Blackwell Family Alice Stone Blackwell General correspondence October 1, 1930 2124 N. W. 6th Ave. Miami, Fla. Miss Alice Stone Blackwell Chilmark, Mass. Dear Madam, On reading last Sunday's issue of the "New York Times" I was very much interested in your letter dated Sept 20, 1930 which appeared therein under the caption "America for Americans?" I am a teacher in the Public School System of Miami Fla. and would be obliged if you would let me know where I could obtain that play. I am returning to Florida in a day or two and would be very much obliged to hear from you there. Respectfully yours (Mrs.) Helene Sifontes[*Del Ile*] Mrs. Bertha W. Silsbee 25 Virginia Street Dorchester, Massachusetts Dear Miss Blackwell, I enclose a small donation for the needy family you wrote of in the Transcript & hope for better times for them. Wishing you a "Happy New Year" - Sincerely Bertha W. Silbee 17 Warren Rd. So. Natick, Mass. Dec. 31, 1929 Miss Alice Stone Blackwell. Dorchester, Mass. Dear Madame;-- I wonder, if at this late date, I can acquire thru you, an autograph in the handwriting of your noted mother, Lucy Stone, to place in my collection? I will be glad to defray the cost of the same, if you can do so. Trusting that I am not imposing upon your good nature in this request and with kind wishes for your continued good health, I am, Yours Sincerely, Claude E. Simmonds.27.4.31 Mrs. Alice Stone Blackwell 3 Monadnock St. Upham's Corner. Boston. Mass. U.S. My dear Mrs. Blackwell Thank you very much indeed for your most kind permission to me to set some of the verses of your translation of "La Palmera" to music. I found the translation so appealing & beautiful that music to it would float into my head, & at last I was tempted to make a very simple little song out of three or four of the verses, just for our private use. Then as our friends seemed to like it, my sister-in-law offered to write to you, in case it might be published. I should most certainly give myself the great pleasureand honour of sending you a copy, in the event of my being so fortunate as to find favour with the music publishers. But it is a very quiet little composition! With very many thanks for your kind and cordial permission, believe we Yours sincerely, Kate A. SimmonsBorderland Will it just be oblivion? or will it be A voice (long stilled,and how beloved!) a hand Familiar--comforting? a strange swift rush Of blessedness? dear things we understand- Forgiveness without words--and suddenly All that we dared to dream shall seem to be? Down to defeat of dark and silence go? Not ! not I! who, to the last of sight Held close the precious grasp of one who passed waving her changeless love back thro' the night. -- Laura Simmons Laura Simmons Dr. E[?] M[?] in memory of our mothers – "our daily bread" – Laura Simmons LECTURES Poets Old and New. "What Price, Poetry?" "Gone Lyric." (A Shorter Talk) "Where are the Grannies of Yesteryear?" Miss Simmons has spoken to the following Clubs:-- New York Women's Press Club; National Women's Book Association; Boston Authors' Club; New York Dante League; City College, New York, (Public Lecture Course); Boston Library Course; Women Poets, New York; "The Group" of Writers, Paris, France. Federation of Music Clubs, Boston; MISS SIMMONS has also contributed to the following: The Saturday Evening Post, Harper's Magazine, Harper's Bazar, Atlantic Monthly, Life, Judge, Pictorial Review, Outlook, Good Housekeeping, Country Gentleman, Churchman, International Book Review, all New York papers, etc. Member of Poetry Society of America, London Poetry Society, Paris "Group des Artistes". From Prof. Copeland, Harvard: "You have a delicious sense of humor; I am using a few of your poems for my classes and my own readings." Prof. Charlton Black, Boston University: "I have been giving poems of yours – and essays as well – to my classes." Julia Marlowe Sothern: "I read your dramatic poem, 'Jericho' in New York last night to one thousand people." Otis Skinner: "Mrs. Fiske and myself have been delighted and exalted by your splendid "Jericho'; may I broadcast it from New York in my program next week? How on earth did you get 'under the skin' of the actor, as in this poem?" Margaret Deland: " 'Your Toast' in Harper's is one of the most subtle and exquisite things I have ever read; I love it." Edwin Markham: "I would like 'Intermezzo' for my anthology." Philip Hale, critic: "It seems presumptuous of me to criticize when you do so much with such felicity." Mrs. Josiah Royce: "I used your tribute to Prof. Royce in preface to his last book." Address: 132 Myrtle Street, Boston, Mass. ("Wit's End") or [39 Lincoln St., Glen Ridge, New Jersey] "The short and simple annals of the poor." C.S.as from Marlborough Cottage Ashley Gardens, Rusthall Tunbridge Wells-Kent July 7th 1942. Dear Miss [Mrs?] Stone Blackwell Thank you for your kind Easter letter and greetings to my dear sister Ethel. – I am grieved to tell you that she passed away - rather suddenly - During a serious breakdown in health on April 21st. The doctor