The Widow’s Mite.
It is only from the Indian newspapers that we can get any adequate idea of how the King's visit has affected the popular feeling. The "Pioneer” gives a touching example of the humbler Durbar celebrations. A village of lowcaste cultivators near Benares determined to do their best, and raised a local fund of 32. They collected the “poor." and —a solid meal being beyond their resources—entertained them to a banquet of sugar-juice and boiled milk furnished by the relatively "rich." The greater portion of the fund was spent on oil with which to illuminate the village temple and tank in the evening. A very complete celebration in form, while in spirit it could not be outplaced by all the glories of Delhi.
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New Zealand Graphic, Volume XLVII, Issue 12, 20 March 1912, Page 63
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125The Widow’s Mite. New Zealand Graphic, Volume XLVII, Issue 12, 20 March 1912, Page 63
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