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Show THE LEIII SUN, LEIII, UTAH "Iowa Gold Mine" Photographed From Plane Daddy's ' i mm -n 4Lveiiig 1 --: Vl, , V3 AND ITS PEOPLES By Capt. L R. Claud Robinson BRITISH GOVERNMENT OF INDIA fairy Tale WRY GRAHAM BONNER .I, iBWMi n vmiM mvtnttt uiom WHEN the administrative powers of the East India company were transferred to the crown In 1858, ft was provided that India should be governed In London by a secretary of state assisted by a council, and In India by a governor general or viceroy vice-roy assisted by a small cabinet of officials. offi-cials. The provincial governments were organized on the same lines. This system continued until 1909, when Lord Morley as secretary. of state In London, and Lord MInto, the viceroy, agreed uponxglvlng India a measure. of representative government This was provided for by a piece of legislation known us the Indian council act The advance made by this act lay In increasing the size of the legislative councils. The additional members were nominated by representative Indian In-dian bodies such as -hambers of commerce, com-merce, universities and so forth, so as to secure representatives of different classes. It appears, however, that the powers of the councils were limited to discussions and recommendations wblchlhe government was not bound" to accept This system seemed to work well and give satisfaction. The next' step was a report In 1918 by Mr. Montagu, secretary of state for India, and Lord Chelmsford, the viceroy. vice-roy. In which proposals were made for a new constitution. These became the basis of the government of India act of 1919. Roughly, this scheme enfranchised en-franchised five millions of the Indian population on a property qualification. These elect a large proportion of the' central and provincial , legislatures, the size of which has been much Increased. In-creased. The electors also appoint a new central council of state, which Is really: the upper house corresponding to the senate of the United States and the house of lords in England. The remalnirg members of all these bodies are nominated by the executive government gov-ernment which Is Irremovable, but of course the elected members are in a big majority. In the provinces the functions of the legislatures have been divided Into two categories. The elected members, that is those entirely Indian, deal with such subjects as education and public health; while the nominated members, mem-bers, English and Indian, control the police, the administration of justice and such matters. The British governor gov-ernor of each province Is the keystone of these somewhat complicated arrangements. ar-rangements. The viceroy has powers of veto and legislation far exceeding those of the President of the Unit3d States, when deemed necessary for public safety. Coitemporaneously with these great changes, 'ocal self-government was established es-tablished and the civil service "In-dianized" "In-dianized" by raising the proportion of Indians to nearly 50 per cent All these arrangements came up for reconsideration re-consideration recently by the Simon commission. A HINDU FESTIVAL THE great spring festival of the Hindus Is known as the Boll and ia celebrated in varying form all over India. A feature of the observance which attracts the onlooker is the inv discriminate throwing of red powder and the squirting from syringes of a red liquid significant of the blood of Hindu martyrs of the past For days after the celebration men are seen going go-ing about with their white clothes still stained with patches of scarlet I witnessed this festival at Purl In the province of Orlssa. Large numbers num-bers of pilgrims came Into the town for the event and the streets were thronged with a good-natured holiday crowd. ; . Self-mortification, which India rever-ences rever-ences and admires, Is the chief motive cf those who take an active part In the proceedings. At one point is a man with little to cover "Ills nakedness naked-ness beyond a coating of wood ash smeared all over bis body, standing motionless upside down. His whole weight rests on his head and elbows. His legs 'are crossed in the air and a relentless sun beats down upon him. I learned that he had been. In this position for three hours. Further along another man reposed upon a bed of spikes. He had been lying thus in the sun for four hours. But the most popular practice seemed to be that of being buried alive. On patches of waste land along the road were rows of human arms and legs. These marked the graves of living sndhus, or those who are treading tread-ing "the path of knowledge," the Idea oppai-utly being to Illustrate the effectiveness ef-fectiveness of a system of breathing, which is a part of the training ot these men; a training which. It Is claimed, ends by giving a man com plere coutrol over ail the functions ol bis body. I took hold of a pair of protruding arms and the owner willingly wil-lingly allowed himself to be raised from his temporary grave. He stated be had been burled for an hour. In addition to these performing sadhus. there were cumbers of ordinary ordi-nary beggars, among them the pialmed and the blind, exhibiting their physical imperfertinn for the purpose of exciting excit-ing the compassion of the passer-by. I ft. 1938. WMtern Nwppa Unloa.1 5 " , y r--. r .-.v.-.;.v.: :Mv:.;-::::.::.:: X..-: '::-:i::..:-. i I v y y" ' -V mmmmmmmmmmmmmsemm&. Prospectors of the air found and photographed this "Iowa gold mine" Just a few miles from Des Moines during dur-ing a recent harvest It is a field of fine wheat partly reaped, the shocks appearing all around the center portion that Is still uncut - ' Mellon Buys Old Estate for His Daughter ' US, 11 SI 15 U l!"?4 ' .11"! i. ?ik.M i it yntin? I 11 f A glimpse of beautiful "Oak. 11111," the historic Virginia estate which Secretary of the Treasury Andrew W. Mellon purchased for his daughter, Mrs. David K. Estes Bruce. James Monroe, fifth President of the United States, was one of the first occupants of the mansion, which is more than 100 years old. The 1,200 acres of land lie about 40 miles from Washington. Scene in Quake-Ruined Melfi - J Ml' . ..-q 1 n wi BEAT CHINESE REDS 4 TS- - Wide World Photo What the recent earthquake did to the cities and towns of central southern south-ern Italy may be Judged by this view of the ruins of Melfl. This town, situated situ-ated almost on the Hp of an old volcano, was practically destroyed. Called America's Healthiest Girl r r" it '"-' ' ? - - i" f - - it L .'; ' i! 