Show WUERE WOMEN RULE sweeT LAND OF MINICOY IN ORIENTAL SEAS lsew antI rrt1I1 IIrlro an Ih Olin Tab She Osns at Their tTlvM 01 51rtlsgrInlototlna vain fAll a Ysndenr r + r All 01T IN TUB Oriental sea thorns r f U I n little Island where women liavo p1 I something I 11 ko their right It you have fairly sharp eyes you may find It on tho map a liny peck lying midway between WJ tho Maldlve find TraelIc grouolT line outhea cons t of India III Is I called Mlnlcoy Tourist do not go there for 2 SO mile eparato It from the msln land and there Is I no regular communication A correspondent corre-spondent who visited the Island wrlles as follow Mlnlcoy as we viewed It from our steamer presents tine appearance ap-pearance of n small low Wand the tallest palm of which rises scarcely more than 100 feet above tho sea level It 1 is I about five mile long by four across Its part and stand Military Mili-tary midocean without a speck IIf land to bo Keen on thin north wl or went Turning our eye shoreward we see congregated about the landing groups of women ami girls Nurcly enough they arc all clad In silken gown trlMxl silk most of them do noting that their wcarcniaro the common com-mon people These gown reach nearly to the ankle and are made with n holo through which lei pas tha head Tina sleeves are short and III many caws very beaull A 1 of iiiuy cmiiroiiicmi n coup iu u Inches of white undergarment undergar-ment show bcncnlh the bottom ftliMe gown and the whole nlllrc lit snugly and display the wearers charm to perfection Tho women are lore headed and bare fooled and nl though Mohammedan they go nn veiled I which facts lend color to the belief that those pcoplo were nt onetime one-time Christian It appear that tho ladle are organized wpuratcly from tlio men and each organization Is I termed n varangL There are ten of theo each of which Is I provided over by a hcadwoman Tho male organization organi-zation are called ntllrli and arc tin number only nine In other word tha township is I divided Into nineteen part the women holding thn control tug balance add running thing generally gener-ally Tho relation of tho sexes Ill Mlnlcoy are peculiar lu say tine least In lime first place they are monogamous monogam-ous which for u people their religion relig-ion is I strange to begin with Then thin woman Ia at tha head of tha ironic and not tho man Indeed m that Individual Indi-vidual count for very little rime house 101111010 tlio woman uld All that II I In IL Iracllcally tho men bo long to tho women and MI witUfac tory prove line result of the arrangement ar-rangement that ha Is I quite content In hls secondary KnitIon Tho product < of his labor goes Into thu family stock and Increases tho family substance Hut our most startling discovery was that when n man marries Instead of giving ids noun to Iris wits AI with ui lii take her name and drop Ids entirely en-tirely Thin If llenjumtn Smith mar ties Angelina crown ha become Hen jamln llrown or If wo may nnsox him fora moment for Illustration Mrs Angelina frown and all lnls property panes Into tho llrown family Ho that n family hope for tho perpetuation perpetua-tion of their name and fortune are centered In IhodaughtcrMiot Iho serums and the dowry business Is I also qnlto reversed Hero 10 I a hint for women rlghter which If they ran carryout carry-out will emancipate them nt a Ingle blow Tho great marrying month of tho Mlnlcovlle U I May shortly after tha return of time legit with their cargoes of rice their silks and their silver ornament w filch they bung from llengul and other trading lards as presents for wives already umileor wcddlngglfts for bride to be j 1 1 J f u rK or 1 f t h < < 4 < r 114 u I irile II n e A WOMAN or TIIK urrrii CLASH Thu Mlnlcovlto women having u linn hand on the domottlo strings use every effort to keep l tho family together This they believe to bo tire foundation stone of true economy You may we grandmothers mother and daughter with their three generations of male counterparts nil living peacefully together to-gether under Iho samo roof and eating from time common dish Should the members of the llrown household grow nether trio numerous for their marten mar-ten tho mall of the llrown family are Mil to work to put up n new house near by In which tho eldest daughter my the married Angelina is I duly Installed In-stalled and time new branch Iwoomu distinguished from the old 1 by being called the HrownSinltlis In lire afternoon wo got a considerable ituiuuut of arautcnicnl In watchluc a rat hunt In the cocoannt orchard bo hind the town It Is nut gathering time and the varangl ladle will bo along Presently with their baskets but limit the professional tree climber must get rid of these little mature M > terrlfylnf to women the world over This orchard 18 I a veritable roll paradise para-dise Plenty toestand drink and sate for the regular harvest attack of man this 1 then t of rats Is I without a serpent It hasnt even a rat strake These critter crit-ter live In the lop of the palm In cozy corner where the branches shootout shoot-out from the Iruiik A dozen strong sinewy tree climber swarm up I and begin lo poke among the branches with their short stick The result Is 1 a perfcctslioncrofratswhlchhavclsken header lo elude their pursuer Hut they ace not lo escape for the company below arc ready for Ibm and the slaughter begins They are caught In midair as you would estch n baseball and hurled with bone breaking break-ing force lo Iho ground If Iho 7WJ I 1 I 111 I 1 I t I r I I I I i t d A r g tt I = s tfft t flf s = illj W A HAT III Mill catcher should miss time rats fate Is I no better for an outer circle of men and larys await htm nnd ho is I brained with a stick The more sagacious IIf Irene kip Into another tree and If It should IHI without a cllmlier they either cftrapo altogether or pott > ono their fate until that treo is I reached by their pursuers 1 After tho boys had collected time slain and taken them away Iho varangl appear or at leant a dctaclnnvnt from each of them nnd collect tine nut Into baskets as they are Ihniw don by tho climber For this service the women get four mil II each and 4 per rent of all they gather The nut are stripped of their husks which are worked up Into yarns nnd then they arc stored until opporlunlty arrive to send them lo Iho mainland to bo Mild on behalf of Iho government govern-ment revenue At tho northern end of the Island is I a collection of small hula heroin dwell UIUM allllcled with leprosy On the appearance of this dlseata the sufferer is I nl unra sent to thii leper colony A hut Is I built for linn and lio Is supplied will bush ii drink by his relative who leave It tha ground at a safe distance |