New Britain Herald Newspaper, July 2, 1927, Page 10

i * CHINESE CHARIONS OF 500 B.C. FOUND Bxcavations Near Cheng Chow Bring Forth Treasures Washingfiton, July 2 (P—While Chinese armies are engaged in civil warfare’ with modern weapons, American archeologists have brought to light two Chinese war chariots, 2,500 years old. The chariots, which were exca- vated by Smithsonian Institution sclentists near Cheng Chow, Honan province, indicate that an sncknt‘ Chinese civilization antedated the western civilization in the use of wheeled vehicles. The Chinese char- iots, the archeologists assert, date | back to 500 B. C.. the latter part of the Chou dy: . while the earli- | est wheeled vehicies found in the western section of the world date| back only to 400 B. C. | The ancient chariots were found by accident. A Chinese tarmer | while sinking a well dug up & num- ber of bronze vessels, which he| sold to some local dealers in an- tiques. The military authorities heard of the find and took posses-| sion of the relics, the Smithsonian expedition later taking charge of the | excavation work. Coincidentally, the discovery dis- closed that a Bronze Age existed in | China as well as in other parts of the world, the chariots having been | made of that metal. It also showed | that the Chinese, like the western-| ers, followed a custom of burying | charfots, horses and other valuable possessions with thelr owners. Two diminutive models of chariots, fashioned after the exca- vated models, have been placed on exhibition by tha Institution. TUn- usual features of the ancient chariots | were the great width of the hubs and large number of spokes in thn‘ wheel:. Each spoke had a flange ex- " tending out a considerable distance | ‘to prevent it from sinking in the mud. It is believed oxen drew the | charlots, Although at first it was supposed that man-power was used. | The vehicles were equipped with | ! huge bamboo umbrellas, similar to | ‘ these seen on present-day farm | wagons. | * PLAINVILLE NEWS (Continued from Page Beven), , Blinn will be married with a high . nuptial mass. g Baptist Church Sunday services at the Baptist | church %ill be as follows: Morning | ; worship at 10:45 o’clock, sermon by \the pastor, Rev. A. D. Kendrick; ; topic: “The Mysteries of the Chris- | ian Religion.” Anthem by the HE fakirs of Indis, who for cen- sometimes even swore roundly as they NEW. BRITAIN DAILY HE RALD, SATURDAY, JULY, 2, 1927. On the right, a Hindu An Indian fakir holding his arm Why Indias Fakirs Formed World's Stranges't Union turies have thrived on the cred- ulity and superstition of their countrymen, are beginning to lose faith in their own magic. And they are turning to the magic of the white man to bolster up their totter- ing caste and perpetuate their control of the ignorant millions who live and suffer and die in that unhappy land. | Finding their public losing interest in their capers, and their revenues falling loff, they have formed a labor union. East may be East, and West may be est, as Mr. Kipling said, but an idea as no nationality, not if there’s money {in it, and there’s not a subway guard in Manhattan, an iron puddler in Pittsburgh, ‘or a packing-house hand in Chicago more interested in higher pay and shorter hours than the picturesque charlatans who do their stuff on India's coral strand. Dominated entirely by natives, the fakirs’ union may, without fear of con- tradiction, be said to be the world’s strangest labor organization. It was in Hardwar that they started to organize, but already there are “lo- cals” forming in half a dozen other cities with unprenouncable names. Cablegrams received in New York from Calcutta state that the aims of the union are much the same as the aims of other unions. In a general way, the purpose of the organizers is to secure to the fakirs better remuneration, better working conditions, so to speak, and more respect from the people, who have been showing signs of becoming tired of the old hokum that satisfied their an- cestors. India, of course, is not Indiana or Towa, and fakirs have a certain tradi- tional privilege and prestige that will aid them in their campaign for better pay. A low caste Hindu may be outwardly Westernized, bus he is likely to retain a healthy fear of, if not love for, the power of the native priests and magicians. ] With the land overrun with charla- !tans, working their wonders, playing |their flutes, exhibiting their trained snakes, showing their withered arms, lclaiming miraculous powers, the natives grew restive and even scornful. With a dirty, ragged practitioner of the black art piping away at every cross- road, they got tired of contributing, and passed the fakirs by. . News from Hardwar indicates that the fakirs mean to change all that. It is even possible that they may declare a nation-wide strike as soon as they get strong enough. That would create a really inter- esting situation, for an India without ita fakirs would be unthinkable. Some of the younger men may have lost fakir, whose self-imposed custom of sitting on spikes is not getting the attention or the alms it used to One of India’s curious their faith, but there are mil- lions to whom those sanctified bamboozlers are sacred, and they would be in a panic in a land where the flute of the magician was stilled. Well, the fa- kirs know it, and, quite ob- viously, they mean to give the poor