New Britain Herald Newspaper, June 16, 1915, Page 5

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Walter ‘He-rs From Son n.:d Daughter-in-Law, Who Are Do- ing Missionary Work in the Orient. 1 Breathing all the mysterious charm of the Orient, a description of the great religious festival of Kumbh Mela in India has been received here by H. S. Walter of 24 Lexington street, purchasing agent of the Stan- ley Rule and Level company, from his son, H. A. Walter, and the later’s wife, Marguerite B, Walter. The son and his wife are stationéd in In- dia, the former as a secretary to that country from the Imternational com- mittee of the Y. M. C. A. ' For the past year'he has been acting as gen- eral secretary of that vast land, the war having called others away. Kumbh Mela, one of the greatest religious festivals in India, is observed but once in twelve years. Mr. and Mrs. Walter were fartunate enough to arrive in Hardwar, on-the bank of the Ganges, in time to witness the Preparations for the occasion. The description of the event, in which Mr. and Mrs. Walter collaborated, is rich with sentiment and has a wealth of local color that seems to have been lost from life in this busy, western balf of the globe, but which is still extant in that changéless, dreamy, faraway land. = The letter follows: A Day in Hardwar. Hardwar, a litle town on the Ondh and Rahil Kand railway in North Inh. dia, has great interest historically and religiously for the plous Hindu. The town itself, made famous by the hun- dreds of pilgrims who journey thither annually from\ all parts of India, is situated on the ‘right Bank of the Ganges, at the spot where that mighty river, issuing from a gorge in the mountains, brings its life-giving wa- ters to the thirsty, dusty plains of the Panjab. Here at Hardwar tradi- tion says that.Sati; the wife of Siva, was burned to death. It = appears that Sati's father, Daksha, sent out in- vitations for a great sacrifice, and carelessly ommitted to invite his son- in-law with the other guests. Sati came alone, but shocked by her father’s disrespect, went to the bank of the river and consumed herself in the splendour of her own rightous in- dignation. Afterwards, Daksha was! punished for his disrespe¢t by being killed' and restored again to lifé pos- sessed of a ram’s head. A temple now stande-as a memor- ial near the scene of| Sati's sacrifice and near this temple, called Gangad. wara, is the famous bathing ghat, Har-ki-Puri. We, being Christians were not allowed to tread upon the slippery steps of the ghat itself, and so did not see the footprints of Vish- nu, which is said to be imprinted on a stone built into the wall. As we drew into the i Hardwar of amazement that s0 many people could have found places on one train, and our second was one of confusion &s we tried to take In the eéntire crowd with one glance. -The plat- form was thronged with every kind &nd condition of men, women and children—food vendors. with brass trays of steaming stuff on their heads, burdened individuals with all their household goods in unshapely bundles on their backs, and here and there a father with a small son r1ding astride tpgn his shoulder. In one place a group of women and children sat guarding their own brass water pots &nd the hookahs of their' absent lords. The crowd was not a noisy one, but patient and polite, and like e e, Drink Williams* Root Beer; cold, sparkling, full of snap and vim. You will likeit—every one does. g | It is easily made at home, costs but 2c a quart and will your whole family ter health and more comfort during hot weather. 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It was in the station that we first began to notice the Sadhus, and there- after all the other pligrims had to take second place in our thought and imagination, so absorbing and re- markable were the actions and ap- pearances of these Hindu holy men. 1In the procession on the great day of the Mela they were doubtless still more wonderful ‘to behold. The members of every sect and creed must have been present to judge from the xariety of representatives. Some were naked save for their matted halr, either swinging loose like a lion's mane or wound turban like on their heads. Some had smeared their tcdies or faces with ashes (the latter with most. startiing effect), uthers wore clothes o numerous and givange as to defw description, and bats of tall and curious shdpe. Nearly all wore charms or beads and carrier a staff or a pair of tongs or an iron, trident. Still others lay on beds of spikes. (we saw five engaged thus painfully); and once we passed a whole party -of them riding in state on three silver howdahed elephants. By the river bank were more asce- tics, some motionless wholly lost in meditation, and others reading aloud from the Hindu scriptures. The Braham priests, who looked sleek and prosperous in contrast to the Sadhus, were everywhere conspicu- cus in their shaven heads and yellow robes. The pictures of two stand out clearly in our minds. One, absorbed in prayer was turning round and round -in the swift flowing current of the river, as it slips past the bathing ghat. The other, on the island where