New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 22, 1922, Page 28

AYERS’ SODA WATER INDIA AWAKENING EHOM ITY LEIHAKGY In Torpor for Genturies, 1t Now Foels Pase of Niuonwsm Bays' Work Beeretary Anthony A Darbuck, of the Young Men's Chris- tlan asseclation, has received a letter tfrom Henry (1, Hart, boys' secretary of the Lucknow, India, ¥, M, C, A, desoriptive of boy life and conditions In general conoerning the people of tuat eountry, Mr, Hart writes in part} “We college boys had a saying that ‘the hour hangs on the elock’ when we meant the time was ripe, Indla's ‘hour hangs on the clock’, This year in Lucknow a ooolle dug up a ooln that dates back to the time of Christ, That coolle was most as anolent as that coln, but that i not all the story. “At the time of Christ the Roman aures ciroulated as currency in India just as the British sovereign now cir- culates as current coin. From that day to this, India has been in touch with the West and the West has had her chance with and to change Indla, but, notwithstanding any desire the West has had, until now, India has for the most part remained the same. The coolle has changed about as much as the coin. “What a challenge to us then, who pelleve in the transforming of the world through work with boys, that before our very eyes we are seeing a greater change in the coolie—in In- dla—in a decade than Indla has ex- perlenced heretofore in five hundred years of her history. “It {s a challenge which must car- ry to the very depths of our being, and if the people of America will let it, will make its moral challenge to your boys as well. | Gandhi Stirs People. | “Nothing has. so stirred the life of all India as Mr. Gandhi and his non- cooperative movement. They are ris- ing up all over Indla and demundlng‘ & change. There are many who doubt | Gandh!’s abliity to lead but there are none who doubt his power to stir the people. Non-cooperation as a move- ment may be losing its power but, to my mind, it has done its work. His- tory may write Gandhi -as an ‘in- spired prophet’ or ‘visionary dreamer’ or worse a8 it ‘chooses, but it is still true that he has set in motlon a tide of thinking—a surging emotion—that | cannot be stopped. My contact with the'student body last year leads me to feel that they are 99 per cent op- posed to government as it is. You know what this means for the future of this country. “This is not so much, I think, be- cause government has not been and 18 not now good but because that have, these boys, the vision of self- government—they are changing. To these students patriotism means poli- tics. That citizenship rests in indi- vidual character—thelr character—is not plain to them. “Knowing of my interest they beg to help. Only last night a boy, Jeva _Nath Dhar, came to me wearing his Gandhi cap, and asked me to come along and help outline the program of the Beva Samit! (soclal service or- ganisation). “It is not an exaggeration to say that the boy life of India has never een. stirred as it is today. The fu- i\?g direction of this current of uthful energy is not to be predict- ed, even by an ideallist. What Can Y. M, C. A. Do? *What can the Young Men's Chris- tlan assoclation do? It can't begin to cope with its opportunity, It'came out of the war, here at least, with a golden record and its reputation makes {ts. greatest problem. It has not the money nor the men to meet the demand. What it can do and ‘what it plans to do is to concentrate and demonstrate. This will be done in a fow strategic points. Lucknow is the demonstration center for boys’ work of the community type, and I belleve we can materially affect the trend of boy life in this city. I say that, though I realize that in a sim- {lar circumstances in America our repources would easily be ten times what they are for this city of 250,000 people. “It is help to write you letters, for it helps me to think through things for myself. But I have rambled too much without telling you of my work. This summer I had a broadside at the | schools of the Province through two camps in the Himalayas—one for 30 choice boys and the other for 40 teachers. “I am in the midst of designing a | playground scheme for the city. We have a beautifui spot in the very heart and thicket of the city. “You won’t belleve me when I tell you I have an aerial map of the city to help me in this planning. When 1 ‘have finished I have the confidence that the city is going to establish a | department of play and recreation. We shall probably have a trained Y. M. C. A. Indian physical director em- KODAKS A Gift for Young and Old, 1 Cameras—Brownies, Premos. All Prices. $1.50, $2.50, $3.50, $8.00, $12.00, etc. FOX'S — Mon., Tues, Wed. Special Xmas Show LEY BARRY, In OF THE STREET” “Jane and Kathcrine Lee” “MAST SISTERS” —DRINK-— Take home a large bottle of lemon The type of English Leauty England has