- Author:
- Hart, Alice Marion Rowlands
- Publication Info:
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London:
J.M. Dent and Co,
1897,
pg 137
Text on page 137
chap, xii WOMEN FREE OF CARE 137
can be numbered on her five fingers, and could be carried on her back. Her boys are taught free at the monastery, and till her girls are old enough to have their ears bored, clothing
A BURMESE WOMAN SMOKING. From a Drawing by Mr. Philip Miller.
for them is an item of the smallest expenditure, for little children are generally seen wearing nothing but a "necklace and a smile." Her stall at the bazaar will give her earnings enough to buy the brightest silk tamein to wear at the nextfor them is an item of the smallest expenditure, for little children are generally seen wearing nothing but a "necklace and a smile." Her stall at the bazaar will give her earnings enough to buy the brightest silk tamein to wear at the next