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Show EVERYDAY- FARE IN INDIA. Chickens and Rice the Staple Form of Diet JThe woman who goes as a missionary mission-ary to India must expect to put up with strango fare. Miss Mattlo Rur-gess, Rur-gess, a missionary Just returned from that country, says: "During tho last year of our stay In India wo had beef onl once, mutton twlco and fish about eight times. Chickens nro so common wo got tired of them. In fact, chicken Is about tho only kind of meat to be had. Tho natives a'ro vegetarians nnd seldom eat meat of acy kind. A butcher camo to our city onco a week and brought goat meat, tho only kind to bo had. Tho natives cat either rice or bread mado from wheat or a grain peculiar to tho country. It Is a two-moal-aday country. Tho ilch people live well and hnvo dainties, but the poor livo on rlco and vegetables, i Neither l;nlvc3 nor forks nro used." |