Show 1 IM i I QUEER FEATURES OF CALCUTTA THE THC I 11 THE E GA GATEWAY TE WAyN OF IND IA CITY OF Or HOVELS PALACES AND u 4 I L I n non nonI May III 1010 I am ant In lL I i C utta the Oil K iU ay s o of or f tl Iho I o empire nf fit t India In r lla and fit 1111 i iI d 1 Iho I I front 1 of ot the Ih home hOln fird of ot d K l ane of at mankind l It III I R a 1 I nt fifth Ii Ith find nd to l I 1 to up UI the Ox Ih I v world rh kept this i dead d id quiet for tor In jt t 10 0 yar They 11 nave mH Ad It It In a ft of tI ds unto atI led 1 It II Ili doi doI rt with It tI Iti 1 i i Hi T f a n all Iu Its II rr I 1 ir 7 I raid n heu kind w of ot grou groat where on our I M toro Thy They Th l Ve order out II r I da clans liH nil and Ia n ie out nUl nf f dh U end nril r Tey fy have ha Iun to UI make maken uk ukI I in t n I n ii in Its t i who wh n wh a thuy Ih Iho S lok h o ld I I at fir 0 thi Ih ti i o iii I 1 try a n f ea r agn aRn RI i M t ii T lint hilI little 1111 hUr r til t ill m 1 Tin r rat 1 hat III V RI irl rn en n them 1111 i nod I i itil I U 4 til in up 11 to I think und fur foi tI Hi m j t I s and low tin thI in ar rr ri r rII I It I tu to t lilt bU It thi lh hoods handi th that t hll h Ip II i I 1 n 11 This Thin l I Is one uni I phase i of if r Ih th 11 gr i II i I n liu t ahl hk 1 hn h hul i rune tn t I I M i II I I THU i NIS f F i I Ipe a y t tE E nI pe 11 lip ill 11 kii nul IUNd l j i I l lel i ift el t ft iI 1 PI t I tl dol hi I I r hag I Ir r r r i inn w ll 11 I i i iw iii ir It i ir i it QI r t i i Ih f t uI ii i mi lid i It Ity i i y Am Hi 1 II il 1 I i I IUt d Ut I t td yd anil w A tn to t tongue there nr nn Ilk liki JOO nn rk n by 1 which r nut not by the Iho other otherA A LAND LA P OF MANY JOD JODA As A tn In religion hn flora mor Mr cod I any r continent upun there In Is I no nl flue here tin tau III ot of t th Ih the r rrth tn men 0 ar and none non where helm nenna n nett to him hull f t lf lt and hb family Th This h n no cn o 0 that flint n 1011 in fir II l big lg I n fl na nil n 4 liable mt ht hr I written boll th them n mil not toll I It ft in 1 ha O OI oO flan linn IIno dh I Id 1 i up I AI ninny n r which mini It he h ft I tl 1 Ilan in Ilir I Ib h i f t Tip liny c nS I 1 li I i ul U i t an fir It I nl d b r u ut t 0 I cN N u eI lh t tIn R In 11 e loi in in I tM I 1 i I 1 thi t I i a r mil a tf rrt il t l ln mn n I a Ik 11 I 1 nw i r tt Ih t I NII fj J i iroll n u roll III hl the Ih I I of f r fe III Q i ie e 1 l lw 01 h M In Ill h th II nf ur r 7 r rih uster t r r I 11 n Ora Ther 0 ih th nil Ill II n fir t r Imp h In ha h k kUt kw t l 1 nil n i Ut ur sto M Ml 1 i I t kr i f a II t I Ih h u n K IMM II Mill and t tar Ih III bi 01 Ii air r III In 1 i I I l mil ill t It j u rett 1111 ell ryr 1 i I too rl it i r t I I ll J I 1 L 1 I r I 1 It rI J JI I I 1 f i I lf i t i il II f 11 F iI p I II II I l I Mi I In I Cm r Ir hN tl II r to II I 1 n I Tin Tinn They 1 i i I It Itu n 1 n II ITI I S i ith 4 Ii IiI I Irn th t d dst 1 I I t t 1 h i I The Black Hole of 1910 and Other Hotel Features Gay Scenes on the I Government Buildings Pilots Who Vho Make Male a Month Fortunes in Jute Plow the Country Grows Fifty Millions in Thirty I I L Years Some Reasons for the Unrest I u u u d I l The calla shod on an th lOt behind the carriage or fir squats j Ih and nn holds hold on Tho Tha Th latter latteri 1 i I llou and ami I on o i w hy h Hid Ihu I hIt man loan In I not Jolted nut out In fo for ni n getter or rut rul In the theIn I r rind nd In III addition tn to such Kuch turnouts i t heir hp t aN Wren nil S i hor lire arc MM In tin the tini II i ur H 11 Hi roil tin the next mOM I I 1 have hap i are Iuri bl ram n which nt nl lionie t several dollars a 11 i ml 1 lih lt cr R Idle IlIc the tho tI wind I la you u 1 1 that the Ihl hungry Iles h Iran hap to 10 fly 11 to 10 tot tor pt t fit i I of r ili the I RY In IR h tutu mud when hen ho 11 h thin nf or orn r n tin Ih he lIr lIri i IM l ri IS M J aLACI I II 11 I I Ir IL Ih the i siren