Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-03-07
.DURDAR'S STATEEhTRY
American Eyes Watch Lady
Curzon With Pride.
STORY OF ONE DAY TOLD
GoRGEoUsNEsS OF THE Process
SION OF ELEPHANTS.
Lord Kitchener's Passing Seems Tame
After the Indian
Princes.
STORY OF ONE DAY TOLD
written for The Eveninp Star

Written for The Evening Star.
The day of the state entry of the Delhi
durbar is oyer and gone and the procession
is thing of the past.
AS the streets were so fearfulIy crowded.
we had to start for our seats soon after Q
o'clock, and the drive to them, for they
were at the Jumma Musjid, or Friday
Mosque, was through blaze of color; like
a huge garden full of flowers of all tints 1t
looked as we entered the Chandni Chank,
the great street or bazaar of Delhi. Down
the center of the broad street runs prom
enade with a line of trees both sides.
and this was made into a stand with tiers
of chairs, and full to the top of natives
in their gayest apparel, which means long
coats of scarlet, bright blue or pink plush
or satin, brilliant turbans of all colors and
gold-embroidered shoes. On the bazaar
sides of the streets the owners or occu-
pants of the houses were seated on their
balconies, gay carpets beneath their gaily
Shod feet and embroidered silk umbrellas
of all colors over their heads, or even were
sitting cross-legged on their roofs, smok-
ing hookahs; or were perched rickety
scaffolding, built out at the sides of the
houses which happened to be on the street
corners. We saw sitting on the
edge Of chimney, smoking nonchalantly
his legs crossed and his coat of pink bro
cade dangling down into the opening. In
anOtner place a Wnlte-SWatne0 native was
seated aStride of pole which he had hung
from the housetop on two ropes, and while
we were watching him several others join
ed, until the pole was packed. How they
could balance themselves we found it hard
to imagine. Every house, roof, window,
chimney, full to overlooking and all abIaze
with color. In taking a survey of it all
from distance we decided that the green's.
shone out above all other colors, not on ac-
count of being in predominance, for the
reds, all shades, from palest pink to deep
est orange. predominated, but the green. a
pale leaf color, showed more distinctly and
was rest to the eyes. In almost all the
houses we could see Shadowy figures of the
women behind the pundah, and now and
again the CLEAN of bright eyes as they
pressed close against the bamboo curtain,
If the screen was loosely made. There was
every variety of carriage possible, think,
even to the rickshaw, which we found later
on was quite the favorite mode of convey
ance for ladies. AS we waited in the block
of carriages for gorgeous maharajah in
white satin gold-embroidered coat to go
by, accompanied by his mounted guard, a
r1ckShaw drawn by four Japanese flashed
by all the men on a dead run. Back Of
our carriage was a very nice, solid little
tonga with seats back to back and a neat
tan cloth cover. 1t was drawn by two stout
mules and made a very fetching convey
ance. Ekkas, the two-wheeled native cart,
on which four natives sit cross-legged
Were numerous, gayly painted and always
looking as If they were on the point of
falling to pieces. They were drawn either
by one poor little pony or by a thin and
very small white bullock.
Seeing the Procession.
The Junesa Musjid was a very brilliant
sight. for the broad steps leading UP to the
mosque were packed with a great company
of gaily clad Europeans, whose dresses and
parades nearly equaled the native colors
All the way up to the doors they sat or
stood. and on the roof and gate top were the
viceroy's guests and the foreign represen-
tauons. 1t was the best of all places from
which to see the procession as 1t came
straight toward the mosque for nearly a
mile, then wound all the way around it and
down the Chandni Chank to the Mort gate
SO that one had it twice in all it's glory. It
is said that nothing in India or anywhere
else has ever been seen to equal that pro-
cesston, and 1t Is quite easy to believe it.
The inspector general of police who ush-
cred in the procession was followed by four
squadrons Of Dragon Guards and H Bat
terry Of the Royal Horse Artillery, all of