New Britain herald., 1930-01-22
LAHORE IS CENTER
 FOR INDIAN NEWS
Punjab Capital Is Important as
 Crossroads Point

Washington, D. C., Jan. g2.-L1- hore. India. where the All India Nd tionalst Congress is meeting has a local story. l.ahorc is the press ',0\ O. north India, but seldom has much 10 say about itself
 If q glacier breaks iu the upn f Indus River, releasing q dclugc or water that wipes out thousands of rativc homes, the news is dispatched from Lahore If Afghan bandits way lay q sufficient number of caraVa.s'-. TtshaWar might get into the ddr hnc but more frequently Lahore IS the datc-lino city. Both the lndcS River and Arghanistan border ar; Elorc than 200 miles from l.ahorc
 Crossroads of North India
 "Lahorc.' according 10 q bulIo'lI from the Washington. D. '\ hcal- quarters of the National Geographic Society, "is the capital of Jmjab State, and one of the important crossroads of India.
 Not many curious travellers arr. found there, for the city is off the hcatcn paths of tourist travel. Moat tourists visit Calcutta and Bombay and perhaps the interior cities be tween them but Lahore, lying about 200 miles northwest of Delhi, IS q bit out of the way. Yet trains troI important southern Indian cities connect with lines 10 the city; raiI- roads from Inc foothills of the west c,m Himalaya mountains touch II: there is a line from Lahore 10 t,r Afghan border on the north; and from the west come trains from Karachi, popular landing field fo.' Asia Europe aviatorS.
 Elephants Carry SightEccrs
 Lahore is about as old %s ehe Christian era and in some old. wal cd portions Of the city there has not Len much change since tn" city wHs first built, Some of the streets arc yo narrow that 'aiShtscors' who en- gage elephants for a tour watch thn natives sCurry into doorWays and. aS the elephants pass, fatt"n thcn,- selves against the walls of unac- trlcliyc houses that flank these by ways.
 "Elcrl house has at least one en- cro5'd balcony or bay window au1 no two adioluIng houses seem 70 have them proruding from the sanlc floor. And no two balconies are the
 
 honrc construction. and the further fHct that I.aherc's carly builders a1- parcntly gave no thought to an even building line, make the native thor oughtares il tumble Of uneven masonry and wood.
 Children Are Bc".ars
 "Thcrc arc few women on the streets of l.; horc but no matter hoy many windows q house has, nearly all of them fran" Il bronZcd fcmr- nine face. Some of the women wear shaWls, others adorn themselves with trinkctS-stonc-C -CnCruStCd discs pierce the left sides of their nostris beads neaIIN cover the bright waists and bronzcd ncck$ of the Wcarc.s and earrings dangle from the cdr lCheS to the shoulders.
 ''Thcy look down upon q @ayiY clad, surging mass Of humanity; some men with turbanS so lar;e that their WcarcrS appear top hcav", others with skull caps They sec hogCars. some mere children of and s years, and older ones, w'lo move only when an elephant. 2 wagon drawn by q shaggy donkey, or high wheeled cart, forrcs them 0 withdraw their Outstrctchrd leg The boggars pitiful protcssionm pleading, the yell of the young ul- tive ragamuffms whose only play ground is in front of their own doorways. and the mmclodious cry or numerous poddIcrs, echo through the narrow hNwHES
 Industries Hidden
 "At the bazaars. the traV"lors mingle with Il colorful horde wlc watch crafty merchants drive hom" sales Of hammered mctalWarc and :" ~