said she has [been] had an "overstrained heart" for years. - But he hoped with rest she might improve + perhaps live for some time though he said she would alwaysfor the future be a confirmed invalid. They did not nurse her at all well in the nursing home where she was. It would have tried her very alert + energetic and active mind + body not to have been able to do the things as energetically as she used to. Her brain was ever tremendously alert + very versatile; - planning out the daily house duties + shopping and doing your legal business as well - besides various other things personal - + political of all sorts - She was a splendid organiser too - I miss her terribly! - [2] in every way + at every turn. Please take my much sympathy for your failing eyesight + memory - it is very sad when the eyes begin to fail I know: My dear sister is happy with the Lord Jesus our Saviour now - + no longer is suffering [and ?] I "sorrow as those not without hope." - I have one sister left to me only now - out of a family of nine! -- But we shall all be together again in our heavenly Home one day -- + I shall be with Christ our Saviour and our Redeemer. I hope I have notweared you? with my long letter - and that sometimes I may still have news of you? We in England hold hands with America across the Atlantic where would we be without her strong help! -- Please forgive all mistakes and my untidy letter! Yours sincerely Winifred Marian SimmonsMelrose, Feb 5, 1882 My good Miss Blackwell, In returning to address you there I am really fearful of having my motives misconstrued, and I know that is for warrant and justification. I have none; yet your simplicity and wholeheartedness encourage me to make the venture, and I can at any rate make certain of meeting truth with truth, earnestness with earnestness. I have the advantage, probably of knowing you better than you, me, and of addressing one whom from the first I have admired and respected, while you could not and ought not say the same of me, nor should I desire it. And now, as we are of those who disclaim earthly pride and earthly motives, recognizing out kinship in the spiritual world, and desiring to have a large and full moralactivity in the world, we may in our work hereafter come into contact, and even if this were to be by letter only. I feel that we cannot have the best understanding of each other without clearing up one matter first of all. -- You could once have spoken severe and reproachful words in regard to my treatment of Prof. K., and I wish I had known you well enough to have had the benefit of them. You know very well that his ministrations were unsatisfactory. I felt, and some others felt, that we were being abused. We thought we might make matters come to a climax. You know it all, and there is no need to enlarge. The object was good, but the entire course was unjust and despicable. It did injury for which I can never atone. It raised, too, a phony class feeling. I know how to despise myself, and I saw it was despicable. I know how to handle myself, and it grieves me that Prof. K. is not spiritually such a man as to make the best Christian fellowship possible between us; if I should talk to him as I would like to do he would not understand me. -- I have said what I have because I felt we should understand each other better, and whatever you say on the subject, say it candidly: I can take no offense in this matter or any other when the truth, no, when candor is maintained. I think I can even say I should feel no bitterness were I lied about. But enough of this -- If there is going to be sympathy between two persons, they must have like interests and like ideals. We may not have the former as yet in the concrete. But the ideal itself, if one is true to it, is the measure and determinant of his interests, and what I wish now is to give you some notion of my own ideal. I believe in one God, life of our life, almighty, all-wise-and-blessed. All we are brethren sinning and suffering together, and we are to help each other back to God; together we are to sorrow and repent; together we are to grow pure and noble, and trustful, devoted, and loving, till we enjoy at last the fullness of His presence. This is the whole end of life: there is absolutely nothing else to do in the wide world. The strife with sin is a fearful one, and the entire meaning of history is summed up in this. The victory is joyous, both for the individual and for the race, and we look for victory complete and perpetual. Having overcome sin in self, and having come to realize the immensity and the supreme importance of the world- contest and the end to which all things are bending, we look out with wistful eyes over the field to discover the place of need and of succor: It thrills us to think of the splendor and glory of labor before me, and we are eager to join in the fray. We have no petty and personal successes to achieve or desires to gratify. the great God is working in all things for human purification and righteousness, and we rejoice in the share