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THE NATIONAL GKOGRAPHIC MAGAZINE 



A HIGH-CASTE MOHAMMEDAN WOMAN OE ONGOEE, INDIA 



Although Mohammedans keep their wives in close seclusion, the husband of this Moslem 

 lady was so grateful to a Christian medical missionary for saving the life of his boy that he 

 allowed a friend of the doctor to take her photograph dressed in her best silks and jewelry. 

 The banks of India are wrists, ears, and ankles. 



us, just as she had emerged from the 

 water, with her gaily colored sari plas- 

 tered to the lower portion of her body 

 and with her well-built figure doing 

 graceful imitations of a quickened Venus. 



"That woman is in purdah and no man 

 should see her," he replied, without de- 

 nying that he did see her. 



"I'm afraid she is not quite what I 

 want, anyway,'' I replied. "But if she 

 really desires seclusion, I think a Mother 

 Hubbard would help a lot.'' 



Women gladly consent to being photo- 

 graphed if they think they are well 

 dressed, but woe to the photographer who 

 attempts to take a picture of a woman in 

 what she considers is not becoming to 

 her ! 



EEMININE VANITY ON THE BANKS OE THE 

 BRAHMAPUTRA 



Our motor bus dropped down from 

 Shillong to the banks of the Brahmaputra 

 and stopped beside the little railway sta- 



