Evening Star Newspaper, June 13, 1929, Page 16

THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, THURSDAY JUNE 13, 1929. e T e The poet’s voice is soft and pleasant | not made for progress, but rather been the facility with which misunderstand- | people of India to solve their own prob-| It was probably inevitable that the|what lively disputation between Tagore and his English enunciation is perfect. | marked by & retrogression. ing and friction are engendered among |jems, Tagore’s own school has 200 |Subject of “Mother India” should be|and some of the members of our party L M NG F There is just the slightest thickening of | “India’s civilization has been dis- |the people, the utter inadequacy of the | oo "ol that can be accommodated, | r03ched. 80 when Willlam Philip | regarding the “Mother India” affair some of the lablals—it can hardly | located,” he said, in effect, “by the |educational processes to reach the mil- y ated. | simms put the question we all felt|when he arose and thanked the Hindoo be called a lisp—to indicate that knowl- | economic changes that have taken [lions, the failure of the leaders to find | Two hundred students in a population|somewhat relieved. Tagore did not |sage for his kindness and for the en- a formula of national spirit and ex-|of several hundred miilion! flinch at the topic which has caused |lightenment which he had shed upon edge of the tongue is not native, but | place since the advent of the Western By GIDEON A. LYON, has been acquired. He seldom raises | influences. The village has been choked | pression that is not a mere ritual of | “Please tell us what you think of|so much bitter controversy and so much |the issues and conditions affecting his his voice, which is musically pitched. | by the town. The people, who formerly | words—these and other factors appear | Western music?” asked Francis Regal|deep feeling. He did not spare his de- | people. Member of American Journalists’ Party Now Touring Orient as Guests He never hesitates for a word. Occa- | lived clean, pure, wholesome lives in the | to make the prospect a gloomy one. of Springfield, himself a musical critic| nunciation of the book as unjust, as| Tagore arouse /a; Carnegie Endowment Jor International Peace. sionally he uses a colloquial phrase, as | villages, where they found all that was | “Oh, yes,” he said, when asked re-|and aware of Tagore's deep interest in|an unfair m tation of India, | giscussion ',?;.}fi,h:bnl-.{. riy A for example when he said, regarding | necessary for their comfort and their | garding the nationalist independence | music and his creation of some delight-|and as a y unpardonable mis-|his motives. But there is only one some of the questions confronting_ the | development, have been drawn into the | movement, “they have passed a resolu- |ful compositions. Tagore smiled with|statement of his own views and beliefs. | opinion among our 11 concerning him, and May 3, 1929. assemble in one of the smaller dining ple of India, “those are problems | greater organism.” tion in Parliament declaring for inde-|& charming crinkling of the lines of his| The enomenon of the enormous that Somewhere Northwest of Midway |rooms to meet the Indian sage. There | ?fi'm we must tackle.” Later in the interview, Tagore am-.| pendence. But what of it? It means|Usually placid face. ckcumz: of this book, he said, is a mmunn:h 'mdh:,: Tl‘:nféc:fi ';:?E “I have earnestly tried to appreciate |sad one to contemplate. sonalities ever met. Islands. was no suggestion of restriction regard- sl e fin- | Plified the thought of the change in |nothing. They might just as well pass sad HEN we went to the pier at| ing the “inferview,” which was o be a T s misting a fald of his | economic ~conditions when reminded |a Tesolution declaring war on England | Western music, but I must say that,| I feel sorry for the people who have San PFrancisco to board the | collective one. e as he speaks, Tagore talks ahead | that the drift from small to large com- 'and providing for the conquest of that aithough I understand what it is all such debase¢ minds and such unwhole- i e ey et steamer for the Orient we| Some of us were wondering how We | .ieh ‘herfect serenity. Once or twice | Munities was the order in most coun- country. about, I cannot fully enjoy it. I re-)some thoughts as to seek and enjoy a Note—Am;n g!r'he P wny’grn -, ] saw, fluttering around the | should address him. He was knighted | [ "the’ course of the discussion. which | trles. and particularly in the United Seif-Government Néoed. member that when I went to England, | work of this character. India has not |¥ill appear - baggage section, a number | by King George of England in 1915, | isteq for nearly. an hour and a half, | Statés. What T e ore, 1| 3,124.0f 17, in 1678, Catlotta Neillsen, a | been harmed by it as much as have = of turbaned Hindoos, bearded, remote |This would make “Sir dransth” | he“became. quite animated—it would s et (nyhat India nceds, sald Tagore, i| Swedish vocallst, was quite the rage in | those who have read it.” WE CLEAN BLANKETS Jooking. Later we saw them, and some | the corfect, form. But several vears |y p fair to say exclted—and his face that, the greatest minds of the land| London, and I went to hear her. She| There was much more talk. It others, on board the ship, before we |ago, in dignation af : sl ;:‘mg was drawn into an expression of the “Progress,” he sald, “Is cannibalistic. | e ev%l.s A m‘; nr;\ nd a cure for | sang, with other "nelectlona. one called | touched upon personalities, upon prin- | And absolutely guarantes against any sailed. In the con- of a number of Hindoos by 150 | keenest feeling. 