people of India a fright which will cause the devout ones of that cradle of superstition to rally round them. The cropping out of the union magicians charming a cobra with the weird notes of his over his head so that it wither, a strange caper that is losing its appeal to natives and tourists season, a constant flow of coins. Travelers go to Indis and even far into the hills of the country to see them, and some of them, sons and grandsons and great-grandsons of men who were half tricksters and half fanatics, undoubtedly per- form tricks that seem like minor miracles. Some fakirs have made lying naked on nail points a fine art, and can do it withous a shudder or a squirm. Others, starting early in life, hold their arms erect until they atrophy and wither, and are as proud of their ruined limbs as a Parisian dancing girl is of her shapely legs. It takes a strong stomach indeed to permit an Occidental to en- joy some of the wonders worked by those solemn Hindu magicians. Millions of people in In- dia believe they can kill their enemies by thinking bitter thoughts about them; they believe certain fakirs have the power of flying about the earth on magic carpets; the Thugs are movement at Hardwar was not altogether unexpected, English administrators in India say. Ever since their leaders began to teach them the power of pas- sive resistance to the English when prac- ticed by great masses, the people of India have been contemplating the West- ern institution, known as “organization,” with rapt admiration. To an American, the virtues of organization may seem at times a bit overrated. That is because he lives in a country which, in some ways, is over-organized. To a man liv- ing in a country where there are 10,000 gods, unnumbered religions, and many castes, all mutually hostile, the results achieved by small, Western nations through organization and cohesion must seem wonderful. A sort of Occidental magic. It is strange, however, that the most reactionary caste in the most reaction- ary country in the world should adopt such a typically Western weapon as the labor union to perpetuate the supersti- tions of the East, where nothing changes. known have enjoyed such notoriety as the Hindu fakirs and their partners in chicanery, the minor priests. Even mat- ter-of-fact Englishmen will insist that a filthy Hindu in a turban can work wonders impossible to the most ex- sion ard legerdemain. While the bulk of their revenue is ob- i tained from the pious, LG credulous, miserable 5 natives, the fakirs do not overlook the tourists, from whom they get, in the still a potent religious sect, though under cover, and they practice murder as part of their devotional rites. To realize all the incongruity of the Hardwar movement, one has only to pic- ture what happens inside a labor union hall in, say, Scranton, Pennsylvania, or Herrin, Illinois, and then try to visualize what happens as the “brothers” gather in a hovel in"'a Hindu town for the weekly meeting of Fakirs’ Local No. 2. Probably no charlatans the world has pert European practitioner of illu- .cv‘x:fils‘;r :2:‘ !:;'thl;ovx::torhnnfiw&ei“*ldf"ay and take part In all the oir will sing “Onward |€Vents. 'f";x“:i‘:‘t-ia:hSoldierL" At the close of | On the nights of July 2 and 3 the the service the ordinance of the company will keep open house with Lord's supper will be observed. Bible | Plenty of eats—coffee, sandwiches, school at noon. The regular 7 o'clock | cake, and pie. The following men evening service will be omitted, but Will do regular duty on the night the Young People’s meeting will be |of July 3: Howard,Warren, George held at 8 o'clock. | Schubert, Henry Bannell, Edward Episcopal Church | Madeley. Services at the Church of Our| The following committee will have Saviour tomorrow will be as follows: | charge of arrangements for field Holy Communion at 8 p. m. Holy |day: Irving Gridl George Sey- Communion and sermon by Rev. L. | mour and Clarence White. O. Melville at 11 a. m. Blues Have Three Games Going to State Meet The Plainville Blues will meet at + At the regular meeting of the the Central block tomorrow after- | Plainville fire department held last|noon at 1 o'clock for the trip to here. Babich, Temco slugger, has been added {o the Blues' roster, and other new strength is expected soon. Terryville will use Flynn and | Berg, who starred with Crosby high land St. Thomas' prep school re- spectively. These are a fine pair of | pitchers and will be held by Back- stop Abbott. Other stars Coolk, If; Zawarskf, 1h; Bertnagle, | 3b; Czaplicki, ef; and Roland, the | prize fighter, 2. ! The All-Plainvilles will play the | Farmington town team here tomor- row afternoon at 3 o’clock. A good | same is expected. | The Plainvilge Y. M. C. A. team | | A son has been born to Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Codrano of Ledge road. A son has been born to Mr, and Mrs., William Daly of Pine street. Miss Marietta Silliman returned today to her home in Bridgeport. She has been the guest of Miss ‘Esv.hnr Trumbull of Park place, who include | accompanied her on the return jour- | ney. STOVE WOOD FOR SALE, mix- Other Baseball | ture of white birch and oak, deliver- ed in Plainville at $7 per load. The Tohn Cooke| Cou Ned Blsck. Tel. 366-3.—advt. Drs. B. L. and H. Protass, den- tists, Strand theater bldg. Tel. 241. 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