i r re r OO e l O 0 01 1 i t 0 a 0 u h f P Pi k I a f i o 0 C t 1 0 m p s i N 4 I V MO tits I ITHE I Ic THE TIIE POST OFFICE OUTSIDE THIS TILIS WAS TILE THE FAMOUS BLACK BLAaK HOLE z 4 fur for 10 Nr liy by h C I ate I i It would rell h ON OM for nn OM n Mot Mon tr Ire reel CB I l und and its II apex would uhl In he h hei 7 lulu Into the tho Ih canal Prom From 11 i north to tn In IK IN nn UN long lone n ns from fromI 1111 II yr I the ho middle ml lII of ot bay to tn the hilt Ik of pf hut from rant east t to tl w f t It rl 2 OO miles Ji Ot T The land Ian I Is III Olin non nf of a ones onesi The f nil on the north arc aro covered i with Ith und the tho th Icy J waste about colder eol lr than the tho chamber of at tam tho It i hint Silat hell Thin Tho bolow lie lac In tho the und they III n hot It UK us the burning of or Mark onyx ay they fc feed l the 1 rs hoin Ice to keep them from laying Lolled eggs I t India In ii the wettest Itt land upon earth t and on the th driest II n lian prat Mich Michin in 1 It H not nol rain for tor 33 7 morals In elon roil other nil the rho time 1 Il pincer where It nu There nr In the tho Ih p i horo six lx fret tt ot or water rater have heen known to fU fUi fall In tho ihn J lIle of or f 12 I t i months I 1 The Thc country I on one of ot great n drs Ill r rots Itt roil and mI y r vet w of nt wills oils i I lr which n been b n cultivated tho down 1 I 1 7 IC t of or hili or and Rn nf ot w des tl which the thel l ri I 1 Io 10 of man Winn hn hoe never turned Phi Ih p 1 fenny speaking It II Is U a It Tin rail awn t tIt r It 1 III also alo 1 in n world worl 1 front the tho stand tind nf of 0 It IN on Olio of at the thu fir crowded parts of or tin the globe Klobo It Ites has ho hn N three ten tm I es ns 01 people us u tho 1110 t he i United and an farming I here there thera are aft more mono than one ono man mun manto I 1 to Its the tho ncr acre 1 Altogether InJIa ho moth mOle town and J ri than there then are aro 11 in Hoi Do 10 I 1 ton or t tat t I fetus and anti It has hasli li 1 I rules K of lar larr larga n Mw nice 1 tho the name memo nf of which r j we e know knot kilO rho renter greater Calcutta I i including the Ih suburbs and nearby I 4 It ln lover nn IK Ix nt nn large ai as greater Ch I CI 11 J Dombay In I ii bigger than tin nd ti I J Mulls Clorand In also population U Is rapidly It lui hll t r within the Ih the 30 i nr and an l l III 1 now nil told 1 i 1 India IK Is I not like In that It if IK IN I INI I made up of ono on race of ot the same color lor I J Ouch features with the arimO language i 1 religion and an It Is la lOmpo 1 of ot off I n It germ core or and of nr no 10 many Luny man f I I z and cast K that Ihal they inn can 1111 hard 1 jy iS J be he 1 1 There are nr hero here w t at look Ilko ilkI cui 11 an nn others which lt h I 11 peat ll tiring places the lito people lint 1111 Ic f blue billt eyes eyen and hair mill nn ninny mon P 1 ii where Vint n an Rr n Il 1111 h ul nn n II H Thero There ni nr mire ire racer race tn tit titI I than on nn tho continent fl f r l I N terror nod nHI other branches of ot the tho pro PIO tri tart faith 1 I see l that IHu p Th Tit burn burl Nays HIM KJ I that there are now about 10 of ot native natle POIl tUn arid that the hii hll Ini lOI 0 In the space I of ot in to 0 years Starn 1111 Our aro alive 1111 um alit Uio Ule they urn ore going great grel good KoodA A 1 CITY OK OF Calcutta 18 le ono one of the chief nent IIII of ot the tiro I do not wonder nt at It Thor There In Is I no place where whre the difference nt or conditions In Is more norr pronounced Those Th are aro among tho the poorest on earth Among them Ih m are mil halls who Mho always go to 10 bed hungry and In tho the dents I II mOl here arc nrc people who count their bites hll to 10 see sea II whether r they will haM enough for the tho morning At Atthe A Atthe I Ithe the name ra nH mo time Calcutta Tins linn Us lIa fain tah ash residence quarters tho the Lomel homM of or the tho British where