Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-01-27
TAGORE, noted HINDUPOET, MAKES :
fine IMPRESSIONON HONOLULANS

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speed towards their supreme good
My heart responded to- that call and
determined TO do what could TO
bring to the surface, for our daily use
and publication. the stream OF ideals
that originAed in the summit Of our
past. flowing underground in the depth
of midas soil-the ideals OF simplicity
of life, clarity Of spiritual vision.
purity Of heart, harmony with the uni
verse, and consciousness of the in
finite personality in all creation"
Holds Audience to Close Attention
After holding his audience for an
hour and a half in closest attention
to the story of his school Mr.. Tagore
read six or eight Of his exquisite
child poems from the collection. The
Crescent Moon" These poems are
full of the love and innocence Of child
hood expressed in the delicate imagery
Of the East, and were almost sung In
musical. rhythmic tones by the poet
in the reading. ~ =. So.
Mr. Tagore is not only philosopher.
musician, instructor and guide OF
boys. but is best known to- both East
and West as poet. He Is as great in
music, however, as in poetry. and his
songs are sung from the west of India
into Burmah on the east wherever
Bengali is spoken. A distinguished
BengaH doctor, speaking Of Mr.. Ia
gore, said: I'VE have other poets, but
none that are his equals. We call this
the epoch of Rabindranath."
Representative Audience .:.=
1t was a representative Honolulu
audience that listened to Mr.. Tagore
that afternoon. attentive and respon-
sive. AT the close of the reading there
were many enthusiastic and heartfelt
expressions of appreciation of the
man, his work, and manner of reveal
ing his ideas. There IL desire In the
West to understand the ideals behind
Oriental imagery and art, and Mr..
Tagore is doing much to bring East
and West into closer touch. To Hnder-
stand ideals Is to eliminate differ
enees, which are in reality only super
| fetal, and his lecture on National
ism" emphasizes this point. Mr.. Ia
Agore said during his stay in Homo
lulu, that he found Hawaii, with its
mixture of nationalities. a nearer ap-
proach to his ideals than in other
countries of the Occident, and that he
felt here there was an underlying
friendliness between these many races
and Rat;onalittss. .
Mr.. Tagore announced that he had
made this lecture tour through the
United States for. the purpose Of rails
| ing funds to carry on the work OF the
school which he has established at
| Shantiniketan, p His list Of subjects
for this tour is as follows: THE Cult
Of Nationalism" IA message for
America, Second Birth "The
World OF Personality, my. School at
Shantiniketan." What Is Art?",
Readings of His Works"
What Or. Mabie Says { ....
After having heard DR.. Tagore him
self we shall all enjoy from new
point Of view what the late DR.. Ham
iIton Mabie says IF him in an ap
probation written in 1915. 1t is as
follows:
Mr.. Tagore Is q modern man in
whose prose and verse the genius OF
his race is as distinct and unobscured
as IL they had been written thGus-
| y
a very important figure in the coming
together of the East and West which
promises to be the most dramatic and
perhaps the most important event OF
this, century. The irritation to the
establishment of closer relations be
tween civilizations as far apart as
those of the Orient and Occident will
give place to a closer recognition oil
the value of the achievements Of both
sections of the world and of the re
sources, spiritual and artistic, supplied
by the diversity of temperament, The
gains of this new appraisement Of past
services will come, not from any sacri
flee of the integrity of what appears
to be conflicting ideals in the en-
deavor to secure harmony by compro
mise, but from clear definition OF
those ideals. 1t will probably appear
that those ideals are Complementary
rather than antagonistic; 1t is obvious
that each section has over-emphasized
the aspect of truth which has appeal
ed to it; and much of the divergence
will disappear when each section un
derstands more clearly the point OF
view of the other. In any event
nothing will be gained by blurring
the differences; much. will be gained
by giving them the sharpest defini
ton. The difficult questions already
raised will become dangerous to the
peace of the world unless sympathy
knowledge and imagination unite in
the endeayor to set them at rest.
/ Tsgpee IN eLondon 80 - -
| g At q banquet in London where the
master minds Of Great Britain and
Ireland gathered to welcome Mr.. Ia
gore in their midst he said: Il have
learned that, though our tongues aft
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the bottom our hearts are one. The
monsoon clouds, generated on the
banks of the Nile, fertilized the fal
distant shores of the Ganges; idea:
may have to cross from East to West
ern shores to find a welcome in mems
hearts and fulfil their promise. East
is East and West is West-God for
bid that 1t should be otherwise-but
the twain must meet in amity, peace
and mutual understanding; theiI