Rensselaer Journal, Volume 10, Number 47, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 May 1901 — Beautiful Indian Women. [ARTICLE]

Beautiful Indian Women.

Many of the women of India, an<J especially those of Cashmere, are beautiful In a typical Hindu beauty the skin is just dark enough to give a rich, soft appearance to the complexion. The features are regular, the eyes mild and black and shaded by long silken lashes, the hands and feet are small and well formed, the demeanor is modest, the manner is gentle, the voice low and sweeL ' There are fine looking women among the middle class Hindu, as well as among the upper ten, and even among the lower class the faces are very often pleasing. Many a Hindu woman who has, perhaps, little pretensions to beauty of face, has nevertheless the step and carriage of princess, and if one is not too fastidious about perfection of eyes and mouth and nose her agure as she walks down the street, with her load on her head, if truly a beautiful sight