1t devours its own body. It feeds upon | prc SIS | at afflict her, to prepare the | ‘The Nightingale,” in which she imi-|ciples, upon religion, politics and eco- skrinkage fusion of departure troops at Amritsar, he renounced his o .| Beelt Tndis has suffesed severely from | 570! or a substantial structure of |tated that bird. 'And I wondered then, | nomics. Tagore was ready for every Wo_ Injssed’ Tthem. S title. 8o we were given to “nd,n;::d Laek of Education. this progress. It is unhappily the na- | t—go‘yemmem. But there is no pros- | as now, why & human being should, in | question. He evaded none. He gave and concluded that that "B gagme . the accepted Weé first, through the'mediumship of | ture of things.” e 5‘{:3 1 '{;fln s Tus oo | S——" of the song of birds, try to|no sign of fatigue, but at the end of A E&%m’g“{,fi ‘ mmrfi foaner at the reception he | Francis Clarke of Atlanta, got the in- | Whether consctously or not, Tagore | foctive. Nor does 1t avonee the ntercst B ot 3‘33"'.;“?&“',‘0{““'.?’;&2 ey ngxr:xl‘flw:fl:r%‘ivmg K b ol long the lines of educa- painted a picture of a rather hopeless|of th T " . a5e, and e voyage to some - accorded to us was simple and digni ‘erl!W going a! i - P pi of the mass of the people. Others are | point of appreciating Western music. nervous fidgeting of the fingers gave friend. Tt was not S B oo i’l‘:&‘“fiu‘.‘&",‘} tor i X, & Sbject o WRIeh Tagor, conditon in Indie, The et Jass o | seiing i, thet own, way but Uney con: | “hnd Chinese rmer” suggwted M. (3 slen of egtatlon v the‘quuslons| 4 " aathl aer et Bivaudion” U toed siad gl o Gl e, e DTS5 o) e, Pple [, et o, s pod ot the piudie an - | mestl L, e e : ; t 3 ! 3 was an were on_our_ way ] » Bim fotithe courisey, O el e s n’?ee;fil;fig:r‘x?gex:? &2‘%&’%;?; jack of a common understanding, the| Only through education can come the| *I cannot appreciate that any better; |of considerable kindness on the part of| Corner 11th & H Sts. N.W. mmgmt‘g n‘:m?m\?; i g :m}ns?nm About the conditions in his | He spoke in terms of sadness regard- . : guage, | enlightenment that will enable theindeed, not so well. our. chairman in the midst of a some- Phone National 2704 en Gal v d 5 ing the lack of governmental aid for = 5 - B ) UDETY - very large subject” was | Sucation 1or the masoes of the people: 72 7 Julius Lansburgh Furniture Co.—909 F Street N.W. 7 g e The implication was rather explicit that % N ly. “It i1l ask specific Z 7 ::);enfll 3’&1 d&?m: ;?l:ltrlzglyl wflxl beyc’q“}ld"w .nlwerr.”? the British administration in India has 5 Questons _ ¥ > (— brown robe, walk- ing slowly, hands clasped behind his Mr. Lyon back, his fine- arded face bent. Behind him came a young Hindoo, much darker of com- plexion, stouter, obviously a secretary. 66 29 m‘fé’ffiflfé’x&"s&"?‘?}’fi?"iflé%’fi ’{ii‘:’i AI' Ch P reservers E—to take a(}ilvanl:age of the 'lé (t),i;f fan%ple suite sale—the response to the ¥ LLESS SAMPLE SUITE SALE of 86 most poet, educator, lecturer. and, occa- 1 ne suites has been remarkable! 58 suites have been sold and there are only 28 left to go in the next two days!! agitation. His splendid head is too well in S ummer We illustrate 6 of them; all are beautiful new styles and most desirable for Bedroom, Dining Room and Liv- sionally, storm center of discussion and known through frequent lll_uilradllol;l\‘ in | % 4 : roduction : t y 2 ¢ public prints to require an intro | ing Room. This sale presents a splendid opportunity for the June Bride to furnish the new home at a great Next Monday Tagore will be 60 y;ars ° i of age. He bears those years wonder- | , . fully well. He walks slowly, but it is s ecla Y saving!! the slowness of dignity rather than feebleness. He has come to table regu- - AT Everthoisgh Wik ke Convenient Terms Arranged in Deferred Payments of 18 Months!! visions set before, him. i 4 p ‘ At Honolulu Tagore went ashore, being greeted by a large delegation, and ordmary shoes in Wmter, entertained at the Hawalian capital and making an_ address to his followers, it is a good plan to relax in l:nxushhixl;\d Japanese ‘Buddhhu. H; denied self to interviewers, some of [ ” Shiom were anxious fo learn” what he 'Arch Preservers” now! had to say about the reasons for his sudden departure from the United States, which had been attributed to his displeasure at the customs examina- i f 2 L V/ 4 tion. On board the Taiyo at San Fran- 4 \ i3 W &0 md cisco he had likewise denied himself to Tt — the press. Consequently the members 1 . ~ of our party had respected his desire N NS M to be let alone and had made no at- i \ 4 s | L | 4i) ? tempt to reach him. & : T (L2 I ! Granted an Interview. v 1 pleasing FX But the other day Chairman Johns < popular style that asked the secretary, A. K. Chanda.twho E e ¥ is very low priced. is an Oxford man and a member of the - L B2 ) Conventent torms: A A Vi Attractive Style Bedroom Suite 3-Piece Jacquard Bed-Davenport Suite - A suite of proven popularity, in selected walnut veneers and A new style suite, upholstered in attractive two-to: gumwood, with pretty carved overlays. Comprises a handsome s 4 0 e Bounes B s T oo Dot .37 velour, with outside backs and sides in selt-tone velour. Pull size .25 .ngfxfif‘z.?::'flf: ls:iyd]c; ‘::Jn :rc}AIZ:::::le; e atid beddfl IA‘lANQInd:I‘.’n nuste that ‘attractively furnishes the hed;fldavenport, club chair and Coxwell chair. 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