Bellefonte, Pa., April 11, 1913, FROM INDIA. By One on Medical Duty in that Far Eastern Country. Gorgeous ‘At Homes.'' Scarcity of | Fruits. How We Sleep and Keep Cool. Too Hot for Work. Dear Home Folk: JuANst, MARCH 15th, 1912. Have I happened to tell you that so far, nothing worse than a little baby | toad, in the way of creeping things, has deigned to cross my path since coming to India, although Jhansi is noted for its snakes of all varieties. They come later on, when the hot, wet weather breaks upon us, which we are hoping will be very soon, since the wells supplying the water are giving out, and while the one in our Compound will carry us along many weeks, yet we fear for the poor natives who are limited to certain daily amounts. To keep us in practice, however, the mosquito abounds in heavy clouds, sing- ing while they work-—which takes noth- ing from their sting. I never knew such tenacity existed in any living thing and it is a fact that they, in their nightly song, far outdo the regimental band or the natives at their plague-prayers. The Collector of the Province enter- tained us at “tea” last evening and if I had the power of the pen I would be so glad to describe the gorgeousness of these Eastern “at homes.” One must see, to appreciate the kalidescopic colors and their settings; truly women and men of all nations, in all their splendor, coming and going, make pictures beyond my description. I can think of nothing but a stage set for a gorgeous spectacu- | lar performance, chorus and stars all rushing hither and thither. But they eat and drink exactly the things we at home serve, excepting that the cakes are so very highly colored—I suppose to match the costumes—that | have always declined to risk my fate. The ice cream here is a very poor imitation of the poor- est variety at home; but “sweets” (na- tive fudge) which is served every place and at all times, is a delicious concoc- tion. One thing we do miss in this part of India is the fruit; all we get comes from Bombay, twenty-four hours away, and that but seldom, so that it is quite a pleasure to see anything like a good or- ange or banana; grapes and apples are the greatest luxury. We can get plenty of guavas, which taste and look like May apples, but are much larger, and surely the taste for them must be cultivated. Our days are growing warmer and | warmer and we never venture out with- out a pith or cork hat until after sunset, after which a sweater is sometimes most grateful. The winds, if anything, are worse than ever, blowing constantly. The door to my bed-room hasnever been closed since my coming here. I have two beds—one out and one inside, (a na- tive and an iron one.) Our blind man, who makes our beds and adjusts the mosquito nettings, carries the mattresses, (made of cocoanut fibre) in each morn- ing, making both beds at night so that if one is tired inside the bed outside is ready for use. I have slept only three nights indoors so far; it is most delight- ful to lie in the extreme darkness and watch the stars, which seem larger and brighter here, owing to atmospheric con- ditions. The “dipper” is standing on its handle and is so “out of place” that it has taken some study to locate it. When we have no moonlight the dark- ness is like black velvet; so soft and im- penetrable, one just feels it and some- times it almost smothers you, so in- tensely thick is the wall encountered. Then in contrast to it, for this surely is a country of contrasts, the moon is like a huge calcium lamp, dazzlingly brilliant. In fact, we play tennis with more ease at moon-light than any other time, and at bed time we screen our heads from the light in order to sleep comfortably. On these nights our lanterns have a long rest; for you know, no matter where one goes after “dujee” your “chokidan” always precedes you with a stick and a lantern; the former for snakes, wild things and humans, the latter to show you the path on moonless nights. The roads are so many inches deep with dust that one is easily startled by coming head-on into a group of “wildly clad” na- tives, an elephant or camel, if not well lighted. MARCH 22nd. You speak of the “messages” I send home as being short. In this community the telephone is an unheard of thing and as a native bearer was never known to deliver a verbal message to in the least imply the meaning given him, of necessi- ty, every request and errand has to be written. Some days one writes as many I Tsaw a crowd of natives shoe 3 THE POOREST OF ALL PEOPLE Natives of the Arctics Who Have Enqugh to Eat Are Considered Very Fortunate. I have not known so poor a winter | during the whole of my stay among ‘the Eskimos (now 22 years), says a to resemble a most grotesque human |... i; the Christian