Physical culture . rotection from the sun, at least,and here the family can rest in comfort,lying about on the floor on mats or there is no furniture and as the housesare quite small, there is no housekeepingto do. The man of the household mayearn a few pennies by working in the field or serving the English in some ca-pacity and this pittance buys him a littlerice and that is all he needs. The rest ofthe family may spend their time in medi-tation and dreams. The lady of thehousehold may make a journey or two aday to a neighboring pool or water pipeand carry home a jug of water. Cer-tai
Physical culture . rotection from the sun, at least,and here the family can rest in comfort,lying about on the floor on mats or there is no furniture and as the housesare quite small, there is no housekeepingto do. The man of the household mayearn a few pennies by working in the field or serving the English in some ca-pacity and this pittance buys him a littlerice and that is all he needs. The rest ofthe family may spend their time in medi-tation and dreams. The lady of thehousehold may make a journey or two aday to a neighboring pool or water pipeand carry home a jug of water. Cer-tainly that is simple living. As to the dress, that is about as scantyas the house. The women wear onepiece of cloth, which serves as skirt,waist, cloak and head dress. This clothis a little over a yard wide, and from sixto ten yards long, according to the tasteand desire of the wearer. It is wrappedtwo or three times about the waist andhangs to the ankles. As the end of thegarment is brought to the front a bunch 3°i. From stereograph, copyright by Underwood & Underwood, N. » . Bathers of India drying off on the banks of the Holy Ganges, near Benares, India302 LIFE IN INDIA 303 of it is gathered into the waist, leaving afull fold to hang gracefully at the the cloth is brought under thearm, or over it as desired, across the backand the end thrown over the wear in addition to this a smallbodice having short sleeves, and cut verylow in the neck. This costume is wornby the Mohammedans, the Hindoo wear-ing only the one cloth. The genuineMohammedan costume, however, in-cludes very loose, baggy trousers, whilethe cloth is wrapped about the upperpart of the body only. The men wear different costumes, ac-cording to their station and position,many, of course, being employed by theEnglish and dressed in livery. A com-mon costume is the wearing of a long,close-fitting coat which reaches almost tothe ankles and is made of white materialin summer or dark cloth in winter.
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