money flows no like thin tho Gillig and fortunes fortune are spent In one all sen BOM BOMI 1 I I could a l l show you nu u tIlI lb n better hetter parts parti of or Calcutta It Is I a R city of ot pal 1111 palaces p nl aces with o and aill wide open PAl It covers about HH ax much nil lit Chicago In ht proportion to 10 Iti It olio running along tho limn with filth lIh the th great suburb on the opposite ol hack The r has hAil inkee and lawns lawn and gardens Burdens and anda a public park through tho the At AI the beginning of ot this Ihlo It is I the palace pala of ot the th viceroy n mansion as ae snowy as n lowly slacked lime anti anil amiet et 1 t h hr nI It at nl the Ihn op 01 pOI II 0 end ml I I tho the big house of the lieutenant general of ot Doth are arc surrounded by beautiful ground und and I Ird the latter linn has a A banyan tree treo rd d only oily by that In iii the taw zoological park of which perhaps ou eu have heard Tho The Is U borderer with lull chub houses and mansions The most fash fashionable homes holies of Call Calcutta look out up upon upon upon on It and It II forms arils the social nodal heart of oC the tho Ih city cIU II It 11 las IMS a II rare rale track with u a twomile course ouI n In which now note and then poll 1010 aro urn played and also aIM ten len nix 1115 III courts end and grounds ground for tor cricket and Holt golf The Tue hr always n piny there nf ot nn an o owning and he the people robe come om forth and drive about In to handsome turnouts The Th viceroy and Lady pinto may my he b seen sn In their w Ith their ret I mm and an 1 with whir native rol 01 tHer ns nIl outriders lr Thorn Them are arc ar other of or II prints lulu and also 1110 with coachmen and footmen In livery There ire are TO Europeans Parsers and 1 ura uraIn In n ven ono one rides rId In hits hi carriage every overy er carriage hat has hit lit Its liveried and footmen The Th coach o ch j I 11 usually n a bearded man with tin turban bin gown goun he Is I always R lare tare laren n hit ht hi box hotel el to 10 the th mansions on the tho Maid HH all mm and ml tin thi hi big government nt buildings building nf or f the Ih The Tito mansion iKird holdt holds forth Is I ot or the same age nM as the White hitI lion o at lit Washington It 11 IN iii I far more und an in Its surroundings have havo 1 16 10 times tho rho t I of It IH is the Town hall halt 11 Ct Doric Dorl building which was finished under the Iho Instructions of or this M grandfather In 1817 and near that the magnificent buildings of tho thu high courts which compute compare In size with those of our government depart departments departments ments nt nl Washington Another floe structure l is the llIto which faces the tho lake In Dalhousie Square I 1 went through It U and ns as I 1 came out I stopped at nt the corner orner and read rend on a tablet the following The marble pavement t below n this Ihl spot was laps WI placed horn horo by Lord Curzon Viceroy and governor general of India In tn 1901 1101 To mark the tho Milo alto of or thin tho th prison In Old Ohl Fort Font William rn known know II na os tho rho Black Mule Hole In while which h 14 6 British h Inhabitants of Calcutta nl were confined on the Ih night of thin tho J u in 1766 and from which only 23 73 3 came out oUI alive pavement mark markn the exact dimensions of or thin tho prison and near It Itla IH la nn till erected by h ono one of ot the df of India years ears car ago The Tho nabob or r native ruler ordered ordre 1 the tho In ln of or these e victims ron and nd l then Ihen drunk dank himself off ocr to 10 sleep deep Tho The British who thrown In were largely officials They Tho were ere driven nt at mho tho Ih point of the Into a dun lun dungeon geon 20 70 0 tool feet square It was In the tho heat heal of or thin Iho tropical summer and the tho were wore small II In a short hort time ey gasped for tor breath They Thy cried for mm mercy cy and anil tried to 10 break down donn the tho door loor Then they