Herald. While face, set it up and give of what they have | ype coast is ice-bound, the days short, to satisfy the all powerful “Sita,” that he | gnowstorms frequent and the ther may take away the disease. The Hindu | mometer often 40 degrees below zero, seems so intelligent in some ways; is | It is not possible for the Eskimo to most bidable, easy to teach and quick to do much to secure a living. One way learn, but the truth is not in them con. | for the women to produce something | was to cut holes through the sea ice, sequently they believe no one and the | situation remains a serious proposition to serious workers among them. The Hindu will not eat meat of any kind, consequently his main diet is composed of rice and Nall, a form of grain that grows in small pods (like peas,) on small low bushes, and which is most nutritious and wholesome, but not very palatable which reaches a thickness of six feet, and there they stood fishing for rock cod, most days securing only between. five and ten fish. The mission en- deavored to help, but poverty was so general that all resources were taxed to the utmost. An outsider has no idea of what poverty among the Eskimos means. At the best of times the wants of an to the uninitiated. [Continued next week. ] Eskimo are few and his food con gists of the coarsest of substances. —_—earrrrrr Seal walrus and whale meat form a large part of their diet, and the blub- MUST HAVE BEEN DRUNK | of these animals serves in the | place of k butter. Seemed Only Plausible Explanation |v ace > De inhabitants cf Conduct of Man on New | subsisted on roots or some inferior York Train. | vegetation, but here the vegetable | ki has nothi fler. Th At Matawan the New York bound | Bingdo h das Ing are train, pretty well filled with passen- (ph gnow and ice; the birds have gers, took on a number more, among | sone south and one might walk for them a family of eight—stout mother, miles without seeing a living crea- stout aunt and six children. The chil- |... At the same time it is of in- dren ranged in age from a baby in | terest to know even these primitive arme to a youngster of eight or nine le have for ages found a kind of years. There were few vacant seats | peop Ta the. Gut Ino, whieh this family | SuDsHitete fo} food somewhere, Along party trailed, and the stout mother, plenty of seaweed, holes are cut with her youngest in her arms, and | through the thick ico and the sea: the stout aunt, carrying a large bun- | weed and mussels pulled up through dle, managed to squeeze into two un- the holes, and it is on record that the occupied places, leaving the children puis nave sustained life on this, to shift for themselves. i Along toward the middle of the car one JOINS 3A, Jottg Of He sea, dur sat a small, shabby, kind-faced man | The Eskimo has no word for “God” who, observing that the five children | in his language, and it has been fitly were standing about unsteadily in the | marked that the very austere aspect car aisle, arose smilingly and went | | of life may have help:d to exclude to their rescue. With much difficulty the conception of a superhuman he succeeded in finding seats for the ! | benevolent Being from the beliefs and youngsters, giving up his own place | superstitions of these people of the to two of them and standing in the | Arctic. aisle himself, “Funny about that man takin’ so | much trouble gettin’ the children | THOSE WHO DO NOT THINK seats,” observed the stout mother to | the stout aunt, | Eskimos Believe It Is Not Necessary “Yes,” was the reply; “I've been | If They Have Enough looking at him. I guess he must be | Meat to Eat. drunk.” i ee Where the physical struggle for life HOW THEY DO IN RUSSIA! is at its keenest, as it is among the Eskimos, the years glide by free from | the more subtle cares and worries of Sixty-Seven Persons Are Tried Behind | the civilized man. The Eskimo, says Slow : gers av Given Mr. Knud Rasmussen in “The People FI00N Yentences. | of the Polar North,” does not count | the days, and keeps no record of time. as a dozen “chits” (as these letters are called) consequently the time both “They do things in a strange way | in Russia,” says a letter in the Rus- | sische Korrespondenz from a corre- | epondent in Warsaw. “Behind closed doors sixty-seven members of the Polish Socialist party were tried. After a session of ten days it be- came known that ten of the accused were dismissed, twenty-five of the re- maining fifty-seven were sentenced to deportation and prison sentences were pronounced against the remain- ing thirty-two in terms ranging from seventeen years to two years eight months. In all, 279 years of prison service was dealt out, to say nothing of the twenty-five unfortunates who were deported. And