Burmese Girls

In every household the daughter has her appointed work. In all tmt the richest merchants' houses the daughter's duty is to bring1 the water f rom the well evening and inorning, says Blackwood's Magazine. It is the gossiping place of the villagc, this well, and as the sun sets there come running down all the girls of the village. As they fill their jars they lean over the curb and talk, and it is here that are told the latest news, the latest flirtation, the latest marriage, the little scandal of the place. Very few men come. Water-carrying is not their duty, and there is a proper time and place for flirtation. So the girls have the well almost to themselves. Almost every girl will weave. In every house there will be a loom, where the girls weave their dresses and those of their parents. And very many girls will have stalls in the bazar. Other duties are the husking of the rice and the making of cheroots. Of uourse, in the richer households there will be servants to do all this, but even in them 1he daughter will frequently weave, either for herself or for her parents. Almost every girl wil] do something, if it be only to pass the time.