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Show this road during the rainy season; in this dry season the black dust was mos disagreeable, as it penetrated every crevice, but, when the rains transforme the dust into a secthing mass of mud, a visit to Kalpi would be most dis loo teach. The building, a one-storey structure, was made of mud bnds, th material used for house construction throughout the village. As I school office with the four India gentlemen, my interest was immcd1 au:ly absorbed by an carnest worker sitting before a simple loom on whic he was weaving a grass and horse-hair mould-cover. Photograph 5. At the and various copies of the Harijan magazine, Mahatm Gandhis weekl publication. As T sat on the wooden bench before the mblc, Mr. Khaddar and his associates showed to me samples of their papers, of which they wer evidently exceedingly proud; but their pride was even more obvious whe theyunfolded before me a copy of the Harjjan which had been printed upo ‘paper Lxhn(.n(ul in the Kalpi school. Tt was Mr. Gandhi's hope that ever issue of this publication might be printed on Indian handmade paper, bu upto (he time of my visit it had been possible to produce only enough pape for one edition. This unique issue appeared July 17th 1937, and on pag five of the eight-page quarto may be read these significant lines "NOTICE. The readers, we trust, will be glad to know that this ssuc o "Harijan" has been printed on handmade paper, of course 3 an experiment. The paper has been made in Kalpi (U. P.) Manager. Although the school possessed but one copy of this rare issue they generously insisted that I add it to my collection of "‘paperiana." Mr. Khaddar Digital image© 2005 Marriott Library University of Utah, All rihts reserved |