The Alamance gleaner
VOL. LIII. GRAHAM, N, C., THURSDAY MARCH 24, 1927. NO. 7.
THOSE
DIMPLES
AND MOLES
(@. 1?J7. by D. J. W*J?h )
_ALL1E BETH'8 eyes strayed
k across the counter of the cir
J dilation desk of the big city
library to the open doorway
irongh which a steady stream of bor
ders had filed all morning. He had
,t hwn among them, however, and
,1116 Ileth wished that today were
)t her half-holiday. She'd almost
,ther miss it than miss seeing him.
,r months now his almost dally visit
,d come to be her chief source of
easnre. She liked the little humor
1S crinkles near his deep-set brown
res. The little Chats that had start
1 as mere "shop talks" of books and
ore books, which they both loved,
Id broadened of late to include per
malltles?had become more delight
il and more interesting each day.
nr. though a newly ordained mln
ter, ar.d the assistant to the rector
' stal<l old St. Stephen's, Peter Thorne
ad not seen fit to lay aside the boy
h candor and keen sense of humor
mt made him so attractive to all the
ranger set In his church, and most
I all to Sallle Beth Withers, who
rand his books for him day after
iy.
She had almost despaired of seeing
lm when she heard a voice at her
how.
"Check me up, please, before you
a. I'm in a rush," he begged. Then,
s she slid his books back across the
ask, "Are you leaving now? Let me
irry your books out to your car."
He deposited the load on the seat
r the lttle coupe under the biggest
m by the side door and waited, smtl
ig. as always, |t seemed, when he
inked at her, and Sallle Beth grabbed
er courage by the forelock and yleld
1 to a sudden inspiration to prolong
ie encounter.
"Can I?cnn't I drop you where you
ant to go?"
He hesitated a moment.
"I was going away out to Weet
aven?to the university,'* he began
lowly.
"Let me take you. It's a glorious
ay. I'd love it." All the enthusiasm
f early twenty was In her voice, and
he was grateful for the enthusiasm
f early thirty that rose to meet hers.
"No argument against H that I can
link of?or would if I could," he said
ratefully, and with a quite unclerlcat
rln as he climbed In. "And you
eedn't take me too seriously about
elng In a rush," for she was stepping
ard on the gas. "this is quite the
lost pleasant thing I've done today
nd you needn't exceed the speed
rait unless you're In a frantic hurry
ourself." ' ?
There was silence for a time after
hat. The little car threaded its way
hrough the congestion of downtown
raffle and came finally Into the open
oiling country.
"Do you know," he was saying,
there's a little girl In St. Stephen's
hoir who Rooked a little like you. Her
air Isn't bobbed, though, nor nearly
s light as yours"?hatless Sallle's
hort locks were blowing In a golden
lot around her head?"und she has
most fascinating dimple on one
heek that matches a mole on the
ther?the most Intriguing mole you
rer saw.'1'
"And you like her?" Sallle hid the
repldation she was feeling under a
lippant query.
"I don't know. I've never really
fn her. She's so little I can't see
mythlng hut her cap In the choir
'nils, and I've never caught more
han a fleeting glimpse of her, you
ee?"
"But you'd like to?"
"Very much?she sits at the end
'f the first row opposite the soloist?
'ou know the one I mean?"
"I think so," Sallle's tone was
't.'ly noncommittal. "She Is rather
"tractive?she might be much more
e if she just wouldn't wear her hair
??-so terribly prim?ahe's awfully
'ld maldish, don't you think?"
Peter Thome's brown eyes snap
*d their disapproval of such heresy.
Mo, 1 don't," he defended qulcklyc
moreover, any one who ever saw
1"' dimple In good working order
?"uld never accuse her of being prim
'id old-maldlsh?you know?I saw
'er the other day as she passed my
'"dy window, Sunday morning it was.
'he was laughing and that dimple
"id the jnjle together?well. I?" He
efi the rest hanging In midair.
