Bellefonte, Pa., December 19, 1913.
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FROM INDIA.
By . on Medical Duty in that Par Eastern
Coun v Mohammedan Dress and Customs.
Precotious Youngsters, A Holiday and an In-
dia Jaunting Car.
JHANsI, NOVEMBER 7th, 1912.
Dear Home Folk:
Some of the native women came to see
me and being Mohammedans, they drank
my tea and ate my crackers and cake. I
wish you could have seen them; after
sending away the “behrer” they took off
their long white capes and stood reveal-
ed in the most elegant of all their clothes
—jewelry, of which I have told you. You
would have been greatly entertain-
ed to have seen a four-year-old girl, with
long skirt of bright red material, an em-
erald green border, exquisitely embroid-
ered “chuda” and thin, gauzy shirt, and
very much jewelry. Thus far she is not
married, but both her brother, who is a
little past five, and herself, have the in-
tellect of children of ten at home. It
is very strange, at times for instance, the
other day at the dispensary, a little girl
of five, in very poor looking clothes, of-
fered to dance for us. As there were not
many patients she was called in. Oh,
that I could describe it; theshaved head,
except the round spot left long on the
crown, (to pull them into their heaven,)
the ragged, dirty, open shirt and long
skirt, the impudent brown-faced child
with big, bold eyes, the shrill, high child-
ish voice, and could I make you see it as
Isaw it all. At first I stood and watched,
then the absurdity of it all struck me
and I laughed until the tears rolled down
my cheeks. She was a grotesque little
thing and first placing both hands on her
hips began to sway from side to side,
only at the hips, then raising her hands,
with elbows bent and palms turned out-
ward, began one of those high, shrill na-
tive chants and standing firmly on the
left bare foot, propelled her body around
with the right toes, all the time throwing
her head from side to side and using her
eyes in fashion much oftener seen in her
sex of riper years. Occasionally she
would strike her hands together like cym-
bals and point at some of us to empha-
size her song. I gave her a “pice” and
some medicine, for the “show” was well
worth it.
Last week was a festival week tor the
Hindus and I am afraid the holiday feel-
ing was in the air. One of the other
women, working in an adjoining mission,
suggested going on a picnic, so off we
went to meet a party of six, at a certain
well known gate in a small town, per-
haps two and a half miles from here.
Mrs. Rea, the matron, Miss Battie, a
friend, and myself, were the ones from
this side and as the hospital work had
detained us a bit, we could not find the
rest when we arrived and spent another
twenty minutes walking over the jungles
hunting them. Finally around a corner,
in a narrow street and up a tiny hill we
located the school in which they were
awaiting us. The trip, a four mile one,
to a dam used for supplying water to the
car shops here, was to be made in a na-
tive two-wheeled ox-cart. I saw in front
of this school acart standing, with two
small school benches strapped on the top
and we were told to get on, we did so by
first one sitting down and being careful
as to how she put her feet (the space be-
tween these benches being not over ten
inches;) the next one had to sit on the
opposite side and so fit in (somewhat like
a braid) then two big lunch baskets
were added and three “sauri” of water
filled every available space on that cart.
The small boy who was to be the driver,
then led up the oxen and put on their
yoke, mounted the tongue and we were
off. It was a very thrilling experience,
for, as you know, there are only two
wheels and as the oxen are not reliable
beasts they would cavort across the road
into the neighborhood of a deep ditch in
an appalling fashion, or just as a big
stone loosened up they ambled graceful.
ly away, leaving the wheels to find out
the height and us the after thud, for of
course there are no springs and you ride
on the axle. Truly it was amusing, and
as an experience something entirely new.
As | was sitting almost on the tail of one
of the animals I soon recognized the fact
that the supposed driver knew his steeds
not at all. I became a coward, so having
eaten nearly half me heart by this time,
since it wouldn't stay out of my mouth,
and desiring to keep the rest for future
use, I told him to “tyro” (wait) and I de-
cided to proceed on my own two feet.
Shortly afte’ ward the others did like-
wise, and chattering and watching the
antics of that boy and his oxen, we final.
ly came to the dam. A very pretty place
it was, but nothing to rave over. Our
breakfast was the mnst important thing, | infl
and as it was so near what we would
have at a picnic at home I will not men-
tion it but will tell you of our coming
home.
As had to be home at two o'clock,
we ate our breakfast and walked around
the works, trying to locate ourselves.
Miss Battie and I decided to go as the
crow flies, while the others thought they
would walk a bit and ride a bit. The
two of us were sprinting along, and al-
most a mile from our starting point,
when a call came to “come back.” Hur-
rying to where the others were we found
that two of the four had gotten into that
“go-as-you-please” chariot, and although
the bumps were many and the
progress
slow, they had been willing to stand for
it, but in one place a creek, probably full
during the rains, but now nothing but a
deep, sandy gully, had to be crossed.
The oxen floundered down one side, then
the one shied a bit, the wheel struck a
snag and over it went. One girl sitting
on the side landed neatly on the broad
of her back, her hair inches deep in
the sand; the other fell across her and
was rather badly jarred. There was no
real injury done but they sure did have a
tumble, and it was well it happened in a
nice soft spot. We were thankful that
we had been walking, although the spear
grass was sometimes unbearable, since it
gets into your flesh and you can scarcely
get it out, or it will catch in your skirts
and then just give you a nice pleasant (?)
dig with every step. Having helped them
onto their feet they again started on
their way and we, seeing our objective
point, started for it straight. By this
time the sun was high and hot, and all
sorts of creepy things got on you and
each had to have a separate bite out of
you. We crossed fields and fields of
“goa,” a grain that looked like sugar
cane and is used for feeding horses, but
which I like very much after it is parch-
ed, as it is like browned peanuts, and
with a little butter and salt on itis
mighty good. It grows at least six feet
high, so that in walking through it we
were quite hidden, and coming out on
the other side found we had gone quite
out of our way. After crawling up little
hills and going down into little creek
beds, skirting around jungle bushes and
open crevices, picking out spear grass
heads, we finally came to the place from
whence we had started, and still we were
two miles from home, and not being able
to find a “tonga” started straight for the
railway station where we hoped to get a
“tonga.” We broke all rules and regula-
tions by going straight over the railroad
tracks, past the freight depot and then
over the passenger tracks and it surely
was a big sigh of relief that went out
when finally we landed in a nice, com-
fortable “tonga.”
