EASTERN STYLE

Evening Post, Volume CIII, Issue 33, 9 February 1922, Page 8

EASTERN STYLE

GWALIOR MAKES A SHOW

PRINCE'S GOLD-PAINTED

ELEPHANT

MUSIC DAY AND NIGHT.

(■MITW mil ASS«CIATI«I.-e»?lRI»M.) (AVITRALIAM - NBW 11ALAKB CAILI AlfuClATlvni) (Received February 9, 1 p.m.) DELHI/ Bth February. The elephant on which the Prince of Wales made his entry into Gwalior is over 100 years old, and is a gigantic beast. Its body was covered with gold paint, and its head and trunk were washed with' ochre. It had red rings round its eyes, and wore heavy silver anklets and trappings. There was an ftSßemblage of;; State, elephants hardly less gorgeous. "•The Prince climbed to the back of the' elephant by a ladder, followed by the Maharaja of Scindia, and sat in a gold howdah lashed to the flanks, of the elephant over a mantle of crimson velvet hung with tinkling bells of gold and silver. The State elephants followed in pairs, painted in silver and 'otrrer.- colours. . They carried the Prince's.' suite ."and the Maharaja's sirdars. Many '.other elaborately-deco-rated elephants were included in the procession. Native musicians stationed at intervals on the route kept up a mild clamour, and they will play day and night while the Prince remains in Gwalior, providing a sort of continuous jazz in regular shifts. The Prince sleeps in a bedroom in the palace with a jewelled ceiling; A Durbar was held, find was a brilliant function. The members of the Maharaja's family and officials were dressed in crimson silk and glittering wilh jewels. The Prince opened the King George Park and attended a State banquet.