Coalville Times | 1896-02-07 | Page 7 | Heathen Mourning

llrnlhrn Jlnornlne Fnihlon among Hindoo women require re-quire an extravagant display of grief on the death of a son or husband never however on the death of n daughter Tho crying required by custom cus-tom is so excessive tint In many case It lead to the IOM of c > r lght Many who havo thu mourned have tbo eye lashe turned Inward scratching tho or nearly cornea till It become opaque Eighties or cite a cataract has formed In ono or both eyes Theo Indian women literally cry their eye out A recent report till of a woman who lost both her eyes mourning not for n son or a 1 husband but merely for a favorite buffalo