Driving hack to town alone. Sallle
elded to give that mole a run for its
sooey. Peter Thome liked her?he
acted as if be did, anyway?
"h what chance had one with a man
'hn'd been snared by a dimple and a
Sallle rubbed ber own un
dtmiaheq left cheek and smiled
?lekedly, as she vowed a mental vow
b*t ?he. Sallle Beth Withers, could
"Id wouifi prove herself as Interesting
?"d attractive to Rev. Peter Thome
u ??T prim, doeely eoUfed dWV
bis choir had never thought of being
A phone call tuat night set her
heart to thumping.
"Thursday night? Tes?I'll be i
there. Yes. All right?"
On Monday morning she waved an
airy hand as Thorne came through the
sunlit door.
"Did you ever see such a morning"
Doesn't It make you glad Just to he
alive?"
Tuesday she missed him. tVhat a
dull endless day. Wednesday. Had he
remembered that she always had late
duty on Wednesdays? He came dur
Ing the quiet hour when all the world
was at dinner. There was no one save
themselves In the long, hook-lined
room. He seemed rather quiet at ino
ments, Sallle thought, wondering
wondertng?.
"A penny for your thoughts," she
dared after a noticeable lapse In the
conversation. Then she added, imp
ishly : ? (i
"Still dreaming about a dimple '
she knew he was watching hers?
"and a mole?"
He started a bit guiltily at that.
"It's quite beyond me?the some
thing that keeps me remembering
her."
Sallle Beth leaned forward eagerly
"Peter Thorne, that Is real honest
to-Voodness, all-wool-and-a-yard-wlde
romance and to dreamers such as you
the gods are always good."
She stopped then for Peter was
looking at her with a queer arrested
look on his face. He didn't stay long
after that, but Sallle Beth's heart
sang all the next day.
The parish house reception rooms
I were humming with the chatter of
manv voices as the young curate Came
in somewhat late the next night. He
seemed to be looking for some one and
his face lit up in a smile of
tlon as the famlllnr, closely colffed
head of the littlest choir member
swung around to meet his gaie. But
It was the face of the little librarian
that was lifted \o smile back at him
from the depths of the big chair under
the tall lamp. As he leaned over and
drew her to her feet, Sallle found her
self dbmehow following him through
the long window on to the shadowy
balcony. < _ .
"It was you all the time." The half
question, half assertion held a note of
contentment. "But the girl In the
library never had a mole?"
"It was only a beauty patch," Peter
Thorne," Sallle explained
the tiny bit of plaster and holding
It for him to see. "Sisters baby
scratched me one Sunday I10?1"*
an(j?even bobbed hair can look prim
and old-maldlsh when choir laws J
quire lt-see?" She released the goId
bobbed tresses with a tug at_ her hair
net and laughed tremulously as she
shook the curling mass back from her
fS"Do you know," Peter said after a
long contented silence, "that girl In
the choir had me caught, bound and
led but the girl in the library never
would quite fade out of the picture
I'm glad-glad that I never really had
to choose between them. Andany
way, the dimple was real, wasnt
"And beauty patches are very Inex
pensive, Peter."
Teart From a Tree
In the Canary islands there la a
tree that sheds tear*. It la of the
laurel variety, and frequently ralna
down In the early morning a copious
ahower of tears or water dropa from
Its tufted foliage. This water some
times collects at the foot of the tree
and forms a kind of pond from which
the Inhabitants supply themselves
with a drinking beverage that Is abso
lutely fresh and pure.
The water comes out of the tree It
self through Innumerable little pores
situated at the margins of the leaves
and known as water stomata?minute
apertures or slits In the skin of the
leaves and shoots.
These are somewhat different from
the almost similar little holes In the
surface of the leaves, whose function
Is to regulate the constant passage of
the air to and from the Inside tisanes.
?Baltimore Sun.