'it v" y Lieut Com. It. D. Tisdale, ia com mand of the American gunboat Palos which was attacked by Communist troops at Changsha, China, and dis persed the Reds, killing about fifty of them. MISS UNITED STATES 5;'. if Y As "Miss United States," Miss Beatrice Lee of Salt Lake City will represent this country In the International Interna-tional Beauty contest, to be held In Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, September 7, 1930. The winner will receive the title of "Miss Universe," the honor of being chosen the world's most beautiful girl, and a $10,000 cash prize. T-ffil-frWi Florence Smock, eighteen, of Eustis, Fla who was adjudged the healthi-tet healthi-tet girl In the United States by the National Congress of 4-H clubs. Florence believes in beauty unadorned. She oses no rouge or lipstick and advises beaitb seekers not to reduce If they want health. Justice' Franking Privileges The juslices of the United States Supreme court enjoy the franking privilege when writing on official business. The clerk of the court handles han-dles most of the correspondence, and his office Is supported by fees paid by litigants, and most of his correspondence corre-spondence is to litigants about their j cases. The fees of the clerk are paid by litigants, and If the government were to grant the franking privileges on sucn matters It would amount to paying postage on private cases. Washington Star. MR. AND MRS. MOUSE "How Fin This ChMia tV "I'm sorry," said Mrs. Mouse, on her way to the wedding banquet that Mr. Mouse was giving In her honor, "that I eon Id n't hava bad my wedding gown pressed. But you know wa mica don't go In tor such things. "I understand, I know, neither could I," squealed Mr. Mouse. "Too are beautiful enough to me," said Mr. Mouse, ash looked at ber admiringly. ad-miringly. "But I did try in a way," she went on. "I saw a flna and fashionable mouse, and I said: "You look very fine. Could you give me pointers on how to look my best for I am going to my wedding banquet? "And this mouse told me the best way to smooth my fur and pull my whiskers nice and clean." . "Ah, you do look very lovely," said Mr, Mouse. ; "You look very handsome, too," Mrs. Mouse said to ber mate. They were beginning their wedding feast now, the banquet which Mr. Mouse had prepared for bis wife. "How fine this cheese Is," Mrs. Mouse said, munching at a good-sized piece. For now, as they talked, they were nibbling as well as chatting. "It Is good cheese," agreed Mr. Mouse, "and this box of biscuits is quite tasty, too, I think." "What made you think of such a fine banquet and of such a wonderful place for a banquet?" asked Mrs. Mouse. "Well, you see," said Mr. Mouse, "I knew I was very lucky, very lucky, indeed. "Very few mice have had as great an honor as I have had. In fact I don't think any mouse ever had a more beautiful mouse bride than I have, 'and so I thought to myself "'She must have the best' "Then I looked about me, and there were two fine driveways or runways, or crawlways, or scamperways to this window corner, and I saw the nice paper boxes of biscuits and the cheese all out out and lots of it I "So I said to myself that it was the very, place for a sumptuous and magnificent and glorious wedding banquet." "It's wonderful," said Mrs. Mouse. "Few mice, I'm sure, have had the honor to have their wedding banquet in a grocery store'" For Mr. and Mrs. Blouse were eating in the grocery gro-cery store. In the front .window there was a little corner where they had settled themselves them-selves near some display boxes. The boxes hid them from the storekeeper, and when they saw people stop to look in the window they scampered back Into their holes so as not to be seen. Only one or two did see them, but they must have guessed It was their wedding banquet, for they never told on them. So Mr. and Mrs. Mouse had all they wanted to eat, and their wedding banquet ban-quet was a huge success. In the days, and weeks, and months that followed they used to talk over their wedding feast so many, many times, and when the little mice were tiny babies -they used to ask their mother over and over again: "Mother Mouse, please tell us the story of the wedding banquet you and Daddy had In the store window." Mother Mouse. The Game of Grumbles nere Is an amusing game to play Indoors on wet days, or outdoors when It is too hot to run about : One player starts asking questions of each In turn, Just as In "Proverbs." Each must answer carefully, because if he (or she) accidentally uses an R in the reply, everyone cries "Grumbles!" "Grum-bles!" and he must drop out of the game. Supposing the question asked were: "Do you hope for a fine day tomorrow?" tomor-row?" the other might want to reply: "Very much": but If she Is wise she will say: "Yes, Indeed." No player must use less than two words In replying, re-plying, j ' "What w6uld you use for sewing a button on to a black leather shoe?" The player naturally thinks of thread first; but after a moment's reflection re-flection she Is able to answer: "A needle and double black cotton." Of course the one who Is asking the questions must be wily and think out questions which may "catch" his listeners some which can hardly be answered without letter R being used at least once. The player who Is as wily as his questioner and continues until the end without "grumbling" is the winner. for ANY BABY WE can" never be sure just what makes an infant restless, but the remedy can always be the same. Good old Caatorial There's comfort in every drop of this pure vegetable reparation, and not the slightest arm in its frequent use. As often as Baby has a fretful speli, is feverish, or cries and can't sleep, let Castoria soothe and quiet him. Sometimes it's a touch of colic Sometimes constipa tion. Or diarrhea a condition that should always be checked without delay. Just keep Castoria handy, and give it promptly. Relief will follow very promptly; if it doesn't, yoo should call a physician. Biggett Hotel for London London's new Thames house is to be the largest hotel in Europe and the biggest commercial building In the world outside America. It will have 2,000 rooms with baths, the number of baths being, another Innovation Inno-vation for hostelries in Europe. 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