Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-04-23

in the group have their advocates, and over
"a Cashmere ara seHsral which lift their
Of them have besn accurately measured
and the height Of none can be determined
with exactnese. Mount Goodwin, in Cash
mere. ID very near the height of Everest
ana many claim that Kinchinjunga is even
Few aofhctals Seen.
Darjeeling 10 sanitarium Of the greatest
oenent to the people Of India. The town is
made up chiefly OF hotels, hospitals and
summer bungalows belonging to the mer-
camille class Of Calcutta Few officials ex-
cept military ofiicerstever come here. The
official society follows the viceroy to Simla,
where the summer Is always gay. but those
VINO seek health and rest only and are fond
OF nature prefer to- come here. The hotels
are good, there are plenty OF boarding
houses, there are hospitals for all sorts of
nnrmities, and perhaps there Is no other
place In the world with such an ideal eli
mate within days travel of the tropics.
The hotels, Villas. boarding houses, hos
pitais and asylums are scattered all over
the nliiside without regularity or arrange
ment. Wherever level spot has been
1ouno some Kind of house has been erect
ed, usually without any architectural taste,
ana the common use of corrugated iron for
building material has almost spoiled the
looks OF the place. There Is plenty of tim
per, and these great mountains are built of
stone. 80 that there is no excuse for the
atrocious structures that have been erected
here.
Everybody who comes is expected to get
up at half-past 3 in the morning in order to
see the sun RISE Everything is arranged
by the managers Of the hotel. They have
fixed the sunrise at that hour in order to
compel their guests to make the greatest
possible effort to see it because they will
thus remember the incident, and the ex-
per1ence Will remain longer in their men,
ory. They give you cup of coffee and a
roll. and, II you insist upon it, you can
get an egg, although the cook Is not in
clined to be obliging at that hour in the
morning. They put you in sort Of sedan
chair called dandy and you are car
ried by four men seven miles up the noun
tains to point 1900 feet above the sea.
The Most Impressive Spectacle.
From there You can look upon the most
impressive spectacle that human, eye has
ever witnessed, the rising of the sun over
an amphitheater surrounded by the high
est group Of peaks on the globe. Their
snow-covered SUBMITS are Illuminated
gradually, beginning at the top, as II a
searchlight were slowly turned upon them
Mount Everest stands In the center, but lie
so much farther away that it does not seem
so much higher than the rest.
There is little mountain climbing here
compared with the Alps, because the dis
tances and the difficulties are so great A
Boston gentleman and his wife have re-
Gently made the ascent of Mount Everest
and 1t is claimed that they went higher
than anyone had ever gone before. They
are now on their way to Cashmere, where
they expect to make the ascent of Mount
Goodwin during the coming summer, and
then perhaps we shall be able to know the
comparative height Of the two peaks
Darjeeling Is not large town, but 1t is
filed with interesting people, and on Sun
day market is held in the principal bazaar
which Is declared to be the most pictur-
esque and fascinating in all India. Throngs
of natives In quaint costumes come from all
parts of the country around, representa-
tives Of tribes which do not often stray SO
far away from their homes. They come
rounding counties, and bring articles OF
home manufacture to exchange for store
goods The features Of the people are un-
mistakable testimony Of their Mongolian
origin. They are short Of stature, with
broad, fiat faces high cheek bones and
bright, smiling eyes wide apart. The men
grow no beardss but have long pigtails OF
sturdy, good-natured and unembarrassed;
they are adorned with a great quantity OF
jewelry. chiefly of silver, but often Of god
They wear circles around their heads made
of coral, turquoise, amber. agate. jade Or
other precious steness with five or six neck
laces and enormous girdles of the same ma
terial. Huge ear rings, four or five inches
long, pull down the lobes Of their ears.
Their wrists are heavy with bracelets, their
limbs with anklets,-and their fingers are
half hidden with rings. The entire fortune
of a family is usually invested in personal
adornments for the women members. They
find this much safer than savings banks.