Pay$ to Advortua
Emperor Asoka carried hla adver
tisements throughout the length and
breadth of India. There la one In the
mountains near Mansehra relating to
the right treatment of animals which
we do not .ret follow In this enlight
ened age. The Egyptians were pub
licity people. Pompeii Is full of post
ers. Charles II advertised for his
strayed spaniels. Where would Coeur
de Lion have been without his press
agent, Blondel??London Spectator. ?
Stone Formation
Stones are fragment* of rocka,
while soli represent* the complete dis
integration of rock by the processes
of weathering. Hence, stones are sot
formed by soil. However, the stones
and the soil of a certain region may
hare the same rock as ancestors.
8tones are transported from one place
to another by water. In which case
the soil and the stones bear no rela
tion to each other,
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NEWS REVIEW OF :
CURRENT EVENTS 1
? i
Another Earthquake Disas- <
ter Takes Heavy Toll of J
Life in Japan. i
rpHE earthquake that took ? toll ot I
mora than 2,000 lives in Japan on '
March 8 will go down In history an 1
one of the cutastrophes of the times. '
The total number of killed and Injured
?a? close to 6.000 people. Dispatches i
front Ango described the pitiftil condl- 1
Hon of the refugees, homeless, hungry,
nnd cold. In some places, at the tiniq
the disaster occurred, the snow was
from one to Ave feet deep, and hun
dreds of men, women and children,
possessing but a few blankets, found
meager shelter behind great snow
drifts. The suffering of women and
children was considerable, although
the efforts of troops, police, and young
men's associations alleviated the mis
ery. Efforts to bring aid to the
devastated region were retarded be
cause of lack of railway traffic, only
motors and wagons being available, In
addition to a few airplanes, which car
ried some relief supplies. The roads
and paths were badly cracked. The
number of houses in the district which
collapsed was set at 3,529 and the num
ber burned at 3,646. The principal
damage took place In the towns of
Mlneyama, Amino, Kayetsu, and Mab
ito. The damage and casualties at
Miyasu and Kumiljamn were light.
Following the damage by quakes*and
Are, Aoods added to the misery of the
70,000 homeless people, and seriously
Interfered with the relief eflfofts of the
government. Warm weather and
heavy rains turned the deep snow Into
raging Aoods. The waters caused the
weakened railway embankments to
crumble and prevented the moveifaent
of relief trains. The government met
Ihe situation by inaugurating trains
of pack animals for carrying pro
visions Into the devastated district.
T'HE Mexican argument continues
x from week to week, with evidence
of a Armer stand en the part oL/he
administration at Washington since
the close of congress. The sudden de
parture of Mexican Ambassador Tellez
for Mexico City caused rumors of a
diplomatic break, but these were seem
ingly without foundation. From Mex
ico City the ambassador said his re
turn to his home was caused purely by
personal matters, and that he would
again be in Washington within a
couple of weeks. On March 9 the
State department made public testi
mony that was given to-the senate
foreign relations committee In Feb
ruary in which It was stated that 22,
000,000 acres of land, much of It
owned by Americans, had been seized
by the Mexican government. During
the absence of Secretary of State Kel
logg the Mexican situation was being
handled directly by the President.
IN NEW YORK on March 8 Thomas
W. Miller, former alien property
custodian, was sentenced to serve 18
months, in Atlanta penitentiary and
pay a 85,000 Ane by Judge Knox In
Federal court. Sentence was passed
after Judge Knox denied motions of
counsel to set aside the verdict and,
direct a new trial. Miller was found
guilty of conspiracy to defraud the
government of'his unbiased servTbes
by a Jury which failed to reach an
| agreement on Harry " M. Daugherty,
I former attorney general, on trial with
i Miller. The maximum penalty was
j two years In prison and a $10,000 Ane.
