The cross or the poundWhich? A talk on the modernization of civilization in India with application to the Hindu and Hinduism . 203 WOMANKIND AND HER WAYS. Upon the back by a band which passed across theforehead of the carrier, this being the manner inwhich our trunks were transported, as are all heavyloads. Girls carry rocks, stones and dirt in open-bagshape stretches of jute upon the back, the foreheadpiece of the fabric being of the whole. A large proportion, half, if not more, of the labor-ers on the rolls of the Department of Public Works,and employed all over India, are women and girls,wh
The cross or the poundWhich? A talk on the modernization of civilization in India with application to the Hindu and Hinduism . 203 WOMANKIND AND HER WAYS. Upon the back by a band which passed across theforehead of the carrier, this being the manner inwhich our trunks were transported, as are all heavyloads. Girls carry rocks, stones and dirt in open-bagshape stretches of jute upon the back, the foreheadpiece of the fabric being of the whole. A large proportion, half, if not more, of the labor-ers on the rolls of the Department of Public Works,and employed all over India, are women and girls,who are every whit as efficient as the men and boysin making reservoirs, digging canals, repaving road-ways and building railways. *Shocking ! you think? You could not makethem believe it, and there would be a commotionand general striking for womans rights, the equalof which India or any other country has neverknown, were there an attempt made to substituteour theories for their practice. Their earnings are kept upon the person untilthey become veritable perambulating savings , arms, wrists and ankles, adorned
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