The critic in the Occident . make a living, so that their paupersnever make any claim upon the municipal govern-ment for aid. They also boast that none of theirwomen may be found among the denizens of the red-light district. Most of the educated Parsees speakEnglish, French and German, besides Gugerati (thenative dialect.) and most of them read and write Eng-lish, Gugerati and Urdu, which is the written formof Hindustani. Yet the Parsees are genuine Orien-tals. They sit on chairs, but most of their housesare scantily furnished. They are remarkably fond ofsweets, fruits and nuts. They seem inse
The critic in the Occident . make a living, so that their paupersnever make any claim upon the municipal govern-ment for aid. They also boast that none of theirwomen may be found among the denizens of the red-light district. Most of the educated Parsees speakEnglish, French and German, besides Gugerati (thenative dialect.) and most of them read and write Eng-lish, Gugerati and Urdu, which is the written formof Hindustani. Yet the Parsees are genuine Orien-tals. They sit on chairs, but most of their housesare scantily furnished. They are remarkably fond ofsweets, fruits and nuts. They seem insensible to thesurroundings of their homes, many living in crowdedstreets and up many flights of stairs. In their homesall their treasures are kept in the family safe. If youare fortunate enough to be received in one of theseParsee homes you will be amazed at the wealth injewelry and personal ornaments which are possessedeven by families of modest fortune. A Parsee womanof this class will have invested five thousand dol- [126]. >? ST * I!! I r g- fr sr 2 Sp «? S> S3C/5 O 5 3. r> ^ Bombay When the King Arrived lars in jewelry, much of which she will wear on fes-tive occasions. Many of the big shipping and cotton merchantsof Bombay are Parsees and they also control muchof the banking of the city. It was due largely to theliberality of the Parsees that the city of Bombay wasable to present to the King a memorial in goldand silver that cost seventeen thousand rupees, orover five thousand five hundred dollars in Americanmoney. This reception to the King and Queen whenthey landed at Bombay on their way to Delhi Dur-bar was very typical of the life of the city. Remark-able preparations had been made; a series of archesspanned the principal streets, all designed in nativestyle. At the end of the Apollo Bunder was erecteda pretty, white pavilion that looked like a miniatureTaj, while a splendid avenue, lined with pillars, ledup to the great amphitheater, in front of which, under
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