the mushro m town has sprung up, was engaged in ecstatic dancing— u crowd of admiring spectators and some strange rhythmic music fur- rishing the setting for his somewhat exhausting performnace. The Mother of Rivers, At the famous bathing place, Har- Xi-Puri there is a ru bridge of toats .crossing to a flat, sun-bleached island, and it was on tHis bridge that we stood to watch the earnest seekers thronging down to the Mother of Rivers. The crowd were seeking the water which they hoped would wash away théir sins and their diseases and into which they would fain cast the ashes of their deaed. Some sat in — Feigenspai PRIVATE SEAL DISTRIBUTOR, 187 ARGH ST. ’Phone 482-2, New Britain unto Me, and drink of the living wa- | ter which I shall give, and you will never. thirst again but it will become a perennial fountain springing up within your hearts and giving glad refreshment to the thirsty souls of men.” Upon the thousands of march- ing hadhus, who "had forsaken the joys of this life and were seeking by denying the body, to inform and | develop tne soul, He ‘gazed with in- effable love and pity, and, if they could but have heard him this mes- sage would have reached their ears. “My brothers, you who have re- nounced the world and crucified your bodies, and choseh the nafrow and difficult way, enduring the scorn or the laughter of shallow, selfish souls, for you but one thing is lacking. You must no longer seek to leave but rather to lift and glorify, the world which needs your sacrificial labour. You must not spend yourselves ‘in seeking your own salvation, in some \far distant Heaven, but you must strive with Me for the salvation of this world of needy lives, by bringing to pass upon earth the Heaven which your spirit-clear eyes have discerned. Come unto Me and take My yoke up- on you and you shall find rest of soul in the stern and sacred labour which overcomes and redeems the world.” s FAS YN 519 Offiecrs. Herbert Lyon and Frank Moore have been elected délegates to the State Policman's convntion to be held in Danbury on July 5. Captain Grace and Chief Rawlings will also attend. Officers James Skelley and John Carlson are alternates. the water, some stood, same swam, scme drank, and many prayed. Having seen the ghat we could easily understand how the fatal acci- dent, causing the death of twenty-two persons (which took place a few days later) could have occurred. On those wet steps, worn smooth by genera- tions of bare feet—it would indeed be dangerous to slip and it is a cause for thankfulness that government can ¢are so efficiently for the pil- grims that such unfortunate occur- ances rarely take place. A walk over the city, built on the sand, followed ——such a city, fashioned to house the overflow of pilgrims, as could have been built nowhere in the west. It consisted only of thatched roofs, mounted on crude poles, or tents pitched in the sun. Beneath these by night was huddled all the life of those, teaming multitudes of pilgrims. We sauntered through the bazaar one of the streets being hot and fragrgnt with the coking of many kinds of food, from meat and vegetable dishes to the delicious sweets, and then cros- sing by another bridge we came back to our waiting gari by way of a street én the river side. . Beggars, Beggars Everywhere, Everywhere we were approached by the ubiquitous begars deformed or diseased, who, though piteous to be- hold, were eageérly displaying their infirmities as excuse for their im- portunities. Soon the heat of the sun, savagely reflected from the paved streets and the water, together with approach- ing train time, drove ue back to the shelter of our disreputable carriage. In its welcomeé shade we drove slow- 1y back to the station, a tiffin basket lunch and our departing train. . As we rode away in the now al- most empty car (for the great day of the festival was still to come) we gave ourselves to reflection upon the deeper meaning of it all Under- neath much that was sordid and taw- dry and depréssing we had glimpsed anew the solemn, eternal splendor of the finite soul that is restless until it finds rest in the infinite God. Bet- ter—far better—than the feverish quest for gold and for all the perish- ing possessions of this transitory life, is thelsearch, however confused and protracted, for the Heavenly city which lies beyond our sight. Here was the soul of India seeking puri- fication in its sacred stream; here, in symbol, the incarnate spirit of the east seeking emancipation from the evils and pains of earth. As we looked back upon the scene we beheld in fancy a silent unseen Figure, moving, radiant with life and holiness and love, through the weary, zealous throngs—His heart over- flowing eager love, and His bands ex- tended in tireless invitation. Ever we seemed to hear Him saying “Come WOMEN CAN HARDLY BELIEVE How Mrs. Hurley Was Re- stored to Health by Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. Eldon, Mo. — “‘I 'was troubled with flaphoement. inflammation and female weakness. For two years I could not increased every month. Ihave been at that time purple = in the face and would walk the floor. 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