poor creatures like us are permitted to take in [Holy] His holy and gracious desires and plans. By all the sacredness of virtue, by all God's love and mercy 5 we are entreated, adjured, and encouraged to be whole souled in our lives, to gain all knowledge, to lay all plans, to be ceaselessly and immensely active, for the moral end which is alone dear to us, and whose consummation is the absorbing and directive principle of our lives. We are ready to triumph over all opposion and discouragement. Human indifference shall not chill our enthusiasm. The passions and the physical necessities of men which draw them earthward, and which seem often to make spirituality impossible, shall not daunt us: the glory of conquest is enhanced by the strength of the forces contending. Yes, these things move us and exalt us; the future is bright, and the path plain before us. But to return now to the first person singular. When I consider that these high hopes must somehow be made conformable to the necessity of making a living, they seem almost vague and dreamlike -- unreal and unrealizable. Yet I can not, I will not givethem up. In some degree they be must be realized, or life is really not worth the living. After once having had such conceptions, better die if life is to be only a struggle for survival. But I do not believe it is such. If it is hard to make these two ends conformable, here again is but encouragement to foil the harder. I told you I had made no decision in regard to my specific life - work, but that it seemed to me one ought to do what most needs to be done, and if possible what others seem reluctant to engage in. This makes it no easy matter to make a decision. If I make some observations on the needs of the hour and the methods to be employed, you may get an idea of the direction which my thought is taking, and may see that it is not altogether general and abstract. And if what I say seems large and visionary, you are enthusiastic enough to wish, at any rate, for the accomplishment of all that is good. And to strike at the root of the matter, we want in every human life to engender an intense moral interest, and to make everything in society, in business in culture, conformable to this. The intensity of this interest will find a measure in missionary activity, I mean philanthropy of all kinds wheresoever. This moral earnestness is, of course a matter of education, an education which begins from the cradle - and before - the home is the great educator, and unless this is of the right kind, all subsequent instruction can develop only very imperfectly a real earnest character. We may have a good common school system; but let a child spend the first & most impressive years of his life in an atmosphere morally viel, or even sordid, selfish, unaspiring, and how much can school do for him? he must have the loftiest & purest surroundings in these early years especially, if he is to make the best of himself. There are immense numbers ofthese children growing up under those degrading influences, and I say, if I can succeed by this time in coming at the root of the matter, that the great need is to establish homes for all such where love and tenderness and purity shall surround them. Need I enlarge on this subject? and to you? It seems plain to me that this is what is required. And when these are established throughout Heathendom & Christiandom alike, so that as far as possible none shall be without Christian influence of the highest & purest type during the formative period of life, we may say Christians have done their duty to the work, and the millenium will not be distant. Taken in its widest aspect the magnitude of the work is enormous; but if it ought to be done, it can be and shall be! All efforts towards the elevation of youth and adult are discouraging in their semi success. Teach a school, and the home influence and that of the street will thwart the influence of the few hours with you. Preach, and your heart will often sink within you at the meagreness of results. Write a book or an article, and your ideas fall on dull and listless minds - made so by the habits of early life. But preside in a Christian home, where affection can have full play and where evil is shut out - then your labor counts for its full value. Discouragements and disappointment would of course be found but with ample compensation. Expense and self-sacrifice would be needed above that in all other employments, but with what glorious reward. This supreme need of the hour has presented itself so strongly to me because I believe the object of all effort is the attainment of nobleness and purity everywhere. If I made the end culture, pleasure or whatever else you please, I should not think such extreme endeavor and self sacrifice were called for; it might be attained perhaps at far less cost. Of courseanyone can deny that mine is the true ideal, and there would be no way of proving its truth: ideals are not subject to rational principles and logic merely; they grow up in a man through his yearnings