Women of all nations; a record of their characteristics, habits, manners, customs and influence . PA t raph by Skcen &• Co., Colombo. SINHALESE VILLAGE GIRL. ever, will show, in addition to the invariablenecklace and filigree hairpin, diamond but-tons, perhaps, in her dainty muslin jacket ofsnowy whiteness, and a bracelet or two,chain, or small earrings. But never does shedisplay a nose-ring or forehead ornament suchas Tamil ladies wear, nor a weight of metalpulling down and disfiguring the lobe of theear. Kandyan dames, on the other hand,in their national dress are loaded withheavy gold, or g
Women of all nations; a record of their characteristics, habits, manners, customs and influence . PA t raph by Skcen &• Co., Colombo. SINHALESE VILLAGE GIRL. ever, will show, in addition to the invariablenecklace and filigree hairpin, diamond but-tons, perhaps, in her dainty muslin jacket ofsnowy whiteness, and a bracelet or two,chain, or small earrings. But never does shedisplay a nose-ring or forehead ornament suchas Tamil ladies wear, nor a weight of metalpulling down and disfiguring the lobe of theear. Kandyan dames, on the other hand,in their national dress are loaded withheavy gold, or gilt, chains and massivebracelets, that look as inconvenient towear as manacles. The hair, too, isparted Madonna-wise on either side thehead, rather than brushed back from theforehead without division, the style in the 632 WOMEN OF ALL NATIONS Low Country, and most becoming to theshape of their heads. The habit of chewing betel-leaf, rolled upwith a slice of areca-nut and a dab of slaked. KANDYAN SINHALESE LADY. lime in a paste, is as common with the women as the men. The areca-nut is credited with whitening and preserving Habit616 the teeth) but k gives t0 themouth an unpleasing and gory appearance, due to the red colour the nut assumes when masticated. The custom gives occasion for the curiously shaped and chased betel boxes of silver which are so much sought after as curios. Girls schools are well attended in Ceylon,there being no purdah (except among theMoors) to put practical difficulties in the wayof education. Troops of happy girls file into the village schools all over the country, whilein the larger towns—Colombo, Kandy, and(ialle—there are various traininginstitutions for their benefit, thelargest of which are missionary these all ordinary subjects are well taught,and the girls pass satisfactorily such tests asthe University Local Examinations. Evenin such a purely European art as modernmusic, they acquire a creditable skill, andmany show t
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