Ih offered bribes bribe to the tho Jailers but hul the only answer was wes that the tho nabob 11 x asleep and he would be he angry If It awakened Tho The dying then Ihen fought for tor places at nt tho 1110 windows and und raved and pra prayed ed mind and swore their jailers held lights at It atthe atthe the hors bars and laughed When hen the day lay broke broe the tho nabob having slept off of his hili spoil spell ordered the tho door to be lie opened ol nel Of ot the tho all 1111 but 21 73 3 were fr dead and the Ih living were PO men far gone that they the were barely able ablo to from the tho charnel house hour hOIl Today that Is la remembered I with horror And still how closely lh tho the sublime sul lIme tramples upon tho thu heels of f thin Ih ridi ridiculous ridiculous culous Only last week a n traveler was wat talking with the viceroy about limo tho sights sight of ot Calcutta when what wh his hili excellency naked asked him If it ho had seen n the Iho famous Hole 1101 Indeed Inele I 1 hove haI replied tilt Ih M visitor Hor I 1 am living In It II It was room rOL lOG al at thin the Grand hotel AT TUB HOTELS T I can cnn sympathize with that visitor for tor I 1 hive Iho In the tho pains dune hotel It U Is Ie sold said to 10 be lie the Ihl brat best In town but It lint has hn nil nu numerous morons black holes hol Just now It Is crowded I and It In Is I almost Impossible to get rooms An American admiral who value carno here last week failed railed to do doso doso so and hutch had to go 10 to a n cheap board hoar boardIng boardIng 1 Ing house where ho he U is I now non living I got 01 In iii only by 11 cabling In tn advance from Them Thera lire are several big hiI hotels In Calcutta The They are aro rambling three star lit 0 r buildings which cover acres and have havo all nil Aorta ort Dr of ot Inconveniences Inconvenience My room for tor Instance IB is locked with witha n a padlock which snaps with a II spring There IH is only one on key k to tn tin the k anti when I left Itt thin this afternoon the tho Key remained 1 Inside InI the time room I could not get It II until 1 I reported to the tho manager and the Ih servant then hal hail to 10 climb to 10 the th walls and through the window to open the Ih door Ioor I an electric bell to 10 call It 11 the th hotel servants 1 have ha rung It again and an again and andOne one nn tiny day Ita I 1 propped my In umbrella Against thin the button end and left Ift It there for an hour I 1 could hear har the th bell ring ringIng Ing but hut there wo was no response So In elf defense I 1 have had to hire n a per personal servant of ot mv my m own to tn lie llo on the floor noor outside the door nt at night and to wait upon upun me In during tho the dame daur time I am Rm paying pa him Just 33 37 cents n a day dR and ho feeds himself HIKING A SERVANT 1 I hired this servant two t days da after 1 I landed handed land In Calcutta Indeed I 1 was AM forced to do da o po M o not only on I on account of or my 10 need of him but rather mthr for hip hl hi hin need n for tor me ml The Tho moment mOm nt our mu ship Caine to 10 anchor In the harbor a score COIO of ot auld be manta ants rushed aboard attached th l I ii to the II pC u I U 0 thoi Ih hest t tn I tau w N It I l I upon Ulan u 1011 meIs me mean an Is prey Iry i sail and eu ea c li h nr WeI d t i outdo thu ham other I Ul x i oA 1 pert servants n ants of or o f the till I tol Eh and fit ill ov oVer otar r my m tou x As soon noon BH oe R f 1 acrs settled f lh EI i l that he lie hud brought lit m my lily 1 1 and that this alts nil Im Implied alt rt t I tn to take lako him ns nM my 1 Moth hud had shi shoe M of or letters leUno of or on oil limit and e It i d I h equally It Real KOCH I One On OnH a aa a H dark I 00 o of W Wand 3 and the other r a l linn don of or 19 41 or so The Tho II I I Warne uin wv WI Lai tal and the Ihn follower of ot the tho prophet called Ill II lid himself Wall R II Mohammed toed med I 1 took look a n tiny day to deride |