and aspirations, and it was not very long ago that I myself doubted much if indeed moral excellence were a final end, and was looking around for another. But, if anyone should deny the truth of my ideal, and should declare that culture, for instance, is the end, I can conceive no surer way of accomplishing it than by just the means required by the ideal as I conceive it. If missionary activity of the sort I have indicated were universalized, we might expect a great awakening everywhere. There is a marvelous difference between preaching the truth to people and realizing it before their eyes by labor and self sacrifice. It would, besides, call on them practically for help; and I do not think the resources of charity are nearly exhausted - not till economy, frugality and self-sacrifice have had their perfect work. Yes, in this age Christian power is bound to exert itself to the utmost, to leave no resource untried. Individual liberty is extending itself over the whole earth; class oppression is ceasing; free communication and liberty of movement is generally established all lands are open and easy of access; the productive power of the ground and of human labor is vastly increasing; and altogether, as never before opportunity is offered for Christian advance all along the line. The powers of evil, too are massing themselves to use these resources for their own advancement in the corruption of the state and of public and private morals. Of course I believe in the highest culture. The Christian nurture of childhood is but preparation for conscious growth into the highest ideals attainable by the most perfect use of reason and imagination. Science, too, is to render nature still. more conquerable by man the physical and intellectual for a man the moral. Philosophy, literature, science, art - all are to be eagerly pursued and perfected. And none should be so eager in this as one whose ideal is the development of the perfect law of love. Nevertheless there may be learning which is useless and out of place, or at any rate learning which usurps time and occasion that ought to be given to efforts in other directions. Especially I think that culture for its own sake is likely to degenerate into pride and selfishness. The culture needed at least when the meaning of life has dawned on the mind and when the life work is partially plain, is that which will qualify for definite lines of work, as for teaching for preaching, for philosophizing for poetizing for romancing. And in this connection arises the inquiry into the meaning of all these forms of mental activity as related to moral development. Commonly they are considered as in a measure independent and to be pursued for their own sake; but my desire to centralize everything about morals, as the planets which round the sun, forbids me to rest here. A perfect philosophy of life will show the relation of all things to righteousness and I like to think that the poet philosopher will here after appear who, by transcendant knowledge and spiritual vision, shall reveal to us a panorama of the world speeding to the moral consummation. To be sure God is the world's creator and ruler, and some may think it sufficient to attend faithfully to minor and private duties, leaving the great world plan and its consummation to the supreme; but man is free, and in a measure freely developing himself; by ignorance and willfulness he may thwart issues that would be speeded by his knowledge and compliance. Of course we cannot hope for such a panorama but we can get what light we may. The practical philanthropist will not merely collect money to sustain his labors; he will have a large view so all the industrialinterests and to the social and commercial relations and combinations which will insure the greatest productiveness and economy the closets union and brotherhood for the speediest furtherance of the great design. And now, once more after these generalities let us return to the subject of Homes. Of course it may be said that the private home with its tender associations, designed by God for the best interests of the human race, could never be replaced by large concerns under non-parental control; it would be unnatural, and withal, on a large scale, chimerical. Nevertheless, the extremities of the case demand extreme methods. If it is not better for children to grow up good under non-parental and extra domestic influence than to grow up bad in natural way. then white is not white and black is not black. Of course there would be opposition in all quarters to the carrying out of such designs, and especially reluctance on the part of parents to cooperate. But gradually such a movement would get head, and after confidence was established there would be more than enough to do. And it would not be simple charity; parents would retain an interest in their children and contribute to their support; the knowledge that their dear ones were doing well would give them zests to live. would beget in them higher aspirations, an eagerness for the true life. Thus