The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-06-24

into the space which IT seems proper
to devote to this country. In speaking
qf the various cities, I have been COM
~belied to omit reference to the numer-
JOS industries for which India IS famed.
Long before the European set foot up
on the soil the artisans had won re-
nown In weaving, in carving and IN
brass Is was. IN fact the very wealth
cf indus that attracted the attention
Of the western world and turned the
prows of merchant vessels toward the
orient. While India can complain thai
some of her arts have been lost since
she has been under the tutelage Of for
eisnefs, enough remains TO make every /
tourist a collector. TO q greater or less
extent, Of attractive Souvenirs
Benares is the cepteT of The plain .
brass manufacture. and her bazaars /
are fun of vases. trays. candiesticks, +
bowls. etc Lucknow is noted for her /
silversmiths but her products do not 4
command so high price as those Of /
southern India. Delhi leads in ivory
and wood carving, and one can find \
here the best specimens of this kind of
work. Several Of the addresses pre- /
scented to the Prince of Wales upon his !
recent visit were encdsed in ivory cas- I
ksts richly carved and studded with /
gems. Painting on ivory is also car !
ried 10 high state If perfection here, /
and sandaIWood boxes can be found IN
oil the stores.
At Agra one finds rugs woven IN |
Turkish and Persian. as well as IN
original designs. Agra IS also renowned /
for its inlaid work, many OF the de-
signs of the Tai being copied. The Tai
Itself is reproduced in miniatures at
prices ranging from 81 up into the hun
dreds.
In all the cities of upper Indian kash-
mir shaWls may be secured. koshG1r
itself being far north Of the line of
travel. These shawls are of goats hair.
and some of them are 80 delicate that,
though two yards square they can be
drawn through Il finger ring.
At Jaipore the chief industries which
attract the attention OF foreigners are
enameling on gold and brass, the latter
being the best known Few who visit
the bazars can resist the temptation to
carry away some samples of this ware,
so grac efuI a~e the vessels and so skill
full is the workmanship.
JaipOre. the first of the western cities
and the only one of the native states
that we visited, is deserving Of some
notice. partly because it gives evidence
of considerable advancement and part
" because the government is admins
tered entirely by native officials. The
Inaharajah IS one of the most distin-
guished of the native princes and Is
descendant Of the famous RGjDut line
Of kings He lives in oriental style, has
a number of wives, and elephants. cam
els and horses galore. He is an ortho-
dox Hindu of the strictest type and
drinks no water but the water Of the
Gauges When he went to England 10
attend the coronation he chartered
ship, took his retinue with MIN and
carried Gauges water enough to last
until his return He is very loyal 70
the British government ana, in return.
he is permitted to exercise over his sub
ieCts a power as absolute as the car
ever claimed. There is on English resi-
dent at his capital. but his council is
composed of Indians, his judges are IN
dams. his collectors are Indians, his
sohoolteachers are Indians and he has
an Indian army. I had the pleasure of
( meeting one of the council and the head
4 fof the school system OF the state and
81 found them men of fire appearance and
/ high culture. The iIliteracy in his
state compares favorably with that In
the states under British administration,
and the graduates from the mahaTa-
iah's college compete successfully in
the examinations with the graduates
from other colleges. They have at Jai-
pore an art school iii which all kinds
of manual training are taught, and the
salesroom of this school gives accurate
information as TO the capacity Of the
natives Tor industrial Development We
found here the only native pottery of
merit that We noticed in the country
The city of Jaipore was laid out in
T72S. and is one of the most attractive
cities of India. The main streets are
Ito fee wide the buildings are oriental
in style. most Of them two stories IN
height (some three. and all are paint
ed the same shade Of pink, with white
trimmings and green shutters lie
entire city is supplied with water, and
the streets are lighted by gas. All II
all, Jaipore makes a favorable impress
sion upon the visitor.
Some six miles away Is the anclen'
city Of Amber, the capital Of the state
until JaipOre was established IL Is
reached by ride on elephant back, the
only ride of this kind that We have YET
had. There is a beautiful pslace al
Amber which gives some idea OF the
luxury in which the Indian rulers lived
We returned from this trip late in the
evening when the peacocks were going
to roost, and nearly every tree con-
tained one or more of these gaudy-plu-
mayed birds. These were apparently
wild, and their numbers and beauty
recalled the fact that the peacock is
midas royal bird; and IL is not an in
appropriate symbol Of the pomp and
rnagnfficeHce OF the oriental kings.
might digress here TO say that the re-
spect for life taught in the HindOC
scriptures has filled India to excess
with useless birds and animals. The
crows and kites are a nuisance. It j:
no uncommon thing to see a vendor Of
cakes and sweetmeats bearing his has
ket on his head and waving a sticl
above il to scare OFF the birds. Some
times an attendant follows the vendor
and protects. him from the birds, but ii
spite of all precautions they get thei
toll. The crows often come TO the door
and windows of the hotel and inQuir,
whether you have any food to spare
and sparroWs and other small birds oc
oasionaIly CLEAN crumbs from the table
At Jaipore we saw myTiads Of pigeons
being fed in the streets, and monkeys
they are everywhere. The jungles o
the tropical countries are not NOR
thronged with them than the road side
OF some parts of India About hal