IT HAS been practically decided that
the President will spend his sum
| iner vacation In the West, though the
I exact location has not yet been se
' lected. South Dakota and Wyoming
are bidding for the honor of entertain
ing the nation's Chief Executive, and
It is probable that the summer White
House will be either the State Came
lodge in the Black Hills, 21 miles from
Douglas, or the Coe ranch near Cody,
Wyoming, bordering on ' Yellowstone
National park. Political wiseacres see
In this move of the President* an In
' tentlon on his part to be an avowed
1 candidate for re-nomlnatlon. with the
' expectation that his visit to the West
: will go far to offset the dissatisfaction
?
i
among the termer* caneed by his veto I i
,f tf>e farm relief bill. I ;
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PROFITLESS wars la to be the pro- '
* gram for France In <he future.
The French chamber of deputies has
passed Paul Boncour's project for the I -
mobilization of every man, woman''and '
'hlld and the conscription of capital In <
ihe event of war. Only the com- '
i)unlets dissented.* Paul Boncour's i
plan, founded on socialistic Ideas, calls l
Tor mobilization of everybody In t
France, "without distinction as to age I
"r sex." M. Shaumle, Radical Socialist i
deputy, warned against the danger of '
this plan. j
"In mobilizing the entire nation," he '
said, "we will automatically deprive '
ourselves of the protection of the In- I '
iernatlonal conventions of The Hague i
and London and give the enemy Justl
Hcation to deport women and children,
since they are combatants,' or to sink
unarmed passenger ships."
The deputies, however, modified the P
article to read: "Every Frenchman, i
without distinction as to age or sez, I
'whether combatapt or non-combat
ant,' must participate In the country's
defense." I
P) ESPITE the failure of the senate
to pass the deficiency approprla- I
lion bill before adjournment, thus leav
ing many departments of the govern
ment crippled for lack of flfiances, the
President has declined to consider an
extra session. The largest Items In
the deficiency were *37,200,000 to the
pension bureau for pensions to vet
erans of the Civil and other wars prior I
to the World war and their depend
ents; *35,000.000 for veterans of the
World war and *25,000,000 to the vet
erans' bureau for loans to veterans
on soldiers' bonus certificates.
Announcement was made by the pen
sion bureau that present appropria
tions will be depleted about May 1, so
that It will not be possible to pay dur
ing the months of May and June the
500,000 beneficiaries. On July 1, how
ever, when appropriations for the
fiscal year 1828 become available, the
accrued pensions for a three months
period will be paid. Some arrange- I
ment will be made by which veterans I
receiving compensation under the vet
erans' bureau will not suffer much
Inconvenience. As to loans to veterans
on bonus certificates, the veterans will
have to depend upon the banks until
next winter.
FRANCE will make a *10,000,000
payment on its debt to the United
States this year. This does not mean
that the French government has ac- I
cepted the tenna of settlement of the
debt as proposed by this country. It I
Is merely a temporary agreement pend
ing ratification of the debt accords.
The action of Premier Polncare In pro
viding for this temporary arrangement
was the subject of a bitter debate In
the French chamber of deputies, but I
was finally approved by a vote of 860
to 180. The socialists and communists
voted against It. These annual pay
ments are expected to continue until
such time as France ratifies the debt
accords. i
During February the United States
received *1.430.000 In reparations from
Germany according to the agent gen
eral for reparations. This brings the
American receipts. In the third an
nuity year, up to *9,040,000. which la
approximately the same as France re
ceived In a single month. Germany
now has paid, under the Dawes plan
a total of *062,000,000.
' I HAT there will be a three power
naval parley held on the Invitation
of President Coolidge Is practically as
sured. Japan and Great Britain hav
ing assured the United States that
they would accept such an Invitation.
France and Italy will be asked to as
sign observers to tbo conference to be
held at Geneva, and It Is expected
they will do so. ,
That the President la making con
cessions to the attitude of Japan was
disclosed by the character of the re
vised proposal of a three-power con
ference Mr. Coolidge has made to
Toklo and London. In this latest over
ture the President said nothing about
extending the 5-5-3 ratio to auxiliaries.
He merely proposed that the three
powers get together at Geneva to see
whether any further naval limitation
could be agreed to. in his original in
vitation to the five naval powers, the
President suggested extension of the
5-5-3 ratio to auxiliaries Japan re
died, accepting the Invitation, bnt ra
iling the auggeatlon aa to the ratio,
dearly Indicating that parity with the
[Jolted States waa deal red.
