European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 20, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse By William Borders s biking summer Cretin he oat Ganges pushing the Ter operator toward 12ft by the thousands Are beading or the which the British celebrated u the Queen Bill is gloriously tack in of Coo Rae its not like the old when the crowd real Yeay arid Laid the maharajah Burd who has spent most of his 71 at the Tain resort 300 Miles North of Bui one Sun Back and enjoys 1l during the 19th British wanting their and children to gel away from the established resorts like this All across the mountie Noua Ridge that forms India northeastern Border Sola which u 200 North of new Delhi even became India summer most of the government moving there every april a practice that lasted Maul Independence in when twas Defeated by a new j i i owns a summer Palace at the summer m they Are still Delight in the Chance to Wear their scratchy tweeds and scots As they Strob their walking Sticks along Darj Gettngs which is like beachfront Boardwalk except that they stay in guest houses that have Gingerbread and names like the Wandamere the Evergreen and the summer in the manner of summer tourists escaping to Michigan or they Lake great pleasure in Reading in the Calcutta newspapers How hot it is Back the gratefully from one Lawn chair to another As they Ace the spectacular mountains or turn the other Way toward the hot Plain feet is scarcely different from the Way an englishman expressed it in this Little verse in a darjeeling newspaper half a Century ago Tii Good to pm our thai Conwi Load coloured House that Jitni to Roar up and Down the wet Acque Ltd by the Brett the the 1830s As the tile of a bal Tarim i Temps tube Rajah who owned be gave a g on it out of gratitude hiring help Tel away invading gurkha troops a Tew Eart Lervy it Newt quire t on the planners As everyone to though its name formally changed to club 70 years members St Toni a Gaiman Dedi Ixl he rickety Green Rolna and sip Toronj Darlee Jln Tea brewed from the leaves that Crow on the steeply terraced but Marigold an englishwoman mho runs the says la is not the same As the old Whert the Young Bachelor most of them Tea wild Dresa up Long White stockings and Suver buckled slippers the annual Knight errant in the dining rooms of some of the the highest form of night use to a stately performed by Rich Calcutta businessmen and their who appear in Diamond and Gold flecked although of the present members of the planters Chib Are it had an entirely British membership until As did similar clubs elsewhere around even Ibe maharajah o Coomb wyme family donated Ibe Clia of Lent be a us Mahankali of in Rowan but be and l Beau a were often taken now the Budwan whom the Indian govern ment regards simply As is one of Darjee Ings social and people vie for invitations to Hii summer a comfortable Bouse decorated with the Tea a bit of the old you said a Bombay housewife who was there for drinks the other night that one thing we love about darjeeling it reminds us of the tur from Leswith brass Sis ing the Dusty balance Clay t shop still Sells her in a world ill in the a picture of a woman in the background and uie Cap Tion absence makes the heart grow Minya is Only 130 Miles South of but half a Century away in a City of about it is the capital of one of the provinces of upper the thin Green ribbon try land along the Nile from Cairo South to Aswan where almost on third of Egypt population called in arabic or the people Are the least educated and most uncontrolled geographical group in the the have the reputation Al being hardheaded and potentially in an area South of near cars travel in armed Convoy at night peruse until the ban dts were stippling and robbing trains in american la Rural the people have Lurt Kial Lecal with Pena Jun of so much Cotton or or he time Ying sly 1977 Dan but the people in and around Buseer Luil Friendly diff Tamu be with the the scene is one of quiet and the Countryside is a Patchwork of Gram vines and worlds Best this refs a guest is just beginning u while the most Pungah onions imaginable beg trucked to Trees Dot the Jnya itself is crowded with people but nearly Icv Sojot other than the bulbous mite Model Dodges and Pravi Ife most intercity Traia to licit v the deep Blue Waters of the is least into wet to the Staft desert Ellb on he other the the Rich Ownen of vat agricultural Are mostly victims of carnal Abdel mailers revolt Una of and the result ing they have been replaced by a new und of Rich the owner of abutment a us buildings in a City crowded by population and Urban travelling shows and cafes Are the main sources of for men what is said Over a game of backgammon or a cup of turkish Coffee is sure to reach the ears of the police if it is an englishman was overheard saving that he did not know if there was a within hours be was called before the police and grilled about what they imagined were his ties to atheistic Moscow and no the most feared churches topped with crosses stand near moslem news ques capped with since the population of Minya and other parts of upper Egypt is one Quarter the moslem invasion of the seventh Century waa nut so Complete in the far reaches of upper insulated from the people have Little Politi Cal Power and therefore have been slow to reap the benefits of the Nasser egyptian sociologists the stucco palaces of the old now mostly Public buildings or stand in con Trast to the crude mud huts and other hovels where most of he people Thor desperate the workers at the Cotton the cites maid u nearly burned it Down in riot that swept the country on and ii aver in creases a f nod the chid of la u Imp stoned persuaded them to and us crowd settled Tor throw Liuji be ainu watchman lathe but the construction of the Aswan dam in the wite brought new skills to the of upper plus water for irrigation end extra Elk Carioty for Ebisu fell in a huge new Hospital and medical school is under amid the outside the a Modem Western style Campus for Minya University is under construction on Iso Abdel Mon Elm president of the student said recently that be thought the institution could raise the Tow Standard of living in and around he is seeking american financial support for a University Extension Center to put professors to work on the prob Leins of the an even greater Benefit would be the the University turns but according to leave the t think we Are giving diplomas to help people emigrate to he Saint this must the stars and stripes Page is