all this behind closed doors.” Britain's Strange Sect. The Jezreelites of Gillingham, In Kent, England, have once more been brought prominently before the pub- lic in the old country. The founder of thir strange sect, which is but little known in these days, was a certain James White, a private in the Six- teenth regiment, who, on his conver- sion, took the names of “James Jer- shom Jezreel.” White gathered en- thusiasts round him and, like the early Christians, the Jezreelites had all things in common. It was a prin- ciple of the sect that its members were the first portion of the 144,000, twice told, who shall receive Christ when he appears to reign on earth. Shortly after the foundation of the sect, “Jezreel” and his followers com- menced to build a huge temple, in- tended to hold 20,000 people, near Chatham. “Jezreel” died in 1885, and the work was never completed, but the temple—tenantless and bare—sur- vives today as a memento of one of the maddest of modern dreams, Wanted It Anyhow. There recently sought the services of a dentist a quaint young Swede, who, at the urgent insistence of his newly-acquired wife, came to “get his mouth fixed.” There were a number of teeth toa far gone to be filled. Accordingly, these were extracted, and then the dentist made an appointment with the Swede for further sittings, when the filling would be done. Instead of leaving the office Olaf hung about expectantly. “Is there something more you want done?” finally asked the dentist “Vell, I dunno,” said Olaf, looking doubtfully at the ceiling. “I tank may- “chits” and real letter writing consumes | be I like leedle gas. My meesis tole means a factor in one's daily rounds, me I hov to tak some for my toots. and especially so when there is more la- Hef she don’ hort too moch I tank bor than hours in which to do it—as the | maybe I better hov about twanty-fi’ case is here. So much more could be | cants wort.” azcomplished if it were possible to work the entire day; from noon until four it is so intensely hot that everything involv- ing outside work in stopped, though since my boxes of books and medicines have arrived, it will be much easier to work indoors. Tessle—I saw Dick Huggem kiss you , last night. Jessie—Did you see me kiss him? Tessie—No, but— Jessie—Then you missed the most thrilling part. All his thoughts are centered on hunting. Once I asked an Eskimo who seem- ed to be plunged in reflection, “What are you thinking about?” He laughed at my question, and said: “Oh, it is only you white men who go so much for thinking! Up here we only think of our flesh-pits, and whether we have enough for the long dark of the winter. If we have meat enough then there is no need to think. I have meat and to spare!” I saw that I had insulted him by crediting him with thought. On another occasion I asked an un- usually intelligent Eskimo, Panigpak, who had taken part in Peary's last north polar expedition: “Tell me, what did you suppose was the object of all your exertions? What did you think when you saw the land disappear behind you and you found yourself out on the drifting ice-floes?” “Think?” said Panigpak, astonished. “I did not need to think. Peary did that!" Eating becomes the great thing with the Eskimos. I once excused myself, when paying a visit, with the plea that I had already eaten and had had enough. I was laughed at, and the answer I received was: “There thou talkest like a dog! Dogs can be stuffed till they are sat- isfied and can eat no more; but peo- ple—people can always eat!” Art and Engineering. The close connection of the artistic and the mechanical instinct is shown again in recent developments in France. France is doubtless the most emi- nent modern nation in the world of art. But in the past 30 years she has come to be one of the foremost in me. chanical engineering; as the develop ment of the automobile and the aero- plane bears witness. Coincidentally, there has been at leas a relative fall- ing off in her standing in art. This looks as if the demand of mod- ern times had turned machine-wards the genius which in an earlier day would have expressed itself with brush and chisel, The artist and the engineer or in- ventor have the same faculty of see- ing a thing before it is finished, the same keen sense of proportion and relation, the same intense desire to put ideas into concrete form. When America pauses from her rush in mechanical invention, she will de- velop an artistic power that will as- tonish the world. Historic British Ship, One of the most interesting ships afloat is the Eagle, which lies in one of the docks of the River Mersey, England. For more than fifty years the Hagle has served as a training ship. 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