. Where half the world is waking up; the old and the new in Japan, China, the Philippines, and India, reported with especial reference to American conditions. SOME FASHIONABLE HINDUSThe faquirs do not like to be photographed, and this fellow in the upperpicture was snapped just in the act of rising from his bed of spikes. This isonly one of many methods of self-torture practised in the hope of winningthe favor of the gods. HINDU CHILDBEN — NOTICE THE FOREHEAD CASTE MARKS THE POOR BENIGHTED HINDUS 91fi half knee-high, and the heavy twine or light rope knitted to-gether after the fashion of a ve
. Where half the world is waking up; the old and the new in Japan, China, the Philippines, and India, reported with especial reference to American conditions. SOME FASHIONABLE HINDUSThe faquirs do not like to be photographed, and this fellow in the upperpicture was snapped just in the act of rising from his bed of spikes. This isonly one of many methods of self-torture practised in the hope of winningthe favor of the gods. HINDU CHILDBEN — NOTICE THE FOREHEAD CASTE MARKS THE POOR BENIGHTED HINDUS 91fi half knee-high, and the heavy twine or light rope knitted to-gether after the fashion of a very coarse fish-net is the onlymattress. The coarse grain which serves for food is stored injars; the meagre supply of clothing hangs in one corner of theroom; there are no chairs, knives or forks. The stove or fire-place is a sort of small clay box for the fire, with an openingon top for the kettle or oven. In one comer of the room isthe fuel: a few small sticks and dried refuse from cow stallsthat Americans use for fertilizing their fields. We havefound rather bad results, a missionary told me, from provid-ing Indian girls with mattresses, chairs, knives, forks, etc., at ourmission schools. Later, when they marry our native workers,the $5-a-month income of the family (which is about all theycan expect) is insufficient to provide these luxuries, and thegirls recollections of former comforts are likely to prove as
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