been found in the features of Mrs. C. E. Eaton, prom- inent London society woman, by a committee of artists. ployed by the city to direct this work. “Main’ Street” In India. { “Phis playground will serve a pop-, ulation and relieve a condition which | would be impossible for me to de-| scribe to you. If you would ‘go around through these tiny crowded| streets—about four to six feet wide— | and the street is the only vacant place, and see the way the people live and what a lack there is of anything for the children you would. under- stand what a joy,comes to my heart at the very thought of an opportunity to do anything for them. Honestly, when I come out ffom those streets I feel as if the next thing I need is a| bath. But I love the folks who live in' them for they are friendly and ap- preciative and potential. What they need is a chance—2000 years is a long time to wWalt for it, too, isn't it! And it is your privilege and mine to give them this chance. No boy loves to play more than an Indian boy. I | reckon it is like a starving man turned which is most characieiistic of to food. It is amazing to me how they lacked it so long. “Since coming here 1 have discov- ered a number of interesting things. Yor instance, Lucknow has a town- planning scheme which will eventual- ly provide for a small park in every Mohalla (small ward) in the city. “There is, however, no plan for carrying on activities in these parks or for directing the recreation of the people who will use them, No Sosial Servise, “I have investigated with great care and have not found as yet any organization through which men can express themselves in voluntary serv- ice. I have discovered upwards of twenty young men here in the pro- fessions who have had training“in America or English Universities, and who are willing to do something of a service ‘nature. Investigation has re- vealed to me the existence of factories CHRISTMAS SPECIALS AT— 3 THE NEW BRITAIN - MARKET €0.~ NUALITY GOODS AT- ECONOMY PRICES Assure Yourself of Having a Perfect Cl'gstmas Dinner by Getting m'S;pplies From Us [ o TEL. 3I18-MAINST and apprentice schools employing hundreds of young men, where there have been no plans for the welfare of the young fellows concerned, but where there is a great willingness on the part of the management to have something done, Most striking than anything else, I found a ney attitude on the part of the yonng men and boys, due to the fact that the govern- ment is more and more placing In- dians in positions of responsibility, “One of my most interesting expers fences resulted from sending an invi- tation to tea to all the Indlan men M the city who had had University training abroad, Much to my e=r- prise most of them were very much interested In soclal service, and one was already working out a splendid program of child welfare. It was a simple thing to entertain these men for a few hours, but 1 feel that the results will be far reaching, for I have formed a number of friendships, I am sure that I will have an in- creasing strong backing from these forward-looking fellows who respond- ed to my /invitation. Of course I have not confined my search for help- ers to Indlans themselves. I have also met 2 number of splendid young Englishmen, keen for service, whd will, I am sure, be very valuable in building up our work. “Now a bit of personal newe! Last Sunday Mrs. Hart and I spent the day seeing tht Taj Mahal at Agra. Too many people have already attempted descriptions of it, and any words of mine would be utterly inadequate to tell of its majestic beauty. It seems|¥: to me though that it personifies that something in the soul of Indla that|s one would give one's life for—that fine worthy something which has been dissipated for years and is now cry- i ing out for a new life. “The children ar thriving. Mrs, Hart has organized a ‘Mothers’ Train- ing College' on our back porch, and is providfhg for them the schooilng which out here they can get in no other way. “The weather at present is per- fectly charming. We hate to think, however, of the hot weather to come when Mrs, Hart and the children will have to go to the mountains while I remain here, joining them for a month only. g, “As I Jook forward to 1923 I can- not refrain from expressing the hope that we may all be drawn closer to- gether in fellowship in this great task of bringing India out of Chaos and conflict.” FANCY VERMONT STATE FRESH KILLED TURYEYS..LB. NATIVE ROASTING ' ROAST PORK ..... FRESH SHOULDER . SMALL LEGS LAMB ' PRIME RIB ROASTS LONG ISLAND GEESE FRESH KILLED GEESE ................... CHICKENS ........... D R P A S R S A ) D R S A AR y2:1:3 OYSTERS 1 CLAMS 3 CRAB MEAT ‘ 4 SHRIMP f 60c SCALLOPS LOBSTERS cedessiis LB 39¢ HARTFORD M 3 e R A (e LB. lGC CROWLEY BROS. I 16¢ 35¢ Tt w18c Hé'im.fi o lb.35c 'g:fisague e... 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