The cross or the poundWhich? A talk on the modernization of civilization in India with application to the Hindu and Hinduism . asteful to thewomen as it would be to the men. The latter are farremoved from unkindness to the women, or neglect-ful of the attentions they prize so highly. Inordi-nately fond of jewelry, and given to elegance of at-tire, they are gratified in these respects to an extentin no wise comparing unfavorably with the practicein European countries. There are exceptions andinstances of neglect, abuse and cruelty among theHindus as with all other people. Not so widely, orat ti
The cross or the poundWhich? A talk on the modernization of civilization in India with application to the Hindu and Hinduism . asteful to thewomen as it would be to the men. The latter are farremoved from unkindness to the women, or neglect-ful of the attentions they prize so highly. Inordi-nately fond of jewelry, and given to elegance of at-tire, they are gratified in these respects to an extentin no wise comparing unfavorably with the practicein European countries. There are exceptions andinstances of neglect, abuse and cruelty among theHindus as with all other people. Not so widely, orat times so sensationally ventilated as in England orhere; divorce being unknown, and hence the pro-ceedings frequently enlivening our public prints arenot of the social topics. A clever Hindu womanis a power, as is always the bright and sagacious ofthe gentler sex, and, in her way, has a correspond-ing influence with mankind. A large majority of the females are as free tocome and go as the males, the one following in thefootsteps of the other practically at will; this beingtrue relative to religious as to other things. Women. 198 WOMANKIND AND HBR WAYS. do not become priests, but they do now and thenvow themselves to the life of the Joginee, or dev-otee, and all of them within the temple, as outsideof it, are conspicuous in observing the prescribedrites. Contrary to the general opinion there islittle of the exclusion of women from the ordinarywalks of life, its hopes and pleasures. Often therewill be liberal draughts made upon the ancientHindu literature, and notably the Laws ofManu—of origin prior to the Christian era—tosubstantiate a European writers statements, as to thecondition of the Hindu women. There would bealmost as much justification for a Hindu to drawupon the Old Testament for the proof of claims asto that of European women. The ordinary Hindu woman is, we would surelythink, upon terms of a great deal too much equalitywith men. There are no distinctions as to her f
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