A N* IMPORTANT decision of Urn
IA United States Supreme court In
volving primary elections was handed
lown on March 7. The decision In
validates a Texaa statute forbidding
legroes to -vote In Democratic party
primaries. A negro sought $5,000 dam
ages from election officials for refus
ing him the right to vote In the pri
mary of the Democratic party, of
which he Is h mepiber.
"If the defendant's conduct was a
wrong to the plaintiff," said the court,
'the same reasons that allow a recov
ery for denying the plaintiff a vote at
s final election alldW it for denying a
vote at the primary that may deter
mine the final result."
It Is believed this decision will hava
a direct bearing on the defense offered
by Smith and Vare In their fights for
senate seats. Supporters of Smith and
Vare contend that the senate cannot
properly exclude them for excessive
expenditures In the primaries In which
they won their nominations because
the federal government has no Juris
diction of primary elections. In sup
port of their argument they cite the
Supreme court decision In the New
berry case Invalidating the federal cor
rupt practices act of 1911 in so far as
It pertained to primaries.
Senator Borah Interpreted the de
cision as Indicating the conviction of
the court- that the primary Is an in
separable and Important part of the
general election and .therefore within
the jurisdiction of congress In the
case of election of senators and repre
sentatives.
This Interpretation would destroy
the basis of the arguments In behalf
of Smith and Vare that what they
did in the prltnaries is outside federal
jurisdiction and control.
' | 'HE revolution In Nicaragua goes
merrily on. President Dlax has de
cided the peace efforts were fruitless,
and that It will be necessary to fight
It out with the rebels outside of the
area controlled by United States ma
rines. In the meanUme the United
States Is sending more troops into the
country, l.flOO landing on March 7.
On March 4 1,200 United States ma
rines were landed at Shanghai and
paraded through the streets. This was
the first landing of American forces la
China. There has been no formal pro
teat made to the American govern
ment by the Chinese because of this
action. On Mareh 6 500 Japanese sail
ors were landed and quartered In the
Japanese owned cotton mills.
Efforts to patch np some sort of a
peace between the contending Chinese
faction have been made during the
past few days, bnt np to the time of
the writing of this review they have
been fruitless. Chang, acting for the
Peking government, offers to consider
terms of peace if Cantonese will first
oust the bolehevlkl representatives In
an advisory capacity to the Cantonese
government.
SENATOR REED, of Missouri, con
tended In tbe closing hours of the
senate that the life of his slush fund
Investigating committee did not de
pend upon the passage of the resolu
tion over which the senate deadlock
occurred. After tbe adjournment of
congress he applied to tbe sergeant at
arms of tbe senate for $1,000 with
which to continue recess sessions of
bis committee. Senator Henry W.
Keyes, New Hampshire, chairman of
tbe committee on audit and control of
the contingent expensqp of the senate,
has refused to allow >lbe expenditure
of any money for the purposes of the
committee, and thus blocks any fur
ther investigation. It was the purpose
of tbe committee to contlnoe the In
vestigations In Illinois and Pennsyl
vania, and to extend It to other states,
especially Colorado.
ONE of the most remarkable flghtf
to save a human life was waged
at 8t. Francis hospital, Evanston, III.
For 108 hours 00 comrades of Albert
Prick, aged twenty-two. stricken with
paralysis of tbe diaphragm and re
eplratory muscles, labored In pairs In
shifts of 15 mlnntes Inducing artld
eta! respiration. Four physicians
leading specialists In that type of dls
ease, were In constant attendance
Becauas of the desperate fight put up
to save the yonng maa's life tbe cass
attracted international attention.
I ?
Treasury Cash Room
to Be Mad* Modern
~ ' With the appropriation by congress
of $20,000 to supplement a previous
ly authorized expenditure of $10,000
for modernizing the raab room of the
treasury, which handles more money
dally than any other hanking room
in the world, equipment In use nearly
sixty years will l>e replaced with more
efficient up-to-date facilities
Ever since it was formally opened.
