The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-09-28

can measure, will stand by huge-bone Il
| loose-jointed Pathans whose hands ar
| still red from the stain OF the family
| feuds on the bloody border" Modern
] business-like infantry men, with rife!
that are deadly at a mile. will jost'e will
knights in jeweled chain arnor mounte,
| on elephants swathed in handmade EN-
! broidery A machine gun-that deadl,
| implacable thing. the incarnation Of i'm
| personal destruction-will rest beside The
gold and silver cannon of Baroda-
Oh. east is east and west is west. and
never the twain shall meet
Till earth and sky stand presently al
Gods great judgment seat:
But there is neither east nor west mol
border nor breed nor birth
When two strong men stand face to face
tho they come from the ends of tbs
earth.
The ruling chiefs viii be presented n
turn TO the Viceroy. being headed by
the Nirzain of Hyderabad and the
Maharajahs of Mysore and Cashmere
whose arraival is heralded with salute
Of just two guns less than those given
the King Emperor himself The question
Of precedence is a burning one in the
east and q violation OF the rules would
make no end of a row. Not only viii the
chiefs be received in strict order of Sc
niority. but the distance each one is
seated from the Viceroy must be care
ful measured. lest a lesser chief be nearer
10 his person than a greater.
Besides the Durbar there will be other
pageants in which the oriental love for
barbaric splendor viii be exploited on the
most magnificent scale ever known.
There will be a state reception OF the
Viceroy and Vicerine at the railway
station and a state procession of rajahs
on elephants and in coaches of state 70
the camp. There will be a review of
the 10000 troops. British and natives
and the whole of the city of Delhi. to-
gether with its sombre fort and the great
mosque, with its towering domes and
minarets and the camp that has sprung
up beside the city will be Illuminated
An investiture and state ball will be
held in the ancient palace of the Moghul
empOTers, which will be attended by all
the rajahs in the most gorgeous robes
ever worn by man and adorned with the
costIiest jewels. Lady Curzon truly will
be the queen of this function. This superb
spectacle will revolve about her. Surely
in her widest dreams in Chicago she
would not have imagined that fate had
such glories and honors in storf for her.
The marble walls and floors of the
palace. inlaid with gold and studded with
precious stones, will CLEAN and sparkle
under a myriad of electric lights, which
~
ted lamps that in bygone years revealed
the tender loveliness Of the beauties of
the harem. 1t was in this palace that
a great emperor of long ago inscribed
above his head:
IF there IS 10 be an Elysium on earth.
it is this.
IN the midst of rustling silks and vel
vets. the flash Of jewels. the CLEAN Of
white shoulders. the tinkling of glasses
perhaps some may recall that. less than
a half a century ago. the ground beneath
their feet was soaked with the blood Of
{ 900 Britain's bravest soldiers and that
the streets through which they passed
were choked with the bodies of her
The PROFESSIONS of the chiefs through
districts remote from railroads toward
Delhi will be most imposing. The sover-
aign carriage in India is painted pure
white, picked out with royal scarlet.
The hubs of the wheels are clamped with
bands of carved silver. while their rims
are adorned with inlaid brass.
The whole body of the carriage CLEANS
IN the sunlight with rich inlayings of
silver and gold. The cover or hood is OF
the richest black cloth. covered with
patterns worked in heavy cloth
IF gold and silver and sewn on with
gold thread The chief reclines within or
a rug OF camels hair brought from
Persia or Bokhsra. When he desires
10 sleep this Is changed for mattress
md sheets and pillow cases edged with
he most delicate embroidery Of Madras
Behind him. in similar but less snowy
-ehicles. ride the favorites Of his harern.
guarded from profane eyes by closely
lrawn curtains and an escort Of armed |
chalmers Then come the orderlies. court
,ficials and his followers on horseback, /
N elephants. on camels and in wagons. I