Beautiful Women In India

It is said that many of the vromen of India are beautiful, especially in Cashrnir, but that it is hard to (jet a sig-ht of them and almost impossible to i tain a picture of one of them. Either they or their husbands appear to look with rootcd distrust on tlic photographer, and even when their photographs are taken they' rarely give permission for copies to be sold. In a typical Ilindu beauty the skin is just dark enongh to give a rich, soft appearance to tha complexion, the features are regular, the eves mild and black and shaded by long silken lashes; the hands and feet are small and elegantly formed, the demeanor is modest, the manners tle,the voice low and sweet. i bination of good points may not often ! be met with. but whon it is who shall say what havoo is wrouht among the hearts of male beholders? There are good looking1 women occasionally amonp the middle class Hindus as well as among the upper ten, and even among the low castes the faces are sometimos very pleasing. Many a Hindú woman who has perhaps little pretention to beauty of face has nevertheless the step and carriage of a princess; and if one is not too fastidious about perfection of eyes and mouths and noses her figure, as she watks down the street with her load on ner head, is truly abeautiful object. Jewelry is often worn to excess in India, as among other orientáis, and the horrid nose ring1 is sometimes so large that it has to be fastened back to the ear by a delicate chain to keep it from j interfering with the mouth.