Women of all nations; a record of their characteristics, habits, manners, customs and influence . DRAV1DIAN Her ornaments are Ptiat^ruph r\ _\: Madras. NAMBURI BRAHMAN LADY OF THE WEST COAST IN FULL DRESS,of gold, and form the only covering she is allowed to wear abovethe waist in public. For that she was created, and havingfulfilled her destiny on earth, she passesaway like an animal without any definiteplace or reward in the future. So deeply imbued is the mind of theMohammedan with this belief, that once,when a man was condemned to death forthe murder of one of his wives in Banga-lore, his
Women of all nations; a record of their characteristics, habits, manners, customs and influence . DRAV1DIAN Her ornaments are Ptiat^ruph r\ _\: Madras. NAMBURI BRAHMAN LADY OF THE WEST COAST IN FULL DRESS,of gold, and form the only covering she is allowed to wear abovethe waist in public. For that she was created, and havingfulfilled her destiny on earth, she passesaway like an animal without any definiteplace or reward in the future. So deeply imbued is the mind of theMohammedan with this belief, that once,when a man was condemned to death forthe murder of one of his wives in Banga-lore, his co-religionists exclaimed :— OoN WOMEN OF ALL NATIONS What monstrous thing is this ? Is oneto be hung for the mere killing of a woman ?As well might the Sirkar hang a man for thekilling of a sheep ! At the death of Omen Victoria a Mo-. .-- .; ./. //. A. Plate & Co., Colombo. DRAVIDIAN HINDU OF THE SUDRA CASTE (ONE OF THE LOWER DIVISIONS). Her saree is of unbleached colton and her ornaments of silver, except a necklace of gold beads. hammeclan of good position remarked in allseriousness to an English gentleman :— Now, sir, I suppose you need no longertake off your hat to ladies, since you haveonly observed the fashion in honour of ourQueen-Empress. The Mohammedan woman, after manycenturies of submission, thoroughly believesin the justice of her position. She acceptsher rules of goska, the state of being hidden, as she accepts the complexion and the fea-ture with which she is born. The horizonof lur vision is narrowed down to the blank-walls that hem in the courtyard of herhouse, and her eyes are focussed upon theinterior of that house. If theywander at all it is only to gaze at the unfathomableSubmissive blue sk t th Mohammedan ,. • Women. dazzling sun that shines down intothe courtyard defiant of allgosha ru
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