HUSBAND'S HAVEN
CHEERFUL INDOLENCE A haven for men in the wild mountains of the Caucasus, where they are not allowed by their wives to work, and so spend their time, in gossiping and fishing, has been discovered by the Soviet authorities. The wives take, pride in supporting their .husbands and children in luxury and dressing them as handsomely as possible. If a man were to be seen doing any sort of work his wife would l)e jeered at by 'rue- other women. The husbands, not 'wishing to expose their wives to such indignities, cheerfully accept their stale, of enforced indolence and spend their days gossiping under the nut trees or fishing for pleasure. The tribe, which consists of about 300 persons, is known as the Yasai. Their origin is unknown.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXI, 30 November 1927, Page 7
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130HUSBAND'S HAVEN Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXI, 30 November 1927, Page 7
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