THE ORIGIN OF WOMAN.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 7482, 16 August 1902, Page 3

THE ORIGIN OF WOMAN.

At the beginning of time Tvrashtri, the Vulcan of the Hindoo mythology, created the world, and man. But when he wished to create woman he found that he had exhausted all the materials at his disposal in the creation of man. There remained no solid elements. Twashtri, perplexed, sank into a profound reverie. Presently he grasped an idea, and took the roundness of the moon and the undulations of the serpent; the flexible branches of plants and the tremor of grasses ; the slenderness of the reed and the velvety touch of the flowers ; the lightness of leaves and the glance of the roe ; the evanescent glitter of a sunbeam and tiie tears of the clouds ; the fickleness of the wind and the timidity of the hare ; the vanity of the peacock and the softness of the down which trims the breast of the sparrow ; the hardness of the diamond and the sweetness of honey ; the cruelty of the tiger and the warmth of the five . the coldness of the snow, the chattering of the jay and the cooing of the turtle-dove.