Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1914-12-10

when ! heard that II went 10 a GER
tain old city Of romantic tradition
should find many friends with whom
had yarned over campfres. The chance
was too tempting to resist. though
had to travel by slow trains which
dragged themselves along at some
eight miles an hour for the best part OF
two days.
In the morning flock of sheep
and blunt.faced bearded goats driven
through French boulevard by Pun
jabi Mussulmans-who, to ring them
round safely, were almost az numerous
as their charge-was my first glimpse
OF the East In the West. One OF them
carried lamb born In the train.
heard another call out instinctlvely In
his own language to an old mark
women who was in danger of being
run over by an Indore transport
wagon, "Buddhi, Buddhi nikai 100"
(old woman! old woman! get out of the
way0 Following them l passed an
Indian bakery. two long rows OF
domed mud kilns-lepai-ed as they call
II In the East. or plastered with mud
but without the concomitnnt of cow
dung. which, to the Indian mind, is
needful for cleanliness. There were a
score Of them on either side, each with
Its turbaned cook tending the ash fire.
One OF them told me he came from JUL
lundur. These men carry their atmos-
phere with them. There was nothing
In that yard hooded with fog to remind
him or me that we were not at Jullun-
dur still on n thick November morn
Ing.
Hugh Stacks of Hay.
The first signal Of the camp. II one
omits the mud, was the huge stacks
of hay and Indian boussa tchopped
straw covered over with green tar
paulin and looking In the mist like
EPSON Grandstand. Then came the
familiar smell Of hot chapatties baked
over a wood fire. Soon n dusky group
of camp followers became visible in
the gloom, budding over the ashes in
their thick Uniting khaki Jackets and
muflers and gray sweaters and bala-
clava caps. They looked cold. though
the temperature was several degrees
higher than II Is on winter morn
Ing in their native Punjab. do you
boy from the United Provinces. "sahib."
he replied, 1T Is very good climate"
But a neighbor qualified his eulogy
The sun has been sitting behiRu the
cloud, for three days, and he will not
come out, and the earth Is wet" For
a month or more these men had seen
sunny France at her best, but for some
days she has not improved upon the
Frenchmen's traditional image Of our
foggy and nook shotten isle"
The most fashionable promenade in
for a long time has been to go
to the camp to see lie repas des Hindus
La toilette des Sikhs is another attfac-
ton, even more bizarre and curious,
though as a spectacle. to the fair on
locker at least, requiring some con-
cession of modesty. The native SOL
diers do not frequent the city as rule
unless they are marching through. SO
the cheyenne must bestow her offer
ings on the humber camp followers.
The daughter Of the concierge will run
out into the street and pin her tricolor
to the coat of Mussulman driver. The
blanchisseuse Will hold out a cigarette
bashfully to a Sikh farrier, who is
forbidden by all the laws of his Gurus
to smoke. Her child perhaps will be
honored by JOY ride In the mule
transport wagon as far as the corner
of the street.
The Romance OF the East.
The cult of the Asatic. always strong
in France, Is now, thanks to the added
sentiment for the brave ally, almost an
obsession. young princeling in my
hotel is embarrassed by many kind
smiles and chances. motorcar will
drive up and disgorge a bevy Of
heavily-furred ladies In the lounge
where no is sitting. All through de-
jeuner their eyes will wander to him.
re AtatSiS "a SOu' 81 80 'iteii
and patriotic, and half due to the ro-
nance that dwells in everything re-
mote Moreover. his coat betrays
decorations suggestive Of unfamiliar
chivalry. The young chief takes the
incident In the very best of good taste
managing somehow to give this silent
demonstration the air Of q national
rather than a personal tribute OF good
will. If there is child In the group.
he will pat him on the cheek or offer
him a bar of chocolate, and they will
all laugh, naturally together.
The entente permeats all Glasses
An officer over the way has a white
turbaned Madrassi bearer, dark as &C.
henra, who Is the idol OF the hotel
staff, and is taken out to the banlieues
on Sundays. with all due observance Of
hospitable. rites. to be shown to curious
relations. His presence Is distinct
financial gain to the restaurant that
his master frequents.
The Problem OF Food.
OF the composition OF the camp
must say nothing, but the mere cata-
logue OF creeds and castles from which
the Indian expeditionary force Is
drawn will suggest to any one who
knows the East the most complicated
pr6blams Of c5hif1lssariat Tic Gurk-
ha, the Rajput and other Hindus will