, 1925-01-05


down under one of the wings.
Hank started to drive the first
one off with a wrench, after vainly
twisting his tall. You should have
heard those natives yell at him~ An
American. standing nearby explained
that the bull was holy and must
not be touched. This was our first
experience with sacred bulls.
why several times when we
came out of the Great Eastern hotel
on our way TO work On the planes,
we met a COW at the door. At other
times as we walked up the street
we would find one lying right in
the middle of the sidewalk, in front
of a fashionable Paris hat shop.
Thousands OF people would stream
by. but not one Of them would mo-
lest the noble bovine as she lay
there placidly chewing her cud. Just
imagine a COW lying in the middle
of tho street, say at 9TH avenue and
send street, New York, or at State
ana Madison In Chicago; imagine
the traffic all going around that
COW. and business men and fashion.
dbAN oAtEcEi hOlltI ISNtIrllAAN
touching the COW with their Fingers
and then touching their fingers TO
their foreheads In adorationi II you
can imagine this you will appreciate
how amazed we were.
Natives Religious Fanatics
Among the thousands who Wis.
tied us while we overhauled our
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covred mendicants as innocent OF
clothing as the day they were born.
Some had withered arms. others
were smeared with sacred COW dung
and had diabolic looking red and
white Hindoo symbols on their fore.
heads and bodies. Others had long
caked with ashes and mud. and
twisted to look like snakes. They
the most hideout Hooking spec
mems of humanity thA we ncoun
tered on the flight. What these
thought of our aNplane we
never knew. But one ofHh Brit.
Ish police officials told us Hat there
are millions Of these kscetios in
themselves spirituality y physical
torture.
How the British or anyone else
can maintain a stable government
In a land where millions wander
about smeared with COW dung. and
where these CLASSY eyed. naked as
are regarded with reverence
by ems of millions of others. is be-
yond us. On this flight we redis.
,.xr.-. .aa-.. tLsp-o So L.I g.
gotten. one of which was that India
Is as large as the United States. We
also found 1t inhabited by three
times as many people belonging to
the white, black, yellow Inc brown
as live in America. We dis.
covered that they speak nearly a
hurried different languages. belong
to forty or fifty distinct nations.
and are split up into thousands OF
different castles and sub castles who
nothing whatever to do with
zach other socially .
British Management Wonderful
1--WE Americans think we hay7
lone wonders in building up great
in the three centuries since
~forefathers landed here. But
Calcutta Is n city of over a million
II is one OF the richest
seaports or earth. INT 1t has been
quilt by the. British in a little over
1 century.
Instead OF working day and night
he whole time we were In Calcutta.
spent several evenings enjoying
he sweeping oriental hospitality of
he Americans and Brit sh in Cal
Tile American Legion post
II India gave us a banquet. and
Iome OF our fellow countrymen
anne a thousand miles just to wish
Is Godspeed. We left the banquet
alrly early. but from all accounts
{ was one OF those things that i'm
with age. because next morn
ms when we were going TO work at
o'clock We met our hosts on their
way home
The next evening the boys went
o dinner with various friends. Smith
md Arnold being entertained by the
representative OF the Stan.
lard oil. When they were starting
lack to thor hotel at $3.50 an acct
lent occurred that came near csus. |
nE another delay In the expedition. |
rainy season was approaching
md the sky was overcast. The
treets IL the outskirts OF Calcutta
not particularly we'll ilum-
mated and as the boys were leaving
heir hosts home, blinded by the
light from the hallway. Smith
topped into a hole. turned his ankle
IN falling struck the curb and
'rolte his rib. Although he suffer.
intense pain all night he refused
10 believe that he had been injured.
Arnold called a doctor. who
discovered the broken rib.
Next day while the rest Of the
fliers were putting the finishing
touches to the planes Commander
smith remained al the hotel. Re.
tus ne 10 allow the flight to be de.
layed because Of his injury, the fol.
morning Tuesday. July /.
he was out on the Msidan at day,
break with the boys for the flight
the plains Of India. the flight
on which they were to be the first
Amer cans 20 eve look down from
the sky on The sacred Gauges, the
holy city OF Benares, and the roman.
IN c'ritolu OF the marniaceu,