they would receive strength and will to lead new lives, and even in the present generation some perplexing social problems might be greatly advanced towards solution. And now I have written enough. I have any moral earnestness, it is because of the tragedy that has enacted itself in my heart. Tho it did not come much to light, and because in my own home things have in some respects taken on a fearful aspect. But this eagerness must not be dormant, it must realize itself in the fullest degree in the actual world and in actual human relations; otherwise it may die. You understand now why I havemade this venture. Sympathy and brotherhood are the only relations that ought to exist among us mortals. I have tried to give you some notion of my ideal that might warrant such sympathy. Doubtless the words mean more to me than to you; rather, the words that are for me the symbols of grand ideas may be to you symbols of unintelligibility and mystery. I can only say I believe I know what I mean; if you do not, do not hesitate to say so. And lastly, if for any reason you do not wish to respond I shall indeed be disappointed but not offended: it is no more than I should expect. Sincerely Yours, Chas. T. Simpson The Cambridge Young Men's Christian Association Public Correspondence Table 620 Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge, Mass. Nov. 24, 1930 Dear Miss Blackwell: I, too, was disappointed. When Mr. Hossain was ready to answer your question after consulting his notes regarding taxes, the Chairman told him there was no time for it. It is difficult for well-fed people to appreciate the causes of India's miseries. Only a few idealists, who understand life, can have sympathy with us. What is a matter of life and death to us is a pastime for the society ladies & gentlemen. At the behest of her English masters, Cornelia Sorabji is carrying on her anti-Indian propaganda2 by vilifying her country and countrymen. When the meeting was over that day she came to shake hands with me but I told her in the presence of a group of people, "I can't shake hands with you because you are condeming our brothers and sisters who are being beaten & thrown into prisons by your masters". However, the fate of India will be decided in India only by Indians; as no amount of propaganda in foreign countries will help the Britishers to thwart our movement. Though I don't expect much out of the round table conference in London, I am glad to see the unity shown by the Indian delegates, including the princes, in demanding dominion status for India. Now the Britishers must regretting for 3 The Cambridge Young Men's Christian Association Public Correspondence Table 620 Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge, Mass. having called the conference. They are, it seems to me, between the devil and the deep sea. I saw Miss Hopkinson and Mrs. Rotche. They were very nice to me, and bought some of my things. Mrs. Rotche is very intelligent and understands the present world problems. I am reading your book. "The Little Grandmother of the Russian Revolution" and am enjoying it very much. It gives a vivid picture of things that caused the revolution; and also shows a deep understanding of the men and women who suffered and died for the cause.4. Mr. Kirby Page, the editor of the "Works Tomorrow" will speak on India at the Symphony Hall on Sunday next, the 30th inst. at 10.45 a.m. He is fair. With Kind regards Yours Sincerely P.N. Sinha Teachers hear Britain assailed by Durant. Hits Indian Policy at gathering of 7,500 in New York He urged the teachers to take the advice of Mahatma Gandhi, whom he called the greatest Christian leader in the world, and study India. He denounced Great Britain for its handling of Indian affairs, declaring that India has fallen from the richest country in the world to the poorest in the 150 years it has been under British dominion. Its national debt has risen from $35,000,000 to $3,500,000,000 he said. TheBritish government spends 83 percent of the income from Indian taxes on the maintenance of the army there, Dr. Durant said, and 8 percent on education. For maintaining health they spend 2 percent. In all it is estimated that the British have take some $200,000,000,000 out of the country since they took control. The death rate is 32 per 1,000 and the number of children born lifeless is amazingly high. However, they have less immorality than we have in this country and less drinking, because over there it is not a social obligation to abstain. N.Y. World Nov. 1, 1930 The Cambridge Young Men's Christian Association Public Correspondence Table 620 Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge, Mass. Nov 10, 1930 Dear Miss Blackwell Thanks for the articles. They are, indeed, very interesting. I shall return them to you after showing them to some of my friends. The enclosures may interest you. I do not want them back. A little later I shall also send you a copy of Mr. Durant's speech which he recently made in New York. Things are moving very fast in India; and I do