March 4, lSAn. when the Inaugural
hall of President Grant waa held
t hpre, the caah room haa boon rwoj
nlzed aa nor of tba moat beantlfnl
chambers In any government hnllding.
brine finished In ^bt kinds of mar
ble and barlnit a aolld bronze bal
ustrade midway between floor and
celling.
At preaent, the paying teller, who
on a normal day muat paaa oat $1,
500,1100 to government dlabarelng
officers and local banka. la so cramped
he mutt start work In the morning,
atandlng In the inldat of great piles
| of coin* In bags, which litter the floor.
Pally deposit* which come to the
receiving teller, mode up of ell aorta
of government revenue, aurh aa pos
tal and ux receipts, amount to $12,
500,000. while the change teller han
dles approximately $900,000 In units
from 1 cent pieces to $10,000 bills,
and the paying teller cashes from
5.000 to 15.000 checks. In addition,
about $5,000,000 of new currency In
distributed dally to thirty.Ave agencies
to replace wornn'qt or damaged
*
Land^Heer
The Crowded Hooghly at Calcutta.
(FrvparaS kr th* National Geographic I
Society. Washington. D. C.)
BENGAL will ever remain the
land of the tijfer to the small
hoy, but It Is more properly the
land of Jute and tea to those
who think in economic terras. This
large province at the eastern extrem
ity of India straddles the northern
most point of the Bay of Bengal, and
stretches northward to the peaks of
the Himalayas. Thus It has two to
tally different sections, the low and
often marshy plains of the sonth, and
the rough hills and mountains of the
north. It Is separated from Tibet only
by the diminutive native Indian states
Of Sikklm and Bhutan. '
Bengal Is slightly larger than Kan
sas with as many Inhabitants as are
found In New York, Pennsylvania,
Illinois, Ohio, Texas and Michigan
combined?two-fifths as many as In
the entire United States. More than
80 different languages are spoken
among the human horde, not to men
tion the various dialects. That lan
guage In India changes every ten
miles, perhaps. Is not far wrong.
The narrow northern extremity of
Bengal resembles that of Idaho, and,
like our western state, Bengal sprimds
out as It stretches southward. Below
the northern neck the border line of
Bengal zigzags In all directions.
Bengal's gateway Is Its most home
ly feature. Those familiar with the
murky rivers of the province know
when the coast Is near, even before
land Is sighted, for the beautiful
Indigo-blue water of the Bay of Ben
gal begins to take on a brownish hue,
due to the silt that Is brought down
from the north by the tiangea and a
labyrinth of rivers and creeks that
pierces the coast line. Between the
banks of the numerous channels are
swampy peninsulas covered with ma
laria-Infested Jungle land in which
roam the famous Bengal tigers, a few
remaining elephants, rfnd other wild
animals. These wilds and the water
logged lowlands Just north of them
are railed sundarbans.
Farming In Rowboats.
When the Canges goes on Its annual
rampage and overflows Its banks for
11*1 miles from Its mouth, the sun
darbans are almost totally submerged.
The less-flooded area Is planted In rice
and It Is sn Interesting sight to see
"rowboat farmers" tending their sub
marine crops., when the water sub
sides. It leaves a fertile layer of earth
on the lowlands and In the river val
leys, making the southern Bengal re
gions prosperous agriculturally. Jute,
ri<*. wheat and many other products
thrive In the newly fertilized esrth.
Calcutta, capital of Bengal and the
largest city of India, lies about 80
miles up the Hooghly. Since It is the
only large port at the head of the Bay
of Bengal and Is easily reached from
the Interior by numerous canals, riv
ers. and railroads, Assera and neigh
boring provinces also use It as their
port. Therefore the Hooghly Is tilled
with shipping. The passenger bound
for Calcutta Is not sorry, for the odd
little native Junks and large ocean
going vessels absorb his attention
from the ugly marshes and thickets
on shore.
