The cross or the poundWhich? A talk on the modernization of civilization in India with application to the Hindu and Hinduism . g our ownfingers pulled until the knuckles snapped. He, hov/-ever, is not content unless all his joints are jerked,and the richer and more luxurious enjoy the opera-tion daily, it being of the barbers training to do itskillfully, to the supreme enjoyment of his poorer people do it for each other, and thepractice has not been conducive to improving theappearance of the legs and arms so much in evi-dence ; the abnormal projections having been takenas another
The cross or the poundWhich? A talk on the modernization of civilization in India with application to the Hindu and Hinduism . g our ownfingers pulled until the knuckles snapped. He, hov/-ever, is not content unless all his joints are jerked,and the richer and more luxurious enjoy the opera-tion daily, it being of the barbers training to do itskillfully, to the supreme enjoyment of his poorer people do it for each other, and thepractice has not been conducive to improving theappearance of the legs and arms so much in evi-dence ; the abnormal projections having been takenas another indication of semi-starvation. No man is more given to having his face scrapedthan the Hindu, or is as fastidious as to where it isdone. A religious duty of the highest order in thegeneral scheme of personal cleanliness, only thebarber who has been duly raised to his office can dothe shaving, which must ever be in the open andwith the greatest care that none of the refuse shall inany manner get within doors. Hair is regarded asmost impure and a lock from the head, or cuttinghowever microsco^^ic, from the beard, pla3s sad. THAT WHICH IS NEXT TO GODLINESS. 73 havoc when discovered in an unexpected richer people are shaved regularly every day,having their hands manicured as well, the lattercoming within their religious code. The ordinarycastes are shaved weekly, the lower fortnightly, andwith all it is the custom to wear the moustache,kept trimmed to prevent the defilement of foodas it passes into the mouth. The Hindus are veryproud of their hands, and they have reason to be,for even among the lowliest they are notable forslender, tapering fingers, perfect nails, and shape,as a whole, suggestive of the aristocrat. X. FINGERS BEFORE FORKS. Look the second time at the Hindu and you willdiscover the cloth of his turban is spotless in itssnowy whiteness if uncolored, or if of the promi-nent hues of the rainbow, you make a mistake indeeming it or the loin covering unclean bec
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