The Survey October 1916-March 1917 . here men werefree and equal. He knew nothing of famine funds, of themoney collected for stricken boys. He did not know thatAmerican workers were hunting for just such as be, andhad found him fainting in the neem tree. Even that he shouldbe nursed back to health in the home of a Sahib, was some-thing he could not understand. He heard them say that theway his ribs showed through his skin made him look likethe Famine Buddha at Lahore—Lahore, where the many-colored turbans are like a field of wild flowers waving inthe breeze. He knew something about the Buddha.
The Survey October 1916-March 1917 . here men werefree and equal. He knew nothing of famine funds, of themoney collected for stricken boys. He did not know thatAmerican workers were hunting for just such as be, andhad found him fainting in the neem tree. Even that he shouldbe nursed back to health in the home of a Sahib, was some-thing he could not understand. He heard them say that theway his ribs showed through his skin made him look likethe Famine Buddha at Lahore—Lahore, where the many-colored turbans are like a field of wild flowers waving inthe breeze. He knew something about the Buddha. He wasa god. Folks never bothered much about the Buddha; it wasthe revengeful gods and goddesses they feared, like one-eyedKali. But perhaps it was the gentle Buddha that had senthim this good fortune. Before many weeks he was playing like other children. Heheard no more of his parents. Perhaps they went down inthe famine that killed, as it always killed, in the old way ofthe unchanging East. That one must accept the famine, even. REPEATING IN CALCUTTA THE MANILA EXPERIENCE This is the second Calcutta playground at Lee Memorial, Wellington Square. A third has been commenced. The Orient has learned a lesson that America might heed—that apparatus is, after all, not absolutely necessary; that supervision is the great essential. A broomstick with a good imagination has always made a prancing steed THE SU RV EY FOR NOVEMBER 4, 1 9 1 6 113
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