I had invited a very nice woman to
have tea withme and when 1 got into
the house asked the “behrer” what there
was to eat; he told me nothing, and
then I remembered I had taken all the
bread, crackers and tea with me and just
when I was deciding that we could have
tea but nothing else, he told me that he
had ordered a loaf of bread and there
was butter. Then I remembered that
the girl had left a small fruit cake and
part of it still remained, so I grinned and
went to have my bath and dress. When
she arrived and I told her the story we
both laughed over the affair and I did
not care a whit whether the tea was fine
or not, and I think she enjoyed it also.
(Continued next week.)
WHERE PLUM PUDDINGS GROW.
From Christmas stocking Number of St. Nicholas.
Grow! Why puddings do not grow at
all! The cook makes them.
And yet, they do grow; just as every.
thing else does that we bring to our
tables.
First of all, I must tell you that plum is
not its proper name. The real name of
this little fruit is currant. And thereby
hangs a tale—as good Dame Quickly :
would say. Turn to your map of Greece, |
and you will find a place called Corinth. |
This old city seems to have a way of |
lending its name to things. The most |
beautiful kind of architecture in the!
world is named Corinthian—because it |
was first used there; and you know that
two of the most beautiful books in our
Bible are the Epistles to the Corinthians— |
letters which good St. Paul wrote to the |
church at Corinth after he had come a-
reaching upon its streets. And our!
ittle plum borrowed the name of the old |
city, too, having first been grown there- |
abouts, and came to be called the fruit of
Corinth, or “currants.” Justas our peach
the name of Persia, its ancient home;
and our damson, the name of Damascus;
a our quince the name of Cydonia in
rete.
But whereas peaches and damson and
quinces have turned emigrants and wan-
ered all over the earth, this special cur-
rant has bided at home where you will
find it growing in a little ribbon of land
shut in between mountain and sea along,
the western coast of Greece.
Some of the currants go to Germany.
Some to Russia. Some to and
Holland. And many tons find
their way to A Where in due Ame
they are brought t grocer's to
our kitchen doors against the Christmas-
So then, when you sit down to the next
Christmas pudding, you may remember
that it grew—at least the best part of it
—over on the sunny shores of Greece;
and that there have been stored in the
little brown plums the winter rains and
the Soft breezes and the summer suns of
ARTHUR B. COOKE,
U. S. Consul at Patras.
Every man believes as a part of his
natural creed, that “we are fearfully and
wonderfully made,” yet he has no more
real appreciation of the fact in which he
believes than in many another fact funda-
a a
watch, wrapsit in regu-
larly, carefully shieldsit from magnetic
uences, and will allow no undue shock
to jar its mechanism. But how
does he care for the far finer mech-
anism of his body? It should be fed with
the same regularity that the watch is
wound, it should be
instead of which it is fed irregularly, in-
differently protected, and subject to eve
indiffernce permits or hardi-
hood invites. The result is that the
machinery o/ the body, the heart, liver,
lungs, blood and stomach Set “out of
order.” There is nothing t will so
uickly readjust these organs and start
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Although Usually Broken They Often
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to the Maker.
fil:
counting with self. It is only through
such accountings that men and women
find themselves, learn to know them-
selves and, knowing, become what
they should be.
Rev. Dr. Talmage used to tell the
story of a young man who annually de
voted New Year's eve to a review of
the year ended, concluding with reso-
lutions which he seldom kept for any
great length of time. Lying lazily back
In a comfortable Morris chair, this
young man would smoke a cigar, think
over the year, and make his resolves.
One New Year's eve he thought and
smoked until, half dreaming, he
fancied he saw in the smoke as
it
curled upward the word “resolutions.”
His fancy led him to serious considera
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In smoke.
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Each time he told this story Doctor
Talmage assured his hearers that this
young man was today one of the fore
most business men of New York city,
a factor in its commercial life and a
powerful agent for good in many direc-
tions. The reverend gentleman made
the point that although resolutions
may be made only to be broken, the
time must come in the life of every
man and woman when they make one
supreme resolve which is the making
of themselves. Therefore Doctor Tal
mage always declared that he favored
New Year resolutions even though
they would be broken, because he knew
that in the end they would result in
something really worth while,
“GOODBY, OLD YEAR, GOODBY.”
By Margaret E. Sangster.
“Goodby old year, goodby.”
We've had good times together:
You gave us many a bright blue sky,
And sometim
es stormy weather.
But we've had lots of fun—
We've skated, fished and boated;
And now, just as the year is done,
In school we've been promoted.
Old year, be brave and proud;
‘With banners floating
You join the shadowy crowd
Of years that went before you.
Goodby, old year, goodby;
‘With “finis” to your story,
The stars shine out on high
To light your way with glory.
A LONG SLEEP.
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“Yistiddy was 1913 an’ today
1914"
“Gee! How's that?
slept a whole year last night.”
A New Year's Wish.
My New Year wish fs that
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