a Uiati one thcoki hare the few?. »»ika rciriafnraje'l rrerynhere, Strt» 1 F**» rtaci* hijrheut sn>i i* «**’. tary* hnert and give* swat general saAiafiscta Our Native Heri c- •» W# »h* —s- w •* »»* «* *—• • w *.»*•• *» »’■*»« •*»*'-■* •■* •** *a^B •a •«* 31—■'» *• **w a MhimM »*»kii r*»* ’ | •w*»w • THE ALONZO 0. BLISS Co| fam) !•<«« •&« • „ lIM lilt Im ana. lew naati la. ■whaeux. R «. educational. THE UIIYERSITY OF H3TRE El*l taw »•■«. »>*■■* I sets* ••i/hb* ' ** ***** jjl ACADEMY OF THE SACRED HEM al . joktrH. ■». fcy th* sTumTittw *—eT 3*4 Mart rt*fMl-* rt-T'vtf •# *w»«m wu I*. -f tt oM r .'ra «S» n»* • e»r. liit.it< fwr *»•*■«< VrtfcT c*— <Wlr WJ. 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