The cross or the poundWhich? A talk on the modernization of civilization in India with application to the Hindu and Hinduism . the young man, may have considerable to say as tolife partnership. It is true the female has beenadded to the male go-between in marriage mattersamong the Hindus, and that they, as well as otherold-time institutions of the village, still , with the march of time, there comeadaptations to suit the altering conditions, and onedoes not always keep right in his suppositions basedupon the traditions of even so ancient a people asthe Hindus. The early mar
The cross or the poundWhich? A talk on the modernization of civilization in India with application to the Hindu and Hinduism . the young man, may have considerable to say as tolife partnership. It is true the female has beenadded to the male go-between in marriage mattersamong the Hindus, and that they, as well as otherold-time institutions of the village, still , with the march of time, there comeadaptations to suit the altering conditions, and onedoes not always keep right in his suppositions basedupon the traditions of even so ancient a people asthe Hindus. The early marriage obligation is attended withvarying expense, the street parade in which thecontracting parties participate being elaborated,more or less, as the purse-strings of the parentsmay be loosened. The little ones, in their brilliantfinery and perched upon gorgeously caparisonedhorses, appear like dolls in a spectacular combina-tion of the Lilliputian with the heroic—the largerthe horse the greater the eclat, and the louder thenoise made by the alleged musicians the more tonythe affair as a whole. All the world is made to. 208 THE TIE THAT BINDS. know that tlie fortunes of friendly houses havebeen united, and the pomp and display prove howgood a thing has thus been accomplished. If the notion suggests itself that with a changeof words, and not necessarily of the sense, thiswould fit nearer home, to be present at the finalconsummation would insure the realization that itmakes precious little difference who has the money,Hindu or other, it is ever consequential when thosein interest are of the elite. If the high con-tracting parties do not get a column or two in theway of a send-off in the newspapers, and if theguests do not have the opportunity of furnishinga full description of their costumes, with especialnotation as to the jewels worn, it is not becausethere is lacking the array of either to justify theemulation of this popular Christian custom. I^et me describe a Hindu bride
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