Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1893-10-05

shook hands with hundreds OF people, waved
| salutes to those in the gallaries, and finally
| in his enthusiasm gave the kiss of brother
hood to three ladies who were behind him on
| the platform.
The Rt Rev. Donysos Iatos, archbishop
of Lanta, is another striking figure. He is an
imposing looking man with a flowing gray
| beard He wears scarlet satin skirt and
sash. deep blue stole, and n black robe
| open in front On his head is a tall hat
over which is q black veil that hangs over
| his shoulders He wears several gold chains
around his neck. and side by side on his
| capacous stomach are three elegant medal
| lions.
The chief sensation of the congress thus
far is the speech made by the Buddhist
monk, on priest kinza Ringe Hirai, of ia
pan. He is a tall slim, hollow checked
Young man. with black moustache and
loose locks on his forehead. He wears
gray skirt laid in kilt plats and black robe
that has on the back of the neck and on the
upper part of each sleeve, one white spot
about as large as a quarter of dollar. He
pointed out the wrongs Japan suffers from
nomnally Christian countries as the chief
obstacle to the spread of Christianity III
Japan. He made absolutely no gestures
but was intensely in earnest, as with clinched
hands and frame quivering with emotion. he
spoke bitterly through his teeth, boldly
pointing out the injuries Japan is constantly
receiving because of the disadvantageous
treaty made with them many years ago, and
which they are unable to get revised. His
bold and pathetic speech took the whole as
sembly by surprise. When he told Of i'll
suits offered to japan in San Francisco and
other places, cries of "Shamc shame from
| the audience showed their sympathy with
the speaker. Men near me were saying:
THAT cuts like a razor, because every word
of it is absolutely true" When he ended
his brave, patriotic and touching address he
in turn was taken 10y surprise by the storm
of applause that greeted him and by the
warm and affectionate sympathy expressed
by those around him on the platform. Jen-
kins Lloyd Jones fairly,hugged him. DR.. Bar
rows remarked that he had told the people
in the beginning that the sins of Christianity
might expect rebuke. and now it had come.
and he was glad of it.
On Monday, the evening of the day when
the congress was formally opened. all the
foreign guests were invited to brilliant re
ception in the elegant and spacious home of
a good Chicagoan on Prairie avenue, and
many prominent citizens were invited to
meet them. 1t was a very remarkable gath
eling. Everyone came and wore his most
elaborate and ceremouious costume. and the
scene somewhat reSembled grand fancy
dress ball. OF course many of these foreign
ers were Just as interesting to each other as
, to us ] have doubts whether the Hindus
see as much of the japanese as we do. The
evidences of brotherly regard and friendli-
ness We're touching. A Mohammedan would
he hobnobbing with a blue Presbyter-
| ian, a Baptist with his arm thrown affection
atev round the shoulder of Buddhist. and
/ ,..l1,
Parser. 1t was a sight Of deep significance,
and cannot but bode we'll for the future.
1t seems that the civlity shown the for
eigners on this occasion was appreciated,
? and some of the japanese. who are well known
to be remarkably polite. decided to return it
1 according to their ability. So the next even
, ing several of them came with their inter
prefer whO speaks most comical English to
+ make what we should turn party call.
They said they had been well entertained in
\ her house and now they had come to enter
D tain the hostess little and by way of do
+ ing so they would tell her turl; story.
\ ''Once upon time there was IA parent who
had little baby, and he loved it very much
but it died when it was still young. The
. bereaved parent went to priest to ask why
f the child died and was told that it was he
d cause it had not a long enough name =
e been honored. Soon after another LITTLE
rs baby came, and to make all sure, they CAV,
4. it a very long name, calling it ---. an,
Il here follows great string of unpronOunce
h able names, going on, and ON. and ON unit
. it became perfectly absurd. This child grew
a up to be a good sized boy, when one day h,
II fell into we'll Some one saw him fall il
l. and ran to call for help, but before he coul,
t say the whole name, the poor boy had beel
l. drowned for three hours -
. An extremely unique entertainment wa
d given on Thursday evening by Mrs. Potte
it Palmer, who in the name of the board o
it lady managers, invited the foreign visitor
e to reception in the assembly room of tn
II women's building at the exposition wher
f they would be asked to tell something of tn
a, condition of women in their respective coun
is tries. Fifteen hundred invitations were is
;. sued and there was again brilliant as
semblage. The scene on the stage was on
|. never to be forgotten. At one side o
n the platform was the white ROBBED Dhar
" mapala behind him a Mohammedan in re-
n fez.--the little Icelandic lady, Mrs. Mag
,e nusson, in gold embroidered black dres
D. and on her head what looked like stii
At white liberty cap from which hung a whit
le veil. On the other side sat the handsom
" yellow ROBBED Dvivikananda, the eoquen
lg MagOOnluar. Ille tnlneSe secretary OF lega
le ton, he OF the red button, the archbishop O
" Lante, respondent in blue and scarlet an
ii gold chains and in the middle our beautifr
pr and gracious American queen, Mrs. Potte
ne Palmer. She presided as she always doe,
Id with grace tact and ready wit, and fame
rs it was somewhat of an establishment to thos
he orientas to see a woman in such position
to In her speech of welcome she said that ne
it three wise men from the East, but man
" had come to us, and that great results coul
i'll not but follow such coming. She begge
i'll them to examine what women had done hel
to that haply the women of all nations migf
d: be enabled to learn something Of each Other
1t President Palmer then made an address {
sh welcome, dwelling at some length on his ow
III religious views, whereupon Mrs. Palmer sal
with mischievous smile, that as he ha
he spoken so learnedly on religion, she woul
I'd not ask the foreigners to do SO, but to tie
of of the condition of the women in their L,