The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1900-08-10
DIASFEARFvLRuRDEN
korroFs Of the Famine Described
by Pierre Lott.
DosSHs IN TIM PINK CITY ,AipuR.

Amid saansA III Oriental Plenty and
spiendOp=s0ms ~ the narrowing
Instances,
The most picturesque account Of tho
horrors Of Wndla's burden" II son,
by tho well known Fpeaeb writer,
Pierre hOtl, 10 Tho Paris Figaro, Ho
wvLtesI
"At Tho and Of May W. came 10 tho
pink city Jalpup across u dying e0un'
WY, Three hundred miles Of drought
Atld dust ware tMvepsed, Tive rainy
VERSIONS have pDsspd without Bringing
4 cloud Tho meadows apa without \
sl9n OF hppbAAe, tho W01s without 4
Loaf, Whole territories look lIhp tho
desert, The paddy fields and pastW'
aA1 Dp1 ~ dried ND IN other pIDGps,
aDd vet The animation OF former days
goes Oh about tho ely, Tho avenues
on dead trees lending 10 The openelAled
mnpOpia and apohed Rat1a Rpe crowned
with WAlns hpaWn by files OF eameIa
white p0bed mon on l0psebNGk, women
IN long rod or yellow yaIlsmIn sh0pt,
with MI tho life Nnd color on plentiful
yenpa bnt what mems thls OmIDODs
hemp Of rags NJ The foot OF tho mmp
pAptaY Human forms show through
" WIZ 10 MI those people lle tbat
way, huddled Oh tho gpOHndf Ap0
they drunk or IN n fovep9 They mo
Dap0hed ND and nQahIpss, tho mApast
skin nld bOD9 Th0y must ba num-
niles, But no, they have lIfG ThpIp
Gyallds move, and, seeing straDg1ps,
they look nj them nnd tpy 10 pIsn,
There npa even Two or three who STAND
Nd on lOng bnnda lhAt can hardly be
chilled lags
"Wo 40 on 10 mo second gate IN tho
inner wall, DnInted pink 10 tb0 very
0ponolHllOnr " IA lilo pIDk on u sllk
ribbon, With white flowers, IN tho IN
dian style, forming u regular ppttam
over Its whole surface, IN thp thIok
dust under N N another heap OF human
beings, dNpk and dried up, m " chap
rcd, They ap HE skeletons upon
which brown parchment IAs been
glued and npa the mere horrible boz
GAllso on tho lovely lUao ADd white
flowers nD0po lhom, Tb0p bones show
with horrible dIslIn1tnops, The p0tnla
on tho elbows form biz bNIls HE knolP
on n MAbtpeo slIak, Tho thighs ap0
nlllGll more slender tlAn the double
bound Low, There Apu family groups,
there Av0 solitary anY9pepsi there lpe
others lying IN tho thPOna OF dnNth,
with arms extended 1p0ssWlse, there
are OtloVs stIll able 10 s0uah They
are mOtl0nl0sa, Tho HEIDI on fever "
In their glaEnd eyes, md Tho llps avO
drawn bAOk from their teeth, An old
woman, who perhaps IN alone on earth
His w n corner weeping,
'Ope g0ns through tho outer gAt0
and lla CIV NnfOlds Itself HE n scene
on tnGhADlmoDtt Thlnk on n great city
entirely, rose color Win white nowevs
everywhere Its mmpapts, palaces,
temples, towers, bnlOODlas, Ape NIL POSE,
Onn might rNnGy th0y were covered
over win indian cotton on that color
~ IN tll6 tender rose Dlnk 0f tle llGltI
apnlh century, Anything more 0hApln'
IN lin H|llangeD0as N lnG0nG1lyAbl0
one seea streets tbpeeHQHart0ps OF n
mile I0Dg And twice IN Wide I'M our
bOul0vmds b0pdepod with high phi
noes, Th0p fAGadds Ave Infinitely W.
lled with oriental fancy, There IA nm
DillnA on 00l0nDNdna ono
OD tho other or festOODed RpGAdas, OF
balconies, mlvAd0pH W 0ponW0N GApyr
nj wood All thai N IN tender pIDk
1Phe border on every m0ldlng, though 10
were tho tInIest Apabesque, IN marked
With Whlln
wlle crowds fllat give Ilfa 10 these
Dlnk white streets present u beWilder
Inv display OF color Thousands on
wv on tho ground amid thalp
wares Of stuff OF bvDas, OF silver OF
NGap0nA Women 10 about bavgalDs
nv Win their faGes hidden With many
lOIOped wells and their sleeveless arms
lowered 10 tho shoulder With bracelets
IN tho Wide roadway ara cavaliers
WIN silver arms heAyy WalilH drawn
~ H9luA elephants In housings OF
IOid tissue, with endless designs paints
u on mo ppObOsGlA DFdfDedAvlas, each
Mounted NY Two persons, tV0t on Hight
Y, Win De0ks stretched out Ilke ON
plGlGa IN short, one hAs With tle
IInk background tho most baWlIder
DaIy G"KiWvAgant oriental plGtHvA
NUT In tlla eklllAvAtlng seeDe ave
tlat scam W have esGAped
rom Tho tomb ThGy have come from
mons llN WWtehna who l0 M tho
Amparfa W AW coins ~ Join tham
mo wonders h0W lllaH dRvad 10 come
mi fOna NIL tllIA J~juHultlauun, fnunad,
w. II MOI "n T." 4 m"v" ' n"nGf"t Of ''smM"
stnaAop 0nd peeli, HEY l0ok With
|ARsaEd AtArei. They le nm the foot
Ways among the MegehNntst the fAIl
u fla SNOWY pllas NJ merehandlsei
my hlda M fhag Aan undGH the haApa
7 la0s That G0vaP them These DYING
G0ple apG Fy0ts M tbf plain IN which
m plnk ana white alfg stands EInRe
In lima wllGD mo nlRns00R did nat
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