WOMEN OF INDIA
BUSINESS CURLS' LUNCHEON
The lives of the women of India are not as cheerless as some writers would have us beliove, according to Major R. R. B. Failcan, who gave a talk at the Business Girls' luncheon held yesterday in tho Milne and Choyce reception hall. Nevertheless, all Mohammedan women, isuffered considerable disabilities, and. lihoso of tho north-west frontier, the part which Major Falcon knows best, wore no exception to the rule. 1 , , . - , "They spend most of their days m their mud houses, and are seen by no men except these of their family," the speaker said. The hoods which they wore shrouded their faces, and the life which they led in the bare courtyards, under lilie blazing sun, had little variety. Since in their voluminous garments men and woriien looked alike, the women wore black so that they should not be shot ill the numerous tribal feuds which jraged continually. A pair of the very baggy white trousers which the natives of the frontier wore were displayed by the speaker to hin audience, together with a fine ceremonial waistcoat and two daggers, such as were in general use among the tribesmen. A number of anecdotes concerning wild men and wild beasts concluded an amusing address. - *
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22525, 16 September 1936, Page 6
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