hope you will see her emancipation. With Kind Regards, Yours faithfully P.N. SinhaSTORY OF BRAHMIN AND HIS WIFE (By Paramananda Dutt.) A brahmin had got a number of Koi fishes from a disciple of his. He brought them over to his wife and expected a sumptuous dinner. But when the cover was laid the Brahmin found that the dinner was not at all tempting. "Brahmani," shouted the Brahmin, "how is this? I gave you sixteen fishes and you give me such a poor dish"? "Don't be cross, my Lord", said the Brahmin's wife in a sweet tone, "True, you gave me sixteen fishes. But do you really want me to render an account? Well, out of the sixteen Koi fishes you gave me, two, being alive, fled into water, two were devoured by a cat, two were pounced upon by kites, with two sweetmeats were purchased and two were bartered for fuel, two were given to neighbors and two were spoilt in course of cooking--out of the remaining two I had to taste one to see how it had been prepared and the balance is lying on your dish." So much in a coaxing tone. Then she flared up and said, "Now that I have rendered an account, the daughter of a gentleman as I am, are you, like the son of a gentleman, going to take the bones for yourself and leave the fish for me?" The story is silent as to what the Brahmin did or said, but surely he was not disappointed. The so-called delegates to the Round Table Conference may be compared to the Brahmin in the above story and the Premier to the Brahmin's wife. With hearts filled with hopes of responsible self-government for India they had gone to the Conference and like the Brahmin's wife the Premier has given them what they had wanted. Though the details of the future constitution of India are yet to be worked out the Premier has given an unmistakable indication of what it is going to be, in his concluding speech and in the Declaration on behalf of His Majesty's Government. The gists of the reports of the different sub-(By Paramananda Dutt.) A brahmin had got a number of Koi fishes from a disciple of his. He brought them over to his wife and expected a sumptuous dinner. But when the cover was laid the Brahmin found that the dinner was not at all tempting. "Brahmani," shouted the Brahmin, "how is this? I gave you sixteen fishes and you give me such a poor dish"? "Don't be cross, my Lord", said the Brahmin's wife in a sweet tone, "True, you gave me sixteen fishes. But do you really want me to render an account? Well, out of the sixteen Koi fishes you gave me, two, being alive, fled into water, two were devoured by a cat, two were pounced upon by kites, with two sweetmeats were purchased and two were bartered for fuel, two were given to neighbors and two were spoilt in course of cooking--out of the remaining two I had to taste one to see how it had been prepared and the balance is lying on your dish." So much in a coaxing tone. Then she flared up and said, "Now that I have rendered an account, the daughter of a gentleman as I am, are you, like the son of a gentleman, going to take the bones for yourself and leave the fish for me?" The story is silent as to what the Brahmin did or said, but surely he was not disappointed. The so-called delegates to the Round Table Conference may be compared to the Brahmin in the above story and the Premier to the Brahmin's wife. With hearts filled with hopes of responsible self-government for India they had gone to the Conference and like the Brahmin's wife the Premier has given them what they had wanted. Though the details of the future constitution of India are yet to be worked out the Premier has given an unmistakable indication of what it is going to be, in his concluding speech and in the Declaration on behalf of His Majesty's Government. The gists of the reports of the different subcommittees also throw some light on the future constitution. Indians--even the delegates who had joined the Conference against the clearly expressed wishes of a large section of their countrymen-- wanted responsible self-government for India, i.e., the Government of the Indian people by the Indian people, by themselves and for themselves. Mr. Montagu as Secretary of State for India had promised it. Those who are responsible for the present Declaration think that they have conceded this to India. (The Brahmani also thought that she had given all the fish she possessed to her husband). The Declaration says that "the view of His Majesty's Government is that responsibility for the Government of Indian should be placed upon legislatures, central and provincial." But there are certain limitations. Indians will have full control over their affairs, BUT their control over the finances will be limited (they will have no control over the army expenditure which will be a first charge on the revenues of the Government), the Army will not be under their control (it may, of course, be Indianised at some distant future when none of the living generation will be alive), they will have no control over Foreign Affairs and National Debts, and the interests of the British mercantile