The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-11-25
THE MODERN INDIA.
Mrs. Tytler Tells More of the
Oriental Empire.
MADAME RLAvATskY A FRAUD.


Mrs. Harriet TYtier gave her third and
last lecture last evening in the reading
room of the public library. The evening
Was stormy aud the audience was not as
large as il should have been. Mrs. Tytler
is a quaint lady and tells her stories in
such a familiar, conversational wsy that il
charms the audience She does not at
tempt any great lights Of oratory. but
after she has talked for five minutes one
feels as if one h ad known her lifetime.
She has been great traveller, she said.
When she was born the nurse discovered
that she had = mole on her left foot and
declared that she would be constant
traveller and would see many strange lands
and equally strange people. This predic-
ton had been carried out. She had fire.
qaently threatened TO have the mole cut
out of ner foot in order 10 remove, If pos
sibie, her penchant for going from one
country 20 another. bur il was still unre-
moved. and she supposed she would, like
little 10, be kept moving on
Then. with the aid OF the stereopticon
pictures. she proceeded TO describe the
different cities Of India under the en-
pire" She told of the city of Bombay.
which is governed by the fire-worshipping
Parsees. who keep fire constantly burn
ing and who will not smoke because il is
a dissertation of fire. The Parsees have
peculiar marriage ceremony. The high
contracting parties are tied together han d
and foot and rice and eocoanut Is poured
over them Then they are united and
each leaves with his friends and they
have feast Then they are tied together
again and the ceremony is completed.
-. ~ Aa L. "a
on the top OF the Tower of silence on
CRATES. The vuitures eat the flesh off the
bones and the bones tall into the tower,
where they are consumed oy quicklime.
Cawnpore, Lucknow, AmrItsir, Simla,
Calcutta and other cities were described,
and pictures of the ancient buildings and
sacred spots were shown and incidents.
historical and otherwise, were told about
them.
In India all the old idols of Buddha
have broken noses or are otherwise de-
faced This is done by the Mohammedans,
who are the religious rivals of the
Buddhists.
AT the siege OF Delhi, during the Sepoy
mutiny In 1857, the rebels kept firing at
cross on ST. James church. and as they
fired they declared that, if they could
knock the cross of the Christian church,
they were certain that the town would
fall into their hands. The cross. though
riddled by bullets. never fell. This church
was erected by James Skinner. who also
erected mosque and Hindoo temple
near by.
Mrs. TytIer told of the singular expert
ence Of Rustern Ghee the first Parsee who
was ever knighted. A ship came in from
Persia loaded with empty bottles. The
captain died on the way. and Ghee bought
the cargo OF bottles for q mere song. When
he unloaded the cargo he found that the
under bottles were nlied with pearls. Ii
had been the intention TO smuggle them
into India, as the duty on pearls was
large. Chez became millionaire out of
his venture. and did such benevolent work
with his money that he was knIghted by
the British viceroy.
In Simla Mrs. Tyler was neighnor OF
Nine. Blavatsky. whom she described as
fat, good-natured woman. who was regu-
lar fraud. One or two of her tricks were
exposed by her confederates and she left
behind her a shady reputation. Ii is evil
dent that Mrs. Tyler has q poor opinion
OF theosophy and poorer one still OF the
high priestess of theosophy.
The Uindoo religion was in some re-
spects beautiful one, but she said if it
had done anything for India she would
like TO see il. In made the women mere
chattels and kept them in the densest
sort of ignorance. The Hindoo women of
Indis, unlike the Christian women. were
not fitted by education to train their chill
dren. She could not see, therefore. what
charm there was in the Hindoo religion
or theosophy for the Christian woman. In
India a white woman could not join the
Hindoo religion, as she would not be
recognized. In order 10 be recognized as
a member of the creed one must be born
in II.
She denounced the stories told about the
takers OF India being buried alive for
weeks and then being brought back to life
again. and of boys disappearing up a rope,
which was thrown into the air. as fables
To be sure. the takers apparently made
mango trees grow aud TO blossom and
bloom, but they only did this when the
mango tree was in bloom. They also per
formed many wonderful tricks. but moth
ing like those that have been told by men,
dacious travellers.
Take trip 10 Portland Universal ex-
position. which will be held from Deem