The first evidence of human exist
ence as Calcutta Is neared Is the ap
pearance of a few houses and then
the tall smokestacks of Jute mills that
loom up above low brick bnlldlngs,
where Jute sacking Is made In enor
mous quantities, and shipped to all
parts of the world: Much of It is
used In the United States, particular
ly In handling our farm products.
Little does the cotton picker of the
South realize that the more cotton J?e
picks, the more mouths be helps to
feed in Bengal, for the cotton-bale
wrappers are usually made of Jute.
Likewise the farmer cultivating his
potato fields, does not realise, per
haps, that the alas of hla crop helps
determine how maoy natives are to
be employed, and that the leaat failure
of the crop affecta the Jute mill work
ers. Potatoes are. In the large pert,
handled In jute sacks. More than
$125,000,000 worth of jute product!
are exported from Calcutta annually
Docks of the Hooghly.
A little farther up the Hooghly, tlx
dorks which stretch ten miles along
the river front come Into view. Some
of them are the finest In the world
equipped with the latest devices (be
handling cargoes. They are Oiled
with articles of commerce, and roar
with activity. Jute, rice and tea ap
pear to be the staple products for
shipment The tea exports from Ben
gal help India to keep Its reputation
as the chief tea exporting country in
the world. Perhaps that reputation
is. In part, doe to the fact that Hindus
and Mohammedans are not tea-stppon
and nearly the entire production lr
available for foreign markets.
Calcutta Includes Calcutta proper,
the trading center, Maldan, the resi
dential section, and Howrah, on the
opposite side of the Hooghly, the
manufacturing center and terminus of
three large railroads. Together they
are called Greater Calcutta and fesve
a population greater than that of Do
trolt
In sharp contrast to the commercial
and industrial districts, Maldan Is a
place of elegance with beautiful .parks
and lakes, and fine residences and
government buildings.
In the center of Maldan Is a park
that Is one of the few breathing
places In the vicinity of Calcutta. It
ranges from three-quarters to a mile
and a quarter In width and about two
miles In length. The palace of the
governor of Bengal Is at the north
end. This Is a mansion of white
stone, twice as large as the American
White House and much more mag
nificent and Impressive.
Maldan's Dreas Parade.
New York has its Fifth avenue
dress parsdes and so does Maldan,
with the Indian contingent far more
rich and colorful. The Maldan pa-.
rade sometimes Includes the viceroy
when he happens to be In Calcutta.
Then there are other high govern
ment officials, rich rajahs of the sev
eral hundred native Indian states Is
their gorgeous robes and jewels, and
Anglo-Indians, as the offspring of
British fathers and Indian mother*
prefer to be called.
Calcutta owes Its beautiful govern
ment buildings to Its distinction as the
capital city of India prior to 101$
when the seat of government was re
moved to Delhi.
Nearly all Bengal Is a flat fertfls
plain from the Sundarbana to the
foothills of the Himalayas. This foot
hill country Is reached after a day
and night of rough train riding from
Calcutta. A narrow-gauge railroad Is
then taken to reach Bengal's root
Darjeellng. perched 7.000 feet ap
among Himalayan peaks.
Darjeellng's reception committee
consists of an army of porters who
take the place of express trucks. They
are not men, but Tibetan women who
are famous for their strength.
Most of Darjeellng's Inhabitants an
Bengalees, Nepalese, Bhutaneoe and
Tibetans. All the native women seam
to try to "outjungle" one another In
wearing ornaments Even those who
look as If they had never had a square
meal are bedecked with earrings,
anklets,,bracelets, and necklaces of
sliver, glass or turquoise. ?"
Darjeellng Is also a trading post be
tween the mountain people and the
Bengalees of the lowlands. Sunday Is
the favorite trading day. Foreigners
bring skins, tea, salt, wool, mask and
cattle to the Darjeellng markets' sad
i return to their countries with I*sty.
Indigo, cotton goods, dried fruits and
i auger.
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