community and the existing services must be safeguarded. Subject to these restrictions "the Indian Government would have full financial responsibility for methods of raising revenue and for control of expenditure on non-reserved subjects." In other words the Indian Government will remain free to raise money in any way they like but they may not spend it according as they please; the major portion of it will be spent by the Governor-General and they can spend only an infinitesimal portion. Of course they will have substantial control over the nation-building departments such as Education and Sanitation (though, of course, with limited resources at their command). Has the reader still any doubt as to what kind of self-government India is getting? Is it not somewhat like the dinner served to the Brahmin by his wife? "Patricke," Calentta[*Mayor of Calcutta beaten by the police*] SJ. SUBHAS BOSE Nature Of Injuries In view of several ugly rumours having spread all over the city about the condition of Sj. Subhas Chandra Bose, who sustained injuries as a [?qual] to the Maidan demonstrations, [Free?] Press on enquiries was officially informed as follows:— "Sj. Bose had received altogether five injuries in different parts of his body. (1) Contusion over the right side of fore-head half by half inch, (2) contusion over back of head half by half inch, (3) contusion over right side of right hand one by half inch, (4) contusion over the middle of the dorsal aspect of right fore-arm one by half inch, (5) a few scratch marks on the fore-arms. General condition of Sj. Bose is now [good?]." meetings and processions. Sj. [?attacharice] refusing to obey the order was arrested and taken to the Muchipara Police Station in a taxi. ARREST AT PADDAPUKUR SQUARE Sj. Gopal Lal Sanyal, Editor [?ngabani] came to the Paddapukur Square in a procession to hoist National Flag and as soon as he arrived at the gate of the Square, the police who were guarding the gate of the Square showed him the order of the Commissioner of Police prohibiting public meetings and processions. Sj. Sanyal refusing to obey the Police Commissioner's order was arrested and taken to the Bhowanipore Police Station. FLAG HOISTING AT HEMCHANDRA LIBRARY Before he was arrested Sj. Sanyal hoisted the National Flag in the commend of the Hemchandra Library in the morning. Here a pretty large number of people gathered to witness the ceremony. Punctually Sj. Sanyal arrived at the place and hoisted the National Flag and shouts of "Bande Mataram". Sj. Sanyal then proceeded to the Paddapukur Square, and was arrested at the gate of the Square POLICE ARRANGEMENTS IN THE CITY Elaborate police arrangements were witnessed throughout the city in the morning particularly at Burrabazar where armed Gurkhas were posted at some important crossings in the [??en]. Besides armed Gurkha and European Sergeants posted at different places throughout the city, flying [??ads} were seen patrolling the streets of the city both in Northern and Southern sections. All the parks and squares throughout the city were guarded by a large number of police constables and sergeants from early hours in the morning. CALCUTTA CORPORATION NATIONAL FLAG HOISTED At 8 o'clock in the morning National The Cambridge Young Men's Christian Association Public Correspondence Table 620 Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge, Mass. March 17 Dear Miss Blackwell; The enclosed clippings may interest you. Things are very hopeful. Gandhi has disorganized the enemy - the fight between Baldwin and Churchill. The Toris broke their promise again. Now they are not willing to participate in the proposed Round Table Conference which was to be held in India. They are really between the devil and the deep sea, and don't know what to do. The British Empire is doomed. With Kindest Regard. Yours Sincerely P.N. SinhaThe Sioux City Journal. EDITORIAL ROOMS SIOUX CITY, IOWA. April 22, 1932 Miss Alice Stone Blackwell Boston, Mass. My dear Miss Blackwell: I have been very much interested in reading the delightful interview with you in a recent Boston Transcript. You have been an inspiration to many of us out here in your work for woman suffrage, in your writings in the Woman's Journal, in your books and translations, and in your work for peace. Reading about you has given me the courage to make a request. About six months ago I became the editor of The Book Page in our local newspaper and have been publishing a series of letters from writers similar to the one enclosed. Many of our Mid Western readers do not have access to book pages and literary supplements of the metropolitan newspapers, but they are interested in the men and women who write, and such a series gives them a sort of personal contact and also acquaints them with the names and writings of our modern authors. I realize it is a good deal to ask of a busy woman like yourself, but I would appreciate so much a personal word about yourself and your work. Sincerely, Emily Bruce Hoyt (Mrs.) Emily Bruce Hoyt Literary Editor EBH/heh